Flak vest

Armor vest

"A vest with armor plates inserted on the chest and back. Protects against gunfire."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Armor

Market Value

600 

Mass

4 kg

HP

140

Apparel

Armor - Sharp

60%

Armor - Blunt

20%

Creation

Work To Make

334 ticks (5.57 secs)

Armored vests are a somewhat common method of protecting one's body from lethal gunfire and sharp attacks (i.e. stabs, cuts, bites), as well as offering minor protection against explosions and the ever-present threat of clubs, maces, and muffalo. Armored vests can be purchased from traders, manufactured, or stripped from Outlanders and Pirates. Armored vests are typically encountered after the third or fourth raid, depending on difficulty and wealth (this assumes Rough and Crashlanded scenario, so somewhat 'standard' wealth).

Crafting

Armored vests can be manufactured at a machining table, once Complex clothing and machining has been researched. An armor vest requires 120 steel, 2 components, and 334 seconds of work (20,000 ticks) to be created, assuming baseline global work speed and no enhancements or hindrances to consciousness, sight, or manipulation.

Conclusion and Comparison

Armored vests offer slightly inferior protection, and vastly inferior coverage compared to Power Armor, but is also significantly cheaper to produce and purchase. Additionally: Power Armor can't be found on enemies, though elite Pirates may still have Power Armor Helmets. Armor Vests also only occupy the middle layer - meaning it can't be worn with tribalwear; whereas Power Armor occupies both the middle and shell layers, meaning that overgarments such as Dusters may be worn over the top.

Most, if not all, of your colonists should have an armored vest by the mid-game.

Protection Information

The following table lists how much protection an armor vest provides at each quality level.

Quality	Awful	Shoddy	Poor	Normal	Good	Superior	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Sharp %	24	42	51	60	66	78	90	102	126
Blunt %	8	14	17	20	22	26	30	34	42

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Apparel

Torso | Clothing

Button-down shirt • T-shirt (Kid ) • Tribalwear (Kid )

Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt

Slave collar

Sash • Kid romper

Armor

Flak vest

Legs | Clothing

Pants (Kid )

Armor

Flak pants

Shell | Clothing

Duster • Jacket • Parka (Kid )

Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe

Burka • Robe • Slave body strap

Heavy bandolier

Armor

Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix )

Head | Clothing

Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Hood • Psychic foil helmet • Tuque • Tribal headdress • Veil • War mask

Beret • Coronet • Crown • Eltex helmet • Eltex skullcap • Ladies hat • Stellic crown • Top hat

Authority cap • Blindfold • Broadwrap • Flophat • Headwrap • Shadecone • Slicecap • Tailcap • Torture crown • Visage mask

Airwire headset • Array headset • Gas mask • Face mask

Ceremonial hood

Armor

Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet