Flak vest

Flak vest

"A vest with armor plates inserted on the chest and back. While quite effective at deflecting gunshots and stabbing attacks against the chest, it does nothing to protect the limbs."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Armor

Market Value

600 

Mass

4 kg

HP

140

Apparel

Armor - Sharp

100%

Armor - Blunt

36%

Armor - Heat

27%

Creation

Work To Make

334 ticks (5.57 secs)

The flak vest is a type of apparel (armor) that protects well against sharp/piercing attacks (e.g. bullets, stabs, cuts, bites), and offer minor protection against blunt attacks, explosions and the ever-present threat of clubs, maces, and wild animals. They also reduce movement speed by 0.12. The vest protects torso, neck and shoulders. Flak vests can be purchased from traders, manufactured, or stripped from Outlanders and Pirates. Flak 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

Flak vests can be manufactured at a machining table, once flak armor has been researched. A flak vest requires 30 steel, 60 cloth, 1 component, 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

Flak vests provide good protection for a very small decrease in movement. Protecting the heart and lungs and liver can be game-changing. They offer slightly inferior protection, and vastly inferior coverage compared to marine armor, but are also significantly cheaper to produce and purchase. They also only occupy the middle layer, meaning that overgarments such as dusters may be worn over the top, whereas marine armor occupies both the middle and shell layers so they cannot be worn with the armor. The Flak vest can be worn together with a Flak Jacket, so you do not have to choose one or the other. The jacket is identical to the vest, except it also protects arms and occupies the outer layer instead of middle layer.

Protection Information

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

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Sharp %	60	80	100	115	130	145	180
Blunt %	21.6	28.8	36	41.4	46.8	52.5	64.8
Heat %	16.2	21.6	27	31.1	35.1	39.2	48.6

Version history

Prior to Beta 19, it used to be called the Armor vest. It was much more expensive and did not protect against heat.

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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