Flak vest

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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
GearArmor
Market Value
600 Silver
Mass
4 kg
HP
140

Apparel

Armor - Sharp
100%
Armor - Blunt
36%
Armor - Heat
27%

Creation

Work To Make
334 ticks (5.57 secs)

Flak 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. 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 Complex clothing and machining has been researched. A flak 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

Flak vests offer slightly inferior protection, and vastly inferior coverage compared to marine armor, but is also significantly cheaper to produce and purchase. They also only occupy the middle layer - meaning it can't be worn with tribalwear, whereas marine armor occupies both the middle and shell layers, meaning that overgarments such as dusters may be worn over the top.

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 also did not protect against heat.