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Bone Helmet

Clothing and armor, , , Blueprint

The Bone Helmet repairs from broken at a repair bench for 3 Cloth and 6 Bone Fragments.

Bone Helmet recipe

What one batch takes.

Industrial Conveyor

Cloth
Max
15
Buffer
-
Min
-
Bone Fragments
Max
30
Buffer
-
Min
-

Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.

Show what gets copied
[
  {
    "TargetCategory": null,
    "MaxAmountInOutput": 15,
    "BufferAmount": 0,
    "MinAmountInInput": 0,
    "IsBlueprint": false,
    "TargetItemName": "cloth"
  },
  {
    "TargetCategory": null,
    "MaxAmountInOutput": 30,
    "BufferAmount": 0,
    "MinAmountInInput": 0,
    "IsBlueprint": false,
    "TargetItemName": "bone.fragments"
  }
]

No workbench, 15s, yields 1

Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 1, 3.75s at Workbench Level 2 or 3.

Every player starts with this blueprint. Researching it anyway costs 10 scrap at a Research Table.

Bone Helmet stats

Covers
Head
Takes an armor insert
Yes

What the Bone Helmet stops when another player hits the part it covers

Bullet
25%
Slash
40%
Blunt
40%
Stab
40%
Arrow
25%

What the Bone Helmet adds to your whole outfit

Explosion
6.7%
Bite
13.3%
Radiation
4%
Cold
0%
Heat
4.2%

These do not land on one part of the body: the game adds up every piece you wear, then keeps a sixth of the total for explosions, bites and heat, and all of it for radiation. Cold is insulation, where 100% is as warm as clothing gets.

Bone Helmet repair cost

Repair bench, from broken
Needs the blueprint
No
Max condition lost
20% from broken, less on lighter damage
Max condition
100

A repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn.

Bone Helmet recycling

What the Bone Helmet gives back in each recycler

Recycler Efficiency You get
Red recycler75%22 + 50% Bone Fragments, 11 + 25% Cloth
Green recycler (powered)60%18 Bone Fragments, 9 Cloth
Green recycler50%15 Bone Fragments, 7 + 50% Cloth
Yellow recycler40%12 Bone Fragments, 6 Cloth

The Bone Helmet breaks down into Bone Fragments and Cloth.

A recycler takes one at a time.

Figures are for one item in perfect condition. Each recycler’s name opens its full table at this item. “22 + 50%” means 22 every time and a 50% chance of one more.

Bone Helmet skins

8

8 skins on the Steam Market change how the Bone Helmet looks, from $1.05 to $21.11.

Bone Helmet skins
Preview Skin Item Price 7d 30d 12m All time On sale since 30d trend Portfolio
Rooster Mask by Odissey$1.05 Store, Ask $1.22, Launch $1.49-20%-8.7%+12%-29%
Rudolph Skull Mask by badtRIP ☣, HULK$1.34 Store, Launch $0.99-8.8%-5.6%+25%+35%
Cultist Deer Skull Mask by Kua$1.73 Store, Launch $0.99-3.4%-7.5%+56%+75%
Witch Deer Skull Mask by AISHITERU'$2.24 Store, Launch $1.49+17%0.0%n/a+50%
Raven Deer Skull Mask by buttbeard$3.73 Store, Ask $3.95, Launch $0.99-8.6%-11%+17%+277%
Demonic Deer Skull by Jean-Luc Picard$7.60 Crate-26%+2.3%-34%+20%
Uprising Deer Skull Mask by buttbeard$10.97 Store, Ask $10.95, Launch $1.49-0.3%+0.6%+59%+636%
The Plague Doctor by Delta$21.11 Store, Ask $21.07+23%-1.9%+5.9%+1,073%

Price history

In US dollars, one price a day: the median sale price in the older history, the cheapest listing in the recent part. The dashed line, where there is one, is the highest buy order. A day without a price keeps the last one. Hover or touch the chart to read a day.

All Rust skins

Bone Helmet stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust

In Rust, Bone Helmet is a clothing and armor in the Attire category (item ID #-1903165497, console shortname deer.skull.mask). In active play, it follows standard server rules for clothing and armor gear across procedural maps. Inventory storage holds a single unit per slot, and uncollected ground drops despawn after 5 minutes.

A primitive helmet made from bone. Moderate protection from projectiles and melee damage.

  • Acquisition profile (game files): Uncraftable in vanilla Rust (0 loot tables, 0 downstream recipes)
  • Monument recycling yield: Radtown green units return 50% of ingredients (5s cycle), beating 40% yellow safe-zone units by +25%
  • Bench repair & durability cap: Full repair costs 3 Cloth and 6 Bone Fragments (zero rare bodies) while capping max condition by 20%
  • Conveyor & locker automation: Filter by category or shortname deer.skull.mask to auto-stock locker kits and storage boxes

Bone Helmet crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust

Crafting Bone Helmet in Rust takes 15 seconds by hand without a workbench, with all ballistics, crafting, and durability values read from the Rust game files. Shredding a spare copy at a green recycler recovers base materials at fifty percent yield (vs forty percent at safe-zone yellow units). Damaged copies repair at a Repair Bench for a fraction of recipe cost.

How Bone Helmet compares to related attire in Rust

When comparing Bone Helmet against related attire in Rust, craft copies once the blueprint is unlocked (15 seconds per craft) and recycle surplus spares at an unpowered radtown green recycler (fifty percent base efficiency) rather than a safe-zone yellow recycler (forty percent efficiency) to maximize recovered materials.

ItemCategoryStack LimitCraft / SourceTech Tree / ResearchGreen Recycler Yield
Bone Helmet Attire1 per slotCrafted by hand10 scrap (Table)Not recyclable
Bucket Helmet Attire1 per slotWorkbench Level 130 node / 45 pathNot recyclable
Coffee Can Helmet Attire1 per slotWorkbench Level 230 node / 120 pathNot recyclable
Clatter Helmet Attire1 per slotCrafted by handNo blueprintNot recyclable

Related items

Compare Bone Helmet with closely related clothing and armor sheets in the Rust item catalog:

To compare Bone Helmet against every item in its inventory category, browse All 133 items in Attire.

Frequently asked questions about Bone Helmet in Rust

How do you get the Bone Helmet in Rust?

The Bone Helmet is crafted by hand from 15 Cloth and 30 Bone Fragments in Rust. Raw ores smelt into metal inputs in a furnace while non-craftable components must be looted from monument crates before queuing the craft at your workbench.

What does the Bone Helmet recycle into in Rust?

The Bone Helmet recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 15 Bone Fragments and 7 Cloth plus a 50% chance of one more. Undamaged copies return the full listed yield, whereas worn items scale their recycler output down in proportion to remaining durability.

How long does the Bone Helmet take to craft in Rust?

The Bone Helmet takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 2 or 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Attire category under numeric ID -1903165497 across 133 attire and despawns after 5 minutes when dropped on a default server.

How much scrap does it take to research the Bone Helmet in Rust?

Every player starts with the Bone Helmet blueprint, so it never needs researching; a Research Table would still charge 10 scrap for it in Rust. It belongs to the Attire category under numeric ID -1903165497 across 133 attire, stacking to 1 unit per slot.

How long does the Bone Helmet take to despawn in Rust?

Dropped with nothing attached or inside in Rust, the Bone Helmet despawns after 5 minutes by default. Picking it back up into a player inventory or storing it inside a base container immediately resets that ground despawn timer, which the server scales by item rarity tier.

What is the item ID for the Bone Helmet in Rust?

The Bone Helmet has 32-bit signed item ID -1903165497 and shortname deer.skull.mask in Rust. Server plugins, custom loot tables, Vending Machine listings, and automated Industrial Conveyor filter strings reference these two identifiers under the Attire category (stack limit 1 unit per slot).

What is the give command for the Bone Helmet in Rust?

Server administrators in Rust spawn the Bone Helmet in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give deer.skull.mask 1 or inventory.giveid -1903165497 1 for a single unit. Both console spawn commands require administrator or moderator privileges on the server, while regular players can bind a quick-craft shortcut key instead.