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The Bucket Helmet repairs from broken at a repair bench for 4 Metal Fragments.
What one batch takes.
Metal Fragments
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 20,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.fragments"
}
]
Workbench Level 1, 15s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 7.5s at Workbench Level 2, 3.75s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 30 scrap at a Research Table.
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.
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Bucket Helmet, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Supply Drop | 36.3% | 1 to 4 |
 Sunken Chest | 1.1% | 1 |
 Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
 Wagon Normal Crate | 0.44% | 1 |
Scientist | 0.16% | 1 |
Tunnel Dweller and Underwater Dweller | 0.16% | 1 |
 Santa's Supply Drop, Christmas event only | 10.7% | 1 |
Chance is for one container opened or one NPC killed. Amount is how many it holds when it holds any.
A repair bench charges 20% of the recipe to fix a broken item, less when it is only worn.
What the Bucket Helmet gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 15 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 12 Metal Fragments |
| Green recycler | 50% | 10 Metal Fragments |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 8 Metal Fragments |
The Bucket Helmet breaks down into Metal Fragments.
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.
21 skins on the Steam Market change how the Bucket Helmet looks, from $0.49 to $7.72.
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In Rust, Bucket Helmet is a clothing and armor in the Attire category (item ID #850280505, console shortname bucket.helmet). 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 20 minutes.
A Bucket Helmet. It provides a level of regional protection from inflicted damage.
Crafting Bucket Helmet in Rust takes 15 seconds at a Workbench Level 1 once the 30 scrap blueprint node is unlocked, 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.
When choosing between Bucket Helmet and related attire in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (30 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 45-scrap tech tree path and save 15 scrap, or unlock the tech tree branch when your group also needs the prerequisite blueprints.
| Item | Category | Stack Limit | Craft / Source | Tech Tree / Research | Green Recycler Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucket Helmet | Attire | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 30 node / 45 path | Not recyclable |
| Clatter Helmet | Attire | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Ballistic helmet | Attire | 1 per slot | World loot / gather | No blueprint | Not recyclable |
| Bone Helmet | Attire | 1 per slot | Crafted by hand | 10 scrap (Table) | Not recyclable |
Compare Bucket Helmet with closely related clothing and armor sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Bucket Helmet against every item in its inventory category, browse All 133 items in Attire, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 1 tech tree, tile by tile.
The Bucket Helmet is crafted at a Workbench Level 1 from 20 Metal Fragments, once the blueprint is learned 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.
The Bucket Helmet drops from 6 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Supply Drop (36.3% chance), Sunken Chest (1.1% chance), and Normal Crate (0.44% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
The Bucket Helmet recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 10 Metal Fragments. Monument green recyclers shred items one unit at a time on fast radtown cycles, whereas safe-zone yellow units trade lower material recovery for peacekeeper protection.
The Bucket Helmet takes 15 seconds to craft, down to 3.75 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Attire category under numeric ID 850280505 across 133 attire, stacking to 1 unit per slot, with F1 console command inventory.giveid 850280505 1.
Blueprint progression for Bucket Helmet at Workbench Level 1 in Rust charges 30 scrap on the target node and 45 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 30 scrap.
Dropped with nothing attached or inside in Rust, the Bucket Helmet despawns after 20 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.
The Bucket Helmet has 32-bit signed item ID 850280505 and shortname bucket.helmet 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).
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Bucket Helmet in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give bucket.helmet 1 or inventory.giveid 850280505 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.
