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The Heavy Plate Jacket costs 60 scrap to research into a blueprint.
What one batch takes.
Sheet Metal
High Quality Metal
Copy it, then hold Shift and click Paste (JSON) in the conveyor, in game.
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{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 2,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "sheetmetal"
},
{
"TargetCategory": null,
"MaxAmountInOutput": 4,
"BufferAmount": 0,
"MinAmountInInput": 0,
"IsBlueprint": false,
"TargetItemName": "metal.refined"
}
]
Workbench Level 2, 25s, yields 1
Faster at a higher workbench: 12.5s at Workbench Level 3.
Researching the blueprint costs 60 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 Heavy Plate Jacket, most likely first
| From | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
 Locked Crate | 1.3% | 1 to 2 |
 Elite Crate | 0.78% | 1 to 3 |
| Scientist PT Boat Dry Box | 0.73% | 1 to 3 |
 Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
 Underwater Lab Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
 Wagon Military Crate | 0.42% | 1 |
Missile Silo Scientist (underground) | 0.3% | 1 |
Scientist | 0.074% | 1 |
Heavy Scientist | 0.061% | 1 |
 Treasure Box, mission reward | 1.6% | 1 to 2 |
 Gingerbread Mine Present, Christmas event only | 0.42% | 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. A component in the recipe is charged as the first ingredient of its own recipe instead, or not at all when it has no recipe.
What the Heavy Plate Jacket gives back in each recycler
| Recycler | Efficiency | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Red recycler | 75% | 3 High Quality Metal, 1 + 50% Sheet Metal |
| Green recycler (powered) | 60% | 2 + 40% High Quality Metal, 1 + 20% Sheet Metal |
| Green recycler | 50% | 2 High Quality Metal, 1 Sheet Metal |
| Yellow recycler | 40% | 1 + 60% High Quality Metal, 80% Sheet Metal |
The Heavy Plate Jacket breaks down into High Quality Metal and Sheet Metal.
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. “1 + 50%” means 1 every time and a 50% chance of one more, and a percentage alone is the chance of getting one.
In Rust, Heavy Plate Jacket is a clothing and armor in the Attire category (item ID #-1102429027, console shortname heavy.plate.jacket). 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 40 minutes.
Offers superior protection at the cost of aiming down sights and reduced movement speed.
Crafting Heavy Plate Jacket in Rust takes 25 seconds at a Workbench Level 2 once the 60 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 Heavy Plate Jacket and related attire in Rust, prioritize researching a looted or traded copy at a Research Table (60 scrap) whenever you want to skip the 195-scrap tech tree path and save 135 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Plate Jacket | Attire | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 195 path | Not recyclable |
| Heavy Plate Helmet | Attire | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 195 path | Not recyclable |
| Heavy Plate Pants | Attire | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 2 | 60 node / 195 path | Not recyclable |
| Snow Jacket | Attire | 1 per slot | Workbench Level 1 | 15 node / 75 path | Not recyclable |
Compare Heavy Plate Jacket with closely related clothing and armor sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Heavy Plate Jacket against every item in its inventory category, browse All 133 items in Attire, or plan prerequisite scrap paths on the The Workbench Level 2 tech tree, tile by tile.
The Heavy Plate Jacket is crafted at a Workbench Level 2 from 2 Sheet Metal and 4 High Quality Metal, once the blueprint is learned in Rust. Non-craftable components like Sheet Metal must be looted from monument crates or recycled gear before queuing the craft at your bench.
The Heavy Plate Jacket drops from 9 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Locked Crate (1.3% chance), Elite Crate (0.78% chance), and Scientist PT Boat Dry Box (0.73% chance). It belongs to the Attire category under numeric ID -1102429027 across 133 attire.
The Heavy Plate Jacket recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 2 High Quality Metal and 1 Sheet Metal. Full material recovery applies to an undamaged copy, whereas worn items return proportionally fewer resources based on their remaining condition bar when shredded.
The Heavy Plate Jacket takes 25 seconds to craft, down to 12.5 seconds at Workbench Level 3 in Rust. It belongs to the Attire category under numeric ID -1102429027 across 133 attire, with F1 console command inventory.giveid -1102429027 1 across 133 published Attire entries.
A repair bench fixes the Heavy Plate Jacket from broken for 1 High Quality Metal and 80 Metal Fragments in Rust. Bench repairs require no learned blueprint and scale material cost to the missing durability bar, losing 20% of maximum condition across a full repair.
Blueprint progression for Heavy Plate Jacket at Workbench Level 2 in Rust charges 60 scrap on the target node and 195 cumulative scrap along the prerequisite branch, while direct blueprint study at a Research Table charges 60 scrap.
Dropped on the ground in Rust, the Heavy Plate Jacket despawns after 40 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 Heavy Plate Jacket has 32-bit signed item ID -1102429027 and shortname heavy.plate.jacket 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 Heavy Plate Jacket in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give heavy.plate.jacket 1 or inventory.giveid -1102429027 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.
Metal Fragments