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Wood Chestplate
Clothing and armor,Uncommon,WearableWorn on the body.,Armor slotTakes an armor insert.,Blueprint
An unpowered green recycler takes the Wood Chestplate apart for 10 Cloth and 125 Wood.
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.
Wood Chestplate stats
Covers
Body and arms
Takes an armor insert
Yes
What the Wood Chestplate stops when another player hits the part it covers
Bullet
10%
Slash
40%
Blunt
40%
Stab
40%
Arrow
10%
What the Wood Chestplate adds to your whole outfit
Explosion
5%
Bite
5%
Radiation
5%
Cold
0%
Heat
-16.7%
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.
What the Wood Chestplate is looted from
Crates, barrels and NPCs that drop the Wood Chestplate, most likely first
The Wood Chestplate breaks down into Cloth and Wood.
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. “187 + 50%” means 187 every time and a 50% chance of one more.
Wood Chestplate skins
6
On the Steam Market, the 6 skins for the Wood Chestplate sell for $1.35 at the cheapest and $2.13 at the dearest.
Wood Chestplate stats, mechanics, and overview in Rust
In Rust, Wood Chestplate is a clothing and armor in the Attire category (item ID #418081930, console shortname wood.armor.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 20 minutes.
A shoddy piece of body armor made from simple materials, provides some basic protection from melee and ranged attacks.
Monument recycling yield: Radtown green units return 50% of ingredients (5s cycle), beating 40% yellow safe-zone units by +25%
Maintenance rule: Carries no condition wear bar and needs no bench maintenance
Conveyor & locker automation: Filter by category or shortname wood.armor.jacket to auto-stock locker kits and storage boxes
Wood Chestplate crafting, blueprint progression, and recycling in Rust
Crafting Wood Chestplate 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). Equipped and stored units carry no durability wear bar.
How Wood Chestplate compares to related attire in Rust
When comparing Wood Chestplate 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.
Item
Category
Stack Limit
Craft / Source
Tech Tree / Research
Green Recycler Yield
Wood Chestplate
Attire
1 per slot
Crafted by hand
10 scrap (Table)
Not recyclable
Wood Armor Pants
Attire
1 per slot
Crafted by hand
10 scrap (Table)
Not recyclable
Wood Armor Helmet
Attire
1 per slot
Crafted by hand
10 scrap (Table)
Not recyclable
Night Vision Goggles
Attire
1 per slot
Workbench Level 2
60 node / 255 path
Not recyclable
Related items
Compare Wood Chestplate with closely related clothing and armor sheets in the Rust item catalog:
To compare Wood Chestplate against every item in its inventory category, browse All 133 items in Attire.
Frequently asked questions about Wood Chestplate in Rust
How do you get the Wood Chestplate in Rust?
The Wood Chestplate is crafted by hand from 20 Cloth and 250 Wood 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.
Which crates drop the Wood Chestplate in Rust?
The Wood Chestplate drops from 2 container and NPC loot tables in Rust, led by Tool Box (6.5% chance) and Sunken Crate (4.4% chance). Each listed probability reflects a single container opened or NPC killed, and found copies can be repaired or researched at base.
What does the Wood Chestplate recycle into in Rust?
The Wood Chestplate recycles in Rust at an unpowered green recycler into 10 Cloth and 125 Wood. 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.
How long does the Wood Chestplate take to craft in Rust?
The Wood Chestplate 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 418081930 across 133 attire and despawns after 20 minutes when dropped on a default server.
How long does the Wood Chestplate take to despawn in Rust?
Dropped with nothing attached or inside in Rust, the Wood Chestplate 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.
What is the item ID for the Wood Chestplate in Rust?
The Wood Chestplate has 32-bit signed item ID 418081930 and shortname wood.armor.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).
What is the give command for the Wood Chestplate in Rust?
Server administrators in Rust spawn the Wood Chestplate in the F1 developer console by typing inventory.give wood.armor.jacket 1 or inventory.giveid 418081930 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.