Bandana Mask
A square of cloth which is tied around the face over the nose and mouth.
Wearing the Bandana Mask in Rust protects your head. Hits to the head take 5% less bullet damage and 10% less arrow and melee damage. It also gives 3 radiation protection and 60% cold protection. You can craft it without a workbench.
About the Bandana Mask
In all, 13 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Bandana Mask protection and stats
Against animal bites it gives 20% protection, and its full protection table covers every other damage type. Among the 35 protective head pieces, it ranks joint 32nd for bullet protection. For warmth it ranks joint 2nd among them.
How to craft the Bandana Mask
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 5 × Cloth.
5 
Reduction is how much of that damage type never lands. Damage taken is the rest: at 50% reduction a hit for 100 does 50. A negative reduction means the hit lands harder than it would bare.
What the Bandana Mask recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 2 × Cloth for one.
×2 50% ×3 
×3 75% 
×2 Where to find the Bandana Mask
Primitive Crate has the best chance at 4.8%, followed by Gingerbread Man at 3.4% and Scarecrow at 3.4%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
