Bone Armor
A primitive suit of armor made of bones, weak protection from damage and the elements but better than nothing.
Wearing the Bone Armor in Rust protects everything but your head, from chest to feet. Hits on the parts it covers take 25% less bullet and arrow damage and 40% less melee damage. It also gives 4 radiation protection. You can craft it without a workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.
About the Bone Armor
Against blasts, which hit no single body part, its 40% explosion protection counts as 6.7%. It has room for up to 3 armor inserts, each adding its own protection and movement penalty to the piece.
From full condition it soaks up 100 damage before it breaks.
Bone Armor protection and stats
Against animal bites it gives 80% protection, and its full protection table covers every other damage type. Among the 6 protective suits that leave the head bare, it ranks joint 2nd for bullet protection.
How to craft the Bone Armor
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 15 × Cloth and 70 × Bone Fragments.
15 
70 
How to get the Bone Armor blueprint
Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.
1 Item 
10 Scrap Blueprint 10 How to repair the Bone Armor
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 4 × Cloth and 15 × Bone Fragments, and you need its blueprint.
×4 ×15 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 Bone Armor recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 7 × Cloth and 35 × Bone Fragments for one.
×7 ×35 50% ×9 ×42 
×11 ×52 25% 50% 
×6 ×28 Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
