Ghost Costume
Definitely not a last minute costume idea.
Wearing the Ghost Costume in Rust protects your chest, stomach, arms and hands. Hits on the parts it covers take 20% less bullet, slash and blunt damage and 15% less arrow and stab damage. It also gives 5 radiation protection and 50% cold protection. It cannot be crafted, and Scarecrow drops it most often, at 2.3%.
Ghost Costume protection and stats
Against animal bites it gives 35% protection, and its full protection table covers every other damage type. Among the 24 protective pieces for the chest and arms, it ranks joint 5th for bullet protection.
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 Ghost Costume recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 50 × Cloth and 1 × Sewing Kit for one.
×50 
×1 ×60 ×1 20% 
×75 ×1 50% 
×40 80% Where to find the Ghost Costume
Scarecrow drops it, at 2.3%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
