Headset
Every gamer needs a headset! - Gained from Rust's first Twitch drop event.
Wearing the Headset in Rust protects your head. Hits to the head take 20% less bullet damage and 25% less arrow and melee damage. It also gives 5 radiation protection and 60% cold protection. You can craft it without a workbench.
Headset protection and stats
Against animal bites it gives 40% protection, and its full protection table covers every other damage type. Among the 35 protective head pieces, it ranks joint 15th for bullet protection. For warmth it ranks joint 2nd among them.
How to craft the Headset
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 10 × Cloth.
10 
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 Headset recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 5 × Cloth for one.
×5 ×6 
×7 50% 
×4 
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
