Hide Poncho
Primitive armour for the chest made from animal skin. One size fits all. Offers some basic protection from damage and the elements.
Wearing the Hide Poncho in Rust protects your chest, stomach, arms and hands. Hits on the parts it covers take 10% less bullet and arrow damage, 15% less slash and blunt damage and 40% less stab damage. It also gives 8 radiation protection and 50% cold protection. You can craft it without a workbench, and its blueprint costs 10 scrap to research.
About the Hide Poncho
Against blasts, which hit no single body part, its 30% explosion protection counts as 5%. 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 250 damage before it breaks.
Hide Poncho protection and stats
Against animal bites it gives 30% protection, and its full protection table covers every other damage type. Among the 24 protective pieces for the chest and arms, it ranks joint 15th for bullet protection.
How to craft the Hide Poncho
Crafting one takes 15 seconds without a workbench and costs 15 × Leather.
15 
How to get the Hide Poncho blueprint
Research it for 10 scrap at a Research Table.
1 Item 
10 Scrap Blueprint 10 How to repair the Hide Poncho
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 4 × Leather, and you need its blueprint.
×4 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 Hide Poncho recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 7 × Leather for one.
×7 50% ×9 
×11 25% 
×6 
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
