Hoodie
A hoodie.
Wearing the Hoodie 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. You craft it at a Level 2 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Hoodie
Recycling it returns the Sewing Kit only by chance, 50% of the time.
On the tech tree it sits behind one other unlock, the Hazmat Suit. In all, 27 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Hoodie 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.
How to craft the Hoodie
Crafting one takes 25 seconds at a Level 2 Workbench and costs 40 × Cloth and 1 × Sewing Kit.
40 
1 
How to get the Hoodie blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 2 tech tree for 2 Blueprint Pages in total.
1 Item 
40 Scrap Blueprint 40 
Node 
1 Blueprint Page Unlocked 2 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 Hoodie recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 20 × Cloth for one.
×20 50% ×24 60% 
×30 75% 
×16 40% Where to find the Hoodie
Supply Drop has the best chance at 36%, followed by Present Drop at 11% and Tool Box at 3.3%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
