Hot Air Balloon Armor
Armor for the Hot Air Balloon
The Hot Air Balloon Armor is an item in Rust's Attire category. You craft it at a Level 1 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 40 scrap to research.
About the Hot Air Balloon Armor
On the tech tree it sits behind one other unlock, the Salvaged Hammer. Only one vendor sells it: the Vehicle Parts for 70 scrap. In all, 23 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
How to craft the Hot Air Balloon Armor
Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 200 × Metal Fragments.
200 How to get the Hot Air Balloon Armor blueprint
Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 2 Blueprint Fragments in total.
1 Item
40 Scrap
Blueprint
40
Node
1 Blueprint Fragment
Unlocked
2 How to repair the Hot Air Balloon Armor
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 41 × Metal Fragments, and you need its blueprint.
×41 What the Hot Air Balloon Armor recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 100 × Metal Fragments for one.
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×80 Where to find the Hot Air Balloon Armor
Sunken Chest has the best chance at 1.1%, followed by Scarecrow at 0.49% and Brown Crate at 0.44%.
Shops that hand it out
Vehicle PartsShop×1for70 (35–140)
ScrapStats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.