Metal Facemask
A protective facemask which provides the user with excellent head protection from all forms of attacks.
Wearing the Metal Facemask in Rust protects your head. Hits to the head take 50% less bullet and arrow damage and 70% less melee damage. You craft it at a Level 3 Workbench, and its blueprint costs 300 scrap to research.
About the Metal Facemask
Against blasts, which hit no single body part, its 50% explosion protection counts as 8.3%. It takes 1 armor insert at most, which adds its own protection and movement penalty to the piece. Its cold protection is negative (-25%), so it chills you in cold weather.
From full condition it soaks up 320 damage before it breaks.
On the tech tree it sits behind 6 other unlocks: MP5A4, Incendiary 5.56 Rifle Ammo, HV 5.56 Rifle Ammo, Weapon Lasersight, SKS and Reinforced Glass Window. In all, 7 loot sources drop it; the full list of where it drops gives the chance for each.
Metal Facemask protection and stats
Against animal bites it gives 50% protection, and its full protection table covers every other damage type. Among the 35 protective head pieces, it ranks 3rd for bullet protection.
How to craft the Metal Facemask
Crafting one takes 35 seconds at a Level 3 Workbench and costs 50 × Leather, 15 × High Quality Metal and 6 × Sewing Kit.
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15 
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Level 3 How to get the Metal Facemask blueprint
Research it for 300 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 3 tech tree for 7 Blueprint Books in total.
1 Item 
300 Scrap Blueprint 300 
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1 Blueprint Book Unlocked 7 How to repair the Metal Facemask
A full repair at a Repair Bench costs 11 × Leather, 4 × High Quality Metal and 25 × Cloth, and you need its blueprint.
×11 ×4 
×25 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 Metal Facemask recycles into
A green recycler always gives back 25 × Leather, 7 × High Quality Metal and 3 × Sewing Kit for one.
×25 ×7 ×3 50% ×30 ×9 ×3 60% 
×37 ×11 ×4 50% 25% 50% 
×20 ×6 ×2 40% Where to find the Metal Facemask
Locked Crate has the best chance at 53%, followed by Elite Crate at 1.9% and Helicopter Crate at 0.66%.
Stats checked against the Rust game files on 13 November 2026.
