Pants

Against animal bites it gives 20% protection, and its full protection table covers every other damage type. Among the 16 protective pieces for the legs, it ranks 5th for bullet protection. None of them beats it for warmth.

Crafting one takes 15 seconds at a Level 1 Workbench and costs 40 × Cloth and 1 × Sewing Kit.

40

1

Output ×1

Workbench Level 1

Craft time

WB1 15s

WB2 −50% 7.5s

WB3 −75% 3.8s

Research it for 40 scrap, or unlock it on the Level 1 tech tree for 5 Blueprint Fragments in total.

Research table Burn one copy of the item for its blueprint

1 Item

+

40 Scrap

→

Blueprint

Research cost 40

Tech tree In the level 1 workbench tree

Node

+

1 Blueprint Fragment

→

Unlocked

Total to reach 5

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.

A green recycler always gives back 20 × Cloth for one.

RecyclerGuaranteed outputExtra chance output

Green 50%

×20

50%

Green (powered) 60%

×24

60%

Red 75%

×30

75%

Yellow 40%

×16

40%

Supply Drop has the best chance at 36%, followed by Present Drop at 11% and Tool Box at 6.5%.

SourceConditionChanceAmount

Supply Drop — 36.3% ×1

Present Drop — 10.7% ×1

Tool Box — 6.5% ×1

Sunken Crate — 4.4% ×1

Sunken Chest — 1.1% ×1

Scarecrow — 0.5% ×1

Brown Crate — 0.4% ×1

Wagon Crate — 0.4% ×1

Gingerbread Man — 0.2% ×1

Tunnel Dweller — 0.2% ×1

Underwater Dweller — 0.2% ×1

Bradley Scientist — 0.2% ×1

Chinook Gunner — 0.2% ×1

Cargo Ship Scientist — 0.2% ×1

Excavator Scientist — 0.2% ×1

Oil Rig Scientist — 0.2% ×1

Outbreak Scientist — 0.2% ×1

Patrol Scientist — 0.2% ×1

Roaming Scientist — 0.2% ×1