Flak vest

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Flak vest

Flak vest

A vest with armor plates inserted on the chest and back. While quite effective at deflecting gunshots and stabbing attacks against the chest, it does nothing to protect the limbs.

Base Stats

Type
GearArmor
Market Value
225 Silver
Mass
4 kg
HP
200
Flammability
60%

Apparel

Insulation - Cold
°C (1.8 °F)
Insulation - Heat
°C (0 °F)
Armor - Sharp
100%
Armor - Blunt
36%
Armor - Heat
27%
Coverage
Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder
Layer
Middle

Creation

Crafted At
Machining table
Required Research
Flak armor
Skill Required
Crafting 4
Work To Make
9,000 ticks (2.5 mins)
Resources to make
Steel 60 + Cloth 30 + Component 1
Technical
thingCategories
ApparelArmor
defaultOutfitTags
Soldier
tags
IndustrialMilitaryBasic


The flak vest is a type of apparel (armor) that protects well against sharp/piercing attacks (e.g. bullets, stabs, cuts, bites), and offer minor protection against blunt attacks, explosions and the ever-present threat of clubs, maces, and wild animals. They also reduce movement speed by 0.12. The vest protects torso, neck and shoulders. Flak vests can be purchased from traders, manufactured, or stripped from Outlanders and Pirates. Flak vests are typically encountered after the third or fourth raid, depending on difficulty and wealth (this assumes Rough and Crashlanded scenario, so somewhat 'standard' wealth).

Acquisition

Flak vests can be crafted at a Machining table once the Flak armor research project has been completed. They require Steel 60 Steel, Cloth 30 Cloth, Component 1 Component, 9,000 ticks (2.5 mins) of work, and a Crafting of 4.

They can also be bought from orbital, Outlander, or Empire Content added by the Royalty DLC traders, as well as Outlander and Empire faction bases. Flak Vests are also commonly found on Outlanders, Pirates, Ancients and Imperial Troopers Content added by the Royalty DLC.

Summary

Analysis

Flak vests provide good protection at low cost and for a very small decrease in movement. The vest provides significant protection for the torso, neck, heart, lungs & kidneys (if one of them is already destroyed) and liver, all of which are immediately fatal if destroyed, and which constitute all the body parts that do so that are not exclusively covered by helmets. This comes at the cost of offering no protection to the extremities. For this reason, besides rarer deaths by consciousness or blood loss, a flak vest offers more survivability than recon armor, or its variants the locust armor Content added by the Royalty DLC and prestige recon armor Content added by the Royalty DLC. However, the risk to the limbs is still greater.

Additionally, flak vests occupy the middle layer, meaning that overgarments such as duster or flak jacket may be worn over the top, whereas power armor variants occupy both the middle and outer layers so they cannot be worn with the duster. This further improves the torso protection and provides some, but still less protection, to the extremities.

The combination of flak vest and dusters with protective materials such as devilstrand or thrumbofur allow the flak vest to compete in torso protection against the marine armor of similar qualities and their low price, smaller movement speed, and low research cost make them attractive alternatives. However at all qualities the marine armor will outperform any combination of flak vest and duster in terms of limb protection.

Stats table

  • Flak vest Flak vest Sharp Blunt Heat HP Insulation
    - Cold
    Insulation
    - Heat
    Market Value
    Quality
    Awful 60% 21.6% 16.2% 200 -0.8 °C (-1.4 °F) +0 °C (0 °F) 113 Silver
    Poor 80% 28.8% 21.6% 200 -0.9 °C (-1.6 °F) +0 °C (0 °F) 169 Silver
    Normal 100% 36% 27% 200 -1 °C (-1.8 °F) +0 °C (0 °F) 225 Silver
    Good 115% 41.4% 31.05% 200 -1.1 °C (-2 °F) +0 °C (0 °F) 280 Silver
    Excellent 130% 46.8% 35.1% 200 -1.2 °C (-2.2 °F) +0 °C (0 °F) 335 Silver
    Masterwork 145% 52.2% 39.15% 200 -1.5 °C (-2.7 °F) +0 °C (0 °F) 560 Silver
    Legendary 180% 64.8% 48.6% 200 -1.8 °C (-3.2 °F) +0 °C (0 °F) 1125 Silver

    For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.

  • Version history

    Prior to Beta 19, it used to be called the Armor vest. It was much more expensive and did not protect against heat.