Gold Mask
| Gold Mask | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Protective Gear |
| Slot | Eye Mask |
| Covers | Head |
| Can't Wear With |
|
| Weight | 1 |
| Insulation | 25% |
| Wind Resistance | 55% |
| Bite Defense | 50% |
| Scratch Defense | 80% |
| Bullet Defense | 5% |
| Discomfort | 5% |
| Vision | -50% |
| Condition | 3 |
| Wear Chance | 1 in 2 |
| Can Tear | No |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 4, Tailoring: 2 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Hat_HockeyMask_Gold
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Blacksmithing) 5 XP (Tailoring) |
The Gold Mask is a face mask hammered from a sheet of gold, shaped like a hockey mask. It is protective gear for the face, with a showy look.
It guards the face well against scratches and stops half of bites. The cost is sight, since it halves how far the wearer can see. The mask also wears out quickly.
The Gold Mask is almost never found in the world. It is made at a forge with the Forge Metal Mask recipe, using a Gold Sheet. The same recipe makes copper, silver and steel masks from other sheets. The Tailor is the best occupation for protective gear. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Wearing
The mask covers the head. It stops about four scratches in five and half of all bites. It also turns aside a few bullets. It adds a little warmth and blocks about half the wind on the face. It is only slightly uncomfortable.
The steel Metal Mask gives the same bite and scratch cover with twice the bullet cover. It also has more condition and wears down more slowly. The Copper Mask and Silver Mask match the gold one in every stat. The Hockey Mask is weaker, stopping close to a third of bites and half of scratches. For pure protection, steel is the better metal.
Vision drops by half while the mask is on, which makes zombies at the edge of sight easy to miss. The mask sits in the Eye Mask slot. It cannot be worn with glasses, a gas mask, another mask or a full head piece.
Tailoring
The mask is metal and holds up without patching. It has few points of condition and loses one about every second hit. The Scrap Gold Object recipe breaks it down into ten Gold Fragments.
How to Craft Gold Mask
Each recipe that makes the Gold Mask is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Metal Mask
The Forge Metal Mask recipe makes the Gold Mask. It needs Blacksmithing level 4, Tailoring level 2. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
3x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Gold Sheet | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.GoldSheet
|
| Leather Strips | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LeatherStrips
|
| Smithing Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.SmithingHammer
|
| Tongs | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
|
| Needle | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Needle
|
| Awl | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Awl
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| Sinew Thread | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Thread_Sinew
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Gold Mask by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrap Gold Object | Gold Fragments | 
|
- | /additem Base.GoldScrap
|
Locations
The Forge Metal Mask recipe makes the Gold Mask when a Gold Sheet goes in. It needs a Simple Forge or better, Blacksmithing at level 4 and Tailoring at level 2. It also uses three pieces of charcoal, a Leather Strip and some heavy thread. A smithing hammer, tongs, a sewing needle and an awl are kept. A finished mask can also turn up in a wardrobe or bedroom locker, but almost never.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
| Bedroom | Locker | <0.1% |
| Bedroom | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
Notes
- Scrapping it gives ten Gold Fragments, far more than any small piece of jewellery.
- A steel Metal Mask gives better bullet cover and lasts longer.
- It narrows the foraging radius while worn.
- The game counts it as a disguise.
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