Hard Hat
| Hard Hat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Protective Gear |
| Slot | Hat |
| Covers | Head |
| Can't Wear With |
|
| Weight | 1 |
| Insulation | 15% |
| Wind Resistance | 25% |
| Water Resistance | 50% |
| Bite Defense | 70% |
| Scratch Defense | 80% |
| Discomfort | 15% |
| Vision | -25% |
| Can Tear | No |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Hat_HardHat
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The Hard Hat is a construction worker's safety helmet. It is protective gear worn in the Hat slot. It gives the head the same strong protection as a proper helmet, at a low comfort cost.
Its main strength is protection against bites and scratches to the head. Its main cost is a narrower field of view while it is worn. It is light on warmth, so it suits mild weather better than winter.
Hard hats are easy to find in tool stores, sheds, garages, workshops and staff lockers. They come in several colours, among them blue, red, white and yellow. The Tailor is the best occupation for protective gear. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Wearing
The hat covers the head. It stops most bites and most scratches aimed there, about seven bites in ten and eight scratches in ten. That matches the Military Helmet, the Firefighter Helmet and the Crash Helmet. The Bicycle Helmet stops far less, at about three bites in ten.
It gives little warmth and blocks only a quarter of the wind. The Crash Helmet and the Firefighter Helmet are much warmer for the same protection. The hard hat does keep about half the rain off the head.
Wearing it narrows vision by a quarter, the same as most full helmets. It adds only a small amount of discomfort.
It sits in the Hat slot, so no other hat can be worn with it. Hooded jackets, hooded sweaters, full head pieces and full suits with hoods also block it. A mask fits under it, so it pairs well with a Gas Mask or a Hockey Mask.
Locations
The hard hat is a common find. Tool stores are the best place, with one in about a fifth of their boxes and storerooms. Logging factories and warehouses come next. Carpenter workshops, factory lockers and staff lockers in break rooms, changing rooms and laundries hold them often. Garages, sheds, closets, warehouses and studios turn them up on shelves and in crates.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tool store | Small box | 22.4% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 22.4% |
| Tool store | Counter | 17.9% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 5.7% |
| Tool store | Other | 3.1% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 3.1% |
| Metalshop | Counter | 2% |
| Metalshop | Tool cabinet | 2% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Logging factory | Other | 10.5% |
| Logging warehouse | Other | 10.5% |
| Carpenter workshop | Dresser | 7.6% |
| Carpenter workshop | Wardrobe | 7.6% |
| Break room | Locker | 7.4% |
| Changing room | Locker | 7.4% |
| Factory storage | Locker | 7.4% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 5.7% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 5.7% |
| Woodcraft set | Metal shelves | 5.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom | Locker | 7.4% |
| Laundry | Locker | 7.4% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 6.9% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 6.9% |
| Shed | Counter | 6.9% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 6.9% |
| Shed | Shelves | 6.9% |
| Closet | Crate | 5.7% |
| Closet | Other | 5.7% |
| Shed | Other | 5.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Dresser | 2.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 2.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Dresser | 2.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | 2.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Dresser | 2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Wardrobe | 2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 1% |
Notes
- The hard hat gives full helmet protection to the head and is easy to find early.
- A Gas Mask or Hockey Mask can be worn under it for extra face protection.
- Tool stores and sheds are the fastest places to find one.
- For cold weather, a Crash Helmet or Firefighter Helmet keeps the head warmer.
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