Improvised Gas Mask
| Improvised Gas Mask | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Protective Gear |
| Slot | Eye Mask |
| Covers | Head |
| Can't Wear With |
|
| Weight | 1 |
| Insulation | 75% |
| Wind Resistance | 60% |
| Water Resistance | 100% |
| Bite Defense | 20% |
| Scratch Defense | 50% |
| Corpse Sickness | 25% |
| Discomfort | 60% |
| Vision | -50% |
| Chance to Fall | 20% |
| Condition | 2 |
| Wear Chance | 1 in 2 |
| Can Tear | No |
| Crafting Skill | Tailoring: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Hat_ImprovisedGasMask
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Tailoring) |
The Improvised Gas Mask is a homemade breathing mask built from a bottle, duct tape and a rag. It is worn in the eye mask slot and covers the head.
The mask exists to filter the air. The in-game tooltip says it gives moderate protection from dangerous fumes. It cuts the sickness that comes from being near rotting corpses by a quarter. That makes it useful when clearing bodies or working near a pile of dead.
Its costs are steep. It is very uncomfortable, halves how far the wearer can see and breaks after very little use. It is made from common items once the recipe is learned, and it turns up in survivor safehouses. The Tailor is the best occupation for protective gear. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Wearing
The rag inside works as the filter. With it in place, the mask guards against corpse sickness as well as the factory Gas Mask does.
The mask also keeps the head warm and dry. It blocks more than half the wind and keeps out all rain. It stops about a fifth of bites and half the scratches on the head. The Gas Mask stops more bites and falls off far less often.
The downsides are large. Discomfort rises sharply while it is worn. Sight drops to half, so zombies close in before they are seen. There is a one in five chance it falls off when the wearer is hit or knocked down.
The mask wears out fast. Each hit has an even chance to wear it down, and it holds only two points of condition.
It clashes with other face and eye gear. Glasses, eye patches, breathing masks, breathing apparatus and anything that covers the full head take its place.
Tailoring
Make Improvised Gas Mask has to be learned before it can be used. It takes two Duct Tape, one Rag and an empty bottle, either an Orange Soda, a Bottle or a Water Bottle. Scissors or a sharp knife are needed but kept.
The rag filter can be swapped. Remove Rag from Improvised Gas Mask takes the used rag out. Put Rag in Improvised Gas Mask puts a fresh one in. A used rag turns into a dirty rag over time.
How to Craft Improvised Gas Mask
Each recipe that makes the Improvised Gas Mask is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Improvised Gas Mask
The Make Improvised Gas Mask recipe makes the Improvised Gas Mask. It needs Tailoring level 0. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scissors | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Scissors
|
| Duct Tape | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.DuctTape
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
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| Orange Soda | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.PopBottle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Improvised Gas Mask by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Put Rag in Improvised Gas Mask | - | - | - |
| Remove Rag from Improvised Gas Mask | - | - | - |
Locations
The Improvised Gas Mask turns up only in mid and late game survivor safehouses. Dressers and wardrobes there hold one in about one of twenty searches. Boxes and crates in those safehouses hold them less often. Making one is far more reliable.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Dresser | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Dresser | 4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Wardrobe | 4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 1.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 1.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 1.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 1.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 1.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 1.6% |
Notes
- The in-game tooltip says it gives moderate protection from dangerous fumes.
- It cuts corpse sickness as well as the factory Gas Mask.
- A clean Rag is the filter, and a used one turns dirty over time.
- Once the recipe is learned, the mask is cheap to make from common items.
- Half the normal sight range makes it risky to wear outside a corpse clearing job.
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