Magazine Body Armor
| Magazine Body Armor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Protective Gear |
| Slot | Cuirass |
| Covers |
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| Can't Wear With |
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| Weight | 4 |
| Insulation | - |
| Wind Resistance | 80% |
| Bite Defense | 80% |
| Scratch Defense | 90% |
| Run Speed | -10% |
| Combat Speed | -5% |
| Discomfort | 20% |
| Can Tear | Yes |
| Research | Make Magazine Limb Armor |
| Crafting Skill | Tailoring: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Cuirass_Magazine
|
Magazine Body Armor is a homemade chest plate made from stacked magazines bound with duct tape. It is protective gear for the torso and back. It is one of the easiest armours to make, since it only needs reading material and tape.
Its main strength is strong cover against bites and scratches on the whole torso. It stops most bites and nearly all scratches there. Its main cost is that the paper falls apart in water, so a soaking ruins it.
Most survivors craft it with a little Tailoring. It also turns up now and then in the dressers and boxes of survivor safehouses. The Tailor is the best occupation for protective gear. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Wearing
The armour is worn in the Cuirass slot over the upper torso, lower torso and back. It stops about four in five bites and nine in ten scratches on those parts. It also blocks most of the wind on the chest, which helps on a cold, breezy day.
The bulk has a cost. Running is a tenth slower, and attacks are slightly slower too. The armour is also somewhat uncomfortable to wear for long.
Wooden Body Armor, Bone Body Armor and Tire Body Armor give the same bite and scratch cover with the same speed cost. Wooden and Bone Body Armor match its weight, while Tire Body Armor is half again as heavy. Scrap Metal Body Armor adds some bullet cover for the same weight. The magazine version is the cheapest to build, which makes it a good first armour.
The plate cannot be worn with a bulletproof vest, a vest, a suit jacket, a bulky jacket, a bathrobe, a shoulder holster or other torso outer layers. A shirt and a T-shirt still fit under it.
Tailoring
The armour is made with the Make Magazine Body Armor recipe. It takes eight magazines of any kind and four rolls of Duct Tape. The crafter needs Tailoring level 1 and must have learned the recipe first. The work can be done anywhere.
The armour can get holes like cloth. Research Craft on it teaches Make Magazine Limb Armor, the matching pieces for the arms and legs.
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Magazine Body Armor and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Magazine Limb Armor | Magazine Limb Armor | 
|
/additem Base.GreaveMagazine_Right
|
How to Craft Magazine Body Armor
Each recipe that makes the Magazine Body Armor is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Magazine Body Armor
The Make Magazine Body Armor recipe makes the Magazine Body Armor. It needs Tailoring level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine | 
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8x | No | /additem Base.Magazine
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| Duct Tape | 
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4x | No | /additem Base.DuctTape
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Locations
Magazine Body Armor is a rare find. It appears only in survivor safehouses. Late-game safehouses give the best odds, in dressers and wardrobes. Their cardboard boxes, crates and small boxes hold it less often. Mid-game safehouses carry it at lower odds again.
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 | 2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Wardrobe | 2% |
| 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 | 0.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.8% |
Notes
- A full soaking in rain or water destroys the armour, so it is a dry-weather piece.
- The paper also works as fire fuel and tinder once the armour is worn out.
- Any magazine counts for the recipe, whatever its subject.
- Research Craft on the body armour is the quickest way to learn the limb pieces.
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