Scrap Metal Mask
| Scrap Metal 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 | 4 |
| Wear Chance | 1 in 3 |
| Can Tear | No |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | Welding: 4, Tailoring: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Hat_HockeyMask_MetalScrap
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Welding) 5 XP (Tailoring) |
The Scrap Metal Mask is a welded steel face mask held on with a leather strap. It is crafted protective gear worn over the face. It guards the head against half of all bites and most scratches.
Its strength is solid face protection for a small amount of steel. Its main cost is a narrow view, since it halves vision. It needs only Welding level 4, the lowest of the scrap metal set. It also turns up very rarely in late game survivor safehouses and household storage. The Tailor is the best occupation for protective gear. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Wearing
The Scrap Metal Mask is worn in the Eye Mask slot and covers the head. It stops half of all bites and eight scratches in ten there. It also turns a small share of gunfire.
The mask keeps the face a little warm and blocks about half the wind. It is only slightly uncomfortable.
The big cost is sight. Vision is cut in half, so zombies get much closer before they are seen. The mask also wears quickly, losing condition on about one hit in three.
It matches the forged Metal Mask against bites and scratches. The Metal Mask turns more gunfire and lasts longer. The Copper, Silver and Gold Masks give the same cover but wear out faster. The Hockey Mask stops fewer bites and scratches.
The mask clashes with glasses, eye patches, other masks, breathing masks and full head pieces.
Tailoring
The Make Scrap Metal Mask recipe needs Welding level 4 and Tailoring level 1. It takes one Steel Sheet - Small, one Leather Strips, Nuts and Bolts and thread. The welder also needs a Welding Torch with fuel and a welding mask. The tools are a wrench, metal snips or a metal saw, a metal punch or drill, and a hammer. Scissors or a sharp knife, a Sewing Needle and an awl finish the strap.
Using Research Craft on the mask teaches Forge Metal Mask and Make Scrap Metal Helmet. A worn out mask melts down into one Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace.
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Scrap Metal Mask and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Metal Mask | Metal Mask | 
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/additem Base.Hat_HockeyMask_Metal
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| Make Scrap Metal Helmet | Scrap Metal Helmet | 
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/additem Base.Hat_MetalScrapHelmet
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How to Craft Scrap Metal Mask
Each recipe that makes the Scrap Metal Mask is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Scrap Metal Mask
The Make Scrap Metal Mask recipe makes the Scrap Metal Mask. It needs Welding level 4, Tailoring level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welding Torch | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.BlowTorch
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| Welder Mask | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.WeldingMask
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| Steel Sheet - Small | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.SmallSheetMetal
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| Leather Strips | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.LeatherStrips
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| Nuts and Bolts | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.NutsBolts
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| Wrench | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Wrench
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| Sheet Metal Snips | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.SheetMetalSnips
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| Metalworking Punch | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPunch
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| Claw Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Thread | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Thread
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| Scissors | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Scissors
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| Needle | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Needle
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| Awl | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Awl
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Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Scrap Metal Mask by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Small Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
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| Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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Locations
The Scrap Metal Mask is a very rare find. It can turn up in late game survivor safehouses, in dressers, wardrobes, boxes and crates. Attics, closets, garages, halls, living rooms and storage units hold one only on very rare occasions. Crafting it is the reliable way to get one.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Dresser | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Attic | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Attic | Crate | <0.1% |
| Attic | Other | <0.1% |
| Closet | Locker | <0.1% |
| Closet | Other | <0.1% |
| Garage storage | Other | <0.1% |
| Hall | Other | <0.1% |
| Living room | Locker | <0.1% |
| Living room | Other | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage unit | Other | <0.1% |
Notes
- The mask needs the lowest Welding level of the scrap metal armour set.
- Researching it is a way to learn the Scrap Metal Helmet recipe.
- Half vision makes it risky in open ground full of zombies.
- It clashes with full head helmets such as the Scrap Metal Helmet.
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