Rust Armor Kit Calculator

Protection you need

Where it has to hold

Projectile, melee and explosion protection is read per hit region and stacks multiplicatively when you layer items. Bite, radiation and cold are pooled across everything you wear, so they ignore the setting above.

Materials you have

A slider at its maximum means an unlimited supply.

Filters

Exclude heavy plate Removes the heavy plate helmet, jacket and pants from suggestions.

Catalog

Items in play: —
With crafting data: —
Covering several slots: —

Best kit

Set at least one requirement on the left. The kit updates as you drag.

What you wear

What you asked for

Protection	Asked	You get

What it costs to craft

Why this kit and not another

Candidates are ranked by how far they overshoot your requirements, then by total overshoot, then by weighted material cost, and finally by protection per unit of material.