Tier 6 · Clothing & armor

Pincushion Chestpiece

This Unique armor set uses an experimental plasmeld layer to absorb dart impacts. In the earliest versions, the darts would stick in the gel-like outer layer, leaving the wearer bristling with darts like a pincushion. Though that flaw has been perfected, the name persists.

Station +

Time15 s

Water550 ml

Stats

	This	Regular	Difference
Armor Value	291	450	−35%
Physical Mitigation	—	6%
Blade Mitigation	12%	-12%	+24 pp
Light Dart Mitigation	7.5%	6%	+1,5 pp
Heavy Dart Mitigation	7.5%	6%	+1,5 pp
Radiation Mitigation	7.5%	—
Water Reclamation	12%	—
Dash Stamina Cost	−6%	+7.5%	−13,5 pp

Compared with the regular item of the same tier: CHOAM Heavy Chestplate. Values come from the game files, without skills and mods.

Recipe

Requires schematic: Pincushion Chestpiece

Quality:

×12 Water: 550 ml

Where to findchance per chest / kill; ×N is the average amount

Where the schematic drops: Pincushion Chestpiece schematic for 1 craft(s)

Source	Any	diff. 1–3	diff. 4	diff. 5–6	diff. 7–9	diff. 10–14	diff. 15–19	diff. 20+	T6
Boss stationsTesting Station 89 (radiation) · final chest	—	9.4%	9.4%	9.6%	9.6%	9.6%	9.6%	9.6%	—
Chests & cachesDeep Desert: caves (PvP) · ultra-rare chest	5.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Buried treasureBuried treasure	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	<0.1%