You can find high tier kevlar from bandits, talon mobs, bosses, or dungeons. Leather armor is also less resistant to higher damage guns such as rifles and shotguns, meaning you'll take more damage. Leather has a lower base defense meaning that even with a maxed leather set, you'll never reach a maxed protection set.

Leather armor is very common in RustV2, and even zombies can drop legendary leather. Once the durability is gone, the armor will no longer be usable. The major downside however is there's no way to repair this armor. It's a lot more common then a kevlar chest-plate, but provides the exact same stats. The kevlar vest is a unique chest-plate found from Talon mobs. A full set will make you fully immune to regular radiation levels, but not critical levels. Each piece will reduce your radiation resistance by 25%. This type of armor is extremely useful for visiting The Zone, or radiation towns without having to worry about your radiation level. The more pieces that have this enchantment, the longer the effect lasts. If you're wearing a full ghillie suit, and at least one piece has ender vanish, you'll be able to temporaily become invisible by pressing SNEAK. Legendary ghillie armor can have ender enchantments which allow a special invisible ability.

When hit, your stealth mode will be deactivated and your name will be visible for a short while. While sneaking about the map in a full ghillie set, your name will be invisible and you will be protected from hackers through an anti-ESP anti-cheat which will hide you when not visible. Harder bosses like the enderlord are fight-able through RAID KEYS. Some bosses such as the controller, or Killbot can be found in generic dungeons that spawn throughout the map. However, the BEST way to find powerful armor is by fighting bosses. Chests, bandits, Talon (Found in dungeons, and the sea platform), and just dungeons in general.

The tablist is also sorted by armor-level. Projectile protection is the biggest contributor to protection against bullets, but protection will also help. Double black (Bold black) represents a completely maxed set. Black represents MAXED bullet protection with high melee protection. Double dark red (Bold red) represents armor that has MAXED bullet protection. The sword icon next to player's names, and in your scoreboard panel represents your level. Armor on RustV2 goes by combined armor level.

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