Is armor useful for shelter defense or not?

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Can guards use armor that you leave at the shelter or not?

[Silky Johnson 187]

Yes, if you are raided and your guard has a vest or helmet then they will receive little or no injury.

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Originally posted by mnementh82:

Yes, if you are raided and your guard has a vest or helmet then they will receive little or no injury.

Thanks.

[MazyRun]

I'm not sure it has ever been confirmed if vests & helmets help during raids (shelter defence). There have been a lot of discussions about it (just search 'helmet' or 'vest' on this forum).

I think vests & helmets are just for damage protection when taking shots during combat whilst out scavenging.

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Originally posted by MazyRun:

I'm not sure it has ever been confirmed if vests & helmets help during raids (shelter defence). There have been a lot of discussions about it (just search 'helmet' or 'vest' on this forum).

I think vests & helmets are just for damage protection when taking shots during combat whilst out scavenging.

The wiki apparently says that the helmet increases defense during raids, but doesn't mention anything about raids for the vest, so I'm not 100% sure what to think. I could always trade armor if it doesn't seem necessary to keep, anyway.

[MazyRun]

Originally posted by Arrow:

The wiki apparently says that the helmet increases defense during raids, but doesn't mention anything about raids for the vest

Ahh that is interesting, I wonder if that means the presence of a helmet improves the overall defence rating of the shelter (lessens the chance of a raid) or just lessens the chance of injury.

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Seems like it's useful either way.

[🎶Alleine Dragonfyre]

To me it seems logical that they both would. It also seems logical that the vest would provide even more raid defense because you need the upgraded metal shop to fix it.