Bulletproof Vest

Bulletproof Vest #34
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Body armor that can absorb a certain amount of heavy-weapons fire, although it will not turn you into Iron Man.
Buy Price
$50,000
Sell Price
$33,000
Market Value
$31,192
Circulation
575,156
Release Date
15 November 2004
Armor Info
Armor Coverage:
32.70
Armor Range
34 - 39
Chest Coverage:
95.45
Heart Coverage:
100.00
Stomach Coverage:
100.00
Groin Coverage:
89.16
Arms Coverage:
35.87
Legs Coverage:
0.78

Bulletproof Vest is a Defensive item that can be purchased from Big Al's Gun Shop for $50,000 and sold to Big Al's Gun Shop for $$ 33,000.

The Bulletproof Vest was one of the items available at the launch of Torn on 15 November 2004, having been introduced during the Torn City Beta. [1]

The Bulletproof Vest is equipped in layer 3 of the torso slot. [2] It can be equipped with any clothing but will be unequipped by all other torso armor. The Bulletproof Vest will layer over tighter clothing items that occupy layers 1 or 2 such as the Tank Top and will layer under outerwear clothing items that occupy layers 4 or 5, such as the Trench Coat.

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Bulletproof Vest equipped on a player

Usage

The Bulletproof Vest sees very little use due to its low stats. While it is very affordable, other body armors, such as the Full Body Armor have far better stats while still being very affordable.

Obtaining

The Bulletproof Vest is most commonly obtained through crimes. It can also be purchased from Big Al'sand be found through city finds.

The Bulletproof Vest can be found as a result of the following crimes:

Shoplifting:

  • "Big Al's Gun Shop" (quantity one)

Burglary:

  • Industrial:
    • "Dockside Warehouse" (quantity 1, requires Lockpicks)
    • "Shipyard" (quantity 1)

1,000 Bulletproof Vests will be restocked at Big Al's after being sold out. The amount of time before a restock occurs is half the time it took the item to sell out, rounded to the nearest 15 minutes.

Bulletproof Vests can be bought from other players through the Item Market, Bazaars, or Trades, but as Defensive items do not stack they must be purchased one by one, making it time consuming to buy in bulk.

Buffs

Bulletproof Vests, along with all armor, gain a 20% defensive bonus from the "Tailoring" 10* special at Clothing Stores.

Historical Notes

Prior to the release of advanced armor from Armor Caches, the Bulletproof Vest had the highest groin coverage in the game.

All Bulletproof Vest used to have the same defensive stat. Unique stats for each Bulletproof Vest were revealed in a December 2015 update. [3]

Image History

Bulletproof Vest Image History
Years Used Image
2006* to ~2010 [4] 34.0.png
~2010 to July 2012 [5] 34.1.png
July 2012 to 19 December 2017 [6] 34.2.png
19 December 2017 to present [7] 34.3.png

* Items did not have images prior to 2006.

Patch History

Released in Patch list #

References

  1. TornCityHistoryMuseum, Defensive Items (With citations) (27/05/23)
  2. Damster, Damaster's Guide to Clothing Layers (19/02/23)
  3. Chedburn, Unique weapons and armor (08/12/15)
  4. TornCityHistoryMuseum, Defensive Items (With citations) (12/01/23)
  5. TornCityHistoryMuseum, Defensive Items (With citations) (12/01/23)
  6. TornCityHistoryMuseum, Defensive Items (With citations) (16/05/24)
  7. TornCityHistoryMuseum, Defensive Items (With citations) (12/01/23)