Raider armor (Fallout 3)

Raider armors are various pieces of armor in Fallout 3.

Characteristics
Raider armor types of armor worn by raiders, which consists of scraps of clothing fabricated both before and after the Great War, armoured with scavenged pieces of metal and pre-War items.

Each variant of raider armor in Fallout 3 can be repaired using any of the other raider armors. The helmets can only be repaired with other copies of the same model; they cannot be used to repair each other.

Raider badlands armor
Badlands armor consists of a bandolier worn on top of a stripped-down pair of overalls and various bits of leather and metal arranged to protect the joints. It is worn together with mismatched makeshift boots, a philips-head screwdriver strapped to the left ankle and, of course, the raider wastehound helmet.

Raider blastmaster armor
Blastmaster armor was constructed with protecting the user from explosions. It uses elements of quilted material to shield thighs and the torso by distributing the explosive force over a greater area and boots reinforced with metal to protect the legs. The arms are covered by makeshift protectors, crafted out of pieces of metal fixed to a tight sleeve scavenged from another source and an arclight helmet stitched to a band. This outfit is worn with a raider blastmaster helmet

Raider painspike armor
This suit of armor has been cobbled together from salvaged car parts and elements of vintage football gear. The spiked plates protecting the shoulder and thighs are in reality automobile floor mats, with rusty nails and wood screws driven through them to deter attackers. Limbs are protected by fragments of corrugated aluminium held together by nylon seatbelts, while the torso is barely covered by a salvaged metal grill. This rather random assortment of defensive elements is completed by a football groin protector and two carpet installation kneepads. The suit is typically worn with a raider psycho-tic helmet.

Raider sadist armor
The sadist armor consists of a corselet or bodice of stiff brown leather and studded trousers, with long leather gloves covering the arms, ending slightly below the shoulder. An armoured pad is worn on the left shoulder, while the other is bare. Raider sadists usually carry two severed human hands as trophies, hanging them down from the belt.

Raider arclight helmet
The raider arclight helmet resembles a welding mask. Interestingly, this item does flatten the character's hair as if they were wearing a normal helmet with the exception of the back.

Raider blastmaster helmet
Blastmaster helmets are pre-War firefighter helmets, worn together with a flame retardant hood and a hazardous environment filtration mask. The blastmaster helmet confers a small (+5) bonus to the big guns and explosives skills.

Raider psycho-tic helmet
The raider psycho-tic helmet is made out of a vintage football helmet with aviator goggles over the helmet to protect the eyes and twists of hair jutting out of the top sides of the helmet.

Raider wastehound helmet
Wastehound "helmet" is sown from two pieces of heavy burlap crudely stitched together around a pair of desert goggles. Raiders typically pull strands of their hair out through openings in the burlap to create a more menacing appearance. Males typically create three tufts (two on the sides, one on top), while females create a makeshift mohawk by pulling hair out through the stitching.

Armor

 * Bombshell armor
 * Leather Rebel
 * Metal master armor
 * Raider iconoclast armor
 * Raider commando armor
 * Raider throwdown armor
 * Raider ordinance armor
 * Raider paingiver armor


 * Hand-me-down raider armor (visually identical with raider sadist armor)
 * Highway scar armor (visually identical with raider blastmaster armor)
 * Sharp-dressed raider's armor (visually identical with raider painspike armor)

Helmets

 * Boogeyman's hood
 * Torcher's mask


 * The Devil's pigtails (identical with raider psycho-tic helmet)
 * Pyro helmet (identical with raider blastmaster helmet save for the missing bonuses)

Behind the scenes
The designs of the various raider armors are influenced by the Mad Max movies.

Bugs
There appears to be a glitch involving the raider wastehound helmet. When wearing one, attempting to put on another with different durability will cause your head to disappear.