Leather Neck Guard gives 100 bite and 100 scratch defence, with 1.00 insulation. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
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Leather Neck Guard gives 100 bite and 100 scratch defence, with 1.00 insulation.
Crafted with Tailoring; it needs a buckle.
Town by town: loot locations.
Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
The Leather Neck Guard gives 100 bite defence and 100 scratch defence where it covers you. Every point matters: see how protection works.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Slot | Gorget |
| Bite defence | 100 |
| Scratch defence | 100 |
| Insulation | 1.00 |
| Notes | Discomfort 0.25 |
Leather Neck Guard is on 1 loot table in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safehouse Armor Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate, drawer, …) | under 0.1% | 3 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sew Leather Neck Guard On any surface | small crude-tanned leather; any heavy thread; Buckle | any scissors; any sewing needle; any awl | Tailoring 3. Read: Outfit Apocalypse, Real Gladiators |
Crafted with Tailoring; it needs a buckle.
Leather Neck Guard gives 100 bite and 100 scratch defence, with 1.00 insulation. Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
Bite defence 100 and scratch defence 100, with 1.00 insulation.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg.