Does Bastion armor block damage in ROB RUN?

Yes. Bastion blocks 25% of each hit, rounded so the vest loses at least as many whole points as Heavy would on hits of 3 damage or less. It holds 100 points and absorbs 134 damage before it breaks.

Is Bastion better than Heavy armor at long range?

Often not. Many guns drop to 3 or 4 damage per bullet by 100 m, and at 3 damage Bastion loses the same armor as Heavy. 15 of 37 single-shot weapons need the same number of hits through either vest at 100 m.

How much does Bastion armor cost?

Its base value is 350,000 cash. Heavy Body Armor’s base value is 140,000 cash. Shop prices and resale are on each vest’s page.

Do Steel Plates repair Bastion armor?

Yes. Plates repair any worn vest that isn’t broken and isn’t full. The Uncommon Steel Plate restores 25 points and the higher-rarity Steel Plate restores 50, up to the vest’s maximum.

Bastion vs Heavy Armor in ROB RUN: Is the 25% Block Worth It?

ArmorNovember 8, 2026By robrungame.com

Illustration of Heavy and Bastion armor side by side on a gear bench.

Key takeaways

Heavy and Bastion both hold 100 armor points. Bastion also blocks 25% of every hit, so it takes 134 damage to empty it.
The game rounds the armor loss up, so a hit of 1, 2 or 3 damage costs Bastion exactly as much armor as Heavy.
Up close, Bastion adds 1 to 3 hits. The AP Scalar Mk1 needs 17 hits instead of 15, 0.12 s longer.
At 100 m, 15 of 37 single-shot weapons need the same number of hits through either vest. Bastion’s base value is 350,000 cash against 140,000 for Heavy.

How much damage does Bastion armor absorb?

A worn vest takes each hit before your health does. Heavy armor loses one point for every point of damage. Bastion blocks a quarter of each hit, so it loses 75% of the damage, rounded up to a whole point. Both start at 100 points, so Bastion soaks up to 134 damage while Heavy soaks 100. The hit that finally breaks either vest sends whatever’s left over straight to your health.

Damage per hit	Heavy loses	Bastion loses	Bastion difference
1	1	1	Same
2	2	2	Same
3	3	3	Same
4	4	3	1 saved
6	6	5	1 saved
10	10	8	2 saved
14	14	11	3 saved
18	18	14	4 saved
21	21	16	5 saved

Why doesn’t Bastion help against weak hits?

The rounding. Three damage times 0.75 is 2.25, and the game rounds that up to 3, the same as Heavy. The block only starts to show at 4 damage, where Bastion loses 3. Weak hits mostly come from range. Most guns lose damage after a set distance, and 18 of the 37 single-shot weapons are down to 4 damage or less per bullet at 100 m. The AP Scalar Mk1 does 14 damage up close and 3 at 100 m, so it takes 67 hits through Heavy and 67 through Bastion out there.

How many extra hits does Bastion add, weapon by weapon?

Hits to take a player from 100 health to 0 through a full vest, with every bullet hitting the body. Close range means full damage. Shotguns are left out because their damage is per pellet and not every pellet lands; the weapon stats table has their pellet counts.

Weapon	Damage close	Heavy, close	Bastion, close	Damage at 100 m	Heavy, 100 m	Bastion, 100 m
AP Scalar Mk1	14	15	17	3	67	67
AP Scalar Mk2	14	15	17	3	67	67
AP Scalar Mk3	14	15	17	4	50	59
CB45 Mk1	14	15	17	2	100	100
CB45 Mk2	14	15	17	2	100	100
CB45 Mk3	14	15	17	4	50	59
DP-9 Mk1	18	12	13	1	200	200
DP-9 Mk2	18	12	13	1	200	200
DRM-14 Mk1	34	6	7	32	7	8
DRM-14 Mk2	34	6	7	32	7	8
DRM-14 Mk3	34	6	7	34	6	7
JP-7 Mk1	15	14	16	3	67	67
JP-7 Mk2	15	14	16	3	67	67
JP-7 Mk3	15	14	16	3	67	67
KL-545 Mk1	15	14	16	4	50	59
KL-545 Mk2	15	14	16	5	40	45
KL-545 Mk3	15	14	16	6	34	37
LBR-44 Mk1	34	6	7	9	23	26
LBR-44 Mk2	34	6	7	9	23	26
LM 249 Mk2	18	12	13	14	15	17
MC-10 Mk1	12	17	20	1	200	200
MC-10 Mk2	12	17	20	1	200	200
MC-10 Mk3	12	17	20	1	200	200
PDW90 Mk1	13	16	18	3	67	67
PDW90 Mk2	13	16	18	3	67	67
PDW90 Mk3	13	16	18	3	67	67
RC 5.56 Mk1	16	13	15	7	29	32
RC 5.56 Mk2	16	13	15	8	25	30
RC 5.56 Mk3	16	13	15	8	25	30
SR Reaper Mk1	17	12	14	10	20	23
SR Reaper Mk2	17	12	14	10	20	23
SR Reaper Mk3	17	12	14	11	19	21
STAR-H Mk1	21	10	12	11	19	21
STAR-H Mk2	21	10	12	12	17	20
STAR-H Mk3	21	10	12	13	16	18
Vulture 50 Mk1	36	6	7	15	14	16
Vulture 50 Mk2	36	6	7	17	12	14

Should you buy Bastion or Heavy?

In a close fight, Bastion buys you 1 to 3 more hits, usually a tenth or two of a second against an automatic weapon. Against a slow-firing gun that has to reload, like the LBR-44, one extra hit can mean a whole reload. At long range against a weakened bullet, it’s the same vest as Heavy. Both have a durability of 3, and the same Steel Plates repair both: the Uncommon plate restores 25 points and the higher-rarity plate restores 50. Bastion’s base value is 2.5 times Heavy’s.

Prices and resale for both are on their pages: Heavy Body Armor and Bastion Body Armor. To see time to down for a specific gun at 30, 60 and 100 m, open its page from the weapons list or put two side by side in the weapon comparison.

Bastion vs Heavy armor in ROB RUN: is the 25% block worth it?