Riot Helmet

Amazing mid tier helmet, protects all round the head! Its cheap it looks good it camouflages well. Wear it with a bandana for an extra 5% to projectiles and 10% to melee making you take almost no damage from melee hits to the head. Those pesky naked's with stones will never again be a threat to your head!

This helmet in combination with the Bandana Mask grants 16% Bite damage resistance, which is the damage Scientists, Heavy Scientists, Tunnel Dwellers and other NPCS such as hostile animals inflict on the player.

Can be combined with the [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/bandana-mask]Bandana Mask[/url] to provide the best tier 1 head protection.

surprisingly good cheap, easily obtained and has ample protection
I would recommend using this when in the tundra region as it has really nice cold protection when paired with the bandanna

The Riot Helmet got shadow buffed with the armor insert update. By adding up to 3 metal inserts, the riot helmet can achieve up to 37% projectile protection, exceeding that of the coffee can helmet. With the addition of a bandana, this goes up to 42%, making this cheap tier 1 headpiece into a budget metal facemask that will outclass a coffee can helmet every time. Another bonus is that this combo would give you 8% radiation protection, letting you access higher-tier monuments without sacrificing ballistic protection for radiation.

Wolf headdress is better. I hope they buff this because currently it does not see much use.