Editing Cloth

{{Infobox main|fabric
| name = Cloth
| image = Cloth b.png
| description = Cloth woven from organic fibers.
<!-- Base Stats -->
| type = Textile
| type2 = Fabric
| stuff category = Fabric
| hp = 100
| deterioration = 4.0
| flammability = 1.2
| marketvalue = 1.5
| beauty = -4
| mass base = 0.026
| stack limit = 75
| path cost = 14
| rotatable = false
<!-- Stat Modifiers -->
| beauty factor = 1
| work to make factor = 1
| work to build factor = 1
| max hit points factor = 1
| flammability factor = 1.2
| armor - blunt factor = 0
| armor - heat factor = 0.18
| armor - sharp factor = 0.36
| insulation - cold factor = 18
| insulation - heat factor = 18
<!-- Technical -->
| defName = Cloth
| color = (162,157,152)
<!-- Unused -->
| allow color generators = true
| always haulable = true
| default color = (162,157,152)
| draw gui overlay = true
| graphic class = Graphic_Single
| graphic path = Things/Item/Resource/Cloth
| label = cloth
| parent name = ResourceBase
| resource readout priority = Middle
| selectable = true
| thing class = ThingWithComps
| use hit points = true
}}
{{Info|'''Cloth''' is a basic plant-based [[fabric]] that can be grown by planting the [[cotton plant]]. It can be used to create [[clothing]] and a few specialty items like [[carpet]]s. It is 20% more flammable than most other textiles.}}

== Acquisition ==
{{Icon Small|cloth||{{Q|cotton plant|Harvest Yield}}}} white cloth from [[cotton plant]]. Colored cloth can only be bought, not crafted.

== Usage ==
Cloth is a [[textile]], and can be used as a Fabric-type material for [[stuff]]able [[clothing]], [[armchair]]s, and other items.

Also, cloth is specifically used in the following crafting recipes:
{{Ingredient List}}

Cloth will [[deteriorate]] when left outside.

=== Color ===
While players can only grow cotton to harvest light grey cloth, bulk goods traders or faction bases offer dyed cloth for sale. Using different colors of cloth changes the color of the item(s) crafted with it. E.g [[flak vest]]s will be the same color as the cloth used to make it.

== Analysis ==
Any analysis for cloth needs to be broken down into two main sections; using it as a material for stuffable items and using it for the items it is required for.

=== As stuff ===
Cloth is the worst protective textile in the game, with the weakest sharp and heat armor of all textiles, and ''zero'' blunt protection (a trait shared with [[wool]]s). Cloth is alright against temperature, being 9th place against heat, and 17th against cold.

Cloth's main redeeming quality is that it comes from a [[cotton plant|plant]], so it doesn't rely on animals or traders. In a temperate or tropical biome, colonies can easily farm cotton on a large scale, useful for the early and mid-game. Any clothing at all may be used to prevent negative [[mood]]lets for [[tattered]] or [[Mood#Naked|nonexistent]] clothes, and cloth at least gives decent temperature regulation. As [[furniture]], cloth provides no [[beauty]] value, but its ease of production make it useful for bulk projects. Just watch out for fire, as cloth is a very flammable substance.

=== Unique recipes ===
Cloth also has another purpose: it is required to create items like [[medicine]], [[carpets]], [[flak vest]]s, and [[poker table]]s. No other textile may be used to create such items.

This means that despite its poor utility as stuff, very few colonies will forgo using cloth entirely. Even in colonies where grow space is limited, a small [[grow zone]] or a few [[basin]]s dedicated to its production allows a colony to transition to  key mid and late game technologies. For colonies engaging significantly with trade, purchasing is also feasible if less reliable.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Cloth a.png|One cloth
Cloth b.png|Partial stack
Cloth c.png|Full stack
</gallery>

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