Clothing

Clothes are a kind of gear, mostly for providing protection from hot and cold weather and climate and covering up your colonists nudity. They usually offer little in the way of protection against weapons when compared to armor.

Inner Clothing

T-Shirt

Basic T-Shirt, most colonists start with this or the buttoned-down shirt.

Torso

Comfortable Minimum	−3°C

Blunt Resistance	+3%

Sharp Resistance	+3%

Button-Down Shirt

A nicer and slightly more formal shirt. Not much different from the T-Shirt

Torso

Comfortable Minimum	−3°C

Blunt Resistance	+3%

Sharp Resistance	+3%

Tribalwear

The neolithic raiders are usually dressed in these. Interesting note, you can wear this between your shirt and your duster.

Torso

Legs

Comfortable Minimum	−3°C

Outer Clothing

Jacket

A tough jacket, very slightly better than the duster in blunt protection and a slightly smaller movespeed penalty.

Torso

Comfortable Minimum	−15°C

Move Speed	−3%

Sharp Resistance	+8%

Heat Resistance	+3%

Duster

The stylish and tough duster, with a small but notable amount of heat protection.

Torso

Comfortable Minimum	−15°C

Move Speed	−4%

Blunt Resistance	+3%

Sharp Resistance	+7%

Heat Resistance	+7%

Parka

Parkas, the key to domination of the arctic circle. Makes winters, tundras and megalomanic walk-in freezer projects survivable.

Torso

Comfortable Minimum	−45°C

Comfortable Maximum	−8°C

Move Speed	−3%

Sharp Resistance	+3%

Heat Resistance	+3%

Hats

Cowboy Hat

Obvious throw-back to the Western-esque themes of RimWorld.

Upper Head

Comfortable Maximum	+7°C

Social Impact	+15%

Blunt Resistance	+3%

Sharp Resistance	+3%

Tuque

In the decision between winter survival and style, some lesser souls will ditch their cowboy hat for a tuque.

Upper Head

Comfortable Minimum	−10°C

Comfortable Maximum	−2°C

Blunt Resistance	+3%

Sharp Resistance	+3%

Base Values

Clothing	Body Area	Layer	Work	Market Value	Blunt	Sharp	Heat	Move Speed	Social chat impact	Max Temp	Min Temp
T-Shirt	Torso	OnSkin	4800	50	3%	3%	-	-	-	-	-3
Button-Down Shirt	Torso	OnSkin	8000	55	3%	3%	-	-	-	-	-3
Pants	Legs	OnSkin	7000	50	3%	3%	-	-	-	-	-4
Jacket	Torso	Shell	17000	70	-	8%	3%	-0.03	-	-	-15
Duster	Torso	Shell	24000	80	3%	7%	7%	-0.04	-	3	-15
Cowboy Hat	UpperHead	OverHead	3000	25	3%	3%	-	-	0.15	7	-
Tribalwear	Torso, Legs	OnSkin	2000	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-10
Parka	Torso	Shell	22000	120	-	3%	3%	-0.03	-	-8	-45
Tuque	UpperHead	OverHead	800	25	3%	3%	-	-	-	-2	-10

Material Effects

Material	Market Value Mutliplier	Flammability	Blunt Base	Sharp Base	Heat Base	Electric Base	Blunt Multiplier	Sharp Multipler	Heat Multiplier	Electric Multiplier
Cloth	x1.5	100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Synthread	x11	100%	+3%	+3%	+3%	+3%	-	x1.65	x4	x4
Devilstrand	x16	100%	+5%	+5%	-	+5%	x1.3	x2	-	x3
Hyperweave	x45	100%	+3%	+3%	+3%	-	x1.6	x4	x2	-
Rhinohide	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x2	x2.5	x1.7	-
Hare leather	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Tortoise leather	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Human leather	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Iguana skin	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Boomrat leather	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Squirrelskin	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Monkeyhide	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Muffalo leather	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Boarskin	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x4	-
Deerhide	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Elkhide	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Beaverskin	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-
Cobraskin	?	100%	-	-	-	-	x1.5	x1.5	x1.7	-

To calculate the final value of an attribute:

(<base value> + <material base value>) * material multipler

e.g. The blunt defense value of a Devilstrand t-shirt (5% + 3%)*1.3 = 10.4%

Sleeveless-ness

Oddly enough, several pieces of apparel do not cover the arms. While sleeveless jackets and sleeveless T-Shirts are completely reasonable, the Button-Down Shirt and Duster are also sleeveless. This suggests that the RimWorlds have some sort of fascination with sleeveless apparel (not to mention that they also seem to be barren of any sort of pants/trousers). Massive oversight or a bizarre fashion trend? Who knows.

Clothing Layers

Main articles: Apparel layers and Table of Human Body Part Groups

Each item of apparel or utility gear is worn on a specific location of the wearer's body. That location is determined by two things:

1. The body part groups it covers.
2. The layer or layers it occupies.

Apparel combinations are limited by layer and coverage - an item cannot be worn with another item that covers the same body parts and on the same layer. Thus, items covering the same parts but on different layers are compatible, as are items on the same layer but with no overlap in coverage. Items that cover multiple layers conflict with items on all layers.

Layers are also used to determine the order in which armor calculations are performed, with the outermost layer's armor applying first, and progressing through the layers until the attack is stopped or there are no more layers.

The layers, from innermost to outermost, are:

• Skin: The closest layer to the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head.
• Middle: The second closest layer to the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head.
• Outer: The third layer from the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head. Note that it will be displayed on the pawn's sprite above all other layers, even though it is considered below the following layers for actual mechanical effects.
• Belt: Technically the fourth layer. A distinct layer for utility items to allow them to be worn alongside any other apparel but not with each other.
• Headgear: The fifth layer, and used for headwear. There are several items that cover body parts typically covered by the other layers however, in which case this will be above them.
• Eyes: The outermost layer. A distinct layer only used for the blindfold to allow it to be worn alongside headwear.

Which body parts currently have items that occupy each of the layers is shown in the table on the below; layers and body parts which are not currently used by gear were omitted. As such, the hands and feet which are not covered by any apparel or any layer, are omitted.

Body Part Group	Coverage	Skin	Middle	Outer	Headgear	Eyes	Belt	Image
Full Head	Head, Ears, Nose, Jaw, Eyes				×
Upper Head	Head, Ears				×
Eyes	Eyes					×
Shoulders	Left & Right Shoulders	×	×	×
Arms	Left & Right Arm	×	×	×
Torso	Torso	×	×	×
Waist	Waist						×
Neck	Neck	×	×	×	×
Legs	Left & Right Leg	×	×	×

Examples

• You can't wear pants as well as tribalwear, since both cover the "skin" layer and cover the legs.
• You can wear pants and a button-down shirt, since while they both use the "skin" layer they don't cover the same parts.
• You can wear pants and a duster, since while they both cover the legs pants use the "skin" layer while a duster uses the "outer" layer.