Duster

Duster

"A long duster coat for blocking the sun and grit of the desert."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Clothing

Market Value

250 

Mass

2.2 kg

HP

160

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

0.6 °C (1.1 °F)

Insulation - Heat

0.85 °C (1.5 °F)

Armor - Sharp

30%

Armor - Blunt

30%

Armor - Heat

30%

Creation

Work To Make

367 ticks (6.12 secs)

Summary

Overview & Obtaining

Dusters are currently one of two available hot-weather garments available in the game, the other being the cowboy hat. As parkas are necessary to survive in very cold biomes, dusters are necessary to survive in very hot biomes (e.g. Arid Shrubland, Tropical Rainforest, Desert, etc.), and recommended for temperate biomes (i.e. Temperate Forest), as both are suspect to heat waves and the former can handily reach around - or even exceed - 60 °C (140 °F) at the peak of summer. Dusters can be purchased from traders, crafted, or stripped from Outlanders and Pirates.

Crafting

As a complicated garment, dusters require complex clothing to be researched and can only be made at a hand-tailoring bench or an electric tailoring bench. A duster requires 80 of any textile, and 367 seconds of work (22,000 ticks) to be created, assuming baseline global work speed and no enhancements or hindrances to sight or manipulation.

Conclusion and Comparison

Dusters are overall superior to jackets in the respect that dusters have the same base cold insulation, but cover more body parts (torso, shoulders, arms and legs), and also offer blunt protection - at the slight cost of sharp protection (7% vs 8%). A duster made out of any wool provides cold insulation on par with that of a standard parka, along with heat insulation.

Insulation Information

The following table(s) will display how good a normal quality duster is at insulating when made from various materials:

Keeps Cool
		Maximum
Fabric	Alpaca wool	+13.6°C
	Cloth	+15.3°C
	Devilstrand	+20.4°C
	Hyperweave	+22.1°C
	Megasloth wool	+10.2°C
	Muffalo wool	+10.2°C
	Synthread	+18.7°C
Leather	Bearskin	+17°C
	Birdskin	+8.5°C
	Bluefur	+13.6°C
	Camelhide	+20.4°C
	Chinchilla fur	+13.6°C
	Dog leather	+13.6°C
	Elephant leather	+10.2°C
	Foxfur	+13.6°C
	Heavy fur	+11.9°C
	Human leather	+10.2°C
	Lightleather	+10.2°C
	Lizardskin	+10.2°C
	Panthera fur	+20.4°C
	Patchleather	+7.65°C
	Plainleather	+13.6°C
	Rhinoceros leather	+11.9°C
	Thrumbofur	+18.7°C
	Wolfskin	+13.6°C

Keeps Warm
		Minimum
Fabric	Alpaca wool	−18°C
	Cloth	−10.8°C
	Devilstrand	−12°C
	Hyperweave	−15.6°C
	Megasloth wool	−20.4°C
	Muffalo wool	−16.8°C
	Synthread	−13.2°C
Leather	Bearskin	−12°C
	Birdskin	−6°C
	Bluefur	−12°C
	Camelhide	−9.6°C
	Chinchilla fur	−18°C
	Dog leather	−8.4°C
	Elephant leather	−8.4°C
	Foxfur	−12°C
	Heavy fur	−18°C
	Human leather	−7.2°C
	Lightleather	−7.2°C
	Lizardskin	−7.2°C
	Panthera fur	−9.6°C
	Patchleather	−5.4°C
	Plainleather	−9.6°C
	Rhinoceros leather	−8.4°C
	Thrumbofur	−20.4°C
	Wolfskin	−14.4°C

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Apparel

Torso | Clothing

Button-down shirt • T-shirt (Kid ) • Tribalwear (Kid )

Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt

Slave collar

Sash • Kid romper

Armor

Flak vest

Legs | Clothing

Pants (Kid )

Armor

Flak pants

Shell | Clothing

Duster • Jacket • Parka (Kid ) • Robe

Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe

Burka • Slave body strap

Heavy bandolier

Lab coat

Armor

Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix )

Head | Clothing

Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Hood • Psychic foil helmet • Tuque • Tribal headdress • Veil • War mask

Beret • Coronet • Crown • Eltex helmet • Eltex skullcap • Ladies hat • Stellic crown • Top hat

Authority cap • Blindfold • Broadwrap • Flophat • Headwrap • Shadecone • Slicecap • Tailcap • Torture crown • Visage mask

Airwire headset • Array headset • Gas mask • Face mask

Ceremonial hood • Ritual mask

Armor

Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet