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.

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.

On Skin Layer

T-Shirt

Main article: T-Shirt

Button-Down Shirt

Main article: Button-Down Shirt

Pants

Main article: Pants

A simple set of pants.

Tribalwear

Main article: Tribalwear

A full-body garment crafted using neolithic tools. While it may look primitive, it is effective at insulating the wearer.

Shell Layer

Jacket

Main article: Jacket

A tough jacket to stop scrapes and bruises, and keep one warm in chilly weather.

Duster

Main article: Duster

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

Parka

Main article: Parka

A thick parka for staying warm even in the coldest of temperatures.

Over Head Layer

Cowboy Hat

Main article: Cowboy Hat

Tuque

Main article: Tuque

A soft, thick cap. Great for keeping warm in winter.

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.

Tables

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	Min Temp
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	-	-
Leather (most)	×1.3	100%	-	-	-	-	×1.5	×1.5	×1.7	×4.0	×2.0
Leather (hare, boomrat, squirrel)	×1.3	100%	-	-	-	-	×1.5	×1.5	×1.7	×4.0	×1.7
Leather (tortoise, iguana, cobra)	×1.3	100%	-	-	-	-	×1.5	×1.5	×1.7	×4.0	×1.2
Leather (human)	×3.0	100%	-	-	-	-	×1.5	×1.5	×1.7	×4.0	×2.0
Leather (boar)	×1.5	100%	-	-	-	-	×1.5	×1.5	×4.0	×4.0	×2.0
Leather (rhino)	×1.5	100%	-	-	-	-	×2.0	×2.5	×1.7	×4.0	×2.0

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%