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Clothing is a subcategory and type of apparel that generally offers good insulation but poor protection from damage.

All apparel functions in the same way mechanically. Clothing and Armor primarily differ only in their categorisation and a tendency to either offer damage or environmental protection respectively. Therefore, see Apparel for details on the mechanics common to all types of apparel.

Clothing is typically stuffable, made from textiles, and crafted at either an hand or electric tailor bench. Clothing can be also be purchased via trade, salvaged from other humans via the strip order, or dropped by a colonist. Clothes stripped from dead bodies have the "Tainted" modifier, which lowers its value and gives a mood debuff to wearers of the piece of clothing.

Tech level

Informally, specific items of clothing are often referred to as falling into one of two categories: Tribal clothing, or Industrial clothing, based on the Research necessary to craft them, and they are both pretty much self-explanatory.

Below are lists of clothing for the core game; DLC's will add additional items.

Tribal clothing

No research is necessary for these items:

veil
war mask*

* Note that Industrial colonies (including Rich Explorer starts) can never craft tribal headdresses and war masks, although they can trade for and use them.

Industrial clothing

Noble apparel

Royal apparel

Manufacturing clothing

Manufacturing clothing uses the colonist's Crafting skill.

Most clothing can be manufactured at the following production stations. Some few items must be crafted elsewhere (e.g. various crowns, crafted at smithies), or are uncraftable by colonies (e.g. psychic foil helmet) and so can only be acquired via trade, quests, or from defeated raiders, etc.

Crafting spot:

Produces only tribal clothing, and with a 50% workspeed penalty.

Crafting spots are limited to crafting tribal clothing (even after researching Complex Clothing)
Industrial colonies can never craft tribal headdresses or war masks (but can trade for or capture and use them)

Hand tailor bench:

A neolithic production facility with a 50% workspeed penalty, offers the full range of craftable clothing.

Tribal colonies can produce all items
Industrial colonies cannot craft tribal headdresses or war masks

Electric tailor bench:

An upgraded hand tailor bench that grants a faster production speed while powered or at the same speed as its lesser version while without power.

Same tech restrictions as hand tailor benches

Clothing values and materials

Clothes are typically made from textiles - i.e. fabrics and leathers. Their stats vary heavily based on the material. Picking the right material for any piece of clothing is far from arbitrary and the default setting will just have nearly all materials checked. The algorithm by which the crafter picks which material to use is unknown.

General summaries of the primary types are available below, and specific statistics can be directly compared on the Textiles table.

Fabrics

Main article: Fabrics

Cloth is the most accessible material when wildlife is scarce. It can also be easily farmed from cotton plants or cheaply bought. It is used as baseline material in Crafting Bill Hints.

Advanced fabrics tend to have significantly better armor values and at least comparable thermal resistance values, meaning they can easily replace cloth in every application but are harder to come by.

Wools

Main article: Wool

Wool is a subtype of Fabric. Can only be acquired from domesticated animals. They offer very weak protection and are highly flammable but offer high insulation multipliers and are very easy to acquire in amounts. Care must be taken to not mix up the Wool and Leather from an animal, as they have very different values.

Leathers and Skins

Main article: Leathers

Leathers offer pretty good defense and are easy to acquire in most biomes as a sub product of hunting. Leather are defined by the type of animal they were taken from. While they generally provide good armor, their insulation multipliers can vary significantly - both significantly below and above cloth. They always have a high Heat and Blunt damage resistance, with low flammability.

Layers and coverage

Human Body Clothing Coverage Areas
Human Body Clothing Layers Infographic

Comparison tables

Headgear

Uniquely, the Broadwrap covers the neck and both shoulders. This causes it to be the only headgear to conflict with the Slave Collar.

The Slave Collar, is not true headgear, in terms of layer "slot". Although it does have some layer interaction, as shown by its conflict with the Broadwrap.

HP	Armor - Blunt	Armor - Heat	Armor - Sharp	Coverage	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Special Properties	Research requirement	Work to Make	Material Cost	Base Market Value	Value/Work	Value/Material
Airwire headset	0%	0%	0%	60	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	+3 Bandwidth	Basic mechtech	2,100 ticks (35 secs)	50, 4	230	0.11	4.6
Array headset	0%	0%	0%	60	Upper Head	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	+6 Bandwidth	Standard mechtech	2,100 ticks (35 secs)	50, 8	360	0.171	7.2
Authority cap	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	10%	+10% Slave suppression offset	–	1,500 ticks (25 secs)	25 (Fabric/Leathery)	34	0.023	1.36
Beret	×0%	×0%	×0%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	7%	15%	+10% Social impact	Noble apparel	4,000 ticks (1.11 mins)	35 (Leathery/Fabric)	52	0.013	1.49
Bowler hat	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	40%	+15% Social impact	Complex clothing	1,800 ticks (30 secs)	20 (Leathery/Fabric)	29	0.016	1.45
Broadwrap	×25%	×25%	×25%	80	Neck, Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder	20%	20%	–	–	1,800 ticks (30 secs)	30 (Fabric)	41	0.023	1.37
Ceremonial hood	×40%	×40%	×40%	90	Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw	50%	10%	–	Bioferrite shaping	2,000 ticks (33.33 secs)	20 (Fabric), 10	37	0.019	1.85
Coronet	×0%	×0%	×0%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	0%	0%	+20% Social impact	Royal apparel	8,000 ticks (2.22 mins)	50 (Metallic, 500 for SMVs)	80	0.01	1.6
Cowboy hat	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	50%	+10% Social impact	Complex clothing	1,800 ticks (30 secs)	25 (Leathery/Fabric)	35	0.019	1.4
Crown	×0%	×0%	×0%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	0%	0%	+20% Social impact	Royal apparel	12,000 ticks (3.33 mins)	75 (Metallic, 750 for SMVs)	120	0.01	1.6
Eltex helmet	9%	9%	27%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	-4 °C (7.2 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	Quality dependent increase to Psychic sensitivity, +0.066 h/s Neural heat recovery rate	–	–	–	500	–	–
Eltex skullcap	0%	0%	0%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	-0 °C (0 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	Quality dependent increase to Psychic sensitivity, +0.091 h/s Neural heat recovery rate	–	–	–	500	–	–
Face mask	×20%	×20%	×20%	40	Jaw	2%	2%	+50% Toxic environment resistance	Complex clothing	800 ticks (13.33 secs)	10 (Fabric)	14	0.018	1.4
Flophat	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	50%	0%	–	Complex clothing	1,200 ticks (20 secs)	20 (Fabric)	27	0.023	1.35
Gas mask	18%	30%	0%	80	Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw	-1.5 °C (2.7 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	+80% Toxic environment resistance	Machining	6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	20, 20	106	0.018	5.3
Headwrap	×25%	×25%	×25%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	10%	–	–	1,400 ticks (23.33 secs)	20 (Fabric)	28	0.02	1.4
Hood	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	25%	+20% Social impact	–	6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	50 (Fabric/Leathery)	75	0.013	1.5
Ladies hat	×0%	×0%	×0%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	25%	+20% Social impact	Noble apparel	6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	50 (Leathery/Fabric)	75	0.013	1.5
Psychic foil helmet	9%	9%	27%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	-2 °C (3.6 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	−90% Psychic sensitivity	–	–	–	250	–	–
Ritual mask	×30%	×30%	×30%	80	Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw	20%	10%	–	Bioferrite shaping	3,000 ticks (50 secs)	25	46	0.015	1.84
Shadecone	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	50%	–	Complex clothing	1,800 ticks (30 secs)	25 (Fabric/Leathery)	35	0.019	1.4
Slave collar	×0%	×0%	×0%	80	Neck	0%	0%	+15% Slave suppression offset	–	1,800 ticks (30 secs)	25 (Metallic/Leathery, 250 for SMVs)	35	0.019	1.4
Slicecap	×10%	×10%	×10%	80	Head	0%	10%	–	–	2,000 ticks (33.33 secs)	15 (Woody/Metallic, 150 for SMVs)	23	0.012	1.53
Stellic crown	×0%	×0%	×0%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	0%	0%	+20% Social impact	–	0 ticks (0 secs)	85 (Metallic, 850 for SMVs)	102	–	1.2
Tailcap	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	50%	0%	–	Complex clothing	1,400 ticks (23.33 secs)	20 (Leathery)	28	0.02	1.4
Top hat	×0%	×0%	×0%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	25%	10%	+20% Social impact	Noble apparel	6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	50 (Leathery/Fabric)	75	0.013	1.5
Torture crown	×15%	×15%	×15%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	0%	0%	+5% Pain	–	1,200 ticks (20 secs)	25 (Metallic/Woody, 250 for SMVs)	33	0.028	1.32
Tribal headdress	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	10%	15%	+15% Social impact	–	6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	50 (Fabric)	75	0.013	1.5
Tuque	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Ear, Right Ear	50%	0%	–	Complex clothing	1,200 ticks (20 secs)	20 (Fabric)	27	0.023	1.35
Veil	×20%	×20%	×20%	80	Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw	5%	5%	+5% Pain shock threshold	–	1,400 ticks (23.33 secs)	20 (Fabric)	28	0.02	1.4
Visage mask	×30%	×30%	×30%	90	Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw	5%	5%	–	–	2,000 ticks (33.33 secs)	15 (Woody/Metallic, 150 for SMVs)	23	0.012	1.53
War mask	×30%	×30%	×30%	65	Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw	5%	5%	+10% Pain shock threshold	–	3,000 ticks (50 secs)	25 (Woody)	38	0.013	1.52

Body

The hands and feet, across all layers, are NOT covered by any apparel present in base game.

HP	Armor - Blunt	Armor - Heat	Armor - Sharp	Layer	Coverage	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Special Properties	Research requirement	Work to Make	Material Cost	Base Market Value	Value/Work	Value/Material
Blindfold	×10%	×10%	×10%	80	Left Eye, Right Eye	35%	0%	max 20% Sight	–	1,200 ticks (20 secs)	20 (Fabric)	27	0.023	1.35
Burka	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Head, Left eye, Right eye, Left ear, Right ear, Nose, Jaw, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg	10%	20%	−0.4 c/s Move speed	–	4,000 ticks (1.11 mins)	60 (Fabric)	82	0.021	1.37
Button-down shirt	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm	26%	10%	–	Complex clothing	2,700 ticks (45 secs)	45 (Leathery/Fabric)	61	0.023	1.36
Cape	×30%	×30%	×30%	200	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg	60%	85%	–	–	16,000 ticks (4.44 mins)	80 (Leathery/Fabric)	136	0.009	1.7
Corset	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso	40%	10%	–	Noble apparel	12,000 ticks (3.33 mins)	45 (Leathery/Fabric)	84	0.007	1.87
Duster	×30%	×30%	×30%	200	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg	60%	85%	–	Complex clothing	10,000 ticks (2.78 mins)	80 (Leathery/Fabric)	121	0.012	1.51
Eltex robe	7%	0%	4%	100	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg	-15 °C (27 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	Quality dependent increase to Psychic sensitivity, +0.091 h/s Neural heat recovery rate	–	–	–	600	–	–
Eltex shirt	7%	0%	4%	100	Torso, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder	-5 °C (9 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	Quality dependent increase to Psychic sensitivity, +0.033 h/s Neural heat recovery rate	–	–	–	400	–	–
Eltex vest	7%	0%	4%	100	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder	-6 °C (10.8 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	Quality dependent increase to Psychic sensitivity, +0.05 h/s Neural heat recovery rate	–	–	–	500	–	–
Formal shirt	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm	22%	10%	–	Noble apparel	6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	65 (Leathery/Fabric)	93	0.016	1.43
Formal vest	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso	40%	10%	–	Noble apparel	12,000 ticks (3.33 mins)	45 (Leathery/Fabric)	84	0.007	1.87
Heavy bandolier	×10%	×10%	×10%	50	Torso	10%	10%	−20% Ranged cooldown multiplier	Complex clothing	3,500 ticks (58.33 secs)	75 (Fabric/Leathery)	99	0.028	1.32
Jacket	×30%	×30%	×30%	160	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm	80%	30%	–	Complex clothing	7,000 ticks (1.94 mins)	70 (Leathery/Fabric)	102	0.015	1.46
Kid pants	×20%	×20%	×20%	50	Left Leg, Right Leg	20%	8%	–	Complex clothing	1,280 ticks (21.33 secs)	20 (Leathery/Fabric)	27	0.021	1.35
Kid parka	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm	150%	0%	–	Complex clothing	6,400 ticks (1.78 mins)	40 (Leathery/Fabric)	64	0.01	1.6
Kid romper	×20%	×20%	×20%	50	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg	22%	10%	–	Complex clothing	2,000 ticks (33.33 secs)	30 (Fabric/Leathery)	41	0.021	1.37
Kid shirt	×20%	×20%	×20%	50	Torso, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder	22%	10%	–	Complex clothing	1,280 ticks (21.33 secs)	20 (Fabric/Leathery)	27	0.021	1.35
Kid tribalwear	×20%	×20%	×20%	60	Torso, Left Leg, Right Leg	50%	50%	–	–	1,400 ticks (23.33 secs)	30 (Leathery/Fabric)	40	0.029	1.33
Lab coat	×20%	×20%	×20%	140	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm	50%	60%	+5% Research Speed +10% Entity Study Rate	Complex clothing	5,000 ticks (1.39 mins)	70 (Leathery/Fabric)	97	0.019	1.39
Pants	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Left Leg, Right Leg	20%	8%	–	Complex clothing	1,600 ticks (26.67 secs)	40 (Leathery/Fabric)	52	0.033	1.3
Parka	×20%	×20%	×20%	140	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm	200%	0%	–	Complex clothing	8,000 ticks (2.22 mins)	80 (Leathery/Fabric)	116	0.015	1.45
Prestige robe	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg	80%	25%	–	Royal apparel	20,000 ticks (5.56 mins)	100 (Leathery/Fabric)	170	0.009	1.7
Robe	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg	80%	25%	–	–	5,000 ticks (1.39 mins)	80 (Fabric/Leathery)	109	0.022	1.36
Sash	×10%	×10%	×10%	50	Torso	10%	10%	–	Complex clothing	1,000 ticks (16.67 secs)	25 (Fabric/Leathery)	33	0.033	1.32
Slave body strap	×10%	×10%	×10%	160	Torso	10%	10%	+15% Slave suppression offset	–	7,000 ticks (1.94 mins)	70 (Fabric/Leathery)	102	0.015	1.46
T-shirt	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder	22%	10%	–	Complex clothing	1,600 ticks (26.67 secs)	40 (Leathery/Fabric)	52	0.033	1.3
Tribalwear	×20%	×20%	×20%	100	Torso, Left Leg, Right Leg	55%	55%	–	–	1,800 ticks (30 secs)	60 (Leathery/Fabric)	77	0.043	1.28