Formal vest
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Formal vest
A vest embroidered with complex decorative designs.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation Factor - Cold
- 0.4×
- Insulation Factor - Heat
- 0.1×
- Armor Factor - Sharp
- 0.2
- Armor Factor - Blunt
- 0.2
- Armor Factor - Heat
- 0.2
- Coverage
- Torso
- Layer
- Middle
Creation
- Crafted At
/ 
- Required Research
- Noble apparel
- Work To Make
- 12,000 ticks (3.33 mins)
- Stuff Tags
- Leathery, Fabric
- Resources to make
45
- defName
- Apparel_VestRoyal
- thingCategories
- ApparelNoble
- tags
- Royal, RoyalTier5
The Formal Vest is a clothing item added in the Royalty DLC. Male Nobles of Baron rank and above require either one of these, an eltex vest, or power armor to consider themselves properly dressed and avoid a negative moodlet. The Female equivalent is the Corset.
Acquisition
As a complicated garment, Formal Vests can only be made at tailor benches, and require Noble Apparel to be researched in order to be crafted. A Formal Vest requires 45 of any textile, and 12,000 ticks (3.33 mins) of work.
It can also be found on Imperial Nobles, for sale at traders and as a quest reward.
Summary
Formal vests cover the same layer of clothing as a flak vest. They can be worn over shirts and under outer layer clothing.
Male Nobles of Baron rank and above require either one of these, an eltex vest, or prestige armor to consider themselves properly dressed and avoid a negative moodlet. The female equivalent is the corset. Female pawns will receive a mood debuff while wearing this item.
When worn by a slave,
a corset increases the rate that suppression is lost by 10% per day. This stacks additively with all other forms of suppression loss rate offsets.
Analysis
Even the best formal vests provide dramatically less protection than a flak vest: a masterwork thrumbofur formal vest having about as much sharp protection and worse blunt protection than an awful flak vest, which also covers the neck and shoulders. However, flak slows a pawns' movement speed by -0.12c/s, a 2.6% reduction on a healthy, unmodified, untraited pawn. This is a small, but potentially relevant downside.
If speed is critical, then the recon armor is much more expensive, but completely outclasses the duster/cape + corset combination. Thus, the protective niche for the formal vest is small - where top tier textiles like thrumbofur or devilstrand are available and where either:
- movement speed is significantly more important than protection, but recon armor is not available; or
- a research state where formal vests are available and flak vests are not.
Formal vests are also considered noble clothing; Barons and Counts will become upset without one. Prestige recon armor is much more expensive to create. Eltex vests boost psycasting power, but can't be crafted and protect worse than even a plainleather corset. It may be desirable to switch to flak during combat, taking the mood penalty in the process.
=Comparison
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Trade
As of 1.2.2900, formal vests and corsets are the most efficient method of turning textiles into products for sale, assuming the Royalty DLC is enabled and equally skilled crafters and constructors are available. Without Royalty, this role is instead taken by armchairs and dusters. This also represents a way to train skills while also profiting from the pawn-hours invested.
Note that this is only a general rule - other considerations can exist. If a skilled crafter is unavailable, or a particularly skilled constructor is, armchairs may still be a better option due to the effect of Quality on Market Value. Additionally, generally speaking when crafting or constructing a Skill Level 6 or above to guarantee, no matter the material chosen, that selling the product is more profitable than selling the materials. However, the exact skill level each material becomes profitable depends on the Work To Make of the item, the number of materials required, and the market value of the material. Lower value materials are profitable at lower skill levels. For example, cloth formal vests require only a crafting skill of 1 with a average market value modifier of 68% to average a value higher than the 67.5 
of selling the cloth itself, while the most expensive textile, thrumbofur, requires a skill level of 5 to do the same. Thus, a skill level of 5 is sufficient to average profitable for formal vests for all available materials.
Material table
| Material | Sharp | Blunt | Heat | Item HP | Insulation - Cold | Insulation - Heat | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearskin Formal vest | 22.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -8 °C (-14.4 °F) | +2 °C (3.6 °F) | 196
|
| Birdskin Formal vest | 13.4% | 2.8% | 30% | 100 | -4 °C (-7.2 °F) | +1 °C (1.8 °F) | 124
|
| Bluefur Formal vest | 16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -8 °C (-14.4 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 147
|
| Camelhide Formal vest | 16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -6.4 °C (-11.5 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 147
|
| Chinchilla fur Formal vest | 13.4% | 2.8% | 30% | 100 | -12 °C (-21.6 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 335
|
| Dog leather Formal vest | 16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -5.6 °C (-10.1 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 133
|
| Dread leather Formal vest | 25.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -8 °C (-14.4 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 200
|
| Elephant leather Formal vest | 22.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 150 | -5.6 °C (-10.1 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 152
|
| Foxfur Formal vest | 16.2% | 4.2% | 30% | 100 | -8 °C (-14.4 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 200
|
| Guinea pig fur Formal vest | 13.4% | 2.8% | 30% | 60 | -15.2 °C (-27.4 °F) | +1.8 °C (3.2 °F) | 270
|
| Heavy fur Formal vest | 24.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 150 | -12 °C (-21.6 °F) | +1.4 °C (2.5 °F) | 192
|
| Human leather Formal vest | 12.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -4.8 °C (-8.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 230
|
| Lightleather Formal vest | 10.8% | 2.8% | 30% | 100 | -4.8 °C (-8.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 129
|
| Lizardskin Formal vest | 16.2% | 5.4% | 30% | 100 | -4.8 °C (-8.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 138
|
| Panthera fur Formal vest | 18.6% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -6.4 °C (-11.5 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 178
|
| Patchleather Formal vest | 9% | 3.8% | 18% | 100 | -3.6 °C (-6.5 °F) | +0.9 °C (1.6 °F) | 111
|
| Pigskin Formal vest | 12.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -4.8 °C (-8.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 129
|
| Plainleather Formal vest | 16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -6.4 °C (-11.5 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 138
|
| Rhinoceros leather Formal vest | 25.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 150 | -5.6 °C (-10.1 °F) | +1.4 °C (2.5 °F) | 230
|
| Thrumbofur Formal vest | 41.6% | 7.2% | 30% | 200 | -13.6 °C (-24.5 °F) | +2.2 °C (4 °F) | 675
|
| Wolfskin Formal vest | 20.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -9.6 °C (-17.3 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 178
|
| Alpaca wool Formal vest | 7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -12 °C (-21.6 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 215
|
| Bison wool Formal vest | 7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -10.4 °C (-18.7 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 165
|
| Cloth Formal vest | 7.2% | 0% | 3.6% | 100 | -7.2 °C (-13 °F) | +1.8 °C (3.2 °F) | 111
|
| Devilstrand Formal vest | 28% | 7.2% | 60% | 130 | -8 °C (-14.4 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 290
|
| Hyperweave Formal vest | 40% | 10.8% | 57.6% | 240 | -10.4 °C (-18.7 °F) | +2.6 °C (4.7 °F) | 450
|
| Megasloth wool Formal vest | 16% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -13.6 °C (-24.5 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 165
|
| Muffalo wool Formal vest | 7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -11.2 °C (-20.2 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 165
|
| Sheep wool Formal vest | 7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -10.4 °C (-18.7 °F) | +1 °C (1.8 °F) | 165
|
| Synthread Formal vest | 18.8% | 5.2% | 18% | 130 | -8.8 °C (-15.8 °F) | +2.2 °C (4 °F) | 225
|
Assuming Normal quality, for the effect of other qualities, see Quality.
Version history
- Royalty DLC initial release - Added.
- 1.1.2579 - no longer covers the arms, neck and shoulders.
- 1.2.2753 - work to make 3000 -> 12000
- 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