War mask

The war mask is a tribal clothing item. It provides minor protection, as well as increasing pain shock threshold, allowing the wearer to take more pain before being downed.

Acquisition

For New Tribes, War masks can be crafted at a crafting spot, hand tailor bench, or electric tailor bench, each requiring 25 Stuff (Woody) and 3,000 ticks (50 secs) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter and the work to make factor of the material. New Arrivals can never craft war masks.

War masks can be purchased from traders, crafted (by tribal factions), or stripped from tribal raiders.

Summary

In addition to minor head protection, a war mask increases the pain shock threshold of its wearer by +10%, allowing its wearer to take more pain before being downed.

Analysis

War masks are a cheap source of armor for tribespeople in the early game, if you have a good craftsman. While they don't give much protection, the increase in pain shock threshold helps your pawns stay longer in the fight before giving in to pain.

Wood is reasonably easy to obtain in most biomes, so obtaining materials shouldn't be too much of an issue. Rather, the greater issue is having to divert labor to obtaining the wood and crafting it.

War masks can be equipped on Wimp colonists to allow them to function under certain illnesses which would normally surpass their pain threshold.

Stats table

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Quality

War mask		Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality	Material	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Awful	Wood	9.72%	9.72%	7.2%	42.25	-0.32 °C (-0.6 °F)	+0.16 °C (0.3 °F)	19
Poor	Wood	12.96%	12.96%	9.6%	42.25	-0.36 °C (-0.6 °F)	+0.18 °C (0.3 °F)	29
Normal	Wood	16.2%	16.2%	12%	42.25	-0.4 °C (-0.7 °F)	+0.2 °C (0.4 °F)	38
Good	Wood	18.63%	18.63%	13.8%	42.25	-0.44 °C (-0.8 °F)	+0.22 °C (0.4 °F)	48
Excellent	Wood	21.06%	21.06%	15.6%	42.25	-0.48 °C (-0.9 °F)	+0.24 °C (0.4 °F)	57
Masterwork	Wood	23.49%	23.49%	17.4%	42.25	-0.6 °C (-1.1 °F)	+0.3 °C (0.5 °F)	95
Legendary	Wood	29.16%	29.16%	21.6%	42.25	-0.72 °C (-1.3 °F)	+0.36 °C (0.6 °F)	190

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

Styles

Ideoligions allow the selection of styles which then change the texture of the certain items and buildings when constructed by the colony. These style variants can be crafted if the colony has the selected style, or can be looted from raiders from factions with the requisite style.

Base variant
Animalist variant

Trivia

The War Mask is set up in the game's code to be stuffable, however the stuff categories only allow one possible Stuff choice, namely wood.

Version history

0.18.1722 - Added.

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