Clothing
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Clothing is a subcategory of apparel, the other category being armor.
Clothing can be made from textiles at a tailoring bench. They can be also be purchased via trade, salvaged from other humans via the strip order, or dropped by a colonist.
Manufacturing clothing
Clothing can be manufactured at:
- Hand-tailoring bench
- A neolithic production facility
- Electric tailoring bench
- An upgraded hand-tailoring bench that runs on electricity (or without at reduced production speed)
- Crafting spot
- All factions can make tribalwear, while tribal factions can also make tribal headdresses, war masks, and war veils at a crafting spot
Manufacturing clothing uses the colonist's Crafting skill.
Clothing Values
Clothes are made from fabric and leather. While its stats vary heavily based on the material, clothing offers little protection from violence, but very good insulation.
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.
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 way 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.
B19 Textile Material Cheat Sheet by __Amnesiac__
Wools
Wool is a subtype of Fabric. Can only be acquired from domesticated animals, and have high Thermal Multipliers. It offers very weak protection and is highly flammable. Care must be taken to not mix up the Wool and Leather from an animal, as those have very different values.
Leathers and Skins
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 thermal resistance tends to be all over the place - way below and way above cloth. They always have a high Flame and Blunt damage resistance, with low flammability.
Headgear Table
Unlike other clothing, headgear is made almost exclusively from Fabric.
| Name | Research Requirement | Fabric | Leathery | Sharp | Blunt | Heat | Cold Insulation | Heat Insulation | Special | Upper Head | Full Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy hat | Complex Clothing | Y | Y | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 50% | +10% Social Impact | Y | N |
| Bowler hat | Complex Clothing | Y | Y | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 40% | +15% Social Impact | Y | N |
| Tribal headdress | None | Y | N | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 15% | +15% Social Impact | Y | N |
| Tuque | Complex Clothing | Y | N | 20% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 0% | Nothing | Y | N |
| War veil | None | Y | N | 20% | 20% | 20% | 5% | 5% | +5 Pain Shock Threshold | N | Y |
| Top hat | Noble Apparel | Y | Y | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +20% Social Impact | Y | N |
| Ladies hat | Noble Apparel | Y | Y | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +20% Social Impact | Y | N |
| Coronet | Royal Apparel | N | N | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +20% Social Impact | Y | N |
| Crown | Royal Apparel | N | N | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +20% Social Impact | Y | N |
Body table
| Name | Fabric | Leathery | Armor | Cold Insulation | Heat Insulation | Upper Body | Lower Body | On Skin | Middle | Shell | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribalwear | Y | Y | 20% | 55% | 55% | Y | Y | Y | 82.8 Silver.png | ||
| Parka | Y | Y | 20% | 200% | 0% | Y | Y | 320 Silver.png | |||
| Pants | Y | Y | 20% | 20% | 8% | Y | Y | 128 Silver.png | |||
| T-shirt | Y | Y | 20% | 22% | 10% | Y | Y | 120 Silver.png | |||
| Button-down shirt | Y | Y | 20% | 26% | 10% | Y | Y | 140 Silver.png | |||
| Duster | Y | Y | 30% | 60% | 85% | Y | Y | Y | 250 Silver.png | ||
| Jacket | Y | Y | 30% | 80% | 30% | Y | Y | 188 Silver.png | |||
| Formal shirt | Y | Y | 20% | 22% | 10% | Y | Y | 99.72 Silver.png | |||
| Formal vest | Y | Y | 20% | 40% | 10% | Y | Y | 100.8 Silver.png | |||
| Prestige robe | Y | Y | 20% | 100% | 0% | Y | Y | Y | 74.4 Silver.png | ||
| Corset | Y | Y | 20% | 40% | 10% | Y | Y | 100.8 Silver.png | |||
| Eltex shirt | 400 Silver.png | ||||||||||
| Eltex vest | 500 Silver.png | ||||||||||
| Eltex robe | 600 Silver.png |
Common Combinations
- See also: Clothing Layers
On Skin Layer
This layer is dominated by two options: Tribalwear or Shirt + Pants
Tribalwear offers the best thermal insulation. Meanwhile, Shirt+Pants in turn has better armor values and coverage. The T-shirt is an inferior version of the button down shirt and should be avoided unless its reduced material cost is helpful.
Middle
The middle layer is not used by any clothing. It is primarily the realm of Armors, which use it to lock out against another.
Shell
The Shell layer is primarily for armor and additional clothing layers. They can be combined with shirts, Flak Pants, and Flak Vest.
The Parka is the perfect option for Cold Resistance, as it outright doubles the material values. Accordingly, it should be always made from whatever material has the highest base values.
The Duster is a cowboy attire. Aside from good heat insulation, it also offers decent protection.
The Jacket is a common item. Crashlanded survivors start with one. It is a good balance between protection and insulation.
- 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