Clothing

Gear

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.

Manufacturing clothing

Clothing can be manufactured at:

Hand tailor bench: A neolithic production facility
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 without power.
Crafting spot: All factions can make tribalwear, while tribal factions can also make tribal headdresses, war masks, and 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.

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
Psychic foil helmet	N/A	N	N	9%	9%	27%	2°C	1°C	-90% Psychic Sensitivity	Y	N
Top hat	Noble Apparel	Y	Y	0%	0%	0%	10%	25%	+20% Social Impact	Y	N
Ladies hat	Noble Apparel	Y	Y	0%	0%	0%	10%	25%	+20% Social Impact	Y	N
Beret	Noble Apparel	Y	Y	0%	0%	0%	7%	15%	+10% 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
Stellic crown	N/A	N	N	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	+20% Social Impact	Y	N
Hood	N/A	Y	Y	0%	0%	0%	10%	25%	+20% Social Impact	Y	N

Body table

Name	Fabric	Leathery	Armor	Cold Insulation	Heat Insulation	Upper Body	Lower Body	On Skin	Middle	Outer	Market Value	Material Amount
Tribalwear	Y	Y	20%	55%	55%	Y	Y	Y			96	60
Parka	Y	Y	20%	200%	0%	Y				Y	149	80
Pants	Y	Y	20%	20%	8%		Y	Y			66	40
T-shirt	Y	Y	20%	22%	10%	Y		Y			66	40
Button-down shirt	Y	Y	20%	26%	10%	Y		Y			77	45
Duster	Y	Y	30%	60%	85%	Y	Y			Y	156	80
Cape	Y	Y	30%	60%	85%	Y	Y			Y	178	80
Jacket	Y	Y	30%	80%	30%	Y				Y	130	70
Robe	Y	Y	20%	80%	25%	Y	Y			Y	138	80
Formal shirt	Y	Y	20%	22%	10%	Y		Y			119	65
Formal vest	Y	Y	20%	40%	10%	Y			Y		111	45
Prestige robe	Y	Y	20%	80%	25%	Y	Y			Y	220	100
Corset	Y	Y	20%	40%	10%	Y			Y		111	45
Eltex shirt	N/A	N/A		5°C	1°C	Y		Y			400	N/A
Eltex vest	N/A	N/A		6°C	1°C	Y			Y		500	N/A
Eltex robe	N/A	N/A		15°C	1°C	Y	Y			Y	600	N/A

Common Combinations

See also: Clothing Layers

Head Layer

This layer is dominated by two options: Broadwrap or Bowler_hat

The Broadwrap offers superior physical protection. The Bowler_hat provides a 15% boost social impact.

Situationally, due to heat or cold, the Cowboy_hat and the Tuque offer better temperature insulation, respectfully.

On Skin Layer

This layer is dominated by two options: Tribalwear or Button-down shirt + Pants

Tribalwear offers the best thermal insulation. Meanwhile, Button-down 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 as a t-shirt and pants offers identical coverage and worse stats and material cost than tribalwear of the same quality and material.

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.

Outer

The Outer layer is primarily for armor and additional clothing layers. They can be combined with shirts, flak pants, and flak vests.

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.

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