Armor

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Armor is a type of gear that offers superior protection to clothing, and can be worn over clothing. Armor tends to carry heavier movement speed penalties than clothing, though. Default colonist move speed is 4.61 cells per second (c/s).

If left exposed with no roof, armor will deteriorate until it disintegrates.

A colonist wearing any apparel with health between 21% and 50% will get the 'Wearing frayed apparel' thought, and armor is no exception to this. A colonist wearing any apparel with health 20% or below will get the 'Wearing tattered apparel' thought, replacing the 'frayed apparel' thought. These thoughts do not stack.

Aside from the percent decreases to certain kinds of damage that armor confers, a colonist wearing armor has a passive chance of outright avoiding all damage from some attacks, as the reinforced plates can sometimes utterly deflect a bullet. This will be represented by a "chunk" sound and a spark, akin to a colonist with the mining job striking a rock wall. The chance of this happening depends on the armor rating of each piece of armor.

In addition, armored enemies (such as Mechanoids, especially Centipedes) have this same chance of simply ignoring damage, so it is advised to bring your heaviest weapons to bear against these deadly foes.

The Overview screen has an Outfits tab that manages apparel profiles. The Outfits system provides a way to exclude colonists from wearing damaged apparel that causes mood debuffs.

Armor Stats

There are 4 types of armor rating in Rimworld.

Armor - Blunt protects against blunt trauma such those from blunt melee weapons or explosions.
Armor - Electric protects against EMP damage. As of Alpha 16 this is obsolete as EMP weapons don't deal physical damage.
Armor - Heat protects against temperature-related damage, mostly burns. Good against incendiary weapons.
Armor - Sharp protects against sharp damage. This covers a wide variety of damage, from sharp melee weapons, to gunshots, to animal bites.

Each point of armor from 1 - 50% reduces damage by 1%.
Each point of armor between 51 - 100% provides a 1% chance to not take damage.
Each point of armor beyond 100% reduces damage by 0.25% and gives a 0.25% chance to not take damage.

Each piece of armor or clothing separately calculates the damage received.

Clothing Layers

Main articles: Apparel layers and Table of Human Body Part Groups

Each item of apparel or utility gear is worn on a specific location of the wearer's body. That location is determined by two things:

  1. The body part groups it covers.
  2. The layer or layers it occupies.

Apparel combinations are limited by layer and coverage - an item cannot be worn with another item that covers the same body parts and on the same layer. Thus, items covering the same parts but on different layers are compatible, as are items on the same layer but with no overlap in coverage. Items that cover multiple layers conflict with items on all layers.

Layers are also used to determine the order in which armor calculations are performed, with the outermost layer's armor applying first, and progressing through the layers until the attack is stopped or there are no more layers.

The layers, from innermost to outermost, are:

  • Skin: The closest layer to the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head.
  • Middle: The second closest layer to the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head.
  • Outer: The third layer from the body, and mostly used for apparel below the head. Note that it will be displayed on the pawn's sprite above all other layers, even though it is considered below the following layers for actual mechanical effects.
  • Belt: Technically the fourth layer. A distinct layer for utility items to allow them to be worn alongside any other apparel but not with each other.
  • Headgear: The fifth layer, and used for headwear. There are several items that cover body parts typically covered by the other layers however, in which case this will be above them.
  • Eyes: The outermost layer. A distinct layer only used for the blindfoldContent added by the Ideology DLC to allow it to be worn alongside headwear.

Which body parts currently have items that occupy each of the layers is shown in the table on the below; layers and body parts which are not currently used by gear were omitted. As such, the hands and feet which are not covered by any apparel or any layer, are omitted.

  • Body Part Group Coverage Skin Middle Outer Headgear Eyes Belt Image
    Full Head Head, Ears, Nose, Jaw, Eyes × Human Body Areas Located.png
    Upper Head Head, Ears ×
    Eyes Eyes ×
    Shoulders Left & Right Shoulders × × ×
    Arms Left & Right Arm × × ×
    Torso Torso × × ×
    Waist Waist ×
    Neck Neck × × × ×
    Legs Left & Right Leg × × ×

    Examples

    • You can't wear pants as well as tribalwear, since both cover the "skin" layer and cover the legs.
    • You can wear pants and a button-down shirt, since while they both use the "skin" layer they don't cover the same parts.
    • You can wear pants and a duster, since while they both cover the legs pants use the "skin" layer while a duster uses the "outer" layer.

    Middle Layer

    Armor Vest

    Main article: Armor Vest

    A basic plate, strapped to a colonist's or raider's chest to protect their torso from gunshots and some other injuries. (Main article: Armor Vest)

    Middle and Shell Layers

    Power Armor

    Main article: Power Armor

    Durable but heavy armor. Not advised for 24/7 wearing on colonists due to the movement speed and work penalties, unless they have to wear parkas anyway. (Main article: Power armor)

    Over Head Layer

    Power Armor Helmet

    Main article: Power Armor Helmet

    Advanced, but uncomfortable. It is currently the only helmet that covers the entire face. (Main article: Power armor helmet)


    Kevlar Helmet

    Main article: Kevlar Helmet

    Companion to the Armor Vest. Protects your head. (Main article: Kevlar helmet)

    Military Helmet

    Main article: Military Helmet

    Cheap, but bulky protection for one's noggin. Can be made out of various materials to potentially improve durability and therefore lifetime. Less protective than a Kevlar Helmet, but is cheaper and lowers the psychic sensitivity due to it's bulky metal covering. (Main article: Military helmet)

    Psychic Foil Helmet

    Main article: Psychic Foil Helmet

    Great protection against mind-reading lizard men. Not so great at stopping bullets. (Main article: Psychic foil helmet)

    Accessory Layer

    Main article: personal shield

    Personal Shield

    Main article: Personal Shield

    A personal shield is most effective for melee combatants to allow them to close ground on a ranged attacker with no or little risk of taking weapons fire. Note also that as of version 11c, the shields block attacks from Deadfall traps as if they were ranged attacks.

    Table

    Name Move Speed[1] Layer[2] Covers Commonality[3] Blunt Piercing Heat Electric Toxic
    Armor Vest -0.08 c/s Middle Torso 25% 20% 60% 0% 0% 0%
    Kevlar Helmet -0.02 c/s Overhead Upper Head 40% 10% 35% 0% 0% 0%
    Military Helmet -0.04 c/s Overhead Upper Head 40% 10% 25% 0% 0% 0%
    Power Armor Helmet -0.04 c/s Overhead Full Head 30% 35% 60% 50% 0% 0%
    Power Armor -0.1 c/s Middle, Shell Torso, Arms, Legs 5% 35% 65% 30% 0% 0%
    1. ↑ Bonus/penalty on movement speed.
    2. ↑ What part this armor covers (may be multiple).
    3. ↑ Statistic of how common this armor should be.
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