Gas mask
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Gas mask
A flexible mask worn over the face with an embedded air filter. It dramatically reduces exposure to pollution through the lungs, but does not protect the skin on the rest of the body.
It prevents tox gas irritants from entering through the eyes and mouth.
Base Stats
- Tech Level
- Industrial
- Market Value
- 106
[Note] - Mass
- 0.4 kg
- HP
- 80
Apparel
- Insulation - Cold
- 1.5 °C (2.7 °F)
- Insulation - Heat
- 0 °C (0 °F)
- Armor - Sharp
- 18%
- Armor - Blunt
- 30%
- Armor - Heat
- 0%
- Clothing For Nudity
- False
- Coverage
- Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw
- Layer
- Headgear
- Lifestage
- Child, Adult
- Equip Delay
- 48 ticks (0.8 secs)
Creation
- Crafted At
- Required Research
- Machining
- Work To Make
- 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)
- Work Speed Stat
- General Labor Speed
- Resources to make
20 + 
20
- Has Quality
- True
- thingCategories
- ClothingHeadgear
- tags
- IndustrialBasic
The gas mask is a piece of apparel added by the Biotech DLC.
Acquisition[edit]
Gas masks can be crafted at a machining table once the Machining research project has been completed. Each requires 20 Steel, 20 Chemfuel and 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter.
Summary[edit]
Gas masks increase Toxic Environment Resistance by +80%, causing rot stink, and Toxic buildup from tox gas, toxic fallout, and pollution to be 20% effective. Separate to its effect on toxic buildup, it also prevents the user from being affected by tox gas exposure. It does not protect from diseases nor does it prevent toxic buildup from attacks such as the cobra's bite. Quality does not affect this resistance.
The gas mask does not count as clothing for pawns with the nudist trait or with pro-nudity ideoligions.
Despite this, it does still count as clothing coverage for pawns who prefer not being naked.
Analysis[edit]
The gas mask can be useful as a situational item when needing to handle a lot of rottingcorpses or survive toxic conditions. However, it cannot be worn with a helmet and provides minimal Sharp protection, so it should not be worn on a regular basis. It has surprisingly decent Blunt armor, on par with a steel flak helmet or plasteel simple helmet, but the mask's blunt protection is too small to make a meaningful difference.
Face masks are generally a better alternative: their 50% environmental protection is enough in many cases, and they do not cover the head, meaning they can be worn with a simple or flak helmet for superior Sharp protection. However, face masks do not provide tox gas immunity, which can debuff pawns over time.
The vacsuit helmet
outclasses the gas mask, providing the same Toxic Environmental resistance and tox gas immunity, with better Sharp armor and insignificantly worse Blunt armor. However, the vacsuit helmet is unlocked later and is more expensive.
Stats table
 Gas mask
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | |||||||
| Awful | 10.8% | 18% | 0% | 80 | -1.2 °C (-2.2 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 53 |
| Poor | 14.4% | 24% | 0% | 80 | -1.35 °C (-2.4 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 80 |
| Normal | 18% | 30% | 0% | 80 | -1.5 °C (-2.7 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 106 |
| Good | 20.7% | 34.5% | 0% | 80 | -1.65 °C (-3 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 133 |
| Excellent | 23.4% | 39% | 0% | 80 | -1.8 °C (-3.2 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 159 |
| Masterwork | 26.1% | 43.5% | 0% | 80 | -2.25 °C (-4.1 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 265 |
| Legendary | 32.4% | 54% | 0% | 80 | -2.7 °C (-4.9 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 530 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
Version history[edit]
- Biotech DLC Release - Added.
- 1.5.4062 - Armor and insulation bug fixed - previously gas masks had armor and insulation values defined as stuff effect multipliers but as the gas mask is not stuffable, this resulted in the gas mask offering no armor or insulation at all. Cold insulation increased from 0 -> -1.5 °C (-2.7 °F), sharp armor increased from 0 -> 18%, blunt armor increased from 0 -> 30%
- 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 ) • Vacsuit (Kid )
- Head | Clothing
- Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Face mask • 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
- 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 • Vacsuit helmet