Human leather

Human leather

Tanned, dried, scraped human skin. Most people find this material horrifying. Some find it fascinating. While a decent leather, it neither protects nor insulates particularly well.

Base Stats

Type

Textile – Leather

Stuff Categories

Leathery

Market Value

4.2 

Stack Limit

75

Mass

0.03 kg

Beauty

-4

HP

60

Flammability

100%

Rotatable

False

Path Cost

14 (48%)

Stat Modifiers

Beauty Factor

×1

Work To Make Factor

×1

Work To Build Factor

×1

Max Hit Points

×1.3

Flammability

×1

Armor - Sharp

×0.64

Armor - Blunt

×0.24

Armor - Heat

×1.5

Insulation - Cold

+12 °C (21.6 °F)

Insulation - Heat

+12 °C (21.6 °F)

Technical

Color

(211,194,143)

Human leather is a type of leather produced when a cook butchers a human or gorehulk at a butcher table. It inflicts a mood penality on most pawns when worn as clothing.

Acquisition

The following animals provide human leather.

Animal	Leather Yield
Human	75
Ghoul	75
Gorehulk	20

Summary

Wearing stuffable items made from human leather inflicts mood penalties on human pawns, proportional to the number of items worn:

• 1 item: −2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: −4 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: −6 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: −8 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Disabled by: Bloodlust, Cannibal, or Psychopath traits, the Inhumanized hediff, or any Cannibalism precept.

• 1 item: +2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: +4 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: +6 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: +8 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Requires: Bloodlust or Cannibal trait.

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• 1 item: −2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: −4 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: −6 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: −8 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Requires: Cannibalism: Abhorrent precept. Disabled by: Psychopath, Bloodlust, and Cannibal traits and the Inhumanized hediff.

• 1 item: −2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: −3 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: −5 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: −6 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Requires: Cannibalism: Horrible precept. Disabled by: Psychopath, Bloodlust, and Cannibal traits and the Inhumanized hediff.

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• 1 item: −1 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: −2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: −3 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: −4 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Requires: Cannibalism: Disapproved precept. Disabled by: Psychopath, Bloodlust, and Cannibal traits and the Inhumanized hediff.

• 1 item: +1 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: +2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: +3 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: +4 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Requires: Cannibalism: Preferred precept. Disabled by: Bloodlust, and Cannibal traits.

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• 1 item: +2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: +3 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: +5 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: +6 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Requires: Cannibalism: Required (strong) precept. Disabled by: Bloodlust, and Cannibal traits.

• 1 item: +2 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> mood
• 2 item: +4 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+1) mood
• 3 item: +6 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> (+2) mood
• 4+ item: +8 Human leather <APPAREL NAME> etc mood

Requires: Cannibalism: Required (ravenous) precept. Disabled by: Bloodlust, and Cannibal traits.

Usage

Human leather can be used as a material for stuffable items with the Leathery stuff tag.

Human leather can be used in the following recipes:

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Analysis

See also: Human resources

Human leather is an abundant and valuable resource. But in ordinary circumstances, using it comes with several downsides:

• Simply butchering a human corpse gives −6 mood to all colonists. This does not stack, so butchering 50 corpses has the same moodlet as butchering one.
  • The butcher gets further −6 mood for the bill, which does stack up to 20 times.
• Seeing a human corpse gives another −3 moodlet.
• Actually wearing human leather gives a −2 moodlet per item.
• Creating items out of human leather, or using human furniture at all, does not upset anyone.

Pawns with the Bloodlust, Cannibal, or Psychopath traits are immune to all mood penalties. Bloodlusted and cannibal pawns get a mood boost for wearing human leather clothing. These penalties are also negated by a pro-Cannibalism ideoligion. For colonists bothered by human butchering, their mood isn't too difficult to handle. Possible ways to offest the −6 moodlet includes fine meals, impressive dining room/bedrooms, and more time for Recreation.

As clothing items, human leather is one of the worst textiles in the game. It joins the 4th place for most Hit Points Factor (alongside most leathers), 22nd for Sharp Armor (or 8th worst), 6th for Blunt Armor, 3rd for Heat Armor (alongside all leathers excluding Patchleather). It also has terrible insulation, being the 3rd and 4th worst against cold and heat, respectively. As these clothes can please certain pawns - use it for innerwear like t-shirts, which have a small impact on protection.

As furniture, it has a poor beauty value, but is great for bulk projects due to how common it is.

Human leather has an oddly high market value, which makes it a valuable trade good. As with all fabrics, corsets/formal vests are the most economical use of leather; without the Royalty DLC, dusters and armchairs are the best. Human leather remains quite profitable when sold raw, so cannibal colonies are able to quickly accumulate wealth.

Gallery

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  One human leather

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  Stack of human leathers

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Materials

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Metallic

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Woody

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Leathery

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