Vacsuit

Vacsuit

A protective suit that keeps the user safe in the vacuum of space. The suit restricts the wearer's movement, considerably reducing their movement speed.

Base Stats

Type

Apparel – Armor

Tech Level

Industrial

Market Value

620 

Mass

12 kg

HP

180

Armor

Insulation - Cold

90 °C (162 °F)

Insulation - Heat

15 °C (27 °F)

Armor - Sharp

52%

Armor - Blunt

25%

Armor - Heat

66%

Clothing For Nudity

True

Coverage

Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg

Layer

Middle, Outer

Lifestage

Adult

Stat Effects

Vacuum Resistance Offset

+32%

Creation

Crafted At

Required Research

Orbital tech

Work To Make

48,000 ticks (13.33 mins)

Work Speed Stat

General Labor Speed

Resources to make

3 + 90 + 20

Technical

Has Quality

True

thingCategories

ApparelArmor

thingSetMakerTags

RewardStandardMidFreq

defaultOutfitTags

Spacefarer

tags

SpacerMilitary

tradeTags

Armor, HiTechArmor

The vacsuit is an item of apparel added by the Odyssey DLC. It forms a set with the vacsuit helmet.

Acquisition

Vacsuits can be crafted at a machining table once the Orbital tech research project has been completed. Each requires  3 Components,  90 Steel,  20 Plasteel and 48,000 ticks (13.33 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter.

Alternatively, vacsuits can be received as a quest reward or obtained from raiders in orbit.

Summary

A vacsuit increases the vacuum resistance of its wearer by +32%. Quality does not affect this resistance.

When equipped, a vacsuit reduces the pawn's base move speed by −1.25 c/s. As offsets such as these apply before multiplicative effects such as from Moving capacity, the actual impact on move speed can be larger or smaller than this value. For example, a pawn with 125% Moving would have their speed decreased by −1.5625 c/s, while a pawn with only 50% Moving would only have their speed decreased by −0.625 c/s. See Move Speed for details.

Analysis

Vacuum use

The vacsuit and vacsuit helmet set provides a complete +100% Vacuum Resistance, enabling pawns to survive in the vacuum of space until the armor breaks. In addition, the vacsuit set is the cheapest and earliest unlocked set to allow safe orbit travel. However, the vacsuit has a whopping −1.25 c/s penalty to move speed - over double that of cataphract armor . Colonists should only equip vacsuits when needed - the prohibitive reduction to movement speed will otherwise greatly impact their productivity during regular activities in and around the colony.

Any of the power armor suits will provide a slightly lower +30% Vacuum Resistance while being better as general armor. Despite not providing total vacuum immunity (without external support), their vacuum resistance is usually enough to survive extended periods in orbit, especially if there is an oxygenated room available. Even recon armor and a recon helmet will provide +95% Vacuum Resistance when worn together, enabling airless survival for as long as 60,000 ticks (1 in-game day). Simply equipping a vacsuit helmet increases resistance to +99%, granting an impressive 300,000 ticks (5 in-game days) of safety. Therefore, power armor can be suitable for general use in orbit. However, power armor requires more research and is much more expensive, so vacsuits are useful before power armor is affordable. In addition, if there is no oxygenated room available, e.g., if using a drop pod or shuttle to enter orbit, then having 100% vacuum immunity is more valuable.

With the vacskin gland, power armor by itself is enough to reach 100% Vacuum Resistance. The Breathless gene provides vacuum immunity regardless of armor, making the vacsuit redundant beyond its high cold insulation.

Combat

Vacsuits are a poor choice for planetary combat. Compared to plate armor, vacsuits offer significantly less Sharp/Blunt protection and have a greater move penalty. It is further outclassed by the flak set, as each flak piece (vest, jacket, pants) provides more Sharp protection on their own than the entire vacsuit. It does have better Heat protection, but devilstrand dusters + flak vests are a better combo for that.

Stats table

Vacsuit	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality
Awful	31.2%	15%	39.6%	180	-72 °C (-129.6 °F)	+12 °C (21.6 °F)	310
Poor	41.6%	20%	52.8%	180	-81 °C (-145.8 °F)	+13.5 °C (24.3 °F)	465
Normal	52%	25%	66%	180	-90 °C (-162 °F)	+15 °C (27 °F)	620
Good	59.8%	28.75%	75.9%	180	-99 °C (-178.2 °F)	+16.5 °C (29.7 °F)	775
Excellent	67.6%	32.5%	85.8%	180	-108 °C (-194.4 °F)	+18 °C (32.4 °F)	930
Masterwork	75.4%	36.25%	95.7%	180	-135 °C (-243 °F)	+22.5 °C (40.5 °F)	1,550
Legendary	93.6%	45%	118.8%	180	-162 °C (-291.6 °F)	+27 °C (48.6 °F)	3,100

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

Version history

• Odyssey DLC Release - Added.

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Torso | Clothing

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Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt

Slave collar

Sash • Kid romper

Armor

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Legs | Clothing

Pants (Kid )

Armor

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Shell | Clothing

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Burka • Slave body strap

Heavy bandolier

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Armor

Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix ) • Vacsuit (Kid )

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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

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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