Armor

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This page is about the apparel type, for the protective effect of apparel, see here.

Armor is a type of apparel that protects pawns from damage. Armor slows pawns down, excluding all protective headgear, locust armor, recon armor, and prestige recon armor. It is also not great for insulation.

If left exposed with no roof, armor will deteriorate until it disintegrates. Like clothing, armor also slowly degrades while worn on colonists or when the pawn is attacked.

Clothing Layers

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.

    Comparison Table

  • Name Armor - Sharp Armor - Blunt Armor - Heat Insulation - Heat Insulation - Cold Coverage Occupies Skin Occupies Middle Occupies Outer Occupies Head Value Silver
    Cataphract armor Cataphract armor 120 50 60 12 36 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 3,120
    Cataphract helmet Cataphract helmet 120 50 60 2 4 Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 745
    Eltex helmet Eltex helmet 9 9 27 1 4 Head, Left Ear, Right Ear Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 500
    Flak helmet Plasteel Flak helmet 79.8 38.5 45.5 0.5 0 Head, Left Ear, Right Ear Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
    Flak helmet Steel Flak helmet 63 31.5 42 0.5 0 Head, Left Ear, Right Ear Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
    Flak jacket Flak jacket 40 8 10 3 14.4 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm Ex.png Ex.png Check.png Ex.png 290
    Flak pants Flak pants 40 8 10 1 3.5 Left Leg, Right Leg Check.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png 225
    Flak vest Flak vest 100 36 27 0 1 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder Ex.png Check.png Ex.png Ex.png 225
    Grenadier armor Grenadier armor 101 40 49 9 32 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 2,305
    Locust armor Locust armor 87 35 41 9 32 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 2,230
    Marine armor Marine armor 106 45 54 9 32 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 2,035
    Marine helmet Marine helmet 106 45 54 2 4 Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 635
    Phoenix armor Phoenix armor 115 45 75 100 36 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 3,480
    Plate armor Plasteel Plate armor 83.2 40.2 47.5 3 0 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
    Plate armor Steel Plate armor 65.7 32.9 43.8 3 0 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png
    Prestige cataphract armor Prestige cataphract armor 120 50 60 12 36 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 3,930
    Prestige cataphract helmet Prestige cataphract helmet 120 50 60 2 4 Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 1,155
    Prestige marine armor Prestige marine armor 106 45 54 9 32 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 2,530
    Prestige marine helmet Prestige marine helmet 106 45 54 2 4 Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 850
    Prestige recon armor Prestige recon armor 92 40 46 9 32 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 1,975
    Prestige recon helmet Prestige recon helmet 92 40 46 2 4 Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 715
    Gunlink Gunlink 0 0 0 0 0 Head, Left Ear, Right Ear Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 345
    Recon armor Recon armor 92 40 46 9 32 Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Left Leg, Right Leg Ex.png Check.png Check.png Ex.png 1,540
    Recon helmet Recon helmet 92 40 46 2 4 Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 525
    Simple helmet Plasteel Simple helmet 57 27.5 32.5 0.5 0 Head, Left Ear, Right Ear Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
    Simple helmet Steel Simple helmet 45 22.5 30 0.5 0 Head, Left Ear, Right Ear Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png
    War mask War mask Head, Left Eye, Right Eye, Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose, Jaw Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Check.png 38
    Toughskin gland Toughskin gland 35 10 30 N/A N/A Head, Left Ear, Right Ear, Left Eye, Right Eye, Nose, Jaw, Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Left Hand, Left Fingers, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Right Hand, Right Fingers, Left Leg, Left Foot, Left Toes, Right Leg, Right Foot, Right Toes Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png 1,030
    Armorskin gland Armorskin gland 52 20 40 N/A N/A Head, Left Ear, Right Ear, Left Eye, Right Eye, Nose, Jaw, Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Left Hand, Left Fingers, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Right Hand, Right Fingers, Left Leg, Left Foot, Left Toes, Right Leg, Right Foot, Right Toes Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png 1,475
    Stoneskin gland Stoneskin gland 70 30 50 N/A N/A Head, Left Ear, Right Ear, Left Eye, Right Eye, Nose, Jaw, Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Left Hand, Left Fingers, Right Shoulder, Right Arm, Right Hand, Right Fingers, Left Leg, Left Foot, Left Toes, Right Leg, Right Foot, Right Toes Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png Ex.png 1,920