Duster

Duster

"A long duster coat for blocking the sun and grit of the desert."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Clothing

Market Value

250 

Mass

2.2 kg

HP

200

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

0.6 °C (1.1 °F)

Insulation - Heat

0.85 °C (1.5 °F)

Armor - Sharp

30%

Armor - Heat

30%

Creation

Work To Make

167 ticks (2.78 secs)

Summary

Overview & Obtaining

Dusters are one of the classic hot-weather garments in rimworlds, often paired with a cowboy hat. As parkas are necessary to survive in very cold biomes, dusters are necessary to survive in very hot biomes (e.g. Arid Shrubland, Tropical Rainforest, Desert, etc.), and recommended for temperate biomes (i.e. Temperate Forest), as both are susceptible to heat waves, reaching up to or even exceeding 60 °C (140 °F) at the peak of summer. Dusters can be purchased from traders, crafted, or stripped from Outlanders and Pirates.

Crafting

As a complicated garment, dusters require complex clothing to be researched and can only be made at a hand-tailoring bench or an electric tailoring bench. A duster requires 80 of any textile, and 167 units of work.

Conclusion and Comparison

Dusters are usually seen as preferable to jackets, since dusters provide identical armor bonuses, also cover the neck and legs, and have slightly higher hit points (200 vs. 160). Insulation wise, dusters offer significantly better insulation from heat (85% vs. 30%), but worse insulation from cold (60% vs. 80%) and require slightly more resources to craft.

In cold biomes, parkas are usually preferable to dusters. While parkas offer less armor than a duster (20% vs. 30%) and don't cover the legs, they are significantly better at insulating from cold (200% vs. 60%)

Insulation Information

Dusters offer a high amount of insulation from heat (85%), and a decent amount of insulation from cold (60%). The exact insulation in-game depends on the textile used and the quality of the crafted item. Assuming normal quality, a duster offers:

Keeps Cool
		Maximum
Fabric	Alpaca wool	+13.6°C
	Cloth	+15.3°C
	Devilstrand	+20.4°C
	Hyperweave	+22.1°C
	Megasloth wool	+10.2°C
	Muffalo wool	+10.2°C
	Synthread	+18.7°C
Leather	Bearskin	+17°C
	Birdskin	+8.5°C
	Bluefur	+13.6°C
	Camelhide	+20.4°C
	Chinchilla fur	+13.6°C
	Dog leather	+13.6°C
	Elephant leather	+10.2°C
	Foxfur	+13.6°C
	Heavy fur	+11.9°C
	Human leather	+10.2°C
	Lightleather	+10.2°C
	Lizardskin	+10.2°C
	Panthera fur	+20.4°C
	Patchleather	+7.65°C
	Plainleather	+13.6°C
	Rhinoceros leather	+11.9°C
	Thrumbofur	+18.7°C
	Wolfskin	+13.6°C

Keeps Warm
		Minimum
Fabric	Alpaca wool	−18°C
	Cloth	−10.8°C
	Devilstrand	−12°C
	Hyperweave	−15.6°C
	Megasloth wool	−20.4°C
	Muffalo wool	−16.8°C
	Synthread	−13.2°C
Leather	Bearskin	−12°C
	Birdskin	−6°C
	Bluefur	−12°C
	Camelhide	−9.6°C
	Chinchilla fur	−18°C
	Dog leather	−8.4°C
	Elephant leather	−8.4°C
	Foxfur	−12°C
	Heavy fur	−18°C
	Human leather	−7.2°C
	Lightleather	−7.2°C
	Lizardskin	−7.2°C
	Panthera fur	−9.6°C
	Patchleather	−5.4°C
	Plainleather	−9.6°C
	Rhinoceros leather	−8.4°C
	Thrumbofur	−20.4°C
	Wolfskin	−14.4°C

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Apparel

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 )

Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe

Burka • Robe • Slave body strap

Heavy bandolier

Armor

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

Head | Clothing

Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • 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 • Face mask

Ceremonial hood

Armor

Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet