Parka

Parka

"A thick parka for staying warm even in the coldest of temperatures."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Clothing

Market Value

320 

Mass

3.8 kg

HP

140

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

2 °C (3.6 °F)

Armor - Sharp

20%

Armor - Blunt

20%

Armor - Heat

20%

Creation

Work To Make

134 ticks (2.23 secs)

Summary

Overview & Obtaining

Parkas are large, thick jackets which protect from the bitter cold of boreal forests, tundras, ice sheets, or the ever-perilous sea ice. Parkas insulate from cold exceptionally well, offering 2.5 times as much as the next best insulating clothing (jackets).

Parkas can be purchased from traders, crafted, or stripped from Outlanders, Pirates, or Tribals - this being the only garment that can be found worn by all existing human factions. When starting a tribal faction, there's a chance one of your starting tribespeople will spawn with a cloth parka equipped.

Crafting

As a complicated garment, Parkas can only be made at tailoring benches, which requires complex clothing to be researched in order to be constructed. A parka requires 80 of any textile, and 134 units of work.

Conclusion & Comparison

Parkas are the most insulating garment in the game, offering an absurdly high amount of insulation from cold relative to other clothing. This insulation comes at a cost though: less armor than both jackets and dusters (20% vs. 30%), and no less coverage of the body (dusters cover the legs).

Parkas are a necessity in cold biomes, especially when starting out. But the extra armor of a jacket or duster may be worth it if you have good enough textiles and a craftsman capable of making high enough quality jackets or dusters to insulate from the cold.

Insulation Information

Parkas offer no insulation from heat, but an abusrd amount of insulation from cold (200%). The exact insulation in-game depends on the textile used and the quality of the crafted item. Assuming normal quality, a parka offers:

Keeps Warm
		Minimum
Fabric	Alpaca wool	−60°C
	Cloth	−36°C
	Devilstrand	−40°C
	Hyperweave	−52°C
	Megasloth wool	−68°C
	Muffalo wool	−56°C
	Synthread	−44°C
Leather	Bearskin	−40°C
	Birdskin	−20°C
	Bluefur	−40°C
	Camelhide	−32°C
	Chinchilla fur	−60°C
	Dog leather	−28°C
	Elephant leather	−28°C
	Foxfur	−40°C
	Heavy fur	−60°C
	Human leather	−24°C
	Lightleather	−24°C
	Lizardskin	−24°C
	Panthera fur	−32°C
	Patchleather	−18°C
	Plainleather	−32°C
	Rhinoceros leather	−28°C
	Thrumbofur	−68°C
	Wolfskin	−48°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