Different materials for different clothing types?

[pretorian]

Devilstrand is the best material I have available at a regular rate. Should I make everything my colonists wear in devilstrand? I seem to have read about several players making shirt/pants with devilstrand and then making duster/hat in a different material.

My colony is in a temperate zone so cold isn’t that bad.

[Monoxide]

Devilstrand is a very strong, and an easy to obtain in bulk material. There is nothing wrong with making everything out of it if you have it available. The only huge benefit I can think of for not using devilstrand is with warm clothing; wool-like materials are better for heat retention. Though you would probably need to be playing on an ice sheet to NEED a muffalo parka over a devilstrand.

Now, that said, its not THE BEST material. Thrumbofur, synthread, and hyperweave are all better than devilstrand IIRC. Though these are harder to obtain than planting a 20x20 field of devil strand and waiting.

EDIT - See here for table of variance: https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Textiles
EDIT2 - Devilstrand is in the top 3 of all materials for everything other than cold insulation.
EDIT3 - Now I want to make a chinchilla farm...

[Slye_Fox]

Originally posted by Mike Aruba:

EDIT3 - Now I want to make a chinchilla farm...

Wow, what a stupid censor.

[Monoxide]

Originally posted by Slye_Fox:

Originally posted by Mike Aruba:

EDIT3 - Now I want to make a chinchilla farm...

Wow, what a stupid censor.

You know... I learn half of the worlds slurs from ♥♥♥♥♥♥ censorship...

[happyscrub]

Devil is good for defense but not good for warmth and keeping cool. But keeping warm and cool are only important for extreme biomes. No need for like a high tier warm parka in the plain forest.

edit: actually devil is good for keeping cool also.

[Battleseed]

Originally posted by pretorian.stalker:

Devilstrand is the best material I have available at a regular rate. Should I make everything my colonists wear in devilstrand? I seem to have read about several players making shirt/pants with devilstrand and then making duster/hat in a different material.

My colony is in a temperate zone so cold isn’t that bad.

I do it the other way around. Use Devilstrand on outer garmet like Duster and Cowboy Hats, then whateverr non-wool for pants & shirts. Use wool Tuque durring cold snaps should be all you need in temperate zone.

[noobscifi]

How is synthread better? Looking at the textiles page of the wiki, synthread seems only marginally stronger than the weakest of furs and skins, with no blunt resistance and average weather protection. Is there something I'm missing?

[happyscrub]

Originally posted by noobscifi:

How is synthread better? Looking at the textiles page of the wiki, synthread seems only marginally stronger than the weakest of furs and skins, with no blunt resistance and average weather protection. Is there something I'm missing?

its garbage. It's "stylish" material to be resold. It probably should get a morale buff or something.

[M.K.]

Originally posted by Mike Aruba:

Now, that said, its not THE BEST material. Thrumbofur, synthread, and hyperweave are all better than devilstrand IIRC.

Devilstrand is THE best for fireproofing
It is second behind Hyperweave for blunt armor
It is third behind Thrumbofur and Hyperweave for Pierce resistance.

It gives grotty cold protection, about the same as a bearskin.
It gives awesome heat protection, just weaker than camelhair and Hyperweave

And, it has a very nice red color.

So generally, Hyperweave is superior, Devilstrand is a close second and Thrumbofur third.

Synthread is a solid 17th, in this ranking.