Keeping Level 5 Armor (OBSOLETE)

Want to upgrade to the Level 6 Soldier Suit but don't care for how it looks? This glitch may help you keep your Level 5 suit even AFTER you upgrade to the Soldier Suit

Update: Obsolete!

This bug is now obsolete! A patch has been released that allows you to switch between previous suit skins. Huzzah!

New Game + and the Soldier Suit

The Soldier Suit is pretty cool, but some people (including me) prefer Isaac's Engineer suit, but there's no way to go back to the engineer suit after upgrading to the Level 6 Soldier Suit. The closest you'll get is equipping the Burnished Suit or DS-08 Suit skins. However, we may have found a way to keep the Level 5 Engineer suit, after upgrading to the Level 6 Soldier Suit.

The Bug

Now, I'm not 100% sure that this is a repeatable method, so it's probably best to save before attempting this in-case it doesn't work, but between what I did and one other person, this may be how to replicate the glitch.

Go to any store
Equip a skin from your storage
Unequip the skin
Buy the Level 6 suit upgrade

These are the steps I took when the glitch occurred for me, more specifically, I was at the store in the Flight Deck Tram Station during Chapter 11, I equipped the Burnished suit skin, switched to the DS-08 Suit Skin, unequipped the DS-08 skin, and then bought the Soldier Suit. I came out of the kiosk still wearing the Level 5 Engineer Suit, but I had the Level 6 Soldier Suit armor stats

Conclusion

I'm sorry to say, but if you've already upgraded to the Soldier Suit, there's probably no way to revert back to the Level 5 appearance without loading a prior save. Hopefully this method works for you, I'll be sure to update the guide if any new information comes out or, worst case scenario, the bug gets patched.

Extra info about the bug:
If you want to switch to the Soldier Suit appearance after performing the bug, all you have to do is equip and unequip a suit skin, this will fix the bug. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REVERT BACK TO THE LEVEL 5 SUIT AFTER THIS, so be sure this is what you really want

The bug persists after saving and loading, restarting the game, AND when you complete the game. No need to worry about losing the appearance even after beating New Game +, when you start another new game + run, Isaac will still be in the Level 5 suit while retaining the Soldier Suit stats.

Thanks so much for reading my guide

[Alt]

Welp, there it is then, haha

[Uhzu]

No need for this anymore. New patch lets you switch between outfits now.

[Ragnaman]

Jesus, that lvl6 looks like hot garbage, whoever designed that needs to study some design classes lmao.

[MP3]

You're telling me that I didn't have to do impossible mode to get a suit that looks like Isaac's engineer suit while having lvl6 suit stats? I wish I knew this sooner but it's still cool to know.

[shade00]

hmm there will also be mods, can always switch out the model with the lvl 5 suit if wanna
the game follows shortcuts to the models, and since they perform the same actions, one could possibly swap the file and rename it what the lvl 6 suit is
but to try id recommend saving a backup file.

[CriticaIZ]

they should add a lv5 suit skin instead :/

[My boi fabian]

W

[Terrortoma]

I can confirm this method works. I did it in the Medical Deck Security Hub.

While I did all steps that you listed (and it worked), I figure we may not need all steps. I will do some more testing. I wonder if this is in-fact tied to the DS-08 RIG, rather than the Level 6 Soldier RIG. But, it could be either or.