357) has 18 armor penetration, so the net armor is 47. For legs, power armors cover them so just give them a nice pair of pants with power armor, or flak pants are probably the best without, since there aren't many pants layers. An autopistol (think 9mm semi-auto) has no armor penetration, so plate has a 32 chance of stopping pistol bullets outright, 33 chance of cutting the damage in half, and 35 chance of not helping. Just give them the best helmets you can afford. Devilstrand as an immense pain in the ass to grow, but it is a pretty decent cloth material. However, it takes a really long time to grow. It gives you more defense compare to most alternatives ( like cotton or common animal leathers). Head protection has less options but less downsides. Its a valuable fabric used to make clothes. Most leathers were inferior to devilstrand or the high-tier leathers, and patch. Optimal is as I said above, legendary cataphract on top of a legendary thrumbofur shirt. rimworld dps vs battle brothers average dmg per turn. But it is extremely hard to farm Thrumbos. The best material that is really close in stats for cold protection is Thrumbofur. However, it offers really bad protection from damage. That's pretty attainable if you have a long enough grow period. As you can tell, Guinea pig fur is the best material for making cold insulation clothes. A devilstrand duster on top of flak vests on top of a devilstrand shirt is going to be better than just a good recon armor, if you cant get good textiles, then a flak jacket can replace the duster. Someone just explained armor to me, but I don't like the system, since pawns wearing legendary cataphract armor still get hurt despite 200% sharp protection. I keep my armor on the pawns since I am lazy, they usually end up with similar speeds after factoring bionic legs. Something to note is that armor does wear out fast in battle, so I recommend mending mod to keep your armors effective. With 1.4 armor against sharp damage, 0.36 against blunt damage, and an astounding 3 against heat damage devilstrand is amazingly strong. Devilstrand is the best readily available fabric when it comes to defense. For my other pawns, I tend to give them locust armor if I can, since its just better recon armor. The reason devilstrand is number 2 on our list is because of its defensive bonuses. The helmet is the easiest place to armor your pawn since it doesn't cost speed, so my colonists usually walk around with cataphract helmets once I get the resources. I got this on about three pawns in an 8.5 year world. Thus you end up with a pawn that has two very high resilience layers. Legendary or masterworks on all pieces is pretty attainable for a few pawns with an inspiration psycast and killfocus. If I have the opportunity and resources, I like thrumbofur underwear and cataphract chestpiece.

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