Clothing, armor, and surviving cold
Cold damage ticks down your health slowly. A single arrow to a bare chest does massive damage.
The floor: cloth shirt and pants
Cost almost nothing — just cloth 
from hemp 
plants and dead animals.
Craft both as soon as you have 30-40 cloth .
The upgrade: hoodie and boonie hat
The hoodie 
is a big jump in cold protection. The boonie hat 
covers your head.
Warm enough for temperate and forest biomes.
First real armor: roadsign
The first armor that actually saves your life:
- Roadsign vest
— chest protection - Roadsign kilt
— leg protection - Coffee can helmet
— better than the bucket helmet 
Wear this whole kit and you'll survive hits that would one-shot a cloth player.
Hazmat suit for monuments
Some monuments have radiation zones: Launch Site, Military Tunnels, parts of the Airfield.
The hazmat suit 
gives strong radiation resistance — enough for most monument zones. The deepest cores (like inside Military Tunnels) can still tick a little. Doesn't give great bullet protection, so swap to roadsign before engaging players.
End-game: full metal
Top tier: metal facemask 
+ metal chest plate 
.
Expensive. Don't wear it until you can replace it.
Biomes
- Temperate — green forested biome with grass, pine trees, and hemp . Mild temperatures. Base here as a beginner. Watch for wolves at night.
- Arid (desert) — sandy, hot during the day, freezing at night. Water sources are scarce. Hard mode for new players.
- Tundra — sits between temperate and arctic. Manageable with a hoodie and boonie.
- Arctic (snow) — white biome with constant cold damage unless you wear heavy clothing. Has high-tier loot but do not base here on your first wipe.
- Jungle — added in the May 2025 update. Humid and dense with exclusive fruits and resources. Manageable but disorienting because of the visibility.
Snow jacket 
and wolf headdress are the best dedicated cold-resistance pieces. Any well-insulated combination (hoodie + pants + boonie or burlap) is enough for tundra; snow biome needs the heavy stuff.
Quick recap
- Always wear at least cloth shirt
+ pants. - Hoodie + boonie hat = comfortable middle tier.
- Roadsign vest + kilt + coffee can helmet = first real armor.
- Hazmat suit for radiation, not PvP.
- Base in temperate biome on your first wipes.
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