Chemical Boots
Slot: Shoes clothing Renewable
Harvest: Cannot Harvest
Repair: Cannot Repair
Chemical Boots are a footwear Clothing in The Long Dark. They are a tool for more safely crossing Chemical Hazards on the surface of Zone of Contamination.
Chemical Boots is a Shoes item in The Long Dark. It adds 2°C warmth and 3°C windproofing. Waterproofing is 60%. It weighs 2 kg.
At 1°C per kg its warmth-to-weight ratio ranks #87 of 100 clothing items with both values recorded — a poor return for the weight.
Its 5% protection is a small edge in a predator struggle, though mobility and warmth matter more in most runs.
Note the 8% mobility penalty — it slows you slightly, so a lighter inner layer can be the better trade when you are carrying a heavy load.
Crafting notes: it repairs with Cannot Repair and harvests into Cannot Harvest.
Verdict: Overall Chemical Boots is a 2°C Shoes piece, best reserved for cold-weather loadouts where the mobility hit is affordable.