Down Vest

Down Vest is an Outer torso item in The Long Dark. It adds 1°C warmth and 1°C windproofing. Waterproofing is 10%. It weighs 0.5 kg.

Within the Outer torso slot its 1°C warmth ranks #16 of 19 entries here — on the lighter-warmth end for that layer.

At 2°C per kg its warmth-to-weight ratio ranks #44 of 100 clothing items with both values recorded — a middling ratio.

Its 1% protection is a small edge in a predator struggle, though mobility and warmth matter more in most runs.

Crafting notes: it repairs with 1 × Cloth; 30 minutes; 25% condition and harvests into 2 × Cloth; 20 minutes.

Verdict: Overall Down Vest is a 1°C Outer torso piece.