Old Fashioned Parka
Slot: Outer torso clothing
Harvest: 2 × [Cloth]; 20 minutes
Repair: 2 × [Cloth]; 60 minutes; 30% condition
The Old Fashioned Parka is a type of Clothing in The Long Dark. Typically, the parka is a rare find, but gives off decent stats all around, though it is heavy and expensive to repair. The parka, however, is for the most part inferior to the Military Coat. They share identical weight and warmth statistics, and the former is quicker to repair by 30 minutes, but the latter is 20% more waterproof, off
Old Fashioned Parka is an Outer torso item in The Long Dark. It adds 3°C warmth and 3°C windproofing. Waterproofing is 20%. It weighs 2 kg.
Within the Outer torso slot its 3°C warmth ranks #5 of 19 entries here — mid-pack for that layer.
At 1.5°C per kg its warmth-to-weight ratio ranks #77 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 7% 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 2 × Cloth; 60 minutes; 30% condition and harvests into 2 × Cloth; 20 minutes.
Verdict: Overall Old Fashioned Parka is a 3°C Outer torso piece, best reserved for cold-weather loadouts where the mobility hit is affordable.
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