Clothing can use to design your character, and also offer various benefits when worn (unlike hair styles or other customizations).
As your character gets tired, your shirt/pants will start to look torn up; once you rest your clothing will repair itself.
When outfitting a character there will be 2 rows of 4 slots. The top row shows the items that are being used for stats, and by default are shown on your character. The second row shows which items your character visually wear, but do not affect stats. Note that you should upgrade to the exceptional quality the clothes that you want to wear visually.
It is possible to try out different styles for your character out-of-game by using unofficial dressing rooms:
Sam Bullock's Shop - You can find Sam (and Johanna) near the campfire in Survivors' camp, and he will sell you clothing for 500 or 250 Fraise. (Resets 18:00 / 6:00 PM UTC)
Leveling up - All tier 1 clothing can be obtained through level up rewards.
Research projects - All tier 1 and tier 2 clothing can be obtained through researching.
Loot / Drops (themed) - Every infected may drop the clothing that it wears.
Loot / Drops (non-themed) - You can find any clothing commonly in secret passages or as drops from bosses and Peruvian infecteds.
Loot / Drops (non-themed, rare) - All clothing can be found in containers or from normal infected drops, albeit very rare. The Collectioner Strategy can help with this.
You can also find survivor equipment on maps, although these behaves differently than normal clothing.
All clothing starts off in "poor" condition, except those purchased from shop - you get them at 4/5.
You may only change your outfit in "safe" zones (marked with a star on the map), such as your camp and Lakeview Lane. Additionally you can change your outfit while sitting in a fire place (placed ones included).
Some clothing pieces have related clothing that when all worn together apply an additional set bonus. How many pieces are needed for a set vary from 2-4.
Rarity
Clothing comes in 4 rarities/tiers that can be seen by the color of it's name in your profile / the shop. The rarity (not to be confused with how many times it's been upgraded) goes from common to rare: white, green, blue, purple (listed as 1-4 in the tables below). Unlike items that are in your backpack (or survivor equipment), clothing is not lost when you die. Effects:
The rarer clothing is, the less likely it will be dropped by an infected / found in a container (even when fighting a themed infected such as the firefighter).
When upgraded, the hp each upgrade earns you is calculated based on it's rarity.
It is possible to change the color of your clothes by applying Dye. This customization will remain unless you remove it by applying clean water bottle to the clothing.
Upgrading clothing
When you get clothing it will start off in "poor" quality, but unlike items you upgrade clothes through the use of the sewing workshop and no longer use various resources In latest version must use Reputation / Survivor mark / Fraise . This can be done 4 times up to an "exceptional" quality.
Upgrading gives the following benefits:
Increases hp the item gives (higher rarity clothing gives bigger hp boosts at each stage)
A new slot becomes available (except for when they become exceptional).
Each clothing item upgraded to max quality increases your max HP by 1 (even when not worn).
In the tables below, the "Upgrade Cost" shows the amount of resources needed to upgrade 1 point towards the next quality level, which with each increasing "recipe level" progressively requiring more points:
Rarity
Cost to upgrade
Max Health Boost
1
50
2~0/2/3/4/5
2
150
4~0/4/6/8/10
3
300
6~0/6/9/12/15
4
500
8~0/8/12/16/20
Slots
Each piece of clothing has 3 slot of one of 3 types: Battle, Support, and Protection. You can add upgrade kits to these so long as the kit type matches the slot.
The number of slots unlocked (from left to right) depends on its current quality:
0 slots: Poor
1 slot: Average
2 slots: Good
3 slots: High / Exceptional
List
The "set" column indicates whether or not it belong to a clothing set.
Hats
Image (female)
Image (male)
Name
Rarity
Slots
Set
Release
Bandana headband
1
SSB
Black bandana
1
BBB
Black beanie
1
BBP
Electrician's helmet
1
PPP
Fast food cap
1
PBS
Fisherman's sun hat
1
PBS
Miner's helmet
1
PPP
Phoenix cap
1
BBP
Red knit cap
1
PBS
Sport headband
1
BBS
Straw hat
1
SSP
Tourist's cap
1
PBS
Wicker hat
1
SSP
Woodcutter's helmet
3
BPP
Antibacterian mask
2
SSP
Biker's bandana
2
BBS
Cowboy's hat
2
BBS
Green military cap
2
BBB
Grey military cap
2
BBB
Military beret
2
BBS
Net
2
BBS
22 Mar 2018
RATS fan cap
2
SSP
Cop cap
3
BBS
Firefighter's helmet
3
PPB
Football Helmet
3
PPP
Gasmask 2
3
SSP
Hygiene cap
3
SSB
Peruvian knit cap
3
PBS
Sand glasses
3
SSP
23 Feb 2018
Steward's hat
3
PBS
Thug's bandana
3
BBB
Antibacterial helmet
4
PPS
Eskimo's hood
4
PBS
Gas mask
4
PPB
Gladiator's mask
4
PPB
5 Apr 2018
Minesweeper helmet
4
PPB
15 Jun 2018
Night goggles
4
BBS
Reaper helmet
4
BBS
8 Mar 2018
Shirts
Image (female)
Image (male)
Name
Rarity
Slots
Set
Release
Bandages (torso)
1
BBB
Blue jacket
1
PBS
Blue shirt
1
PBS
Cyan Sweater
1
PBS
Dirty blue shirt
1
PBS
Fisherman's Jacket
1
SSP
Green jacket
1
PBS
Inca t-shirt
1
PBS
Leather jacket and red t-shirt
1
PBS
Leather jack and t-shirt
1
PBS
Miner's top
1
PPB
Pristine Shirt
1
PBS
Red shirt
1
BBS
Skull T-shirt
1
BBP
Sport jacket
1
PBS
Tank top
1
PBS
Tourist's shirt
1
SSB
Woodcutter's shirt
1
PPB
13 hoodie
2
BBP
Biker's jacket
2
BBB
Cashmere sweater
2
SSB
Fast Food T-shirt
2
PBS
Green military shirt
2
BBB
Green shirt
2
BBS
Leather jacket
2
PBS
Military shirt
2
BBB
Nurse coat
2
SSS
Overalls top
2
PPS
Pac-Man shirt
2
SSB
Polo shirt
2
BBS
Sand top
2
BBS
23 Feb 2018
Scientist's coat
2
SSS
Skull tank top
2
BBB
Sport vest
2
BBS
Suit
2
PBS
Thug's jacket
2
BBB
Tie and shirt
2
PBS
Waiter's top
2
PBS
Cheerleader's top
3
SSS
Corporate jacket
3
PBS
Cowboy's jacket
3
PBS
Electrician's jacket
PPB
First Aider's Leather jacket
3
SSS
Hospital t-shirt
3
SSS
Inmate's shirt
3
BBS
Police shirt
3
BBP
RATS fan's jacket
3
SSB
Scientist's shirt 2
3
SSS
Scout's sweater
3
PBS
Sheperd's jacket 1
3
PBS
Shirt
3
PBS
Survivor's hoodie
3
PBS
Survivor's shirt
3
PBS
White jacket
3
PBS
Antibacterial Suit
4
PPS
Eskimo top
4
PPS
Firefighter's Jacket
4
PPS
Football shirt
4
PPP
Gladiator's Breastplate
4
PPB
5 Apr 2018
Hipster's top
4
SSB
Mercenary jacket
4
PPP
30 Mar 2018
Minesweeper Vest
4
PPP
15 Jun 2018
Phoenix uniform
4
PPB
Pyjama's top
4
SSB
Raider's vest
4
SSB
22 Mar 2018
Raven Jacket
4
PPS
1 Jun 2018
Reaper jacket
4
BBP
8 Mar 2018
Scavenger jacket
4
PBS
17 May 2018
Scientist's shirt
4
PPS
Snake jacket
4
BBP
4 May 2018
Steward's jacket
4
PBS
Swimming Suit Top
4
SSB
Tracker's jacket
4
BBP
2 Mar 2018
Urban survival sweater
4
PBS
15 Feb 2018
Walker's jacket
4
PBS
19 Apr 2018
Pants
Image (female)
Image (male)
Name
Rarity
Slots
Set
Release
Black Cropped-pants
1
PBS
Black jogging pants
1
PBS
Black trousers
1
PBS
Blue pants
1
PBS
Brown pants
1
PBS
Dark blue jeans
1
PBS
Fisherman's trousers
PBS
Jeans
1
PBS
Miner's trousers
1
PPS
Torn jeans
1
PBS
Tourist's short trousers
1
SSB
Woodcutter's trousers
1
BBP
Battledress
2
BBB
Biker's trousers
2
BBP
Boxing short pants
2
BBS
Green battledress
2
BBB
Inmate's trousers
2
BBB
Nurse's pants
2
SSS
Overalls bottom
2
PPB
Salary man's trousers
2
PBS
Sand trousers
2
BBS
23 Feb 2018
Thug's pants
2
BBB
Waiter's trousers
2
PBS
Black shorts
3
SSB
Cheerleader's sportswear
3
SSS
Cow Boy pants
3
PBS
Electrician's trousers
3
PPS
Hospital Trousers
3
SSS
Police officer trousers
3
BBP
Raider pants
3
BBP
22 Mar 2018
Reaper trousers
3
PBS
8 Mar 2018
Scout's pants
3
PBS
Sheperd's pants 1
3
PBS
Straight black trousers
3
PBS
Tracker trousers
3
PPB
2 Mar 2018
Urban survival pants
3
PBS
15 Feb 2018
Waitperson pants
3
PBS
Antibacterian trousers
4
PPS
Eskimo's trousers
4
PPP
Firefighter's trousers
4
PPB
Football short trousers
4
PPP
Gladiator's Trousers
4
PPB
5 Apr 2018
Mercenary pants
4
PPS
30 Mar 2018
Minesweeper trousers
4
PPS
15 Jun 2018
Phoenix uniform (legs)
4
PPB
Pyjama bottom
4
SSB
Raven's Trousers
4
BBP
1 Jun 2018
Scavenger trousers
4
PBS
17 May 2018
Short pants
4
SSB
Snake pants
4
BBS
4 May 2018
Steward's trousers
4
PBS
Swimsuit
4
SSB
Walker trousers
4
PBS
19 Apr 2018
Shoes
Image (female)
Image (male)
Name
Rarity
Slots
Set
Release
Beige boots
1
PPB
Black and green sneakers
1
PBS
Fisherman's boots
1
PBS
Kaki boots
1
PBS
RATS Fan shoes
1
PBS
Red sneakers
1
PBS
Safety boots
1
PPP
Safety boots 2
1
PPP
Biker's boots
2
BBP
Black leather shoes
2
PBS
Football Sneakers
2
BBS
Inmate's shoes
2
BBS
Nurse's shoes
2
SSS
Orange Flip-Flop
2
SSS
Phoenix's guard boots
2
BBP
Raider's Shoes
2
BBB
22 Mar 2018
Sand shoes
2
PBS
23 Feb 2018
Sneakers
2
BBS
Tracker's shoes
2
BBS
2 Mar 2018
Antibacterial shoes
3
PPS
Black sneakers
3
PBS
Brown Flip-Flops
3
SSS
Eskimo's boots
3
PPS
Patient's slippers
3
PBS
Reaper shoes
3
BBP
8 Mar 2018
Scout's shoes
3
PBS
Urban survival shoes
3
PBS
15 Feb 2018
Cheerleader's sneakers
4
SSB
Italian shoes
4
PBS
Minesweeper's Boots
4
PBS
15 Jun 2018
Raven's shoes
4
SSB
1 Jun 2018
Slippers
4
SSB
Trivia
During beta before the clothes shop was added, you obtained clothing through level up rewards; you would be given a "crate" option which once selected would open to reveal a random clothing piece you didn't have yet (with higher level clothing being rarer).
Before V1.14, "poor" quality clothing would show as torn, and had to be upgraded to at least average quality to remove torn effect.
Before V1.18 upgrades required sewing kits and varying amounts of fabric, as well as 0-2 resources which depended on the clothing.