Mechanic · Combat
Clothing
Clothing is your armor: hat, coat, shirt, gloves, pants and boots all reduce damage taken.
Recipe
What goes into Clothing and where it’s made.
| Needs | Amount | Source |
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 Leather Straps Made from | Amount pending | Video: Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California at 2:05:35 (opens in a new tab) |
“Amount pending” means we don’t have that number yet for this version.
Where to find
Where Clothing comes from.
Facts
Each fact links to where it comes from.
Deep customization of every clothing slot is planned.
Steam post: Dev Update: Peak California (opens in a new tab)
A clothing outpost sells armor recipes that make players tougher.
Clothing is the main armor; better outfits raise defense and reduce damage.
Found armor cannot be repaired; crafted armor can be.
Hat, coat, shirt, gloves, pants and boots slots all give damage mitigation, key for surviving Tier 4.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) at 41:52 (opens in a new tab)
Armor gives overall damage mitigation instead of per body part.
Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 1:46:06 (opens in a new tab)
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Patch history
2 versions
Every fact about Clothing by game version, newest first.
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Sources
4
Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.
| Source | Date | Used |
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| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) (opens in a new tab) Video | Jul 18, 2026 | 1 |
| Dev Update: Peak California (opens in a new tab) Steam post | Jun 18, 2026 | 1 |
| The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) Video | Jun 6, 2026 | 1 |
| Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) Video | Mar 22, 2026 | 5 |