Which RimWorld textile is best or worst at a given goal? Numbers are the stuff-multiplier factors from the RimWorld Wiki.
* hover a marked textile's name for notable sourcing quirks.
Data source table
The raw numbers behind every chart above, one row per textile — color is a heatmap on top of the real value, not a replacement for it. Each column's color scales against only the textiles currently in view. Flammability is the one column where lower is better; every other column is higher-is-better. Insulation - Cold uses a blue scale and Insulation - Heat a red scale instead of the shared teal, so which is which reads at a glance. Columns marked †(Max Hit Points, Armor - Sharp, Armor - Heat, Flammability) are colored around a fixed ×1.00 midpoint rather than the column's own min/max — many materials sit exactly at that "unmodified item" baseline, so it renders as neutral gray rather than misleadingly "good" or "bad" just because a couple of outliers sit on one side of it. Armor - Blunt isn't marked †— every textile in the game sits at or below ×1.00 for it, so a "worse than average" framing would just paint the whole column red; instead, an exact ×0.00 on that column (every basic wool fabric, plus Cloth) is highlighted the same yellow as a †column's worst case, since it's a hard floor — apparel made from it can never have blunt armor, regardless of the base item — not merely a weak value.
| Textile | Source | Beauty | Max Hit Points †| Armor - Sharp †| Armor - Blunt | Armor - Heat †| Flammability †| Insulation - Cold | Insulation - Heat | Market Value | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaca wool | Common | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | ×0.36 | ×0.00 | ×1.10 | ×1.70 | +30°C | +16°C | 3.8 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Sharp |
| Bison wool | Uncommon | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | ×0.36 | ×0.00 | ×1.10 | ×1.70 | +26°C | +12°C | 2.7 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Sharp |
| Cloth | Common | ×1.00 | ×1.00 | ×0.36 | ×0.00 | ×0.18 | ×1.20 | +18°C | +18°C | 1.5 | ▲ Insulation - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Devilstrand | Uncommon | ×3.20 | ×1.30 | ×1.40 | ×0.36 | ×3.00 | ×0.40 | +20°C | +24°C | 5.5 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Market Value |
| Hyperweave | Rare | ×5.50 | ×2.40 | ×2.00 | ×0.54 | ×2.88 | ×0.40 | +26°C | +26°C | 9.0 | ▲ Max Hit Points · ▼ Market Value |
| Megasloth wool | Rare | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | ×0.80 | ×0.00 | ×1.10 | ×1.70 | +34°C | +12°C | 2.7 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Blunt |
| Muffalo wool | Common | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | ×0.36 | ×0.00 | ×1.10 | ×1.70 | +28°C | +12°C | 2.7 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Sharp |
| Sheep wool | Common | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | ×0.36 | ×0.00 | ×1.10 | ×1.70 | +26°C | +10°C | 2.7 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Sharp |
| Synthread | Rare | ×2.30 | ×1.30 | ×0.94 | ×0.26 | ×0.90 | ×0.70 | +22°C | +22°C | 4.0 | ▲ Insulation - Heat · ▼ Market Value |
| Mastodon wool | Rare | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | ×0.36 | ×0.00 | ×1.10 | ×1.70 | +32°C | +14°C | 2.7 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Sharp |
| Muskox wool | Uncommon | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | ×0.36 | ×0.00 | ×1.10 | ×1.70 | +30°C | +10°C | 2.7 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Sharp |
| Bearskin | Uncommon | ×1.90 | ×1.30 | ×1.12 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +20°C | +20°C | 3.4 | ▲ Insulation - Heat · ▼ Market Value |
| Birdskin | Common | ×1.00 | ×1.00 | ×0.67 | ×0.14 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +10°C | +10°C | 1.8 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Bluefur | Uncommon | ×1.30 | ×1.30 | ×0.81 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +20°C | +16°C | 2.3 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Camelhide | Uncommon | ×1.30 | ×1.30 | ×0.81 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +16°C | +24°C | 2.3 | ▲ Insulation - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Chinchilla fur | Rare | ×3.60 | ×1.00 | ×0.67 | ×0.14 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +30°C | +16°C | 6.5 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Armor - Sharp |
| Dog leather | Rare | ×1.00 | ×1.30 | ×0.81 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +14°C | +16°C | 2.0 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Elephant leather | Uncommon | ×1.60 | ×1.50 | ×1.12 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +14°C | +12°C | 3.0 | ▲ Max Hit Points · ▼ Market Value |
| Foxfur | Rare | ×2.00 | ×1.00 | ×0.81 | ×0.21 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +20°C | +16°C | 3.5 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Market Value |
| Guinea pig fur | Uncommon | ×2.80 | ×0.60 | ×0.67 | ×0.14 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +38°C | +18°C | 5.0 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Max Hit Points |
| Heavy fur | Rare | ×1.85 | ×1.50 | ×1.24 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +30°C | +14°C | 3.3 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Market Value |
| Human leather | CommonMood penalty | ×1.00 | ×1.30 | ×0.64 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +12°C | +12°C | 4.2 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Lightleather | Common | ×1.00 | ×1.00 | ×0.54 | ×0.14 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +12°C | +12°C | 1.9 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Lizardskin | Common | ×1.20 | ×1.00 | ×0.81 | ×0.27 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +12°C | +12°C | 2.1 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Panthera fur | Rare | ×1.70 | ×1.30 | ×0.93 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +16°C | +24°C | 3.0 | ▲ Insulation - Heat · ▼ Market Value |
| Patchleather | Common | ×1.00 | ×1.00 | ×0.45 | ×0.19 | ×0.90 | ×1.00 | +9°C | +9°C | 1.5 | ▲ Max Hit Points · ▼ Beauty |
| Pigskin | Uncommon | ×1.00 | ×1.30 | ×0.64 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +12°C | +12°C | 1.9 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Plainleather | Common | ×1.00 | ×1.30 | ×0.81 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +16°C | +16°C | 2.1 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Rhinoceros leather | Rare | ×2.40 | ×1.50 | ×1.29 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +14°C | +14°C | 4.2 | ▲ Max Hit Points · ▼ Market Value |
| Thrumbofur | Rare | ×8.00 | ×2.00 | ×2.08 | ×0.36 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +34°C | +22°C | 14.0 | ▲ Beauty · ▼ Flammability |
| Wolfskin | Uncommon | ×1.70 | ×1.30 | ×1.02 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +24°C | +16°C | 3.0 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Market Value |
| Dread leather | RareMood penalty | ×1.00 | ×1.30 | ×1.27 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +20°C | +12°C | 3.5 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Beauty |
| Armadillo leather | Uncommon | ×2.00 | ×1.30 | ×1.24 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +16°C | +18°C | 3.2 | ▲ Armor - Heat · ▼ Market Value |
| Hippo leather | Uncommon | ×2.00 | ×1.50 | ×1.12 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +14°C | +16°C | 3.7 | ▲ Max Hit Points · ▼ Market Value |
| Mastodon leather | Rare | ×1.30 | ×1.50 | ×1.12 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +30°C | +12°C | 3.0 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Beauty |
| Mink fur | Rare | ×3.00 | ×1.00 | ×0.67 | ×0.14 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +32°C | +12°C | 5.2 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Insulation - Heat |
| Sealskin | Uncommon | ×2.00 | ×1.00 | ×0.81 | ×0.24 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +36°C | +20°C | 4.0 | ▲ Insulation - Cold · ▼ Market Value |
| Thrumbomane | Rare | ×8.00 | ×2.20 | ×2.12 | ×0.40 | ×1.50 | ×1.00 | +36°C | +24°C | 20.0 | ▲ Beauty · ▼ Flammability |