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Vanilla Armor Skins

This simple mod adds craftable skin versions of -most- vanilla armors to the game. Ever wanted to be an arctic commando, camouflaged in your snow-dyed ghillie suit while still wearing furs for their hypothermal insulation? Or wander the desert as a Riot-clad badass while still keeping your cool thanks to desert cloth? Or maybe just create a mash-up of armor from different sets while still maintaining practical stats? Now you can!

As these skins allow a wearer to conceal what sort of armor they are actually wearing (and thus the estimated properties of their defenses), it is recommended that discretion be used before applying this mod to PvP servers. Unless you support that kind of deception!

Mod ID# 811782248

Spawn Codes and Engram List

Skin versions of the following armor sets are included:
-Cloth
-Desert Cloth
-Hide
-Fur
-Ghillie
-Chitin
-Flak
-Riot
-SCUBA Suit (Currently disabled)
-Shields (Wood, Metal, Riot)

All skins / engrams:
-Cost 0 EP
-Reward 0 XP for creation
-Are unlocked at the same level as the regular armor piece
-Require the normal version of the armor piece to be learned, with one exception*
-Are crafted from your inventory (even if the normal version requires a crafting station)
-Require the same materials as needed to make the normal version, with three exceptions**
-Are applied to, and removed from, appropriate armor pieces the same way as other skins
-Can be dyed the exact same way as the normal versions

* - In order to facilitate the use of Desert Cloth skins on ARK Prime maps, their engrams require regular Cloth armor engrams instead. The unlock level remains unchanged.

** - The following engrams have different material requirements:
- Fur armor skins require half as much Pelt, while the amount of Hide required has been increased by the amount of Pelt removed.
- Ghillie armor skins require twice as much Hide and Fiber, and the Organic Polymer requirement has been replaced by an amount of Thatch equal to 20 times the Organic Polymer originally required.
- In order to facilitate their use on ARK Prime maps, Desert Cloth skins do not require Silk and instead require additional Fiber equal to the amount of Silk originally required.

Is this mod 'Clean & Stackable'?
-Yes.

What about SCUBA Armor?
-Yes, I do intend to incorperate the SCUBA Armor set at some point in the future. Currently, it is unavailable due to encountering issues in my initial attempt to do so, but I will be making another attempt when I have the time available.

What about TEK Armor?
-No. I consider TEK Armor to be a special kind and tier of armor, considering it requires special Tekgrams to equip. As such, I believe the privilege of wearing its appearance should also be restricted by this limitation. (Addendum: I may reconsider this stance in the future, but at current it still applies.)

What about hidden / unincorporated armors (ie. Manticore armor)?
-No. I will leave such endeavors to other modders. If such armors are ever officially included into the game, then I will update this mod to include skin versions.

What about armors added in the future?
-Assuming I am still involved with ARK at that time, and assuming it does not fall within the 'TEK Tier', I will update this mod to include skin versions.

Alternate version for Primitive+?
-I do not play Primitive+, but if I do I will consider it. Until then, no.

What about skin versions of the armors from <insert mod name here>?
-No. Mien Gott.