Leather armor (Fallout 4)

Leather armor is a multi-piece set of armor in Fallout 4 that offers the best protection against energy damage at the cost of inferior ballistic damage reduction and radiation resistance. It is part of a family of specialised armor sets, with the other two members being metal armor - which focuses on mitigating ballistic damage over energy damage - and combat armor as the most balanced form of protection in the Commonwealth.

Characteristics
Leather armor consists of five separate pieces - the chest, both arms ,and both legs. Like with all other armor pieces, each can be worn over clothing to combine the stat bonuses, however certain outfits may occupy some or all of the armor slots - for instance, the red dress occupies legs and torso slots.

This armor set is fashioned out of belts, straps, braces and pads. Like with other armor sets, various mods can change the look of the armor pieces (for instance the shadowed leather mod dyes the armor black).

There are three variants of leather armor - Normal, Sturdy and Heavy.

Variants
Like other forms of moddable armour, leather armour takes different appearance when modded. Standard leather armour is sewn of brown leather. Boiled leather takes a darker, grey-blue matte colour. Girded variant looks like being made of several smaller, thicker pieces, sewn together with leather thongs. Treated mod takes a warm, reddish-brown colour with glossy sheen of oiled leather. Shadowed armour is of dark gray hue with slight shine. Finally, studded leather takes appearance of the basic variant with added metal rivets and combination of washers, screws and wingnuts.