DayZ Worn Clothing — the verified pipeline

Distilled from ArmorHneck (2026-08-03): third-party body armor RAR → fully working worn item, ~6 in-game cycles to isolate three independent SILENT failure modes. Everything below is in-game verified on DayZ 1.29 diag unless labeled otherwise. (until 1.29: the worn pipeline below is the 1.29-diag contract.) (since 1.30 Exp: killers #1–#3 and the worn p3d/model.cfg contract still hold. Config-side NBC layering, mask-filter protection, ItemBaseType wet/hide keys, shoe itemSize, Waterskin rename, and wash/wet actions: dayz-1-30-clothing.md and ## DayZ 1.30 Exp.)

THE THREE SILENT KILLERS (check these FIRST, in this order)

A worn item can fail three independent ways, each with ZERO RPT errors. Any one of them wastes cycles if you chase the others first.