Fix Maxwell's Default Outfit?

[Curly Bill]

About 3 years ago i posted about this, but I wanted to bring it back up again. Want to know what you all think:

 

Are we able to have a current age default outfit for Maxy boy? Short-sleeved suit jacket with different colored pants? I drew an amateur mockup of what a better look of his outfit should be, but what i think is important is to finally match his official/cinematic artwork better.

I believe the original(current default) outfit was based on the early design decisions back with solo Don't Starve (imitating Wilson's silhouette with short sleeved tops), so it makes sense of why he had this to begin with, but now we are at a good place when it comes to intricate designs; (ex. Walter having very detailed shoes even, cosmetic options featuring distinct additions like tails or rings, etc.)

 

Would really like to see this happen, but know there might be some snags, like people who enjoyed the current Suit T-Shirt. Maybe you can make that a free costmetic for the legacy lovers? idk

He really needs an update to his suite attire, PLEASE KLEI 🙏

A better mockup:

Edited November 7, 2025 by Curly Bill

[Stomiidae]

i actually kinda like this idea

tried 

alts:

Spoiler

colored vest alt

lighter suit's line as he's depicted in most artworks alt

honestly, i don't miiind his current in game look, but it really barely looks as dapper as he does in his usual artworks, and a remade version like that would be sooo neat, and with keeping an access to the old suit it'd be perfection! 

this 'redraw' uses some elements from others of HIS skins, cuff shape is from his swashbuckler, and the pants from his merrymaker skin, it really wouldn't be that wild of a stretch to imagine him with a 'newer' look 
i'm usually not great at accepting these kinds of changes but honestly this one is one i could get behind with, as long as the old suit would still be accessible somehow

[Pe Dabliu]

Yes, please. He looks so silly currently, feels kinda like a kid trying to be fancy, idk.

The former king still deserve his dapper look

[Turbanik]

I second this

 

[GrapeVruit]

Yes please! This is something that's bothered me not just with Maxwell, but with other characters that have long sleeves in their portrait art such as Willow and Wickerbottom. Maxwell looks so good with a long sleeved suit, but instead they gave him a dinky looking short sleeved one, which imo is not that dapper looking at all. Did they have something against characters with long sleeves? AFAIK the only character to have any is Wheeler in singleplayer. 

[Harrowick]

I'd be more than happy with a little update to Maxwell's base appearance. I'll share this mockup of an updated suit I made about four years ago! 

i'm loving the interpretations in this post so far!

 

[-Nick-]

My biggest gripe I have with player maxwell is that the stripes on his suit and his undershirt is inverted

 

Edited November 8, 2025 by -Nick-

[Curly Bill]

I'm glad im not the only one wanting this; I really hope they can do it. With the new Complimentary cosmetic type, i think they can easily have the old outfit be an option.

[Cheggf]

4 hours ago, Curly Bill said:

I'm glad im not the only one wanting this; I really hope they can do it. With the new Complimentary cosmetic type, i think they can easily have the old outfit be an option.

What item has the complimentary type?

[Curly Bill]

24 minutes ago, Cheggf said:

What item has the complimentary type?

Right now it's just the Faceless Pumpkin, for these variants:

So it was just introduced in the latest update from my understanding.

[crushcircuit]

THIS WOULD BE AWESOME i'd love to see some tweaks made to the characters' default loadouts tbh but i just assumed that wasnt an option since they've never tried before. the closest was warly's face shape changing when he got ported to dst (although i can name some other changes that he couldve used LOL...)

it would be very cool to see 

17 hours ago, Curly Bill said:

Right now it's just the Faceless Pumpkin, for these variants:

So it was just introduced in the latest update from my understanding.

the records also have this rarity!

Edited November 10, 2025 by crushcircuit

[Maxwell5]

I soooo agree with this! I would love to see Maxwell's outfit be given it's true appearance along with his winter coat as seen in the first game to be added as a skin, that would be so awesome!

[Nikki Darks]

Honestly, this is an amazing idea.

Klei going over every character's base design and adjusting it to match their portraits would be phenomenal!

 

She looks so cool in her portrait and then her in game sprite just deletes her cheekbones.