T-shirt

T-shirt

"A simple T-shirt."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Clothing

Market Value

120 

Mass

0.25 kg

HP

100

Apparel

Insulation - Cold

0.22 °C (0.4 °F)

Insulation - Heat

0.1 °C (0.2 °F)

Armor - Sharp

3%

Armor - Blunt

3%

Creation

Work To Make

27 ticks (0.45 secs)

Summary

Overview & Obtaining

T-shirts are one of two shirts available in RimWorld, and are inferior to the button-down shirt. T-shirts can be purchased from traders, crafted, or stripped from Outlanders and Pirates.

Crafting

As a complicated garment, t-shirts can only be made at tailoring benches, which requires complex clothing to be researched in order to be constructed. A t-shirt requires 40 of any textile, and 27 units of work.

Conclusion & Comparison

T-shirts are not particularly useful given that button-down shirts are a strict upgrade with only a minor increase in cost. Comparing the two options:

• T-shirts have the same armor values, but don't cover the arms or neck
• T-shirts offer slightly worse insulation from cold (22% vs. 26%)
• T-shirts require fewer textiles to craft (40 vs. 45) and take less work (27 vs. 45)

In fact, the combination of a t-shirt and pants is actually **worse** than tribalwear. Compared to a t-shirt and pants:

• Tribalwear offers identical armor and coverage
• Tribalwear has better insulation - cold (55% vs. 42%)
• Tribalwear has much better insulation - heat (55% vs. 18%)
• Tribalwear requires fewer textiles to craft (60 vs. 80) and takes significantly less work (30 vs. 54)

Insulation Information

T-shirts offer a small amount of insulation from heat (10%) and a bit more insulation from cold (22%). The exact insulation in-game depends on the textile used and the quality of the crafted item. Assuming normal quality, a t-shirt offers:

Keeps Cool
		Maximum
Fabric	Alpaca wool	+1.6°C
	Cloth	+1.8°C
	Devilstrand	+2.4°C
	Hyperweave	+2.6°C
	Megasloth wool	+1.2°C
	Muffalo wool	+1.2°C
	Synthread	+2.2°C
Leather	Bearskin	+2°C
	Birdskin	+1°C
	Bluefur	+1.6°C
	Camelhide	+2.4°C
	Chinchilla fur	+1.6°C
	Dog leather	+1.6°C
	Elephant leather	+1.2°C
	Foxfur	+1.6°C
	Heavy fur	+1.4°C
	Human leather	+1.2°C
	Lightleather	+1.2°C
	Lizardskin	+1.2°C
	Panthera fur	+2.4°C
	Patchleather	+0.9°C
	Plainleather	+1.6°C
	Rhinoceros leather	+1.4°C
	Thrumbofur	+2.2°C
	Wolfskin	+1.6°C

Keeps Warm
		Minimum
Fabric	Alpaca wool	−6.6°C
	Cloth	−3.96°C
	Devilstrand	−4.4°C
	Hyperweave	−5.72°C
	Megasloth wool	−7.48°C
	Muffalo wool	−6.16°C
	Synthread	−4.84°C
Leather	Bearskin	−4.4°C
	Birdskin	−2.2°C
	Bluefur	−4.4°C
	Camelhide	−3.52°C
	Chinchilla fur	−6.6°C
	Dog leather	−3.08°C
	Elephant leather	−3.08°C
	Foxfur	−4.4°C
	Heavy fur	−6.6°C
	Human leather	−2.64°C
	Lightleather	−2.64°C
	Lizardskin	−2.64°C
	Panthera fur	−3.52°C
	Patchleather	−1.98°C
	Plainleather	−3.52°C
	Rhinoceros leather	−3.08°C
	Thrumbofur	−7.48°C
	Wolfskin	−5.28°C

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Apparel

Torso | Clothing

Button-down shirt • T-shirt (Kid ) • Tribalwear (Kid )

Corset • Eltex shirt • Eltex vest • Formal vest • Formal shirt

Slave collar

Sash • Kid romper

Armor

Flak vest

Legs | Clothing

Pants (Kid )

Armor

Flak pants

Shell | Clothing

Duster • Jacket • Parka (Kid ) • Robe

Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe

Burka • Slave body strap

Heavy bandolier

Lab coat

Armor

Flak jacket • Marine armor (Prestige , Grenadier ) • Plate armor • Recon armor (Prestige , Locust , Mechlord ) • Cataphract armor (Prestige , Phoenix )

Head | Clothing

Bowler hat • Cowboy hat • Hood • Psychic foil helmet • Tuque • Tribal headdress • Veil • War mask

Beret • Coronet • Crown • Eltex helmet • Eltex skullcap • Ladies hat • Stellic crown • Top hat

Authority cap • Blindfold • Broadwrap • Flophat • Headwrap • Shadecone • Slicecap • Tailcap • Torture crown • Visage mask

Airwire headset • Array headset • Gas mask • Face mask

Ceremonial hood • Ritual mask

Armor

Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet