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The simple helmet is the first available headgear that can be crafted from metal.

Acquisition

Simple helmets can be manufactured at a fueled or electric smithy with a crafting skill of at least 5. Requires 40 metallic materials and 3,200 ticks (53.33 secs) of work. Usage of different materials enhances protection offered and durability. Can be purchased via trading or looted from Outlanders and Pirates.

Analysis

Simple helmets are a relatively cheap way to protect the head, a vital part of any pawn. A steel simple helmet can beat all but the highest quality war masks, and is on par with an expensive hyperweave veil (beating all other materials). Simple helmets don't provide much insultation - if temperature is an issue, you may want to wear hats like a cowboy hat or turque instead.

Flak helmets provide significantly better protection - a steel flak helmet beats a plasteel simple helmet. However, flak helmets require components and plasteel to create - the former is often in high demand, and the latter may be difficult to get for newer colonies. The three power armor helmets (recon, marine and cataphract ) provide even more protection and cover the whole head, but are even more expensive. So in early game and/or when dealing with large numbers of pawns, the simple helmet provides a decent amount of protection for a small amount of resources.

Simple helmets are fairly heavy with a mass of 2kg - tied for the heaviest helmet with the cataphract helmet . However, this is unlikely to be relevant in most circumstances.

Protection offered by a simple helmet depends on its quality and material. It has a material effect multiplier of 50% for all types of damage.

Material table

Material	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	Item HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Bioferrite Simple helmet	55%	25%	25%	200	-0.375 °C (-0.7 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	59
Golden Simple helmet	36%	18%	18%	60	-0.45 °C (-0.8 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	4010
Plasteel Simple helmet	57%	27.5%	32.5%	280	-0.45 °C (-0.8 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	385
Silver Simple helmet	36%	18%	18%	70	-0.45 °C (-0.8 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	410
Steel Simple helmet	45%	22.5%	30%	100	-0.45 °C (-0.8 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	88
Uranium Simple helmet	54%	27%	32.5%	250	-0.45 °C (-0.8 °F)	+0 °C (0 °F)	260

^{Assuming Normal quality, for the effect of other qualities, see Quality.}

Styles

Ideoligions allow the selection of styles which then change the texture of the certain items and buildings when constructed by the colony. These style variants can be crafted if the colony has the selected style, or can be looted from raiders from factions with the requisite style.

Base variant
Spikecore variant
Hindu variant
Rustic variant

Version history

Prior to Alpha 17, it was known as the Military helmet. In Alpha 17, it has been renamed, received a slight buff to protection and no longer required components.
In Beta 19 it became cheaper, and materials now affect armor rating. It also protects against heat.

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

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 == Analysis ==
-Simple Helmets are one of the five main types protective headgear in the base game (the others being the [[war mask]], [[flak helmet]], [[recon helmet]], [[marine helmet]]), eight if including the [[Royalty (DLC)| Royalty DLC]] (which also adds [[cataphract helmet]] and prestige variants of the [[power armor]] helmets).
+Simple helmets are a relatively cheap way to protect the head, a vital part of any pawn. A steel simple helmet can beat all but the highest [[quality]] [[war mask]]s, and is on par with an expensive [[hyperweave]] [[veil]] (beating all other materials). Simple helmets don't provide much insultation - if temperature is an issue, you may want to wear hats like a [[cowboy hat]] or [[turque]] instead.
-They are significant improvement over the [[war mask]] in terms of protection - while they don't cover the entire head, many weapons have sufficient AP to nullify the protection of all but the highest [[quality]] war masks. Compared to [[veil]]s, only the rare and expensive [[hyperweave]] veils are comparable to even basic steel simple helmets in sharp protection (and significantly better in heat protect) - like the masks however, they do protect the entire head as well as providing a higher [[Pain Shock Threshold]]. Thus, there may be a niche if spare hyperweave is available or an already crafted example is acquired. Otherwise the simple helmet provides significantly better protection than non-hyperweave veils.
+[[Flak helmet]]s provide significantly better protection - a steel flak helmet beats a plasteel simple helmet. However, flak helmets require [[component]]s and [[plasteel]] to create - the former is often in high demand, and the latter may be difficult to get for newer colonies. The three power armor helmets (recon, marine and cataphract {{royaltyIcon}}) provide even more protection and cover the whole head, but are even more expensive. So in early game and/or when dealing with large numbers of pawns, the simple helmet provides a decent amount of protection for a small amount of resources.
-Flak, recon, marine and cataphract {{royaltyIcon}} helmets all provide superior protection, while the power armor helmets also cover the entire head. However, they are also significantly more expensive, requiring [[plasteel]] and either [[component]]s or, even more expensive, [[advanced component]]s. Switching to the more protective helmets, especially the full head ones, should generally be done in the late game. However in the early game or when dealing with large numbers of pawns when resources are tight, the simple helmet provides a decent amount of protection for a small amount of resources.
 Simple helmets are fairly heavy with a mass of 2kg - tied for the heaviest helmet with the cataphract helmet {{royaltyIcon}}. However, this is unlikely to be relevant in most circumstances.