Simple helmet

Simple helmet

"A simple helmet which gives moderate protection against sharp attacks. Not effective against blunt attacks."

Base Stats

Type

Gear – Armor

Market Value

146 

Mass

2 kg

HP

80

Apparel

Armor - Sharp

30%

Armor - Blunt

10%

Creation

Work To Make

100 ticks (1.67 secs)

Summary

Overview & Obtaining

Simple helmets offer cheap (albeit inferior) protection for one's head, but impose a move speed penalty of 0.04 c/s. The main pro of Military Helmets is the cheapness to manufacture and purchase, requiring little more than half of the materials that Advanced Helmets require, and also less than half as expensive when purchased.
They can be purchased via trading, produced at a machining table, or looted from Outlanders and Pirates.

Crafting

Simple helmets must be manufactured at a machining table, which in turn requires machining to be researched in order to be constructed. A simple helmet requires 70 metallic materials (i.e. steel, plasteel, uranium, silver, gold) and 100 seconds of work (6,000 ticks) to be created, assuming baseline global work speed and no enhancements or hindrances to consciousness, sight, or manipulation.

Usage of different materials does not affect the protection offered, but enhances durability.

Conclusion and Comparison

Simple Helmets are one of the three main headgear protections available in RimWorld (the others being the advanced helmet and power armor helmet), but also the least protective out of the three. While being the least protective, Simple Helmets do have a remarkable lifespan due to the inferior damage absorption, especially if made out of Plasteel. They also impose the greatest movement speed penalty along with power armor helmets, with a 0.04 c/s penalty, whereas advanced helmets only impose a 0.02 c/s penalty. Simple helmets are intermediate in terms of mass with a mass of 2kg, whereas advanced helmets have a mass of 1.2kg and power armor helmets have a mass of 2.7kg.

Protection

The following table is an hierarchy of the combinations which a simple helmet may offer with varying quality levels (and full durability):

Quality	Awful	Shoddy	Poor	Normal	Good	Superior	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Sharp %	12	21	25.5	30	33	39	45	51	63
Blunt %	4	7	8.5	10	11	13	15	17	21

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 has a changed cost.

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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