Eltex vest

The eltex vest is an item of clothing added by the Royalty DLC that improves psychic sensitivity and makes psycasters more effective.

It is one of a set of eltex items with similar effects that cover different parts of the body.

Acquisition

Eltex vests cannot be crafted. Instead, they can only be purchased through trade or received as a quest reward.

They also spawn on Imperial Nobles.

Summary

An eltex vest has a slave suppression offset of −20%. When worn by a slave, this acts as an offset to the rate at which the slave loses suppression. Note that by default, slaves lose between −5% and −20% suppression per day depending on their current level of suppression. This loss rate stacks additively with all sources of slave suppression offset, with a minimum of 0% loss per day.

Analysis

An eltex vest improved a pawns Psychic Sensitivity by 15%, and improves the neural heat recovery rate by 1.5 per 30 seconds. Compared to a flak vest it is readily apparent that this is only for exclusively psychic focused pawns, with the same coverage and slot usage but with almost no protection in comparison.

The eltex vest also appeases the middle torso requirements of all nobles, replacing the formal vest or corset for both genders.

An eltex vest improves a pawn's base neural heat recovery rate by 0.05 heat per second, though this will be modified by their psylink level, and increases their Psychic Sensitivity by an amount dependent on the quality.

Stats table

Eltex vest	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Quality	Sharp	Blunt	Heat	HP	Insulation - Cold	Insulation - Heat	Market Value
Awful	4.2%	0%	2.4%	100	-4.8 °C (-8.6 °F)	+0.8 °C (1.4 °F)	250
Poor	5.6%	0%	3.2%	100	-5.4 °C (-9.7 °F)	+0.9 °C (1.6 °F)	375
Normal	7%	0%	4%	100	-6 °C (-10.8 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	500
Good	8.05%	0%	4.6%	100	-6.6 °C (-11.9 °F)	+1.1 °C (2 °F)	625
Excellent	9.1%	0%	5.2%	100	-7.2 °C (-13 °F)	+1.2 °C (2.2 °F)	750
Masterwork	10.15%	0%	5.8%	100	-9 °C (-16.2 °F)	+1.5 °C (2.7 °F)	1250
Legendary	12.6%	0%	7.2%	100	-10.8 °C (-19.4 °F)	+1.8 °C (3.2 °F)	2500

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Psychic Sensitivity	+8%	+10%	+12%	+15%	+17%	+20%	+23%
Neural Heat Limit	+6	+8	+10	+12	+14	+16	+18
Base Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.05/s	+0.05/s	+0.05/s	+0.05/s	+0.05/s	+0.05/s	+0.05/s
Effective Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.081/s	+0.081/s	+0.081/s	+0.081/s	+0.081/s	+0.081/s	+0.081/s

Gallery

Eltex Vest Variant A
Eltex Vest Variant B

Version history

Royalty DLC Release - Added.
1.1.2579 - Improved cold insulation.
1.1.2647 - Renamed from Psyfocus vest to Eltex vest.
1.2.2719 - Psychic sensitivity now scales with quality.
1.2.2753 - Adjust eltex gear colors to be darker.

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