Eltex shirt

The eltex shirt 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 shirts cannot be crafted. Instead, they can only be purchased through trade or received as a quest reward.

They also spawn on Imperial Nobles.

Summary

When worn by a slave, an eltex shirt increases the rate that suppression is lost by 20% per day. This stacks additively with all other forms of suppression loss rate offsets.

Analysis

Compared to similar items, the Eltex shirt has the same coverage as, and similar protection to, a cloth t-shirt. This makes it significantly less protective than typical late-game options such as Devilstrand button-down shirts, which has four times the sharp rating and superior coverage. However, due to the mechanics of armor penetration the loss of protection is not as significant as the eltex robe replacing a duster, especially if paired with other protective items such as dusters, flak vests or the various powered armors.

The eltex shirt also appeases the skin torso requirements of all nobles, replacing the Formal shirt.

An eltex shirt improves a pawn's base neural heat recovery rate by 0.033 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 shirt	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 °C (-7.2 °F)	+0.8 °C (1.4 °F)	200
Poor	5.6%	0%	3.2%	100	-4.5 °C (-8.1 °F)	+0.9 °C (1.6 °F)	300
Normal	7%	0%	4%	100	-5 °C (-9 °F)	+1 °C (1.8 °F)	400
Good	8.05%	0%	4.6%	100	-5.5 °C (-9.9 °F)	+1.1 °C (2 °F)	500
Excellent	9.1%	0%	5.2%	100	-6 °C (-10.8 °F)	+1.2 °C (2.2 °F)	600
Masterwork	10.15%	0%	5.8%	100	-7.5 °C (-13.5 °F)	+1.5 °C (2.7 °F)	1000
Legendary	12.6%	0%	7.2%	100	-9 °C (-16.2 °F)	+1.8 °C (3.2 °F)	2000

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

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Psychic Sensitivity	+5%	+7%	+8%	+10%	+12%	+13%	+15%
Neural Heat Limit	+4	+5	+7	+8	+9	+11	+12
Base Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.033/s	+0.033/s	+0.033/s	+0.033/s	+0.033/s	+0.033/s	+0.033/s
Effective Neural Heat Recovery Rate	+0.054/s	+0.054/s	+0.054/s	+0.054/s	+0.054/s	+0.054/s	+0.054/s

Gallery

Eltex Shirt Variant A
Eltex Shirt Variant B

Version history

Royalty DLC Release - Added.
1.1.2579 - Improved cold insulation.
1.1.2647 - Renamed from Psyfocus shirt to Eltex shirt.
1.2.2719 - Psychic sensitivity now scales with quality.
1.2.2753 - Adjust eltex gear colors to be darker.
1.4.3563 - Reduce the frequency at which they appear in quest rewards, as they're overrepresented at low colony wealth values.

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