Simple helmet
Simple helmet
A simple helmet which gives moderate protection against sharp attacks. Not effective against blunt attacks.
Base Stats
- Tech Level
- Industrial
- Mass
- 2 kg
- HP
- 100
Apparel
- Insulation Factor - Cold
- 0.15×
- Insulation Factor - Heat
- 0.0×
- Armor Factor - Sharp
- 0.5
- Armor Factor - Blunt
- 0.5
- Armor Factor - Heat
- 0.5
- Clothing For Nudity
- False
- Coverage
- Head, Left Ear, Right Ear
- Layer
- Headgear
- Lifestage
- Adult
Creation
- Crafted At
/ 
- Required Research
- Smithing
- Work To Make
- 3,200 ticks (53.33 secs)
- Work Speed Stat
- General Labor Speed
- Stuff Tags
- Metallic
- Resources to make
40
The simple helmet is the first available headgear that can be crafted from metal.
Acquisition[edit]
Simple helmets can be crafted at a fueled smithy or electric smithy once the Smithing research project has been completed. Each requires 40 Stuff (Metallic, 400 for SVMs) and 3,200 ticks (53.33 secs) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter and the work to make factor of the material.
They can also be purchased via trading or looted from Outlander and Pirate raiders.
Analysis[edit]
Simple helmets are a relatively cheap way to protect the head, a vital part of any pawn. They don't provide much insultation - if temperature is an issue, you may want to wear hats like a cowboy hat or tuque instead. In the early game, or when dealing with large numbers of pawns, the simple helmet provides a decent amount of protection for a small amount of resources.
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.
Comparisons[edit]
- 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.
- A steel flak helmet beats even a plasteel simple helmet. However, flak helmets require components (often in high demand) and plasteel (which may be hard to get early on).
Simple helmets are fairly heavy with a mass of 2kg - tied for the heaviest headpiece with the cataphract helmet 
. However, this is unlikely to be relevant in most circumstances.
Stats table
| Feature | Toggle |
|---|---|
| Quality |  |
 Simple helmet
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Material | |||||||
| Normal |  Bioferrite  |
55% | 25% | 25% | 200 | -0.375 °C (-0.7 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 59  |
| Normal |  Gold |
36% | 18% | 18% | 60 | -0.45 °C (-0.8 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 4010 |
| Normal |  Plasteel |
57% | 27.5% | 32.5% | 280 | -0.45 °C (-0.8 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 385 |
| Normal | Silver |
36% | 18% | 18% | 70 | -0.45 °C (-0.8 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 410 |
| Normal |  Steel |
45% | 22.5% | 30% | 100 | -0.45 °C (-0.8 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 88 |
| Normal |  Uranium |
54% | 27% | 32.5% | 250 | -0.45 °C (-0.8 °F) | +0 °C (0 °F) | 260 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
Styles[edit]
 | This section relates to content added by Ideology (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled. |
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[edit]
- Alpha 17 - Renamed from Military helmet to Simple helmet. Received a slight buff to protection and no longer requires components.
- Beta 19 - it became cheaper, and materials now affect armor rating. It now also protects against heat.
- Ideology DLC Release - Received styles via new Ideoligion style system.
- 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