Button-down shirt
Button-down shirt
A nice-looking collared shirt with buttons.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation Factor - Cold
- 0.26×
- Insulation Factor - Heat
- 0.1×
- Armor Factor - Sharp
- 0.2
- Armor Factor - Blunt
- 0.2
- Armor Factor - Heat
- 0.2
- Clothing For Nudity
- True
- Coverage
- Torso, Neck, Left Shoulder, Left Arm, Right Shoulder, Right Arm
- Layer
- Skin
- Lifestage
- Adult
Creation
- Crafted At
/ 
- Required Research
- Complex clothing
- Work To Make
- 2,700 ticks (45 secs)
- Work Speed Stat
- General Labor Speed
- Stuff Tags
- Leathery, Fabric
- Resources to make
45
The button-down shirt is one of two shirts available in core RimWorld.
Acquisition[edit]
Button-down shirts can be crafted at a hand tailor bench or electric tailor bench once the Complex clothing research project has been completed. Each requires 45 Stuff (Leathery/Fabric) and 2,700 ticks (45 secs) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter and the work to make factor of the material.
Button-down shirts can also be purchased from traders or stripped from Outlanders, Pirates and Empire pawns.
Analysis[edit]
Button-down shirts are a direct upgrade to t-shirts, with only a minor increase in cost. Comparing the two options:
- T-shirts have the same armor values, but don't cover the arms or neck
- T-shirts offer slightly worse insulation from cold (22% vs. 26%)
- T-shirts require fewer textiles to craft (40 vs. 45) and take less work (27 vs. 45)
Although these benefits may seem small, they can go far when combined with the right materials and other pieces of apparel. The cost increase to make a button-down shirt compared to a t-shirt is negligible, so there's very little reason not to choose button-down shirts for your colonists.
Button-down shirts, when paired with pants, also compete with tribalwear:
- Tribalwear has identical armor values, but less coverage (tribalwear also doesn't cover the arms and neck)
- Tribalwear has better insulation from cold (55% vs. 46%)
- Tribalwear has much better insulation from hot temperatures (55% vs. 18%)
- Tribalwear has lower materials and work cost (60 textiles and 30 work vs. requires 85 textiles and 72 work)
A bit of extra neck and arm protection is usually seen as valuable enough to merit the lower insulation and higher crafting cost of pants and a button-down. But colonists in ultra-hot biomes may prefer the better insulation of tribalwear, especially when first starting out.
Stats table
| Feature | Toggle |
|---|---|
| Quality |  |
 Button-down shirt
|
Sharp | Blunt | Heat | HP | Insulation - Cold |
Insulation - Heat |
Market Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Material | |||||||
| Normal |  Alpaca wool |
7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -7.8 °C (-14 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 181  |
| Normal |  Bearskin |
22.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -5.2 °C (-9.4 °F) | +2 °C (3.6 °F) | 163 |
| Normal |  Birdskin |
13.4% | 2.8% | 30% | 100 | -2.6 °C (-4.7 °F) | +1 °C (1.8 °F) | 91 |
| Normal |  Bison wool |
7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -6.76 °C (-12.2 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 131 |
| Normal |  Bluefur |
16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -5.2 °C (-9.4 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 113 |
| Normal |  Camelhide |
16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -4.16 °C (-7.5 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 113 |
| Normal |  Chinchilla fur |
13.4% | 2.8% | 30% | 100 | -7.8 °C (-14 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 300 |
| Normal |  Cloth |
7.2% | 0% | 3.6% | 100 | -4.68 °C (-8.4 °F) | +1.8 °C (3.2 °F) | 77 |
| Normal |  Devilstrand |
28% | 7.2% | 60% | 130 | -5.2 °C (-9.4 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 255 |
| Normal |  Dog leather |
16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -3.64 °C (-6.6 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 100 |
| Normal |  Dread leather  |
25.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -5.2 °C (-9.4 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 167 |
| Normal |  Elephant leather |
22.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 150 | -3.64 °C (-6.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 119 |
| Normal |  Foxfur |
16.2% | 4.2% | 30% | 100 | -5.2 °C (-9.4 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 167 |
| Normal |  Guinea pig fur |
13.4% | 2.8% | 30% | 60 | -9.88 °C (-17.8 °F) | +1.8 °C (3.2 °F) | 235 |
| Normal |  Heavy fur |
24.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 150 | -7.8 °C (-14 °F) | +1.4 °C (2.5 °F) | 158 |
| Normal |  Human leather |
12.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -3.12 °C (-5.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 199 |
| Normal |  Hyperweave |
40% | 10.8% | 57.6% | 240 | -6.76 °C (-12.2 °F) | +2.6 °C (4.7 °F) | 415 |
| Normal |  Lightleather |
10.8% | 2.8% | 30% | 100 | -3.12 °C (-5.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 95 |
| Normal |  Lizardskin |
16.2% | 5.4% | 30% | 100 | -3.12 °C (-5.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 104 |
| Normal |  Megasloth wool |
16% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -8.84 °C (-15.9 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 131 |
| Normal |  Muffalo wool |
7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -7.28 °C (-13.1 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 131 |
| Normal |  Panthera fur |
18.6% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -4.16 °C (-7.5 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 145 |
| Normal |  Patchleather |
9% | 3.8% | 18% | 100 | -2.34 °C (-4.2 °F) | +0.9 °C (1.6 °F) | 77 |
| Normal |  Pigskin |
12.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -3.12 °C (-5.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 95 |
| Normal |  Plainleather |
16.2% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -4.16 °C (-7.5 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 104 |
| Normal |  Rhinoceros leather |
25.8% | 4.8% | 30% | 150 | -3.64 °C (-6.6 °F) | +1.4 °C (2.5 °F) | 199 |
| Normal |  Sheep wool |
7.2% | 0% | 22% | 100 | -6.76 °C (-12.2 °F) | +1 °C (1.8 °F) | 131 |
| Normal |  Synthread |
18.8% | 5.2% | 18% | 130 | -5.72 °C (-10.3 °F) | +2.2 °C (4 °F) | 190 |
| Normal |  Thrumbofur |
41.6% | 7.2% | 30% | 200 | -8.84 °C (-15.9 °F) | +2.2 °C (4 °F) | 640 |
| Normal |  Wolfskin |
20.4% | 4.8% | 30% | 130 | -6.24 °C (-11.2 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 145 |
For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.
See also[edit]
- T-shirt - a less expensive but less protective alternative.
- Formal shirt
- a more expensive version required by Nobles - Eltex shirt - an uncraftable shirt that improves Psycasting
- 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