Top hat
 | This article relates to content added by Royalty (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled. |
Top hat
A tall, stiff, shiny hat.
Base Stats
Apparel
- Insulation Factor - Cold
- 0.25×
- Insulation Factor - Heat
- 0.1×
- Armor Factor - Sharp
- 0
- Armor Factor - Blunt
- 0
- Armor Factor - Heat
- 0
- Coverage
- Head, Left Ear, Right Ear
- Layer
- Headgear
Creation
- Crafted At
/ 
- Required Research
- Noble apparel
- Work To Make
- 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)
- Stuff Tags
- Leathery, Fabric
- Resources to make
50
- thingCategories
- HeadgearNoble
- tags
- Royal, RoyalTier2
The top hat is a clothing item added in the Royalty DLC. It provides a +20% increase to Social Impact, and meets the headwear requirements of male nobles between Acolyte and Praetor rank.
It is the male equivalent of the ladies hat.
Acquisition
Top hats can be crafted at a Hand tailor bench or Electric tailor bench once the Noble apparel research project has been completed. Each requires 50 Stuff (Leathery/Fabric) and 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) of work.
It can also be found on male Imperial Nobles, for sale at traders and as a quest reward.
Summary
A top hat offers a +20% increase to Social Impact. Note: Social impact predominantly affects the Opinion bonuses and maluses pawn interactions can create, the success chance of Speeches
and some rituals.
It does NOT affect trade prices, as that is instead dependent on Trade Price Improvement. Nor does it affect prisoner recruitment, beyond slightly hastening how quickly the prisoners like the warden, as that is instead dependent on Negotiation Ability.
To consider themselves properly dressed and avoid a -4 "Want <TITLE>-specific apparel" moodlet, nobles between the ranks of Acolyte and Praetor must wear a top hat or one of the following alternative pieces of headwear:
- Beret
- Eltex helmet
- Eltex skullcap
- Ladies hat
- Prestige cataphract helmet
- Prestige marine helmet
- Prestige recon helmet
Note that female nobles will receive a -5 "Wearing male apparel" mood debuff from wearing a top hat, while male nobles will receive the same penalty for wearing a ladies hat.
When worn by a slave, a top hat increases the rate that suppression is lost by 5% per day. This stacks additively with all other forms of suppression loss rate offsets.
Analysis
Top hats are a luxurious headgear that offers a significant boost to social impact of +20%, even larger than the Bowler hat's 15%, but provide no armor and equivalent or worse insulation and require significantly more material to craft. Thus they are inferior to, and should be exchanged for, literally any other headgear unless required by a noble or for the social impact buff. The top hat can be worn in non-combat situations, and switched for a helmet at the battlefield
As female pawns will receive a mood debuff while wearing this item instead the female equivalent, the ladies hat, should be substituted.
Material table
| Material | Sharp | Blunt | Heat | Item HP | Insulation - Cold | Insulation - Heat | Market Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearskin Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -5 °C (-9 °F) | +2 °C (3.6 °F) | 192 
|
| Birdskin Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -2.5 °C (-4.5 °F) | +1 °C (1.8 °F) | 112
|
| Bluefur Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -5 °C (-9 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 137
|
| Camelhide Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -4 °C (-7.2 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 137
|
| Chinchilla fur Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -7.5 °C (-13.5 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 345
|
| Dog leather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -3.5 °C (-6.3 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 122
|
| Dread leather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 108 | -5 °C (-9 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 197
|
| Elephant leather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 120 | -3.5 °C (-6.3 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 143
|
| Foxfur Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -5 °C (-9 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 197
|
| Guinea pig fur Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 48 | -9.5 °C (-17.1 °F) | +1.8 °C (3.2 °F) | 270
|
| Heavy fur Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 120 | -7.5 °C (-13.5 °F) | +1.4 °C (2.5 °F) | 187
|
| Human leather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 230
|
| Lightleather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 117
|
| Lizardskin Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 127
|
| Panthera fur Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -4 °C (-7.2 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 172
|
| Patchleather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -2.25 °C (-4.1 °F) | +0.9 °C (1.6 °F) | 97
|
| Pigskin Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -3 °C (-5.4 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 117
|
| Plainleather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -4 °C (-7.2 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 127
|
| Rhinoceros leather Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 120 | -3.5 °C (-6.3 °F) | +1.4 °C (2.5 °F) | 230
|
| Thrumbofur Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 160 | -8.5 °C (-15.3 °F) | +2.2 °C (4 °F) | 720
|
| Wolfskin Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -6 °C (-10.8 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 172
|
| Alpaca wool Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -7.5 °C (-13.5 °F) | +1.6 °C (2.9 °F) | 210
|
| Bison wool Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -6.5 °C (-11.7 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 157
|
| Cloth Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -4.5 °C (-8.1 °F) | +1.8 °C (3.2 °F) | 97
|
| Devilstrand Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -5 °C (-9 °F) | +2.4 °C (4.3 °F) | 295
|
| Hyperweave Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 192 | -6.5 °C (-11.7 °F) | +2.6 °C (4.7 °F) | 470
|
| Megasloth wool Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -8.5 °C (-15.3 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 157
|
| Muffalo wool Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -7 °C (-12.6 °F) | +1.2 °C (2.2 °F) | 157
|
| Sheep wool Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80 | -6.5 °C (-11.7 °F) | +1 °C (1.8 °F) | 157
|
| Synthread Top hat | 0% | 0% | 0% | 104 | -5.5 °C (-9.9 °F) | +2.2 °C (4 °F) | 220
|
Assuming Normal quality, for the effect of other qualities, see Quality.
Version history
- Royalty DLC release - Added.
- 1.2.2753 - Work to make increased from 1600 -> 6000, insulation against cold increased from 0 to 0.1x, insulation against heat increased from 0 to 0.25x. Material cost
25 -> 50
- 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 )
- Cape • Eltex robe • Prestige robe
- Burka • Robe • Slave body strap
- Heavy bandolier
- 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
- Armor
- Flak helmet • Marine helmet (Prestige/Samurai helmet ) • Recon helmet (Prestige , Mechlord ) • Simple helmet (Kid ) • Cataphract helmet (Prestige ) • Gunlink • Integrator headset • Mechcommander helmet