Hats

Hats are a type of items found and crafted in A Hat in Time that grant Hat Kid special abilities. There are six different hats she can find throughout the game. To make a new hat, the player must collect enough yarn to create it, as well as at least one type of yarn specific to each hat.

Hats can be customized with Hat Flairs won from the Orb Machine. Additionally, some Hats are only available during specific missions (such as the Crime Solving Outfit during Murder on the Owl Express and the parade outfit during The Big Parade.)

List of Hats

Hat	Image	Yarn	Description
Kid's Hat		None	"Her pride and joy. Press [KEY] to search for the next time piece!" The hat that Hat Kid (top) and Bow Kid (bottom) owns at the beginning, and one of the staple icons of the game. Shows the way to the closest point of interest, but won't work if the player is too far away from any point of interest. Kid's Hat for Hat Kid has four different hat flairs that give it either a bow, a bow and stripes, a rose and stripes or a polka dot bow with a tartan pattern.
Sprint Hat		x2	"This hat looks ready to sprint! "Hold [KEY] to sprint!" An early-game hat that grants you the ability to sprint. Can be combined with the Scooter Badge which changes the hats ability from sprinting to riding a scooter. It changes the jump into a higher jump and removes double jump. The hat can be crafted with Sprint Yarn that can be found within Mafia town, along with other worlds. The Sprint Hat has four different hat flairs; a ladybug hairband, a dinosaur hoodie, a newsboy's cap with goggles, and a chicken mask. Seal the Deal also adds a ribbon flair.
Brewing Hat		4	"Cook up mad concoctions! Press [KEY] to throw an explosive concoction!" An early-game hat that grants you the ability to throw explosive vials.The explosion deals damage to enemies and can also destroy objects covered in glowing 'warning tape' The hat can be crafted after finding a Brewer Yarn that can be found within Mafia town, along with other worlds. Unlike other hats, it only has one hat flair in the base game, which gives it pink and white stripes like Vivian from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Seal the Deal adds a flair that makes it look like the chef hat the Mafia Boss wears.
Ice Hat		8	"It's so cold! Hold [KEY] to do a ground pound!" A mid-game hat that grants the ability to temporarily transform Hat Kid into a frozen statue and perform a ground pound. The hat can be used for taking shortcuts or reaching hard-reaching areas by ground pounding on the blue overhanging trapdoors — marked with a snow crystal — that is scattered around throughout the game. The trapdoor will launch Hat Kid up; either sending her to another trapdoor or somewhere nearby. The Ice Hat also has offensive and defensive properties. While the ground pound doesn't hurt enemies unless landed on, it will launch enemies into the air, giving Hat Kid an opening to counterattack. While in the statue Hat Kid is immune to most forms of damage. Fire, bosses and mad crows will knock her out of the statue, which will increase the cool down time for hat abilities. The hat can be crafted after finding a Ice Yarn, which can initially be found during Battle of the Birds. There are three hat flairs for the Ice Hat; a Santa hat, a night cap with cat ears, and a yak hat with horns and a pony tail. The modding update added a helix shell flair, and Seal the Deal added a knight's helmet.
Dweller's Mask		12	"Press [KEY] to see the world through a Dweller's eyes!" A mid-game hat that grants you the ability to "materialize objects that normally appear as green holographic objects". The hat can be crafted after finding a Dweller Yarn, that can be found within the Subcon Forest. The Dweller's Mask also has three different hat flairs to collect; a pink kitsune mask, a bull skull mask, and a broken grinning mask that appears to have blood on it.
Time Stop Hat		32	"Death is inevitable. Your time is valuable. Press [KEY] to slow down time!" A late-game hat that allows you to temporarily stop time. The hat can be crafted after finding a Time Stop Yarn, that can be found within the Alpine Skyline. Originally this hat didn't have any hat flairs. However, the Modding update gave it a flair that looks like a panda and squid, as well as a tinfoil hat with crazy glasses.

Hat Flairs

Main Article: Customization

Default	Rarity			Death Wish	Nyakuza	Special	Vanessa's Curse
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Kid's Hat
Sprint Hat
Brewing Hat
Ice Hat
Dweller's Mask
Time Stop Hat

Special Outfits

These are hats that replace the Kid's Hat and give Hat Kid a unique outfit. They are only available in specific Acts and can be earned by completing Death Wish challenges.

Hat	Image	Chapter:Act	Description
Crime Solving Outfit		Chapter 2: Battle of the Birds Act 2: Murder on the Owl Express	"A hat to solve crime. Watch out for this tiny detective!" This outfit is featured Murder on the Owl Express. It has a deerstalker cap and as the name implies gives Hat Kid a traditional detective's outfit modeled after Sherlock Holmes. It replaces Kid's Hat during the mission, but has the same ability to find the closest point of interest. It is available after beating Snatcher Coins in Battle of the Birds. See: Death Wish
Parade Outfit		Chapter 2: Battle of the Birds Act 5: The Big Parade	"The leader this town needs!" Hat Kid uses this outfit to lead the Owl Express musicians during The Big Parade. It is available after beating Killing Two Birds. See: Death Wish

Unused Hats

These are the hats that were used in earlier versions of the game, but not in the final product.

Thor's Cap

Hat Kid wearing the Thor's Cap flair alongside the Shadow Puppet costume.

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  "Grants a spin attack while airborne."

Owned by and named after Thor the inventor. This was a hat from earlier builds of the game, which would grant the ability to perform a spin attack. In the final game, it is seen as a Sprint Hat flair.

When it is paired with the any "paint bucket" dye or the Shadow Puppet costume from the Seal the Deal DLC, extra details on the model that are normally hidden become visible, such as a small flag, magnifying glass, and an earpiece with a microphone.

Witch Hat

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  "Reduces energy significantly, but it re-generates!"

Found in early versions of Queen Vanessa's manor, the witch hat reduces energy to one, but regenerates it without the need to collect orbs. As there is no energy system in the final version of the game, this hat has likely been replaced by the Brewing Hat due to their similarities in design.

Floating Hat

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  "Float away from a sticky situation!"

An unused hat that allowed Hat Kid to float in the air. Used the Ladybug Headband sprint hat flair as a placeholder, the only known image of the actual hat is its yarn. It was remade into a badge in the form of the Hover Badge, though its ability was changed to activate to prevent fall damage, not allowing the player to gain height from it.

Golden Kid's Hat

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A golden version of the default Kid's Hat.

Gallery

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  Art from the game's manual depicting Hat Kid using the scrapped Thor's Cap spin ability.

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  Art of the Dweller's Mask in use.

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  Concept for the hat stitching animation, where Hat Kid's umbrella would have transformed into a sewing needle.

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  Concept for the scrapped Owl's Brew Badge, which later became the Brewing Hat.

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  Concept for the Owl's Brew Badge projectiles.

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  Concept for the Ice Hat platforms.

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  UI graphics, featuring scrapped hats.

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  Concept for the Brewing Hat.

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  Concept for the Ice Hat.

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  Hat flairs concept.

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  Hat flairs concept.

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  Concept for the ladybug headband Sprint Hat flair.

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  Concept for the sleepy raccoon Ice Hat flair.

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  Concept for the tinfoil Time Stop Hat flair.

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  Concept for the tinfoil Time Stop Hat flair.

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  Concept for the tinfoil Time Stop Hat flair.

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  Model for the scrapped Kickstarter backer Kid's Hat flair.

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  Original model for the punk Sprint Hat flair.

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  Scrapped Vanessa's Curse hat flair.

Trivia

• The Brewing Hat was originally a badge called the Owl's Brew Badge.
• Hats were originally obtained in their final form as opposed to requiring yarn.
  • On the flip-side, badges originally required Badge Points (or, earlier, Badge Parts) to be collected in order to craft usable badges. The yarn system was built off of this. In fact, when collecting yarn, the game still internally calls for how many "Badge Points" are required to stitch a new hat.