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{{NeedsSpading|confirm hat drop/activation rates, add missing hat effects}}
{{Challenge Path Description
|image=severalhats.gif
|name=Hat Trick
|season=Summer 2025
|date=May 15th, 2025
|desc=We all wear a lot of hats around here.}}

==Restrictions==
*You cannot enter [[The Sea]]: {{blockquote|That shack you saw on the main map was just a picture of a shack drawn on the ground.}}

==Divergences==
* Your adventure begins with [[Hat Trick!]].
* Enemies have hats with various abilities:
** Monsters have a hat or stack of hats placed on their image, with their name modified accordingly.
** The stronger the enemy, the more hats they have. They also can wear multiples of the same hat.
***The effects of wearing multiples of the same hat stack.
***The number of hats worn by the monster is floor(1+''base'' monster attack/25), up to a maximum of 11 hats. Bonus [[Monster Level]] and monster stat variance do not affect the number of hats.
***[[Scaling Monsters]] will only wear 1 hat.
** The enemies can drop some of the hats they were wearing.
***Each visible hat appears to have a 10% chance to drop at the end of combat, unaffected by [[Item drop]] bonuses and [[Yellow Ray]] mechanics.
* You can wear infinite hats (one of each available).
** You can't remove a hat once it's on your head.
** Equipment that disappears at rollover will still disappear as normal.
** All of your hats are unequipped upon breaking the prism.
***You finally remove your hats.{{acquire}}
===Hats===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Hat !! Image !! Looks !! Combat text !! Effect (per hat) !! Item !! Item Enchantment
|-
| terrycloth turban || [[File:hat1.png]] || beefier || || 25% extra monster HP || {{InlineItem|terrycloth turban}} || Maximum HP +30
|-
| jockey's hat || [[File:hat2.png]] || faster || || ? || {{InlineItem|jockey's hat}} || Combat Initiative +50%
|-
| sharpshooter's hat || [[File:hat3.png]] || better at aiming ||  || ? || {{InlineItem|sharpshooter's hat}} || Reduce enemy defense by 5%
|-
| extra-tight skullcap || [[File:hat4.png]] || stronger ||  || 25% extra monster attack || {{InlineItem|extra-tight skullcap}} || Weapon Damage +20%
|-
| sturdy pith helmet || [[File:hat5.png]] || tougher ||  || ? || {{InlineItem|sturdy pith helmet}} || Damage Reduction: 25
|-
| bishop's mitre || [[File:hat6.png]] || more dangerous ||  || ? || {{InlineItem|bishop's mitre}} || +2 {{element|Spooky}}, +2 {{element|Stench}}, +2 {{element|Hot}}, +2 {{element|Cold}}, +2 {{element|Sleaze}}
|-
| tin foil hat || [[File:hat7.png]] || protected ||  || 20% elemental resistance || {{InlineItem|tin foil hat}} || So-So Resistance to All Elements (+2)
|-
| construction hardhat || [[File:hat8.png]] || shielded ||  || 20% physical resistance || {{InlineItem|construction hardhat}} || Damage Absorption +50
|-
| imposing pilgrim's hat || [[File:hat9.png]] || distracting || You are too distracted by your foe's imposing pilgrim hat to use that skill. || 20% chance to block skills || {{InlineItem|imposing pilgrim's hat}} || -20 to Monster Level
|-
| crown of thorns || [[File:hat10.png]] || spiky || You manage to hit your foe directly on their crown of thorns. Ouch. || {{HP|type=lose|amount=10-20}} || {{InlineItem|crown of thorns}} || Attacking foes are scratched and damaged
|-
| stylish bycocket || [[File:hat11.png]] || good at dodging || <no message> || 20% chance to block weapon attacks || {{InlineItem|stylish bycocket}} || Moxie +20%
|}

==Strategy==

===General===

* The strategy for Hat Trick is more or less the same as a Standard non-Challenge path run.

* The imposing pilgrim's hat on an enemy lets the enemy interrupt your action, so pay attention when doing some combat-reliant quests.
* Also, the imposing pilgrim's hat is a hat you should delay or skip wearing, as it gives -20 to [[Monster Level]] and there's no taking it off once it's on.
* The [[crown of thorns]] could also be skipped if its passive damage would interrupt your strategy (i.e. wall-killing the Wall of Bones)
* Equipping [[sleep mask]] is typically not recommended ever anyways, but doing seems to make the Junkyard Quest impossible (Testing done with [[Peridot of Peril]] to force correct encounters).

===Astral gear and consumables===

===Moon Sign===

===IotM / IotY===
* The [[prismatic beret]] is able to reach colors and high power levels unavailable in other paths, with [[Beret Busking]] able to give you large amounts of buffs per cast.
* For once, you can wear the [[Apriling band helmet]] during the Nuns quest.
* The [[toy Cupid bow]] is able to snag the path hats from monsters after battle.
* You could try to get the tin foil hat before swishing the [[Mmm-brr! brand mouthwash]] ([[Your Sept-Ember Censer]]), but depending on what else you have it's probably not necessary.

===Class Choice===
* While doing the [[Nemesis Quest]] in-run won't earn you a place on the [[leaderboards]], those seeking to do it anyway should be aware of some classes' unique challenges: 
** Seal Clubbers will get a dispiriting quantity of [[burst hellseal brain|burst hellseal brains]], [[shredded hellseal hide|shredded hellseal hides]], and [[torn hellseal sinew|torn hellseal sinews]] because they can't remove the hats that do bonus damage. 
** Turtle Tamers may find it challenging to determine which [[Guard turtle (french)|guard turtles]] are the ones wearing hats, for obvious reasons.

==Rewards==
* Finishing a run while it is the current special challenge path -- between May 15th, 2025 and August 14th, 2025 -- gives players 50 (in Normal) or 100 (in Hardcore) extra karma points the next time they visit Valhalla. 
* Players will receive a [[Thwaitgold mad hatterpillar statuette]] upon defeating the final boss.
*Equipping 100 hats at once makes you eligible for the [[Mad Hattest]] [[trophy]].


==Notes==
*The tin foil hat and construction hardhat ''set'' monster resistances to 20% per hat, which can result in monsters, which are naturally resistant to physical or elemental damage, having lower resistances than they would normally.
*Using the "Outfits" selector on the Equipment page may not work, because it will not manually put on a hat. However, once you have manually donned an outfit's hat, you will be able to use the Outfits selector to change to it.


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