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[[The Mad Tea Party|Tea party]] buffs that are both useful and easy to attain in Hardcore.
[[The Mad Tea Party|Tea party]] buffs that are useful and relatively easy to acquire in-run.


Hats are listed in roughly the order they're encountered during a run. Utility for a given hat/buff combo depends on both the hat and the buff. A buff may be listed more than once if multiple hats provide it or if there are multiple sources for the hat.
==Ascension Buffs==
 
Buffs that directly help with quests, and whose hats can be acquired without spending turns in non-quest zones.
==Speed Ascension Buffs==
Buffs that directly help with quests or otherwise lower your turncount, and whose hats can be acquired without spending turns in non-quest zones.


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! Hat !! Effect !! Source ([[Hardcore|HC]]) !! Notes
! Effect !! Hat !! Source
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| [[snorkel]] || [[Moxie]] +10 || [[The Armory and Leggery]] (30 Meat) || <strike>Used for early [[The Haunted Bedroom|Bedroom]] access;</strike> survival for low-skill players
| rowspan=2 | +5 Familiar Weight
| [[sombrero-mounted sparkler]]
| The +5% CF daily hat option at the [[Underground Fireworks Shop]] (in the [[Clan VIP Lounge key|VIP lounge]])
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| [[ravioli hat]] || [[Mysticality|Myst]] +10 || Born [[Pastamancer|PM]] or [[chewing gum on a string]] || <strike>Used for early [[The Haunted Bedroom|Bedroom]] access</strike>
| [[Baron von Ratsworth's tophat]]
| Dropped by the [[Baron von Ratsworth]] if your [[Monster Aggravation Devices|Monster Aggravation Device]] is set to 9
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| rowspan="2"|[[pail]] || rowspan="2"|[[Monster Level]] +20
| +3 Familiar Exp
| [[Pretentious Artist Quest]] || Moxie classes who want the [[Nash Crosby's Still|Still]] will spend turns in [[The Sleazy Back Alley|the Alley]] anyway. Also worthwhile in [[Oxygenarian|HCO]] or [[Way of the Surprising Fist|Fist]] runs.
| [[wax hat]]
| Multi-using [[crayon shavings]] from 7 Black Crayon monsters
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| [[Ninja Snowman Janitor]] || If you do the ninjas for [[Mt. McLargeHuge Quest|level 8]]
| rowspan=3 | +40% Meat
| [[Daylight Shavings Helmet]]
| Auto-pulled IOTM
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| [[filthy knitted dread sack]] || +40% [[Meat from Monsters]] || [[Filthy Hippy Disguise]] || Used for the [[Recover the Sisters' Meat|Nuns]]
| [[fedora-mounted fountain]]
| The +20 ML daily hat option at the [[Underground Fireworks Shop]] (in the [[Clan VIP Lounge key|VIP lounge]])
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| [[reinforced beaded headband]] || +5 [[Familiar Weight]] || [[Mysterious Island Quest]] || Used for stats/item drops in paths that don't do the [[Recover the Sisters' Meat|Nuns]]; tower familiars for low-skill players
| [[filthy knitted dread sack]]
| Dropped by hippies in [[The Hippy Camp]] at base <5%
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| rowspan="3" | [[Monster Level]] +20
 
| [[no hat]]<br><small>(req: 150 mox)
==Useful Buffs==
| Summoned via the skill [[Ceci N'Est Pas Un Chapeau]]
Buffs that may not be "optimal" for no-path, but still provide utility in various situations, or are good but require extra turns to find the hat.
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| [[pail]]
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| 10% drop from [[Ninja Snowman Janitor]] in their [[Lair of the Ninja Snowmen|Lair]]
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| [[fire]]
| Dropped by [[Burning Daughter]], summoned via the [[sizzling desk bell]] found in [[Cargo Cultist Shorts|Cargo]] [[What has it got in its pocketses?|pocket]] 517
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| +3 Stats/fight
| [[FantasyRealm Warrior's Helm]]
| Free daily hat option in [[FantasyRealm, by LyleCo|FR]]
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! Hat !! Effect !! Source ([[Hardcore|HC]]) !! Notes
| +10 {{Element|Sleaze}}
| [[football helmet]]
| [[The Armory and Leggery]] (1125 meat)
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| [[bugbear beanie]] || [[MP|Max MP]] +25 || [[The Degrassi Knoll Bakery and Hardware Store]] (70 Meat) || Used to increase max MP for [[The Ode to Booze|Ode]]/[[Inigo's Incantation of Inspiration (effect)|Inigo's]], or food conjuration as [[Avatar of Jarlsberg|Jarlsberg]]
| +10 {{Element|Cold}}
| [[seal-skull helmet]]  
| [[chewing gum on a string]]
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| [[basic meat helmet]] || [[Spell Damage]] +15 || 200 Meat + one [[Innabox]]-able smithing || Used to hit [[Sauce Synergy]] damage caps
| +10 {{Element|Spooky}}
| [[Hollandaise helmet]]
| [[chewing gum on a string]]
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| [[Kentucky-style derby]] || +10 {{element|Hot}} || [[The Armory and Leggery]] (30 Meat) || Used to kill [[chalkdust wraith]]s
| +10 {{Element|Hot}}
| [[Kentucky-style derby]]
| [[The Armory and Leggery]] (30 Meat)
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| [[Knob Goblin elite helm]] || +10 {{element|Hot}} || [[Cobb's Knob Barracks|Barracks]] || Kill [[ancient protector spirit]]s in [[Zombie Slayer]]
| rowspan=3 | +10 {{Element|Stench}}
| [[chrome helmet turtle]]
| [[Armorcraftiness|Armorcrafted]]: [[chrome ore]] + ([[helmet turtle]] + [[dense meat stack]])
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| [[bum cheek]] || [[Muscle]] +10 || [[The Sleazy Back Alley]] || <strike>Used for early [[The Haunted Bedroom|Bedroom]] access;</strike> save MP in combat by letting attacks hit, or reduce damage taken with [[Hero of the Half-Shell]]
| [[knobby helmet turtle]]
| [[Turtle Taming]] at the [[Outskirts of Cobb's Knob]]
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| [[viking helmet]] || [[HP Increasers|Maximum HP]] +50 || [[Outskirts of Cobb's Knob]] || Used to survive first hit of high-ML monsters (e.g. [[drunken rat king]]s)
| [[Boris's Helm (askew)]]
| Free pull in [[Avatar of Boris|AoB]]
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| [[helmet turtle]] || [[HP Increasers|Maximum HP]] +50 || Born [[Turtle Tamer|TT]] or [[chewing gum on a string]] || Used to survive first hit of high-ML monsters (e.g. [[drunken rat king]]s)
| +30% Weapon Damage
| [[goofily-plumed helmet]]
| [[The Armory and Leggery]] (525 meat)
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| [[f3d0r4]] || [[Familiar Weight|Familiar Experience]] +3 || [[The Valley Beyond The Orc Chasm]] || Used for leveling up secondary fairies
| +30% Spell Damage
| [[mariachi hat]]
| [[chewing gum on a string]]
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==Combat/Misc. Buffs==
==Aftercore Buffs==
What to use if you don't have anything better.
Some simpler aftercore options for the effects above, as well as some other effects not feasibly acquirable in-run.


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! Hat !! Effect !! Source ([[Hardcore|HC]]) !! Notes
! Effect !! Hat
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| +5 Familiar Weight
| [[reinforced beaded headband]]
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| [[maiden wig]]
| +20% Items
| rowspan="2" | [[Weapon Damage]] +15
| [[bubblewrap bottlecap turtleban]]
|| [[The Degrassi Knoll Bakery and Hardware Store]] (80 Meat)
| rowspan="2" | Maximizing weapon damage to kill faster
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| [[BRICKO hat]]
| +20% Muscle
|| [[Summon BRICKOs]] or [[BRICKO chick]] familiar
| [[extra-large palm-frond toupee]]
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| [[mariachi hat]] || [[Spell Damage]] +30% || [[chewing gum on a string]] || Maximizing spell damage to kill faster
| +20% Mysticality
| [[giant discarded bottlecap]]
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| [[Crown of the Goblin King]] || [[Weapon Damage]] +30% || [[The Knob Goblin King]] || Maximizing weapon damage to kill faster
| +20% Moxie
| [[high-temperature mining mask]]
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Latest revision as of 06:35, 14 May 2023

Tea Cup
Tea Cup

Tea party buffs that are useful and relatively easy to acquire in-run.

Ascension Buffs

Buffs that directly help with quests, and whose hats can be acquired without spending turns in non-quest zones.

Effect Hat Source
+5 Familiar Weight sombrero-mounted sparkler The +5% CF daily hat option at the Underground Fireworks Shop (in the VIP lounge)
Baron von Ratsworth's tophat Dropped by the Baron von Ratsworth if your Monster Aggravation Device is set to 9
+3 Familiar Exp wax hat Multi-using crayon shavings from 7 Black Crayon monsters
+40% Meat Daylight Shavings Helmet Auto-pulled IOTM
fedora-mounted fountain The +20 ML daily hat option at the Underground Fireworks Shop (in the VIP lounge)
filthy knitted dread sack Dropped by hippies in The Hippy Camp at base <5%
Monster Level +20 no hat
(req: 150 mox) 		Summoned via the skill Ceci N'Est Pas Un Chapeau
pail 10% drop from Ninja Snowman Janitor in their Lair
fire Dropped by Burning Daughter, summoned via the sizzling desk bell found in Cargo pocket 517
+3 Stats/fight FantasyRealm Warrior's Helm Free daily hat option in FR
+10 Sleaze Damage football helmet The Armory and Leggery (1125 meat)
+10 Cold Damage seal-skull helmet chewing gum on a string
+10 Spooky Damage Hollandaise helmet chewing gum on a string
+10 Hot Damage Kentucky-style derby The Armory and Leggery (30 Meat)
+10 Stench Damage chrome helmet turtle Armorcrafted: chrome ore + (helmet turtle + dense meat stack)
knobby helmet turtle Turtle Taming at the Outskirts of Cobb's Knob
Boris's Helm (askew) Free pull in AoB
+30% Weapon Damage goofily-plumed helmet The Armory and Leggery (525 meat)
+30% Spell Damage mariachi hat chewing gum on a string

Aftercore Buffs

Some simpler aftercore options for the effects above, as well as some other effects not feasibly acquirable in-run.

Effect Hat
+5 Familiar Weight reinforced beaded headband
+20% Items bubblewrap bottlecap turtleban
+20% Muscle extra-large palm-frond toupee
+20% Mysticality giant discarded bottlecap
+20% Moxie high-temperature mining mask

Notes

  • You can still get a Tea Party buff while falling-down drunk.
  • Tea Party buffs last for 30 Adventures.

See Also

Ascension Strategy
Rankings: HC Skills - HC Familiars - HC IotMs
General: Class selection - Familiar usage - Lucky adventures
Paths: BHY - Fist - AoB - BI - ZS - AoJ - BIG! - KOLHS - CA2 - AoSP - SS - HR - Picky - Ed - Random - AoWoL - Source - NA - GN - LtA - L.A.R. - PF - G-Lover - DD
Additional Paths: DG - 2CRS - KoE - PotP - LKS - GG - Y,Robot - QT - WF - GY - JM - FotD
IotMs: Tomes - Faxing - Copying - YR - Garden - Correspondent - Workshed - Tea party - Florist
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