Hovering Sombrero

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Familiar number: 18
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Hovering Sombrero
Airborne headgear? ¡Sí! Almost seems to grin at you... Qué Misterioso.

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Ability: Increases stat gains in battle, depending on enemy level

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: hovering sombrero

Familiar-Specific Equipment: tiny maracas

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

*Hover for details

Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular message:

<name> bends its brim into an approximation of a smile.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

<name> hovers even more vigorously than usual, and some extra Meat materializes.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

<name> baila una baila tradicional de su gente. (Translation: It dances a traditional dance of its people.)

• With wax lips equipped:
  

<name> hace una sonrisa brillante con sus labios de cera. (Translation: It makes a brilliant smile with its lips of wax.)

Arena Messages

• When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match:

<name> cannot fight. <name> can only hover. Hover on, <name>!

Notes

• The sombrero gives a bonus of approximately (sqrt(monster level * sombrero weight) / 10).
• Before NS-13, the best approximation for sombrero stat gain was:
• Sombrero vs Volleyball contains information about when Sombreros and Volleyball-type familiars are best for stat gains based on familiar weights and monster level. Before NS-13, a Hovering Sombrero would have beaten a Volleyball of the same weight at monster level 70. Now, this value is thought to be around monster level 104.
• Before NS-13, tiny maracas typically gave better stat gain than annoying pitchfork at Monster Levels above 50. A lead necklace was only superior to an annoying pitchfork from the The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky onwards. See annoying pitchfork for details.
• Before South of The Border was implemented, the Hovering Sombrero was Jick's seldom-seen personal familiar.

References

• A direct reference to the They Might Be Giants song "Hovering Sombrero."