Tea party strategy

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

• Full list of Tea Party buffs
• Hats

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