Dark Velvet Bow

Dark Velvet Bow
Type	Hat
Location	Desert Festival
Price	75

The Dark Velvet Bow is a big, soft hair bow sold for Calico Eggs at the Desert Festival. The Calico Egg Merchant keeps it in stock on all three days, so it is one of the few festival hats that can be planned for rather than hoped for. Earning the eggs is the real task: they come from betting on the races, mining egg nodes in the Skull Cavern, running errands for Marlon and Willy, and answering the Scholar's quiz. Eggs vanish the moment the festival closes, which makes the bow a sensible way to spend a surplus on the last afternoon.

Location

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The merchant's tent stands on the festival ground in the Calico Desert, and the stall opens on each of the three days. Its permanent shelf carries the bow alongside Mystery Boxes, a Mummy Mask, Mega Bombs and small stacks of cooked food, while the furniture and seeds beside them change daily.

Eggs arrive from several directions. A winning bet on one of the racers pays a solid handful, and the first correct call of the day on Escar-go pays far more. Down in the Skull Cavern, egg nodes grow more common with depth and monsters and barrels add to the pile. Marlon sets one Skull Cavern task a day, Willy sets one fishing task a day, and the Scholar's four questions pay well for a single correct run. A bin beside the merchant's tent gives up one egg a day for anyone who checks it.

Spending is better done early than late, because being knocked out in the cavern costs a fifth of the eggs on hand when Harvey patches the farmer up. Anything left over at the end of the third day is gone, so an unspent pile is simply waste.

Effect

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The bow is dark velvet with a deep sheen, and it sits large enough on the head to read clearly from across a field. It dresses up a plain shirt and suits a formal or evening look better than most of the valley's caps. Next to the brighter Blue Bow on the same stall it reads as the grown-up option, which is why it often ends up on a farmer who has stopped dressing for the mines.

Notes

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The bow cannot be sold back, which is true of every hat, so the eggs it costs are spent for good. Planning the festival around one target purchase works well: the merchant's prices range from a few eggs for food up to a small fortune for Magic Rock Candy, and the bow sits comfortably in the middle.

A farmer who misses the festival can still find bows elsewhere in the valley, but this one returns only when the desert fills up again a year later.

All Hats

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Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Location
??? (hat)		Volcano Caldera
Abigail's Bow		Desert Festival
Arcane Hat		Adventurer's Guild
Archer's Cap		Abandoned House
Beanie		Tailoring
Blobfish Mask		Tailoring
Blue Bonnet		Abandoned House
Blue Bow		Desert Festival
Blue Cowboy Hat		Skull Cavern
Blue Ribbon		Abandoned House
Bluebird Mask		Island Trader
Bowler Hat		Abandoned House
Bridal Veil		Tailoring
Bucket Hat		Trout Derby
Butterfly Bow		Abandoned House
Cat Ears		Abandoned House
Chef Hat		Abandoned House
Chicken Mask		Abandoned House
Cone Hat		Night Market
Cool Cap		Abandoned House
Copper Pan (hat)		Copper Pan
Cowboy Hat		Abandoned House
Cowgal Hat		Abandoned House
Cowpoke Hat		Abandoned House
Daisy		Abandoned House
Dark Ballcap		Desert Festival
Dark Cowboy Hat		Skull Cavern
Dark Velvet Bow		Desert Festival
Delicate Bow		Abandoned House
Deluxe Cowboy Hat		Island Trader
Deluxe Pirate Hat		Volcano Dungeon
Dinosaur Hat		Tailoring
Earmuffs		Abandoned House
Elegant Turban		Abandoned House
Emily's Magic Hat		Emily's 14-heart event
Eye Patch		Abandoned House
Fashion Hat		Tailoring
Fedora		Stardew Valley Fair
Fishing Hat		Tailoring
Flat Topped Hat		Tailoring
Floppy Beanie		Tailoring
Forager's Hat		Tailoring
Frog Hat		Ginger Island
Garbage Hat		Garbage Cans
Gil's Hat		Desert Festival
Gnome's Cap		Abandoned House
Goblin Mask		Abandoned House
Goggles		Tailoring
Gold Pan (hat)		Gold Pan
Golden Helmet		Golden Coconuts
Golden Mask (hat)		Tailoring
Good Ol' Cap		Abandoned House
Governor's Hat		Abandoned House
Green Turban		Desert Trader
Hair Bone		Tailoring
Hard Hat		Adventurer's Guild
Hunter's Cap		Abandoned House
Infinity Crown		Abandoned House
Iridium Pan (hat)		Iridium Pan
Jester Hat		Abandoned House
Joja Cap		Desert Festival
Junimo Hat		Abandoned House
Knight's Helmet		Adventurer's Guild
Laurel Wreath Crown		Desert Festival
Leprechaun Hat		Cindersap Forest
Living Hat		Weeds; Wilderness Golems; Iridium Golems
Logo Cap		Tailoring
Lucky Bow		Abandoned House
Magic Cowboy Hat		Desert Trader
Magic Turban		Desert Trader
Mouse Ears		Abandoned House
Mr. Qi's Hat		Qi's Walnut Room
Mummy Mask		Desert Festival
Mushroom Cap		Mushroom Trees
Mystery Hat		Mystery Boxes; Golden Mystery Boxes
Official Cap		Abandoned House
Pageboy Cap		Abandoned House
Panda Hat		WeGame exclusive
Paper Hat		Abandoned House
Party Hat (blue)		Tailoring
Party Hat (green)		Tailoring
Party Hat (red)		Tailoring
Pink Bow		Volcano Dungeon
Pirate Hat		Tailoring
Plum Chapeau		Abandoned House
Polka Bow		Abandoned House
Propeller Hat		Tailoring
Pumpkin Mask		Tailoring
Qi Mask		Tailoring
Raccoon Hat		Giant Stump; Raccoon Wife's Shop
Radioactive Goggles		Tailoring
Red Cowboy Hat		Skull Cavern
Red Fez		Traveling Cart
Sailor's Cap		Festival of Ice
Santa Hat		Abandoned House
Skeleton Mask		Adventurer's Guild
Small Cap		Island Trader
Sombrero		Abandoned House
Sou'wester		Abandoned House
Space Helmet		Abandoned House
Sports Cap		Mayor's Manor; Abandoned House
Spotted Headscarf		Tailoring
Squid Hat		SquidFest
Squire's Helmet		Metal Heads; Hot Heads; Metal Head (dangerous)
Star Helmet		Tailoring
Steel Pan (hat)		Steel Pan
Straw Hat		Egg Festival
Sunglasses		Tailoring
Swashbuckler Hat		Tailoring
Tiara		Abandoned House
Tiger Hat		Tiger Slimes
Top Hat		Casino
Totem Mask		Tailoring
Tricorn Hat		Desert Festival
Tropiclip		Abandoned House
Trucker Hat		Abandoned House
Warrior Helmet		Tailoring
Watermelon Band		Abandoned House
Wearable Dwarf Helm		Tailoring
White Bow		Abandoned House
White Turban		Tailoring; Skull Cavern
Witch Hat		Tailoring