Fashion Hat

Fashion Hat
Type	Hat
Location	Tailoring

The Fashion Hat is the most expensive hat a farmer can make by hand, because the recipe eats a jar of Caviar. Dropping that Caviar and a piece of Cloth into a Sewing Machine produces a feathered hat worth nothing at market, when the same jar sold whole would have paid for a shed. Behind it sits a long chain of work: a Sturgeon caught in the mountain lake, a pond built for it, a Diamond handed over to let the pond grow, and roe aged in a Preserves Jar. A spare jar of Caviar is the sign of a farm that has that chain running, which is what makes the hat quietly impressive.

Location

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Caviar starts with a Sturgeon. The fish bites in the mountain lake in the warm season and again in the cold, between dawn and evening, and Krobus sometimes sells one from his stall under the sewer grate. Robin builds the pond, and a Sturgeon pond starts tiny: an item request, beginning with a Diamond, has to be met before the population grows at all. A full pond then yields roe most days, and Sturgeon roe is the only roe that becomes Caviar rather than Aged Roe. The Preserves Jar takes four days over it.

The Sewing Machine in the front room of Emily and Haley's house turns the jar into the hat. Cloth sits in the feed slot, the Caviar goes in the spool slot above the button, and a single press finishes the job. A machine of a farm's own arrives with Emily's Rock Rejuvenation order, which saves a walk into town with a valuable jar in the bag.

There is a second, luckier route. Hats of this kind turn up now and then from monsters, broken crates and barrels, felled trees, shaken seed-bearing trees, dug artifact spots and panning spots, so a Fashion Hat can appear in the middle of ordinary work with no Caviar spent at all.

Effect

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The hat has a soft, wide shape with a feather tucked into the brim, and it reads as town clothing rather than farm gear. It suits a smart shirt and the dressier trousers, and it is a sensible choice for festivals where a farmer wants to look like a visitor rather than a labourer.

Notes

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Caviar is wanted elsewhere, which is the real argument against the hat: a jar fills an optional slot in the late Community Center bundle, and it makes a strong gift for nearly everyone in town apart from Jas, Sebastian and Vincent, who turn their noses up at it.

Nobody buys hats, so the Caviar spent here is gone for good. Anyone who wants both the hat and the money simply waits for the pond to produce another jar, which it will.

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