Gil's Hat

Gil's Hat
Type	Hat
Location	Desert Festival

Gil's Hat is the hat off the head of the old man who dozes in the Adventurer's Guild, and he hands it over during the Desert Festival. While the festival runs, the Skull Cavern is open to everybody and every descent builds an egg rating, which is reported back to Gil at the end of the day. A rating well into the twenties earns the hat, and it comes once per save, or once for each farmer on a shared farm. For a few days in Spring, that turns the deepest mine in the game into a competition with a prize worth wearing.

Location

---

The Desert Festival needs the bus, and the Skull Cavern during those three days needs no Skull Key at all, so even a young farm can go down. Every five floors adds a point to the day's egg rating, and touching a Calico Statue adds another along with a random effect that lasts the rest of the descent. Bombs, staircases and a quick trigger finger are what push the count up.

Gil sits at the festival rather than the Guild, and the rating is handed in once a day. Waiting until the evening pays better, because the whole day's deepest run is what counts, and the prizes climb with the number: small food at the shallow end and the hat once the rating is a serious one. Being knocked out underground costs a fifth of the Calico Eggs on hand when Harvey patches the farmer up, so a cautious retreat is often worth more than another five floors.

A hat lost after the handover cannot be won again. The crow at the Lost Items Shop in the Secret Woods sells back exactly this sort of prize for ten thousand gold, appearing the day after something goes missing and standing behind the fallen pillar near Old Master Cannoli's statue.

Effect

---

It is the same battered hat Gil wears in his chair by the Guild fire, which is the appeal: nobody else in the valley dresses like him. The shape is plain and the colours are worn, so it suits scruffy work clothes and looks faintly ridiculous above anything smart. Wearing it is a running joke about an old adventurer who has not moved in years.

Notes

---

Egg ratings are worth chasing for more than the hat, since the same descent fills the backpack with Calico Eggs for the festival stalls and with ordinary cavern loot such as Iridium Ore.

Marlon sets one Skull Cavern task a day during the festival as well, so a single deep run can pay the hat, the quest reward and a pile of eggs at the same time.

All Hats

---

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