Play the new map to obtain the rewards from last year: - A sticker (level-up!) - 2 weapons - A dye
Complete the summer Death Wish map to level up your Summer Drink sticker! Leveling up also ascends your Death Wish map with all-new challenges! The challenges and rewards are available even if you don't own any DLC. To keep Steam Workshop rewards installed when restarting the game, subscribe on the Steam Workshop page.
In addition, the spaceship has been decorated for summer vibes.
Check out all the featured mods on the workshop via the Summer Event Tag!
Online Party
[p]Need help finding other players in Vanessa's Curse? Join the Online Party PECK or join our Discord![/p] [p][/p]
Added DirectX 12 and Vulkan support - We still recommend using "Default" (DirectX 9) which has the best performance and support overall.
Bug Fixes
Fixed rare crash when playing mods in Online Party
Fixed Time Piece collect jingle playing for an incorrect duration[ [/list]
April 2025 minor update for A Hat in Time
A minor update is available for A Hat in Time!
Changes
Gameplay
Fixed a stutter that would occur during the level intro sequence.
Fixed setting Depth of Field to none in Graphics Settings negatively affected bloom.
Fixed the game camera stopping rendering if the player quickly goes down a ladder after reaching the top at high framerate.
Fixed inconsistent swimming behavior between Keyboard and Controller.
Modding
Added coop support to OnlineParty's PlayerStateMeta feature
Cook options can now be overridden in mod manager
A minor update is available for A Hat in Time
A minor update is available for A Hat in Time!
Changes
Fixed an issue where some players would stutter in 5 second intervals. Thank you to KeifersIsAwesome and psoron for helping in tracking down the issue.
Added new option to Game Settings: Sort Hats By Obtain Order. If set, hats will be sorted by the order in which they were obtained. Otherwise will be sorted by yarn cost.
A minor update is available for A Hat in Time
A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.
Changes
All the Summer Event Death Wish levels are now available - enjoy!
Summer Event Death Wishes can now be reset, which allows re-rolling the MODifier
Fixed Drink sticker being audible from all distances
A minor update is available for A Hat in Time
A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.
Changes
Added a background icon in the pause menu to indicate which Hats and Badges are mandatory
Increased Pon requirement for Cyclone Seafort
Temporarily reduced Online Party lobby size from 50 to 25
Minor changes to list of available MODifiers in Summer Death Wish map
Fixes
Fixed patty-cake animation not playing for a specific Mafia in the night-time version of Mafia Town
Fixed selected MODifier being incorrect in the level 3 Summer Event Death Wish map
Fixed typo in Power Pons Summer Death Wish challenge
Fixed Vanessa's Curse being required to complete the Summer Death Wish map
Fixed Summer Drink sticker's description being empty at level 1
Fixed being unable to equip dyes and weapons after completing certain Summer Death Wish challenges
Summer Event 2024!
The SUMMER EVENT has kicked off with a new update to A HAT IN TIME, including a new summer vibin' Death Wish map containing fresh new unlockables!
The SUMMER EVENT starts June 27th and ends July 31st! Enjoy!
Level Up!
Complete the summer Death Wish map to level up your Summer Drink sticker! Leveling up also ascends your Death Wish map with all-new challenges!
Currently there is a limited number of available level-ups, as all players reach higher levels during the summer event, more levels become available.
MODifiers
As you tackle harder summer Death Wish challenges, you'll be presented with a spicy choice: Which Workhop MOD do you want to bring into battle?
Online Party
Need help finding other players in Vanessa's Curse or Hattle Royale? Join the Online Party PECK or join our Discord!
A new update is available for A Hat in Time!
The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.
New Feature: Emblems
Added emblems to acts in the act select screen. Emblems are rewarded for: 0 jumps, speedrun, all rift token pages, all yarn, all rift pons, finding friend message, finding developer message.
Gameplay
Brewing Hat breakables now spawn health if the player is missing health
The Completionist's Hat now highlights pons that have been collected before
Added "Prevent Accidental Falls" input setting, which prevents rare cases where Hat Kid may vault over a ledge to her death
Levels
Fixed invisible sign meshes in The Illness Has Spread near the birdhouse
Fixed pause menu not highlighting the correct Time Piece when in a Time Rift
Ship Shape delivery guides now only refresh if the player strays far away from them
Fixed trigger volumes required for Nyakuza Metro finale being exhausted when touched during other acts
Death Wish
Fixed subtitle / voice line mismatch in Death Wish
Added a leaderboard to Death Wish that show friends' stamps
Online Party
Fixed online player messages not retrieving correctly.
Added a game setting for turning off online player messages.
Online player messages are now colored differently depending on the author (yourself / friend / mod author / Gears for Breakfast staff)
Online player messages can now be placed in non-mod levels, but only friend and developer messages are visible
Online Party join messages now close after a few seconds of being accepted. This fixes a softlock if the joined level is not installed.
Modding
Added a leaderboard to Challenge Road
Added bOnlyEnforceBlacklistWhileOnline and DoNotEnforceBlacklistOnlinePartyNamePrefix to Hat_MapInfo
Fixed mod level playtime tracking not working
Fixed crash caused by matinee interpdata not getting cleaned up properly when GC'd on cook
Fixed crash if loading screen DLC logo is part of the root set
Fixed EndPlayMap for mods passing the wrong name (was passing travel url, not map name)
Fixed Hat_NPC_Player not calling ConvertNPCPlayer if no player pawn is present (such as in titlescreen)
Added OnlineRestrictionsVolume to filter online player messages in specific locations (such as boss battles)
Fixed AlwaysInPlayerBackpack not working for hats or badges
Added support for non-weapon attachment points for hookshot
A new minor update is available for A Hat in Time!
The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.
Hats
Brewing Hat breakables now spawn health if the player is missing health
Mafia Town
Fixed certain brewing hat crates in Mafia Town not spawning health as intended
Alpine Skyline
Fixed invisible sign meshes in The Illness Has Spread near the birdhouse
Arctic Cruise
Ship Shape guides now only refresh if the player strays far away
Death Wish
Fixed subtitle / voice line mismatch in Death Wish
Vanessa's Curse
Summer and winter event weapons can now be used in Vanessa's Curse
Thank you to Hatlagg for suggesting this addition!
A new minor update is available for A Hat in Time!
The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.
Player
Fixed Hat Kid staying in the double-jump animation if ledge grabbing after double-jumping
Homing attack now starts movement slightly faster
Fixed players not seen as "landed" when triggering OnLand on meshes with custom walkable floor Z
Fixed being unable to drop carry-able objects on destroy within 0.5s of pickup if AutoPickupOnTouch is on
Hats
Fixed brewing hat projectiles being blocked by EnemyBlockingVolume
Badges
Fixed hookshot chain not attaching properly to certain end-points
Updated player's movement curve at the start of a hookshot swing to be smoother
Mafia Town
Fixed not attacking in the 2D plane direction when in the Mafia of Cooks boss battle
Increased interaction distance to Mafia NPC blocking an entrance by the docks in Mafia Town
Alpine Skyline
Fixed softlock in Twilight Bell in the room with the second key
Nyakuza Metro
Added a Nyakuza Metro introduction camera sequence for when all Time Pieces have been collected
The Finale
Fixed Hat Kid being vertically misaligned in the fake-out ending in The Finale
Updated The Finale hyperzone background to be less visually noisy
Moved boss battle phase 1's arena bounds to avoid part of the arena being out-of-bounds
Online Party
Fixed crash in Online Party when a remote player would use specific weapons
Fixed timed-out users stalling games in Vanessa's Curse
Modding
Fixed GEI-implemented classes not finding functions
Fixed flair ComponentOverride not working for Hat_Ability_StatueFall
The 2023 Winter Event is Here!
The A Hat in Time Winter Event is active between December 4, 2023 - January 4th, 2024! The 2023 Winter event includes:
8 Death Wish challenges
5 unlockable stickers
1 unlockable weapon
Special thanks to the community members whose mods are featured in this event!
