Hat Holder

**Hat Holder** is one of the four game types in Smash Karts, and was introduced in version 1.4.0. The first person to hold the hat for a certain amount of time wins. The hat holder cannot use weapons, but others can, meaning they have to dodge the attacks.

## Objective

The main objective, as in the name of the type itself, is to hold a hat the longest (30 seconds for Singleplayer and 40 for teams though this can be changed in private lobbies). This is the most chaotic game mode as the Hat Holder would pretty much have the entire lobby chasing them.

## Weapons

Hat Holder contains the same loot boxes and spawn locations as the regular format. You can change the weapons in the game while creating a private game, but usually the public games are with all weapons (except for special modes, like "Straight Shooters Only," "Lobbers," and "Spiky and Invincible," which are rare).

## The Hat

### Appearance

The hat resembles a huge red, blue and yellow color combination Jester Hat. The size of the hat is much larger than normal hat accessories and replaces any hats your character is supposed to wear when you hold the hat. Your weapon icon on the bottom right corner is also replaces with a hat icon.

### Spawn

The hat spawns randomly and in pre-defined spawn locations. You can use this as a trick to win more games. The spawn locations vary from map to map, and the probability of spawns change from spawn point to spawn point. The probability also changes when a round ends to give randomness and equal opportunities for everyone.

## Other Information

Like in all special formals in Smash Karts, kills do not affect your statistics and KDR.

* There are ways to get weapons while having the hat for a limited amount of time. If you have Spiky-Go-Round, Machine Gun, Bullets, or Invincibility, you get to activate the weapon, pick up the hat, and still have the weapon for a short time.
* If the player with the hat glitches out of the map (Ex. you can use Spiky-Go-Rounds with the hat and fly out of the fence from the slide in Slick' n' Slide), the hat will disappear from your head and reappear a few seconds later somewhere else. The same time occurs when no one picks the hat for a minute or two.

## Strategies

It is recommended to start by remembering the hat spawn locations beforehand for each map. Depending on the map some have better strategies than others. When holding the hat, your speed would be slower and you cannot hold any weapons to defend yourself meaning you must rely on dodging and quick turns to survive as long as possible. This also means driving backwards is a viable option. Another strategy to find a farming location few players know how to get on like the blue platforms in Sky Arena Pinball which can only be climbed on by driving backwards on, if everyone in the lobby doesn't know how to get on, you would only have to look out for lobbers (Which are easy to dodge as you can driving forwards backwards back and forth). The last option is really good for lobbies without a lot of enemies where you can drive to the loot box with a hat, quickly drop it, pick up a weapon and kill your closest pursuer, this is kind of a gamble as if you get Mines or Fake Loot Boxes, they aren't going to be much help.