Miner Hat/DST

Don't Starve

DST

Miner Hat
"Light up the night with your noggin."
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Filters
Tier
	20% resistance
	7.8 Min.
Perk	Provides light while worn.
	Does not stack items
	"minerhat"

“A hands-free way to brighten my day.”

–Wilson

“It's not real fire, but it's still pretty fun.”

–Willow

“Lamp for put on head.”

–Wolfgang

“Hands-free lighting!”

–Wendy

“SUPPORTS HANDS-FREE OPERATION”

–WX-78

“This would make a great reading light.”

–Wickerbottom

“Down deep in a coal mine.”

–Woodie

“Eventually the firefly will starve.”

–Maxwell

“The lens must focus the bioluminescence.”

–Wagstaff

“A lighted helm! För the darkness.”

–Wigfrid

“A handy light for our head.”

–Webber

“Another job I hope to never do.”

–Walani

“Aha! Now that is using my head!”

–Warly

“A light at sea keeps me calm.”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA HEAD BE ILLUMIN'D”

–Wilba

“Fits”

–Wormwood

“Does it glow brighter if I think harder?”

–Wheeler

“I put that behind me.”

–Winona

“A head light to brighten my dreary thoughts.”

–Wortox

“Funny head-light.”

–Wurt

“Being able to see makes exploring a lot easier.”

–Walter

“Quite an improvement on the classic handheld lantern.”

–Wanda

“Provides light for nearly one day.”

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A Miner Hat is a Hat Item which provides Light while worn. It is found in the Light Tab and requires 1 Straw Hat, 1 Gold Nugget, and 1 Fireflies to craft, and an Alchemy Engine to prototype. It can also be found randomly at Skeleton Set Pieces.

The Miner Hat allows the player to keep their hands free, allowing weapons or tools to be used at night. It provides brighter and longer lasting light than a Torch (about 8 minutes / 1 day of light).

In order to keep producing light, the Miner Hat needs to be refueled with Fireflies, Slurtle Slime, or Light Bulbs before durability runs out. It doesn't break at 0% durability, though. Fireflies will refuel it for 38.5%, which will last for 180 seconds; Light Bulbs for 19%, which will last for 90 seconds; and Slurtle Slime for 9.5%, which will last for 45 seconds.

Unlike the Lantern, a Miner Hat will always retain its maximum level of brightness even when its durability declines.

Pigs, Bunnymen, and Splumonkeys can also wear Miner Hats to light up their surroundings, and having the hat worn will prevent Pigs from panicking from the darkness.

Skins

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  Cowboy Headlamp
  Miner Hat made from Cowboy Straw Hat.
  See ingame

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  Cowboy Rain Hat
  Rain Hat made from Cowboy Straw Hat.
  See ingame

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  Bonny Headlamp
  Miner Hat made from Straw Bonnet.
  See ingame

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  Rain Bonnet
  Rain Hat made from Straw Bonnet.
  See ingame

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  Frilly Headlamp
  Miner Hat made from Floppy Straw Hat.
  See ingame

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  Floppy Rain Hat
  Rain Hat made from Floppy Straw Hat.
  See ingame

Tips

• It is recommended to refuel a Miner Hat with Light Bulbs instead of Fireflies, since Fireflies are a non-renewable resource (although somewhat renewable in Don't Starve Together).
  • This is not possible in a Shipwrecked world that has not been linked to a regular world, since Light Flowers do not exist in the Shipwrecked DLC.
• When refueling a Miner Hat in a Shipwrecked world, it is recommended to use Fireflies instead of Bioluminescence, since Fireflies are renewable through the Slot Machine (unlike the latter).

Trivia

• Clicking the Miner Hat with the Left Mouse Button rapidly while it is equipped will cause the item not to lose its durability.
• As of the All's Well That Maxwell update, the Miner Hat no longer turns into a Straw Hat after running out of durability.
• Maxwell's quote for the Miner Hat implies that there are live fireflies inside the hat. Wagstaff's quote also supports this.

Gallery

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  Miner Hat Equipped

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  Off Miner Hat Equipped

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  The light radius of the Miner Hat.

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  A Miner Hat at 0% durability.

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  The world at dusk with and without the Miner Hat on.

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  An allied Pig following the light of Wolfgang's Miner Hat.

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  Bunnyman wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wilson wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Willow wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wolfgang wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wendy wearing a Miner Hat.

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  WX-78 wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wickerbottom wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Woodie wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wes wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Maxwell wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wigfrid wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Webber wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Walani wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Warly wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wilbur wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Woodlegs wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wilba wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wormwood wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wheeler wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Winona wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wortox wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Wurt wearing a Miner Hat.

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  Original HD icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.