Gnat Hat

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Gnat Hat
Type Utility Magical Item
Fields Headgear, Picori, Transform
Cost 25 rupees

A Gnat Hat, also known as a Minish Cap, is a peculiar piece of magical headgear. This treasure is a racial perk for Picori. As such, a Picori can choose to gain it as a perk upon character creation. If a Picori chooses to gain this perk at some point after creation, the perk costs 15 rupees less than the listed cost.

It generally appears as a red stocking cap, with a small bronze medallion embedded on the front of it. When worn, it shrinks the wearer, itself, and anything else the wearer is wearing, down to the size of a Picori (or, roughly the size of an insect). Removing the hat likewise removes the effect, and returns the user to their original size in a matter of seconds. The shrinking or growing process only takes a few seconds.

By contrast, if a Picori dons a Gnat Hat, he instead grows to match the height of a Hylian child or Kokiri, usually a little over three feet, or one meter.

Trivia

  • A Compaction Seed Supply can similarly be used to cause a creature to shrink or grow in size.
  • The Giant's Mask can be seen as a counterpart to this hat, as it can be used to instead cause the wearer to increase in size.
  • An Outfitter can craft a Gnat Hat with Compaction Thread.
  • The Gnat Hat treasure canonically appears in the Zelda series, initially in Four Swords. More information about the canonical version of this treasure can likely be found on Zelda Wiki.
Racial Perks
Picori Foreign Language (Innate) · Gnat Hat · Huge Potential · Jabber Nut · Kinstone Collector · Language of Fauna · Lost and Found · Minish Veil
Universal Adventure Pouch · Bonus Treasure · Business · Exception · Rupee Riches · Specialty · Unusual Background3