Overview
Hey, kiddos! I was wondering: ever tired of running through the same levels of A Hat in Time? Want something new? WELL TOO BAD! Unless you want my (non-guide) advice, you’re out of luck! AHAHAHAHAHA!!
Fundamentals
From before here, it’s always been the Snatcher (totally me, of course! no shame in giving yourself credit, you know) giving you contracts. Well, since you’re so arrogant and bored, you’re going to be making your own contracts! Or, for those who are also a bit stubborn, ‘challenges‘.
These challenges are going to be split up into a few categories: Everyday Life challenges, and Level Specific challenges. That way, it’s totally diverse (and organized too)! And you can keep mixing and matching them. Want a level with some spice? Try playing ‘Train Rush’ without dashing! Want something a little more complicated? Try ‘Heat Up Mafia Town’ at twice the speed, no hats, and no touching the lower half of Mafia Town! Oh, I’m sure you’ll have your sweet time with that one, kid. If you are wondering what a challenge means, just look at what’s underlined. Or ask me, that also works.
With that all out of the way, let’s see what we have in store for you!
Everyday Life Challenges (With Snatcher)
These challenges can be done on any level, any time, anywhere! (At least, more so than usual.) This includes things like hat specifics, control swappings, and a few tasks to carry out, as well as some console commands. The fun stuff! Some of these may seem easy, but don’t worry kiddo… the more you add, the more complicated it gets.
Play Nice! Challenge: Don’t hurt anybody, kiddo! It should be easy enough. Just be a coward!
Umbrellas Are Nice Challenge: Equip the Hover, Hookshot, and Projectile badges. Simple. Effective!
No Hat Usage Challenge: It’s in the title. Stop using that stupid hat of yours!
Sprint Challenge: Sprint Hat only!
Brewing Challenge: Brewing Hat only!
Ice Challenge: Ice Hat only!
Dweller Challenge: Dweller’s Mask only!
Time Stop Challenge: Time Stop Hat only!
No Badges Challenge: No badges.
Terrible Badges Challenge: You can only use negative badges. {The only ones you can use are the ones with flies circling around them.}
Runner’s Challenge: You have to use the Sprint Hat to move around! Basically, running only.
Witch’s Challenge: You can only move while you’re brewing a potion! Once it is out of your hand… freeze!
Ranged Challenge: Be classy for a change, kiddo! No melee attacks; only ranged ones! {Brewing Hat potion, Projectile Badge, etc.}
Melee Challenge: You guessed it! No ranged attacks, only melee ones. {Umbrella attack, Homing attack, etc.}
No Jump Challenge: You aren’t allowed to press the jump button to leave a surface. For all you Death Wish players, this is like my Zero Jumps contract!
No Dashing Challenge: You simply aren’t allowed to dash.
Wall-Less Challenge: You can’t touch any wall! This time, I guess, the walls are lava!
Arrowless Challenge: You aren’t allowed to use the arrow keys / WASD controls to move around. Dashes are your best bet or horizontal movement.
Killer Challenge: Kill everything in sight, kiddo!
No Double Jump Challenge: One jump! And one jump only.
Homing Attack Challenge: You’ll have to home in on people to hit them!
Lazy Mouse Challenge: Set your mouse sensitivity to 5. Your screen turns a little slow, doesn’t it?
Hyper Mouse Challenge: Set your mouse sensitivity to 100. Try not to get motion sickness, kid!
Inverted Horizontal Challenge: Left is now right, right is now left! {This goes for camera movement and player movement. Basically, whatever controls you have set for them… flip them.}
Inverted Vertical Challenge: Up is now down, down is now up! {This goes for camera movement, as well as jumping and crouching. Basically, whatever controls you have set for them… flip them.}
Controller Jumble Challenge: Your controls have all been randomized! {Set each command to a random thing.}
Speedrun Challenge: This is simple, you speedrunners. Turn the speedrun timer to Act Timer Only. {Max. time is chosen by you!}
1-Hit Hero Challenge: Beat a level with the 1-Hit Hero Badge.
Scooter Challenge: You can only move around by using the scooter!
Thief Challenge: Make sure you grab every single collectable, kid. You do need to pay those fines, after all.
Showtime! Challenge: Don’t miss your chance to attack a boss!
En Route Challenge: Don’t stray from the game’s path, ever! And you can’t fall off the path either!
Empty Wallet Challenge: Love pons? Too bad! You aren’t allowed to collect any collectables in the entire level!
Sneak Challenge: You aren’t allowed to be detected by any NPC, enemy, or whatever. {Some, like the cats and the bosses, do not count}.
Sugar Rush Challenge: You aren’t allowed to stop moving for more than two seconds! {And no, hopping and / or walking in place do NOT count as moving.}
Floor is Lava Challenge: We bring the lava from Mafia Town to a level near you! You aren’t allowed to have touched the ground for a total of 30 seconds (the timer spans over the ENTIRE LEVEL)! {In case you’re wondering, a certain Wing Cap mod may help with this… but I’m sure it’s beatable without it, right? We’ll see.}
Console Command Challenges (With Snatcher Minion)
it’s pronounced kellen goff, not snatcher minionHi Newbie! Well, I guess you’re not that much of a newbie at this point. I mean, look at you! I guess my only reasoning is that you’d be doing Console Command Challenges. You have to turn these on in the menu, and, uhh… maybe look at how to turn these on first before you unlock these challenges. Oh, and, the boss wanted me to remind you that, uhh… if you use Console Commands while you have one of his Death Wish contracts active, he’ll get mad. Like, very, very mad. So, uh, try to not do that, okay? Don’t wanna end up like me, that’s for sure.
Ant Kid Challenge: Smaller Kid, more work! (changesize 0.4, setgravity -500, setjumpz 420)
Invisible Kid Challenge: Uh, kid? Are you there? I can’t see you. (changesize 0)
Space Challenge: Lose that atmosphere! You don’t need to breath anyways. (setgravity -150)
Jupiter Challenge: It’s a little heavy. (setgravity -1150)
Mario Challenge: It’s time to jump up! (setjumpz 750)
Giant Kid Challenge: Wow. You’ve grown a little, huh? (changesize 2.75)
Slomo Challenge: It just looks so cool, right, kid? By the way, no Time Stop abilities, or swapping hats, or it catches up to speed. (slomo 0.4)
Speed Up Challenge: Are you mad? Don’t sweat it, I would be too. Boss says no Time Stop abilities, or swapping hats, for this one. (slomo 2)
Before you move on, know that the numbers are interchangeable. These are just the ones set for a specific result. At least, that’s what the boss said. He told me to inform you that you can change the numbers to whatever you’d like to change them to, so I guess that’s cool. Okay, that was all, have a cool day and try not to die maybe!
DLC Challenges (With The “Conductor”)
Alrighty, lassie, a little strand of spaghetti told me ye want to know how to make challenges. Well, I’m gonna teach ye the best! Because I am the best! So buckle up, stand straight, and, eh… play some challenges, I guess?
(Oh, and, the DLC required is in parenthethingies next to the challenge. And And, I was told this category has Level Specific Challenges in it, so the level will be to the side.)
Mirror Challenge: Beat a level with the mirror badge equipped. If yer gonna call it easy, look at the next challenge! (Seal the Deal required)
Mirror Jumps Challenge: Every time ye jump, ye have to alternate with the Mirror Badge on, and the Mirror Badge off! (Seal the Deal required)
Duty Challenge: Ohh, it says here the noodle wants ye to beat a “Candle Contract” while beating a level. Whatever a “Candle Contract” is, anyways. (Seal the Deal required)
No Chill Challenge: Don’t touch the ice-cold water. If ye do, well, ye better go back to yer ship to cool off, lassie! (Seal the Deal required)
3 in One Challenge: Complete all 3 of “The Snatcher”‘s contract’s tasks… AT ONCE! [Any of “The Snatcher”(who is this guy, lass?)’s Death Wish Contracts] (Seal the Deal required)
Rift Collapse Challenge: This combines both the Speedrun Challenge and the Mirror Challenge to give yer the rush of the Rift Collapse levels! {Here’s a side note: there is a mod called the Nausea Badge Mod which, when equipping the badge, gives ye the effects of the Rift Collapse. Do it if ye want, but the challenge works just fine without it.}
Mod Challenges (With A Seal…?)
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Cappy Challenge: Cappy Cap only! (Cappy Mod required)
No Hands Challenge: No need to wall climb, use your umbrella, or walk up to collectibles! Just use your cap! (Cappy Mod required)
Rebound Challenge: Cappy is only allowed to hit things on the way back to Hat Kid, not on the way out. (Cappy Mod required)
F.L.U.D.D. Challenge: F.L.U.D.D. only! (F.L.U.D.D. Mod required)
Hover Challenge: Hover Nozzle only! (F.L.U.D.D. Mod required)
Rocket Challenge: Rocket Cap only! (Cut Collectibles Pack Mod required)
Firework Challenge: You can only use the Rocket Cap to jump! (Cut Collectibles Pack Mod required)
Twirl Challenge: No homing attacks, only twirls! Equip the Air Attack Badge. (Cut Collectibles Pack Mod required)
Shock Challenge: The only way you can attack enemies is by having them hit you. Equip the Electro Shock Badge. (Cut Collectibles Pack mod required)
Never Girl Challenge: Equip the Lunge, Air Attack, and Electro Shock Badges, as well as the Rocket Cap. You’re the entirety of cut content! (Cut Collectibles Pack mod required)
Radical Challenge: Radical Cap only! (Radical Hat Mod required)
Can’t Stop This Challenge: Beat a level without ever stopping skating! (Radical Hat Mod required)
Helmet Challenge: Astronaut Helmet only! (Astronaut Essentials Mod required)
Vineshroom Challenge: Vineshroom Cap only! (Vineshroom Cap Mod required)
Corruption Challenge: It’s been corrupteddddddddddddddddd Put on the PASSIVE ABILITY badge! (Vineshroom Cap Mod required)
All the Jumps Challenge: Put on the PhysX badge and experience all the jumps! (PhysX – All the Jumps! Mod required)
Moustached Challenge: Beat a level as the cool and awesome! Moustache Girl! (Playable Moustache Girl mod required)
No Bombs Challenge: No using any bombs. Looks like your main attacks are pretty limited, huh? (Playable Moustache Girl mod required)
Only Bombs Challenge: You can only use bombs. Now, stop slapping me, kid! (Playable Moustache Girl mod required)
Red-Hood Challenge: Keep the effects of Moustache Girl’s Hood on from the beginning of the level to the end of the level – meaning, if the Time Stop ability goes away, you die with it. (Moustache Girl’s Hood Mod required)
Slow Challenge: Beat a level with the Slow Clock Badge on. (Slow Clock Badge Mod required)
Fast Challenge: Beat a level with the Broken Clock Badge on. (Broken Clock Badge Mod required)
Warped Challenge: Beat a level with the Warped Clock Badge on. (Warped Clock Badge Mod required)
Time Collapse Challenge: Break the rules. Watch reality unfold into a vortex of madness before your very still eyes as eternal consequence. Equip the Slow Clock, Broken Clock, and Warped Clock badges all at once. (Broken Clock Badge Mod, Warped Clock Badge Mod, and Slow Clock Badge Mod required)
SUPERHAT Challenge: Time moves when you move. Equip the SUPERHAT badge. (SUPERHAT mod required)
Parade Challenge: Equip the Parade Badge. Leading the band is harder without a crowd! (Parade Badge mod required)
Chase Challenge: Equip the Chase Badge and try not to die. (Chase Badge mod required)
Stupid Camera Challenge: Don’t move the camera. I want you to suffer, not to succeed! (First Person mod required)
Fist Kid Challenge: The only way you can attack is with your fists! (Unarmed weapon mod required)
Mario’s Challenge: This one goes out to Mario in the comment section. Ya got asset replacement mods, don’t ya? Ya got meme mods, don’t ya? Place them all in one level, and try to beat it! (This one’s on you – fill it to your heart’s meme content!)
Plumber Challenge: The only way you can attack is with a stomp on the head. Oh, you’ll need to equip the Stomp Badge for it. (Stomp Badge mod required)
Temporal Fatigue Challenge: You can only move when time is stopped. When time resumes, stay put! (Eternal Youth Maiden mod required)
Set Sail! And Die! ALOT!
Welp, that’s out of the way. Prepare to yell, scream, and quit more times than you can shake a burning twig at! I’ll be relaxing, or something. Taking souls is hard work.
If you come up with a way to adjust a challenge, or come up with an entirely NEW challenge for me to add on this list, just type it in the comments! Yes, those things! If I like it, I’ll add it! This especially goes to mod challenges, because I’m part of the base game! I don’t know all the good mods. At the same time, though, you can’t get rid of me! EVER!
And, if you post online your playing through the challenges, I might also add them into this (totally real and not fake at all) guide! The more people beating my challenges… the more that will fail.
So go on! Set sail! Have at it! Shoo!
Maybe if you beat them all, you’ll get a… a cookie.
Or maybe a bunch of money! You won’t know unless you beat it.
…The prize varies every time someone beats all the challenges, I guess???
Some peeps that gave ideas:
CyanisticGaming – part of Sneak Challenge