Explorer Cap

Details

It does not stack, so every spare copy costs an inventory slot.

Explorer Cap Crafting Recipe

Cloth×49

Leather×13

Ingot×9

What it really costs, once every sub-recipe is expanded

Wool×98Ore×18Leather×13

Crafting it takes 71 materials across 3 types, and the bottleneck is almost always the 49× requirement — line that up first and the rest follows.

Where to Find Explorer Cap

Explorer Cap is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.

Every Tier of Explorer Cap

The same piece exists at 5 rarities, and the gap is not cosmetic: defense runs 25 to 100, a 4x swing. Which one you end up with is decided by the rarity of the schematic you built from, not by the recipe — so a legendary copy of this is worth more than the next item up built from a common one.

Schematics That Unlock Explorer Cap

Explorer Cap is not learned from the Technology tree — you need a schematic for it. One schematic grants the recipe, and they are world loot — chests, boss Pals and the late-game pools — rather than anything you research. Higher-rarity copies of the same schematic raise the quality of what you end up crafting.

Schematic	Rarity	Where it comes from
Blueprint of Exploration Hat 5	4★	—

Alternatives and Upgrades

Step up from here and you get Monarch's Crown at 120 defense; step down and it is Silk Hat at 100. The size of that step is what decides whether the crafting bill is justified yet.

Monarch's Crown120Silk Hat100

Other head pieces at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:

Bowler HatDazzi HatFarming HatGolden CrownGraduation CapGrinning Tocotoco CapGumoss CapHelmetKatress CapKillamari CapLeezpunk HoodLong-Eared Headband