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Katress Cap

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Katress Cap is 120th of 202 head pieces by defense, at 30 against the 650 of Ancient Helm.

Wearing it also carries the effect Dark Damage Reduction Lv. 1, which matters more than the raw numbers in the biomes that punish you for the wrong outfit.

Nothing is crafted from it — it is an end product, so anything you make is meant to be used rather than banked as a component.

Details

Gold Value1000
Weight4
Max Stack1
defense30
hp90
durability450
Dark Damage Reduction Lv. 1

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

Katress Cap Crafting Recipe

Work: 20000

Crafting it takes 7 materials across 1 type.

Where to Find Katress Cap

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

Every Tier of Katress Cap

The same piece exists at 5 rarities, and the gap is not cosmetic: defense runs 20 to 80, 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.

RarityItemDefenseHPDurability
0Katress Cap2060300
1Katress Cap (this one)3090450
2Katress Cap45135600
3Katress Cap60180900
4Katress Cap802401200

Schematics That Unlock Katress Cap

Katress 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.

SchematicRarityWhere it comes from
Katress Cap Schematic 21★

Alternatives and Upgrades

Gumoss Cap matches it exactly at 30 defense — those two differ in what they resist and what they weigh, not in raw defense, so picking between them is a swap rather than an upgrade. The next real step is Tricorne at 37; below it is Long-Eared Headband at 30.

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

Katress Cap (1★) — How to Get & Uses | Palworld Database