A Hat in Time

A Hat in Time

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THE ROACH KING NOTES LOCATION GUIDE
By latchk3y
This is a guide for finding all of the hidden notes on the Hub Spaceship from the Mysterious R. King
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Prerequisites
In order to find all of the notes, you'll need:
  • The Camera Badge
  • Access to All Areas of the Spaceship
How to Find The Notes
Thought you knew everything about Hat Kid's Spaceship? GUESS AGAIN!

There are notes, hidden by an unknown character named R. King. Whoever they are, they sure do have a habit for taking things from Hat Kid, and leaving lots of notes!

First one you'll find will be in the Kitchen, as displayed below, right behind this garbage can.

Open up the camera with Q, and then woosh it around behind it. (Don't worry about clipping; apparently, the camera has no collission mesh with this garbage can!)











Following the note's advice, we head down here into the basement.



Once again, whip out your trusty camera:













Next, we'll head over to the science lab, and you'll find the next note tucked behind this little nuclear microwave thingie.




















This should feel like clockword now! So, the machine room:




















And then, we make our way into the attic, and find this:


So, who is R. King? Why, he's the ROACH KING, of course!

(A big thanks to Leudic for pointing all this out to me.)
An Unrelated Note
ADDENDUM: As it's been pointed out to me, this section of the Guide is unrelated to the notes by R. King, which literally just stands for Roach King. However, seeing as I had found them though the methods used, it felt like they needed to stay in here. I'll work on a seperate guide as more develops on this.

And now, we make our way up to the attic! Admittedly, this one took me quite a bit to find, but I DID eventually find the bugger tucked inside of this closet here!







































"Wait a moment, Boner Jones!" I hear you cry from behind your moniter, "There's no note here! I'm suing!"

Well, fret not, little internet friend! This is where our Dweller Mask comes into play:

Ta-da!

Now, you may NOW have frets about what this code says. Well, not to worry there, either!
If you wish, right beneath the spoiler, I've already deciphered it.

If, however, you feel so compelled on deciphering it yourself, but don't know where to start:
The first line is "TWO STARS". You can get the rest from there!

TWO STARS
A BLACK HOLE
GATEWAY OF LIGHT
THE FORGOTTEN TEMPLE
A MESSAGE OF HANDS
PILLARS OF FIRE
THE SOULS OF HIS PEOPLE
RAINING SUN
THE TRUTH BETWEEN TWO TRAVELERS OF TIME
A PEACEFUL GARDEN
THE PROMISE OF A HAT


What does this all mean, you may ask? I haven't the slightest! That's not my job! :D

I hope you enjoyed the guide, and I hope it contributes to the discussion of this wonderful game. Cheers!


A big thanks to Steam User Blitzkraken for providing me with this side-by-side comparison. Helps with visualization, haha!
49 Comments
Piket Jul 6, 2024 @ 3:49am 
damn, wish i met roach king. would have been good friends
PlayerName Mar 12, 2020 @ 2:27pm 
That message seems like a reference to the entire game.
Neo Nov 9, 2019 @ 3:45pm 
there's a note behind the chair in the bedroom saying check under the red box
Kelrycor Oct 6, 2019 @ 8:49am 
Be aware that the R.King's location changes also while in the timerift. Is it a gate he left with, or did he "evolved" to a divine form like this? Who knows :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1882472984

Note: the cupboard easter egg isn't there during timerift. You can enter the cupboard, but the area behind the cloths are missing, nor the message gets highlighted using the dwellers mask.
Mr. Difsh Jun 26, 2019 @ 9:31am 
Actually the note in the kitchen is not the first note. There's a note under the tool box in the bedroom which says "check kitchen".
Rumpus May 17, 2019 @ 6:32am 
uh guys, check the toybox in the bedroom...
SpeakerGreen May 10, 2019 @ 3:19pm 
What about the second note inside his tiny gold castle?
Meowsers Jan 3, 2019 @ 9:28pm 
There Was A cut character called Tim who would be another time traveler who would basically teach you how to play who could be the second time traveler (first possibly being hat kid) in the third to last line
grapetape64 Nov 13, 2018 @ 2:19pm 
you missed two notes that are located in the bedroom (that's where you're supposed to start anyway)
ScaryHobbit Sep 21, 2018 @ 10:56pm 
Ice_Vmp I found the note you mentioned. Specifically, it's in the microwave on the top shelf.