Tin Foil Hat

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A tin foil hat will cause a blockhead to perform actions without player intervention. It was introduced in version 1.2.

Tin Foil Hat
Tin Foil Hat

Category	Clothing
Use	Actions
Tool
Stackable	Yes

Appearance

A tin foil hat is triangular and silvery (a mottled dark gray to white with some bluish tones).

Where Found

It can be made at a craft bench from three pieces of tin foil. Like other pieces of man-made clothing, it degrades over time when worn.

Location	Input Item 1		Input Item 2		Input Item 3		Input Item 4		Input Item 5		Crafted Output
		+		+		+		+		=
Lvl. 2 Craft Bench	Tin Foil		[[]]		[[]]		[[]]		[[]]		Tin Foil Hat
Quantity	3		{{{Qty2}}}		{{{Qty3}}}		{{{Qty4}}}		{{{Qty5}}}		1

Rush Cost
8
Double-Time
4

Effects

When a blockhead begins to act based on a tin foil hat, blue/light blue particles will emit between the action and the blockhead and the acted upon block will have an image of the tin foil hat superimposed over it. The hat will only plan one action at a time and may abort player-specified actions.

Thus the only "mind control" a tin hat resists is the influence of a player.

Notes

When playing with multiple blockheads in single-player, it is not unusual for there to be more blockheads than the player can keep occupied. The use of a tin foil hat makes a blockhead self-directed, thus it will harvest and mine without being instructed. The tin foil hat can be removed to more easily allow any items it has collected to be transferred elsewhere.

Trivia

In the world of 'The Blockheads', the only "mind controller" is the user of the device. When the user gives a blockhead a task, the blockhead will mindlessly obey. With the introduction of the tinfoil hat came the introduction of a unique blockhead quality of 'free will' for the blockheads, where their mind is not being controlled by a 'god', or 'The User of the Device', or 'Player', which is quite a charming and humorous perspective in the world of 'The Blockheads', where each blockhead is considered as a unique individual with free will who do not like us (the user of the device) controlling them.

Gallery

A blockhead wearing a tin foil hat