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How do you unlock this hat?

You can buy it in Auric's store.

Actually you can't. You unlock it once you beat Nightmare Mode.

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You can buy it in Auric's store.

you may have confused that with the storm hat.

Luminous is correct. On the console version you need to first beat the game on any difficulty to unlock Nightmare mode, then beat the game again on Nightmare mode.

If you have the 3DS version you can unlock the Rainbow Hat and use it on the console game. But unlocking it is random (hats you get out of any hat box are random on the 3DS). It's not that hard to unlock if you have the time, you can keep opening and reloading a level with a hat box in the same location until you find it.

Once you have it you can transfer the Rainbow Hat to a figure on the 3DS portal, then the figure will be able to use it on the console version.

I'm not so sure if that's possible to get the Rainbow Hat from the 3DS version to the console version. All Skylanders transferred to the 3DS are just in-game data. So I guess playing the whole console game in Nightmare mode is the only way. The only Skylanders I prefer to wear the Rainbow Hat are Whirlwind, Breeze and Tuff Luck.

We put the rainbow hat on Kaos, it looks good on the little guy.

You're kidding. The rainbow hat is what you get for beating Nightmare Mode? Is it that powerful of a hat compared to SF's Flynn's Volcano Hat? Now that was a hat, but TT diminished it.
I would have had Platinum Arkeyan Battle Helm like the Bronze, Silver and Gold ones. That would have been the equal to SF's Volcano Hat.

you can also get the rainbow hat in the 3ds trap team and use it in the console version before you have beat Nightmare Mode.

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you can also get the rainbow hat in the 3ds trap team and use it in the console version before you have beat Nightmare Mode.

But aren't all Skylanders in 3DS version of TT become in-game data? No offense, but it would be impossible to get the Rainbow Hat from the 3DS to the console versions.

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You're kidding. The rainbow hat is what you get for beating Nightmare Mode? Is it that powerful of a hat compared to SF's Flynn's Volcano Hat? Now that was a hat, but TT diminished it.
I would have had Platinum Arkeyan Battle Helm like the Bronze, Silver and Gold ones. That would have been the equal to SF's Volcano Hat.

No, the Rainbow Hat is available for purchase at Auric's Shop after you finished The Future of Skylands. I have seen the hat in the store, and I haven't even played Nightmare Mode.

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you can also get the rainbow hat in the 3ds trap team and use it in the console version before you have beat Nightmare Mode.

But aren't all Skylanders in 3DS version of TT become in-game data? No offense, but it would be impossible to get the Rainbow Hat from the 3DS to the console versions.

read here...
//forum.darkspyro.net/spyro/viewposts.php?topic=109528

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No, the Rainbow Hat is available for purchase at Auric's Shop after you finished The Future of Skylands. I have seen the hat in the store, and I haven't even played Nightmare Mode.

Aura, you da man and all with all the info you've given us about the Elite figures, but you might be wrong about this. Did you buy the Rainbow Hat from Auric? I know he sells the Storm Hat for like 25,000, but that is a different hat.

Could you double check your game and see if you're talking about the right hat? I've purchased everything from Auric and have completed the game (though not on Nightmare), and all he sells now are instant wins for Skystones and puzzle locks.

That's what I am getting as well, Dahvoo.

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But aren't all Skylanders in 3DS version of TT become in-game data? No offense, but it would be impossible to get the Rainbow Hat from the 3DS to the console versions.

Let me explain it. When you scan a figure on the 3DS portal, the character is unlocked for use in the 3DS game. When using that figure in the 3DS version (as in-game data like you said), any new progress (leveling up or a hat) is saved to the in-game data of the character.

Now when you scan that figure again with the 3DS portal, any progress you made on the in-game data of the character on the 3DS is transferred to the figure. This includes any increased levels or hats. That is how you can transfer the Rainbow hat that is being worn on (for example) Wildfire on the 3DS to the Wildfire figure. Now when you use the Wildfire figure on the console, he will be wearing the Rainbow hat. Only Wildfire will be wearing the hat, and if you take it off him on the console, you can't put it back on unless you scan the figure with the 3DS portal again.

Even though a character is wearing the Rainbow Hat on the console, the collections screen will still be blank for the Rainbow Hat (since you haven't actually unlocked it), but the figure gets the boosts which you can confirm by checking the "Stats" option for the figure.

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No, the Rainbow Hat is available for purchase at Auric's Shop after you finished The Future of Skylands. I have seen the hat in the store, and I haven't even played Nightmare Mode.

Aura, you da man and all with all the info you've given us about the Elite figures, but you might be wrong about this. Did you buy the Rainbow Hat from Auric? I know he sells the Storm Hat for like 25,000, but that is a different hat.

Could you double check your game and see if you're talking about the right hat? I've purchased everything from Auric and have completed the game (though not on Nightmare), and all he sells now are instant wins for Skystones and puzzle locks.

Huh, I just double-checked, and the hat wasn't there. I even checked the strategy guide and it said the hat is found in Chapter 13. Guess I was misled.

I just finished Nightmare mode and it unlocked, also when I went back to my first save it unlocked on that as well.
For those who want to know its stats : 42 critical, 25 defense and 10 speed.

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I just finished Nightmare mode and it unlocked, also when I went back to my first save it unlocked on that as well.
For those who want to know its stats : 42 critical, 25 defense and 10 speed.

HOLY COW THATS ALOT! Someone needs to wear that hat... Someone with low armor and critical hit!

I don't really care about stat boosts, I just like putting hats on Skylander that fit well with them (e.g Beetle Hat/Dune Bug, Tree Branch Hat/Stump Smash)
I think the Rainbow Hat would look awesome on Whirlwind!

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I just finished Nightmare mode and it unlocked, also when I went back to my first save it unlocked on that as well.
For those who want to know its stats : 42 critical, 25 defense and 10 speed.

HOLY COW THATS ALOT! Someone needs to wear that hat... Someone with low armor and critical hit!

also all your added figures carry over to a new save....

Wow can't believe so much confusion going on over a hat. It's unlocked in Nightmare Mode. Unless you own the 3DS version. That's the only 2 ways to get it.

Well, I did it. I beat one of the game files on Nightmare difficulty. Also, I'm not so sure if anyone else knew, but after beating one of the game files on Nightmare, the Rainbow Hat can be added to the other game files (Easy, Medium, or Hard). I actually just used one of the Trap Masters (Knight Light) and Kaos to get the rarest and most powerful hat in Skylands.

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Well, I did it. I beat one of the game files on Nightmare difficulty. Also, I'm not so sure if anyone else knew, but after beating one of the game files on Nightmare, the Rainbow Hat can be added to the other game files (Easy, Medium, or Hard). I actually just used one of the Trap Masters (Knight Light) and Kaos to get the rarest and most powerful hat in Skylands.

where did you find it?... and what is the stats??.

What is the highest difficulty for the first game Spyro's Adventure? Hard? I can't remember.

There is no difficulty setting for Spyro's Adventure.