# Hat of Vermin > [!info] Item Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Category** | Wondrous Items | > | **Rarity** | Common | > | **Attunement** | No | > | **Source** | XGtE p.137 | --- ## Description This hat has 3 charges. While holding the hat, you can use an action to expend 1 charge and speak a command word that summons your choice of a bat, a frog, or a rat. The summoned creature magically appears in the hat and tries to get away from you as quickly as possible. The creature is not under your control, behaves as an ordinary creature of its kind, and disappears after 1 hour or when it drops to 0 hit points. The hat regains all expended charges daily at dawn. --- ## Properties - 3 charges, regains **all charges** daily at dawn. - Action (1 charge): summon a **bat, frog, or rat** from the hat. - The creature is not controlled; it behaves normally and disappears after **1 hour** or at 0 HP. - No attunement required.