Dota 2

Pirate Hat

Tier 5 neutral item.

Pirate Hat
Tier 5

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Reworked in 7.38

Reworked in 7.38 Feb 2025

It works differently from how you remember. What it does now is further down.

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    Now is a Tier 5 Neutral Artifact
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    Passive: Plunder. Steals 150 gold from enemy heroes that die within 1200 units. If the wearer of the hat is the killer, there is no range limit and an additional 150 gold is stolen
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    Passive: Buried Treasure. Gold loss on death is reduced by 100%

2 buffs and 0 nerfs in total: trending stronger.

Biggest changes

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    Plunder bonus gold for being the killer of a hero increased from 150 to 400
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    Plunder steal radius increased from 1200 to 2400
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    Item Cycled Out

Most recent change patch 7.39, May 2025

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    Item Cycled Out
What it does now
  • Plunder PassiveSteals 150 gold from enemy heroes that die within 2400 units. If the wearer is the killer, there is no range limit and an additional 400 gold is stolen.
  • Buried Treasure PassiveGold loss on death reduced by 100%.

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Every Pirate Hat change, patch by patch

All 12 changes Valve listed for Pirate Hat since patch 7.24, newest first. Reworked in 7.38. Last changed in 7.39 (May 2025).

Patch 7.39

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    Item Cycled Out

Patch 7.38c

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    Plunder steal radius increased from 1200 to 2400

Patch 7.38b

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    Plunder bonus gold for being the killer of a hero increased from 150 to 400

Patch 7.38 Rework

  • ◆
    Now is a Tier 5 Neutral Artifact
  • ◆
    Passive: Plunder. Steals 150 gold from enemy heroes that die within 1200 units. If the wearer of the hat is the killer, there is no range limit and an additional 150 gold is stolen
  • ▼
    Passive: Buried Treasure. Gold loss on death is reduced by 100%

Patch 7.31

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    Now additionally grants 15 movement speed

Patch 7.27

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    No longer steals gold on kills
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    Can be activated to dig for bounty runes with 100% success rate. Cooldown 40

Patch 7.24

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    Attack speed reduced from +250 to +150
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    No longer drops a bounty rune on hero kills
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    You now steal 300 Gold from heroes you kill