Hat Holder was the third game mode introduced into Smash Karts, in 2022. In Hat Holder, the objective is to get ahold of the hat and not lose it, gain points by holding the hat and the player with the most points wins the game. Most public Hat Holder games will have a maximum of 12 players.

Kills, Deaths, Bot Kills, Wins, and Games earned in Hat Holder will not go towards your statistics. 

In Hat Holder, you gain:

10 Coins and 10 XP (30 XP if you have 3x)  per player you smash

2 Coins per bot you smash