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{{Map infobox
| game-type = Payload Race
| file-name = plr_hightower_event
| map-image = Plr hightower event3.png
| map-environment = Desert
| map-setting     = Nighttime, cloudy
| map-hazards     = [[Environmental death#Pitfalls|Pitfall]], [[Pumpkin bomb]]s, Skeletons, Lava
| map-pyrovision = Yes
| map-health-pickups-small = 4
| map-health-pickups-medium = 7
| map-health-pickups-large = 1
| map-ammo-pickups-small = 5
| map-ammo-pickups-medium = 5
| map-ammo-pickups-large = 3
| map-special-pickups-hhgift  = yes
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{{Quotation|Helltower publicity blurb|Push a corpse-filled cart through a magic-blasted, skeleton-infested terrorscape to reach the infernal maw of a gaping Hellmouth in this Halloween-themed Payload Race of utter pants-filling terror! Just to be clear: You will poop your pants.}}

'''Helltower''' is a [[Payload Race]] map added in the [[Scream Fortress 2013|Scream Fortress 2013 Update]]. It is the Halloween-themed version of [[Hightower]].

The objective is to push a cart of gravel containing the corpse of the opposing team's employer (Blutarch for RED, Redmond for BLU) to the lift at the high towers before the other team. Once either brother is pushed to the checkpoint, all players will be sent to a demonic cave only known as '''Hell'''. 

In Hell, the teams are pitted against each other, and all players must attempt to enter the Skull Island. Any player killed in Hell will become a [[Ghost]] and can pursue the living players, however ghosts have no way to deal any damage. Pressing primary-fire as a ghost will cause the player to yell "BOO", which can be used to annoy living players but serves little other purpose.  Players that survive and reach the book receive an [[Unfilled Fancy Spellbook|unfilled fancy spellbook]], if they do not already possess one in their [[backpack]], which can be filled with pages found from the [[Haunted Halloween Gift]]. Only those that are alive and have reached Skull Island can receive the [[Unfilled Fancy Spellbook|unfilled fancy spellbook]].

Occasionally, Green [[Skeletons]] will spawn as well as [[Haunted Halloween Gift|Halloween gifts]] for random players on the server.

== Mann Brothers ==
The Mann Brothers, [[Redmond]] and [[Blutarch]], are the Halloween-themed [[Payload carts]] unique to Helltower. After being slain by their long-lost brother [[Gray Mann]], the ghosts of the Mann Brothers endeavor to have their respective mercenaries send the other brother to Hell so that one may claim their father's inheritance as described in [[Grave Matters]]. Thus each team must push the corpse of the other team's boss to Hell while the ghosts of their respective employers bicker, report progress, and give instruction in place of the [[Administrator]].

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File:Plr hightower event redcart.jpg|RED team's cart, with Blutarch Mann inside
File:Plr hightower event blutarch.jpg|Close up of Blutarch Mann
File:Plr hightower event blucart.jpg|BLU team's cart, with Redmond Mann inside
</gallery>

== Hell ==
While the initial push to the end works like a regular Payload race on Hightower, once a team has pushed their corpse to the end, the screen will flash white as all players are transported to what is believed to be Hell. 

On first arrival, all players will arrive on separate sides of a small area surrounded by lava (along with a short [[Thriller Taunt|dance-off]].) The team that has successfully pushed their cart to the end will gain a noticeable [[health]] buff as both teams are to fight over winning a prize upon Skull Island; an [[Unfilled Fancy Spellbook]].

At this point, the game turns into a short [[Arena]] match, with no respawns. Instead, killed players will turn into ghosts. Whichever team manages to make it to the end and lower the gate around the book wins the match, even if they lost the Payload race.

== Strategy ==
{{hatnote|See [[Community Helltower strategy]]}}

== Gallery ==

=== Map locations ===
[[Image:Plr hightower event overhead.png|thumb|top|Overview of the map.(Large file)]]

'''The Hightowers'''
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File:Plr hightower event hightowers.jpg
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'''Central Tower''': Includes a long pit/shaft, similar to [[Ghost Fort]].
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File:Plr hightower event centertower.jpg
File:Plr hightower event pit.jpg
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'''The Ramp''': Unlike Hightower, the carts do not fall back down these ramps by gravity.
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File:Plr hightower event redRampBalcony.jpg
File:Plr hightower event redRamp.jpg
File:Plr hightower event blueRamp.jpg
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'''Cliff-House''': Its back wall is now opened up and can be fallen off of.
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File:Plr hightower event cliffhouse.jpg
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'''Balconies'''
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File:Plr hightower event redSniperBalconyRoom.jpg
File:Plr hightower event redSniperBalcony.jpg
File:Plr hightower event redlowerbalcony.jpg
</gallery>
'''Tower Corridors''': Some changes have been made here, including small puddle rooms on each side that players can drop down into, and small inaccessible tunnels, which can be used to teleport to the opposite tunnel when you are affected by the shrinking spell.
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File:Plr hightower event redSpawnNewDoor.jpg
File:Plr hightower event redSpawnHallway2.jpg
File:Plr hightower event redSpawn.jpg
File:Plr hightower event blueDropdown.jpg
File:Plr hightower event blueSpawnHallway.jpg
</gallery>
'''The Bridge''': Appears and disappears.
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File:Plr hightower event bridge.jpg
File:Helltower clock.jpg
File:Postal Pummeler during Witching Hour.jpg
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'''Hell''': When one of the caskets reaches its goal, both teams are sent to Hell.
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File:Plr hightower event hell.jpg|BLU's side
File:Plr hightower event hell entry.jpg|From this point of view, BLU enters on the left, and RED enters on the right.
File:Plr hightower event hell left side.jpg|RED's side
File:Bombinomicon on Hell Island.jpg|The [[Bombinomicon]] in Hell.
File:Unfilled Fancy Spellbook on Hell Island.jpg
</gallery>

=== Halloween Spell effects ===
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File:Plr hightower event superspellbook.jpg|Super spellbook on the Clocktower
File:Plr hightower event spellbook.png|Regular spellbook
File:Plr hightower event skeletons.jpg|A group of skeletons
File:Plr hightower event skeletonking.jpg|Close up of the Skeleton King
</gallery>

== Bugs ==
* The carts will not destroy any buildings when passing over them.

== Trivia == 
* Both the Mann brothers have a knife sticking out of their back, a reference to when Gray Mann stabbed them at the end of the [[Blood Brothers]] comic.
* The Ghost of [[Zepheniah Mann]] can be spotted on the Clocktower's walkway when the bridge is not active, presumably watching the fighting.

== Update history ==
'''{{Patch name|10|29|2013}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2013]])
* Added New Halloween Map Helltower
'''{{Patch name|10|30|2013}}'''
* Fixed neutral pumpkin bombs exploding with blue particles 
* Updated the round restart event to remove spells after playing in hell
* Updated {{code|plr_hightower_event}} to improve server stability
'''{{Patch name|10|31|2013}}'''
* Fixed a client crash caused by low detail skeletons
* Fixed green zombies not spawning on Linux dedicated servers
* Fixed players being able to issue the "boo" command when they are not ghosts
* Fixed cloaked Spies losing their spells if they attempted to cast them while cloaked
* Fixed the stealth spell only lasting for 2 seconds instead of 8 seconds
* Fixed players keeping their spells if they were rolling for them while leaving hell
* Fixed not switching back to the normal weapon if a spell was cast while standing on another spell
* Updated spells so they cannot be deflected

{{anchor|Strategies}}

== See also ==
* [[Hightower]]
* [[Magic spells]]


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