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{{Hazard infobox
  | image          = Zepheniah Ghost.png
  | 3d-image-1 = Zepheniah Ghost Normal
  | 3d-image-2 = Zepheniah Ghost Hatless
  | 3d-viewname-1 = Default
  | 3d-viewname-2 = Hatless
  | 3d-button-1 = default_half
  | 3d-button-2 = default_half
  | hide-kill-icon = yes
  | health         = 
  | damage         = None <small>([[Stun]])</small>
  | backup         = No
  | bonk           = Yes
  | candy-cane     = No
  | targe          = No
  | dead-ringer    = No
  | gunboats       = No
  | jumpers        = No
  | mini-crits     = No
  | uber           = No
  | maps           = {{map link|Brimstone|Brimstone (map)}}, {{map link|Erebus}}, {{map link|Eyeaduct}}, {{map link|Gravestone}}, {{map link|Ghoulpit}}, {{map link|Ghost Fort}}, {{map link|Harvest Event}}, {{map link|Hellstone}}, {{map link|Helltower}}, {{map link|Moonshine Event}}, {{map link|Precipice}}, {{map link|Slasher}}, {{map link|Terror}}
}}

{{Hatnote|This article is about the scary enviromental hazard NPCs. For other uses, see [[Player ghost|Player Ghosts]] and [[Ghost (disambiguation)]]. This article does not cover the non-scaring Ghost props seen around many maps.}}

{{Quotation|'''[[Zepheniah Mann]]'''|Shoot over my bones, and I shall visit upon you a haunting the likes of which you have never seen.}}

'''Ghosts''' are moving [[Environmental death|environmental hazard]] NPCs introduced in the [[Haunted Hallowe'en Special]] on [[Harvest Event]] (as the [[The Last Will and Testament of Zepheniah Mann|haunting promised]] by [[Non-player characters#Zepheniah Mann|Zepheniah Mann]]) and are now found on many later [[Halloween map]]s. These Ghosts appear as glowing blue/violet sheeted Ghosts, often wearing a [[Ghastly Gibus]].

Normally, Ghosts appears at certain spots in the maps following any of a number of predetermined routes at the ends of which they disappear. During their brief appearances, they give out moans and may dim nearby lights. If any player gets too close, the Ghosts may utter a boo and scare the player, [[Stun|haunting]] them for several seconds.

Ghosts may appear after a special event of the map occurs, depending on the map. Note that not all Haunted maps have Ghosts.
* Ghosts may appear after capturing an objective (e.g., in [[Eyeaduct]] after capturing the control point).
* Ghosts may appear on scheduled times and routes (e.g., in [[Hellstone]] ).
* Ghosts may appear during or after a Witching Hour (e.g., between [[Helltower]]'s Witching Hours, the Ghosts of Zepheniah Mann appears at the Clocktower to stun  players there).
* Ghosts may appear when a Wheel of Fate spin so determines (e.g., in [[Ghost Fort]] and [[Moonshine Event]]).

Killing a player while they are scared by the Ghost during a Halloween event grants the player the ''Scared Stiff'' [[Scarechievement]]. Additionally, a player scared by the Ghost can count towards certain stun/slowdown related achievements.

== Strategy ==
{{main|Community Halloween maps strategy#Ghosts|l1=Community Halloween maps strategy: Ghosts}}

== Related achievements ==
=== {{Achiev type link|scarechievements}} ===
{{Show achievement|Halloween|Scared Stiff}}


=== {{Class link|Scout}} ===
{{Show achievement|Scout|Strike Zone}}


=== {{Class link|Soldier}} ===
{{Show achievement|Soldier|The Longest Daze}}

== Update history ==
'''{{Patch name|10|29|2009}}''' ([[Haunted Hallowe'en Special]])
* Ghost was added to the game.

'''{{Patch name|10|28|2015}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2015]])
* Lowered the speed penalty for getting stunned by a ghost from 50% to 25%

'''{{Patch name|6|21|2022}}'''
* Fixed laggy animations on [[Halloween boss]]es, [[skeletons]], ghosts and other ghoul-like beings

== Bugs ==
* If a player is stuck on the tower outside of Helltower's Witching Hour, stunned by Zepheniah, they are able to "spam" taunts over and over and move at the same time.

== Notes ==
* Ghosts must remain somewhere on the map between their wanderings among the players. Usually, they are kept in hidden locations, where they appear face down after they have completed any wandering; the first case of this being the room under the point on [[Harvest Event]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Zepheniaboo.jpg|Promotional art for [[Haunted Hallowe'en Special]].
File:Tf2Ghost nohat.png|Hatless Ghost common on later Halloween maps.
File:Ghost Yikes!.png|The icon that appears above a scared player.
File:Harvest Event Ghost Room.jpg|The room where Zepheniah's Ghost idles between hauntings.
<!-- File:Ghost Fort Pit Ghosts.png|Ghosts in the bottomless pit of Ghost Fort. ALL SORTS OF NON NPC GHOSTS ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE MAPS -->
File:Zepheniah Mann on Helltower.jpg|Zepheniah Mann on Helltower.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Ghost voice responses]]
* [[Halloween]]
* [[Pocket Halloween Boss]], <small>Pocket Zepheniah style</small>
* [[Spooky Head-Bouncers]], <small>Floating Phantoms style</small>
* [[Trickster's Treats]], <small>Naughty style</small>

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