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{{Hazard infobox
| image = Pumpkinbomb.png
| damage = 140 (point blank)
| backup = Yes
| bonk = Yes
| candy-cane = No
| targe = Yes*
| dead-ringer = Yes
| gunboats = Yes
| jumpers = Yes**
| mini-crits = Yes***
| uber = Yes
| maps = [[Harvest Event]], [[Mann Manor]]
}}

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'''Pumpkin bombs''' are an [[Environmental death|environmental hazard]] unique to the event versions of [[Harvest]] and [[Mann Manor]]. They spawn in set positions on each map and will explode when damaged, causing high damage over a moderate radius. After a short amount of time, they will respawn ready to be blown apart again.

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== Pumpkin jump == 
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A player can perform a [[Jumping#Pumpkin jump|Pumpkin jump]] by standing near a Pumpkin bomb and jumping as it explodes. This will launch the player up into the air in a similar fashion to a rocket jump. While this carries the player an impressive distance, it is a highly damaging technique and often instantly kills weaker classes.

Using this technique with certain classes (such as the Scout) is difficult due to the low amount of health that those classes have when not buffed by a Medic. If a player is not killed by the blast itself, they will most likely die from the fall damage inflicted upon landing.

== Exploding a pumpkin ==
Most bullets, melee attack and projectiles may be used to explode a pumpkin (including undetonated [[stickybombs]], [[baseball]]s, thrown [[Jarate]], and [[Mad Milk]]), destroying the projectile used to detonate the Pumpkin bomb. However, fire and laser beams from the [[Righteous Bison]] do not trigger an explosion. 
*See the [[projectile]] article for a full list.

== Related achievements ==
=== [[File:Pumpkin.png|20px|link=Scarechievements{{if lang}}]] [[Scarechievements]] ===
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== Update history ==
'''[[January 19, 2011 Patch]]'''
* Fixed being able to attack teammates using pumpkin bombs and arrows fired by the [[Huntsman]] or the [[Crusader's Crossbow]].

'''[[July 1, 2011 Patch]]'''
* {{undocumented}} The [[Rocket Jumper]] and the [[Sticky Jumper]] no longer prevent self-damage from pumpkin bombs.

==Bugs==
* Standing in a Pumpkin bomb's location when it spawns locks the player in place. Under normal play conditions, when a player is locked in such a manner, detonation of the pumpkin or dying is the only way to escape.

==Trivia==
* The [[Chargin' Targe]] and [[Splendid Screen]] will only reduce damage from pumpkins if it was the opposing team who detonated them.
* Boosted damage from [[Critical hits#Mini-crits|mini-crits]] will only apply if the pumpkins are detonated by a player of the team opposite the the one of the player who is taking damage from mini-crits.
* The grenade version of the beta Demoman weapon, the [[Dynamite Pack]], appears to be similar to the ones attached to the pumpkins.

== See also ==
* [[Environmental death]]

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