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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[magic spells]] of [[Helltower]].}}

{{Item infobox
| type               = tools
| image              = Halloweenspells.png
| used-by            = [[Classes|All]]
| released           = {{Patch name|10|26|2012}}
| availability       = {{tooltip|Event|These items can only be obtained during a Halloween event.}}
| trade              = no
| gift               = no
| craft              = no
| numbered           = no
  | item-description = Used to paint other items.
  | item-uses        = 1
}}

{{Quotation|'''Merasmus'''|No magic is beneath Merasmus!|sound=}}

'''Halloween Spells''' are single use [[tool]] items that are used to give various Halloween themed effects to [[weapons]], [[cosmetic items]], or [[classes]] depending on the spell. They were added in the [[Spectral Halloween Special]], and are enabled and obtainable annually during subsequent Halloween events.

The Spell Items during the Scream Fortress 2012 event lasted from October 26, 2012 to November 9, 2012. Any spell effects that were applied to any items, along with any unused spells, were erased from players' inventories upon launching Team Fortress 2 after the end of the event. They were enabled and made obtainable again for [[Scream Fortress 2013]], which lasted from October 29, 2013 to November 11, 2013. As of the November 11, 2013 patch the effects of Halloween spells are only visible during Halloween events, a Full Moon, or under the effects of the [[Enchantment Eternaween|Enchantment: Eternaween]].

Halloween Spells can be found inside [[Haunted Halloween Gift]]s on [[Ghost Fort]].

== Types of Spells ==

===Footprint Effects===
<div style="float:right;">{{Backpack item
| item-name = Halloween Spell
| custom-name = {{item_name|Halloween Spell}}: Footprints
| no-custom-name-quotes = yes
| custom-icon = Backpack_Halloween_Spell_Footprint.png
| item-level = none
| att-1-neutral = These colors don't run. Well, no -- actually, they do exactly that.
| att-2-neutral = This spell can be applied to any hat-slot item.
| item-expiration = Monday, November 11, 2013 (6:00:00)
| item-uses = 1
| width = 300px
}}</div>
* Team Spirit Footprints
* Gangreen Footprints
* Corpse Gray Footprints
* Violent Violet Footprints
* Rotten Orange Footprints
* Bruised Purple Footprints
* Headless Horseshoes

Using it on a cosmetic item and then wearing it will result in colored footprints (purple fire in the case of Headless Horseshoes) being left in the player's wake as they run. It does not erase paint, and can be used with other spells at the same time.
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===Paint Effects===
<div style="float:right;">{{Backpack item
| item-name = Halloween Spell
| custom-name = {{item_name|Halloween Spell}}: Paint
| no-custom-name-quotes = yes
| custom-icon = Backpack_Halloween_Spell_Paint.png
| item-level = none
| att-1-neutral = Possess the petrifying power of paranormal paint!
| att-2-neutral = This spell can be applied to any paintable item.
| item-expiration = Monday, November 11, 2013 (6:00:00)
| item-uses = 1
| width = 300px
}}</div>
When applied, it will add a color shifting effect:
* Putrescent Pigmentation - fades between bright yellow and the item's original color
* Die Job - fades between light yellow and the item's original color
* Chromatic Corruption - [[A Deep Commitment to Purple]], shifts between light and dark
* Spectral Spectrum - Team-colored
* Sinister Staining - [[Drably Olive]], shifts between light and dark
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===Vocal Effects===
<div style="float:right;">{{Backpack item
| item-name = Scout's Spectral Snarl (halloween spell)
| custom-name = {{item_name|Halloween Spell}}: Voices From Below
| no-custom-name-quotes = yes
| item-level = none
| att-1-neutral = These spells make the Merc's voices 4% sexier and 130% spookier - except for Scout's, which is -5% sexier.
| att-2-neutral = This spell can be applied to a (Class) hat.
| item-expiration = Monday, November 11, 2013 (6:00:00)
| item-uses = 1
| width = 300px
}}</div>
* Scout's Spectral Snarl
* Soldier's Booming Bark
* Pyro's Muffled Moan
* Demoman's Cadaverous Croak
* Heavy's Bottomless Bass
* Engineer's Gravelly Growl
* Medic's Blood Curdling Bellow
* Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl
* Spy's Creepy Croon

Applies "Voices From Below"

When applied to any [[cosmetic item]] the class can equip, it will lower the pitch at which the wearer speaks while they wear it.
Though these spells are intended for use by a specific class, the effect of the item will occur for any class while they are wearing it.
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===Exorcism===
<div style="float:right;">{{Backpack item
| item-name = Exorcism (halloween spell)
| item-level = none
| att-1-neutral = The power of deadly force compels you!
| att-2-neutral = This spell can be applied to any weapon that deals damage.
| item-expiration = Monday, November 11, 2013 (6:00:00)
| item-uses = 1
| width = 300px
}}</div>
When applied to a [[Weapons|weapon]], any kills with that weapon will cause team-colored ghost particles to rise from the corpse of the victim.
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===Spectral Flame===
<div style="float:right;">{{Backpack item
| item-name = Spectral Flame (halloween spell)
| item-level = none
| att-1-neutral = Death not frightening enough for your enemies? Hit them with these special Halloween spells!
| att-2-neutral = This spell can be applied to any flamethrower.
| item-expiration = Monday, November 11, 2013 (6:00:00)
| item-uses = 1
| width = 300px
}}</div>
When applied to any of the [[Pyro]]'s primary weapons, the flames produced will be a mixture of red and green. Players ignited by the flamethrower will also be surrounded by green flames. When used on the [[Phlogistinator]], the usual "waves of energy" effect is replaced with green, but otherwise normally shaped, flames.
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===Pumpkin Bombs===
<div style="float:right;">{{Backpack item
| item-name = Squash Rockets (halloween spell)
| custom-name = {{item_name|Halloween Spell}}: Pumpkin Bombs
| no-custom-name-quotes = yes
| item-level = none
| att-1-neutral = Death not frightening enough for your enemies? Hit them with these special Halloween spells!
| att-2-neutral = This spell can be applied to any (weapon type).
| item-expiration = Monday, November 11, 2013 (6:00:00)
| item-uses = 1
| width = 300px
}}</div>
When applied to a weapon, it changes any rockets fired into pumpkins, which leave behind a purple trail and cause an orange explosion.
* Squash Rockets - any rocket launcher (except the [[Cow Mangler 5000]])
* Sentry Quad-Pumpkins - any wrench (effects rockets fired from Level 3 [[Sentry Gun]]s)
* Gourd Grenades - any [[Demoman]] explosive weapon (only changes explosions)
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These effects will only be visible during full moons and Halloween events, remaining dormant the rest of the time.
Any unused Halloween Spell items are removed at the end of a Halloween event.

== Update history ==
'''{{Patch name|10|26|2012}}''' ([[Spectral Halloween Special]])
* Halloween Spells were added to the game.

'''{{Patch name|10|29|2013}}''' ([[Scream Fortress 2013]])
* Enabled Halloween Spell Potions.

'''{{Patch name|11|11|2013}}'''
* Updated Halloween spells so that the effects will only be visible during Halloween/Full Moon events.
* {{Undocumented}} Halloween spells are no longer tradable.

'''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}'''
* Fixed some Halloween spells not working during Eternaween

'''{{Patch name|12|6|2013}}'''
* Fixed some cases where Halloween spell effects on items would not appear when they were supposed to.

==Notes==
* When a weapon with the [[Exorcism]] spell activates a Spy's [[Dead Ringer]], no ghosts appear.

==Bugs==
* The backpack icons for the spells incorrectly use the coloring overlays intended for paint cans.
* When trying to apply a spell to a stock weapon, you are able to select it from the backpack and a confirmation message appears, but the effect is not applied and the spell is not consumed.
* Spells meant to be used with only one class can be applied to accessories which can be equipped by multiple classes, granting the spell's ability to whatever class wears the affected accessory.
** This is due to them all applying the same effect, "Voices From Below". The only real difference is which cosmetics they can be applied to.
* Disguised and Cloaked Spies wearing hats with footprint effects will still have the footprints appear as they move.
* Gourd Grenades cannot be applied to The [[Sticky Jumper]], and Squash Rockets cannot be applied to the [[Rocket Jumper]].
* Sentry Quad-Pumpkins can be applied to the [[Gunslinger]], despite the inability to build a level 3 Sentry Gun with it equipped.
* The Team Spirit Footprints spell will be the color of a disguised Spy's team as opposed to the team the Spy is disguised as.
* Spectral Spectrum-specific: Upon death, the item's color will turn to the [[RED]] team's color effect, whether playing on the RED or [[BLU]] team.

==Trivia==
* The backpack icons are screenshots of the models. Each type of flask and its textures are present in the game files.
** The liquid of those flasks is set to be paintable.
* There is an unused flask model, which resembles the format of the Exorcism Halloween spell. The biggest difference is that the model contains a sticker of the [[Merasmus]] hat at the back and it also includes a [[pick-up]] rotating animation.
** The unused flask model is also set to be paintable and there are seven different skins for each color of the Halloween spells that appears on the backpack icons (red, orange, cyan, green, alternative cyan, blue and purple).