Bonk! Atomic Punch

Bonk! Atomic Punch
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Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Secondary
Released:	February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)
Availability:	Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #8, Uncrate #71 (Strange), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or Uncrate #88 (Festive)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Reload type:	Recharge (30 seconds)
Available Qualities
Unique Vintage Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
Bonk! Atomic Punch Level 5 Lunch Box Drink to become invulnerable for 8 seconds. Cannot attack during this time. Damage absorbed will slow you when the effect ends.

“

Bonk! is fulla radiation, which as we all know is pretty great for givin' people superpowers. — Bonk! Atomic Punch publicity blurb

”

Bonk! Atomic Punch is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a canned energy drink with a team-appropriate label; RED's flavor of Bonk! is "Cherry Fission", while BLU's is "Blutonium Berry".

Upon ingestion, Bonk! Atomic Punch renders the player invulnerable for 8 seconds. During this time, the player is forced into third-person mode and may not attack with any weapon, being limited to actions such as moving, jumping, and reloading their weapons, with a blurry trail following them. While invulnerable, most things that would normally hurt the Scout instead produce a "Miss!" signal above his head, followed by one of many voice responses. A Scout cannot use Bonk! while carrying the Intelligence, or grab the Intelligence while still under the drink's effects. Scouts under the effects of Bonk! can neither capture nor defend objectives such as control points or Payload carts. The player has unlimited Bonk! cans at their disposal, but cannot take out another can until the item's cooldown period, shown in the HUD, is over. The effects of Bonk! cease if a Scout using it activates a Resupply locker.

While under the effects of Bonk!, the player is immune to almost all forms of damage, including direct damage, residual damage, self-inflicted damage, and fall damage. Damage-over-time effects, such as afterburn and bleeding, do not deal damage for the duration of the Bonk! effect, but continue when the drink wears off. However, on-hit effects (such as the Ubersaw's +25% ÜberCharge on hit) still take place if they are not based on the amount of damage dealt (such as the Buff Banner's rage meter), and Bonk! provides no protection from knockback, environmental damage, or telefrags.

After the effect ends, the player receives a 5-second slowdown based on the amount of damage they absorbed while invulnerable. The slow effect scales from 25% at low damage up to 50% after absorbing 200+ damage. The Baby Face's Blaster does not affect the slowdown penalty.

As the process of drinking Bonk! is considered a taunt, it cannot be consumed in instances when taunts cannot be used, such as when underwater. If a Scout who is in the process of drinking Bonk! is propelled into the air by knockback, the drinking animation is cancelled, though this still counts as consumption and drains the recharge meter as such.

While under the influence of Bonk!, the player can still taunt and, by extension, gain kills by using the Home Run kill taunt.

Bonk! Atomic Punch is automatically given to any player who obtains 22 Scout achievements.

Function times

Function times (in seconds)
Effect		The user has temporary invincibility.
Consumption time		1.2 s
Recharge time		22 s
Effect duration		8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Scout		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Bonk! Atomic Punch		Kritzkrieg		Crit-a-Cola
	+		=

Bonk! Atomic Punch		Batter's Helmet		Bonk Helm
x2	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Bonk! Atomic Punch		Force-A-Nature		Soda Popper
	+		+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Bonk! Atomic Punch		Sandman		Atomizer
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Bonk! Atomic Punch Strange Lunch Box - Food Items Eaten: 0 Drink to become invulnerable for 8 seconds. Cannot attack during this time. Damage absorbed will slow you when the effect ends. Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Scout

Artful Dodger Dodge 1000 damage in a single life using your Bonk! Atomic Punch.

Scout Milestone 3 Achieve 22 of the achievements in the Scout pack. Reward: Bonk! Atomic Punch

Update history

February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)

• The Bonk! Atomic Punch was added to the game.

April 20, 2009 Patch

• Scouts now drop the Intelligence if they're carrying it when they start phasing.

June 25, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Bonk! ammo count exploit after using a regeneration locker.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Added recharge sound to abilities with a recharge bar.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the lack of phase effect while using this item.

April 28, 2010 Patch

• Post-use movement penalty removed.
• Now has a re-use cooldown time, like The Sandman.

May 12, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Bonk! Atomic Punch was added in the Crit-a-Cola's crafting blueprint.
• [Undocumented] The Bonk! Atomic Punch was added in the Bonk Helm's crafting blueprint.
• [Undocumented] The Bonk! Atomic Punch was added in the Dalokohs Bar's crafting blueprint.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Scouts will always switch to a melee weapon upon drinking Bonk! Atomic Punch.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• [Undocumented] Bonk! Atomic Punch now defaults to the primary weapon instead of the melee weapon when used.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Bonk! Atomic Punch was removed from the Dalokohs Bar's crafting blueprint.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] The Bonk! Atomic Punch was added in the Atomizer crafting blueprint.
• [Undocumented] The Bonk! Atomic Punch was added in the Soda Popper crafting blueprint.

August 18, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed the particle effect on Bonk! Atomic Punch draw animation not showing in censored version.

August 23, 2011 Patch

• Added simplistic bot behaviors for Bonk! Atomic Punch.

September 15, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Natascha's bullets preventing Scouts from using Bonk! Atomic Punch.

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• Increased duration from 6 to 8 seconds.

August 27, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)

• Added Festive variant.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.

August 19, 2016 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the description of the Festive variant of Bonk! Atomic Punch.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Changed attribute:
  • Apply a slow effect to the player after phasing wears off, based on the amount of damage they absorbed. Speed decreased by -25% at low damage, to -50% at 200+ damage. Lasts 5 seconds.

Bugs

• If the player commits suicide while under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch, the kill is awarded to the last player on the enemy team who dealt damage (using a weapon) against the original player, even if their character was temporarily invincible at the time the damage was taken.
• Despite being unable to capture a control point while under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch, if a Scout is standing on the point when it's captured, the Scout still receives points for the capture.
• If a Scout is knocked into the air while the taunt is in play, the Scout consumes the Bonk! Atomic Punch, but no effect is applied.
• After the Bonk! Atomic Punch slowness effect takes place, it is possible to retain original speed by pressing the left and right buttons repetitively.
• The stun effect after taking damage counts towards the "Brushback" achievement.

Trivia

• Bonk! Atomic Punch cans use a pull-tab opening mechanism, first invented in 1956, as opposed to a stay-on-tab mechanism, which was popularized in the 1970s and is used on most canned beverages nowadays.
• An active adult's daily recommended sugar intake is around 90 grams. Assuming the contents of Bonk! Atomic Punch are as advertised – the drink is said to contain several hundred times the daily recommended amount – the can of Bonk! would weigh at least 9 kilograms.
• The labels for Bonk! Atomic Punch and Crit-a-Cola list the ingredients as water, radiation, and sugar. Several lines of random letters also appear on the label itself.
  • The tagline for the RED team's "Cherry Fission" flavor is "Now with ISOTOPES!", while the tagline for the BLU team's "Blutonium Berry" flavor is "Now with 33% MORE REAL Radiation!".
• According to the Bonk Leadwear's description, Bonk was invented in 1932 by the American soft drink magnate Theophilus Bonk, and it was made of zinc, ammonium chloride, molten salt, and sugar.
• In the comic Grave Matters, an advertisement for Bonk can be seen, as well as an advertisement for the unused model of the Bottle, Blu Streak.
• The label on the RED Festive Bonk reads "Nuclear Winter Wonderland". Nuclear winter is a hypothetical outcome of nuclear war breaking out, which states that resulting fallout, firestorms, and/or airborne debris would bring about rapid climate change and potentially a new ice age.
• The label on the BLU Festive Bonk reads "It's the Reasium for the Caesium", which is a play on words of the saying "reason for the season" and the element caesium, which is liquid just above room temperature, can combust on contact with air (and explodes on contact with liquid water), and an isotope of which, caesium-137, is radioactive and present in nuclear fallout.

Gallery

• 

  BLU variant of the weapon.

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  RED first-person view, Festive variant.

• 

  BLU first-person view, Festive variant.

• 

  Bonk! Atomic Punch Cherry Fission label.

• 

  Bonk! Atomic Punch Blutonium Berry label.

• 

  Festive Bonk! Atomic Punch Exothermic Eggnog label.

• 

  Festive Bonk! Atomic Punch Mulled Mistletopes label.

• 

  RED Bonk Helm.

• 

  BLU Bonk Helm.

See also

• Bonk! Atomic Punch strategy
• Crit-a-Cola
• Festive weapons

External links

• The Scout Update - 'Bonk' Energy Drink