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| type              = action
 
| type              = action
 
| image              = Backpack Pile o' Gifts.png
 
| image              = Backpack Pile o' Gifts.png
| used-by            = [[Classes|All classes]]
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| used-by            = {{used by|All classes}}
| released          = {{Patch name|9|30|2010}}<br>([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
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| released          = {{Patch name|9|30|2010}}
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| released-major    = Mann-Conomy Update
 
| availability      = {{avail|purchase}}
 
| availability      = {{avail|purchase}}
 
| trade              = yes
 
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| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
   | item-kind        = Gift
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   | item-kind        = {{item kind|Gift}}
 
   | item-level      = 23
 
   | item-level      = 23
   | item-description = When used, this Action Item gives a random gift<br>to up to 23 other people on the server!
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   | item-description = {{item description|Pile o' Gifts}}
 
   | item-uses        = 1
 
   | item-uses        = 1
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Administrator''' on gift-giving|Warning! A friendship has been detected!|sound=Announcer dec missionbegins60s03.wav}}
 
{{Quotation|'''The Administrator''' on gift-giving|Warning! A friendship has been detected!|sound=Announcer dec missionbegins60s03.wav}}
  
The '''Pile o' Gifts''' is an [[Action items|action item]] that, when used, gives a random item to up to 23 other people on the same server as the user. It is represented by three [[Secret Saxton]]s of varying color and shape. The Pile o' Gifts can be used once, and notifies every other player on the server of the user's generosity. This item cannot be used while it is untradeable.
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The '''Pile o' Gifts''' is an [[Action items|action item]] It is represented by three [[Secret Saxton]]s of varying color and shape.
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When used, it gives a random item to up to 23 other people on the same server as the user. it can be used once, and notifies every other player on the server of the user's generosity. This item cannot be used while it is [[Trading|untradeable]].
  
 
The Pile o' Gifts functions just as the Secret Saxton does, but gives a gift to as many as 23 other players, instead of a single player at random.
 
The Pile o' Gifts functions just as the Secret Saxton does, but gives a gift to as many as 23 other players, instead of a single player at random.
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== Contents ==
 
== Contents ==
Items acquired through the Pile o' Gifts have the standard "Gifted From: Player Name" text under the description, as an item that had been [[Gift Wrap|gift wrapped]] would have. Any item normally found via random [[Item drop system|drop]] is able to be obtained through the Pile o' Gifts, making receiving a gift an effectively free drop. All gifts received are tradable and can be used in crafting.
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Items acquired through the Pile o' Gifts have the standard "Gifted From: Player Name" text under the description, as an item that had been [[Gift Wrap|gift wrap]]ped would have. Any item normally found via random [[Item drop system|drop]] is able to be obtained through the Pile o' Gifts, making receiving a gift an effectively free drop. All gifts received are tradable and can be used in crafting.
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|3|28|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|3|28|2012}}'''
 
* Added [[Gifting Man From Gifting Land|daily periodic reward hat]] for gifts given.
 
* Added [[Gifting Man From Gifting Land|daily periodic reward hat]] for gifts given.
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== Unused content ==
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A backpack icon for a Halloween variant is left over in the game's files as {{code|gift_multiple_spells}}, presumably used for gifting [[Halloween Spells]].
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* If the Pile o' Gifts is used and a player on the server is awarded a [[Secret Saxton]], then they receive an additional gift, granting the player two gifted items. The additional Secret Saxton does not increase the [[Spirit of Giving]] counter, the normal gift does.
 
* If the Pile o' Gifts is used and a player on the server is awarded a [[Secret Saxton]], then they receive an additional gift, granting the player two gifted items. The additional Secret Saxton does not increase the [[Spirit of Giving]] counter, the normal gift does.
 
* The item level is based on the maximum number of gifts given when used.
 
* The item level is based on the maximum number of gifts given when used.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:Backpack Halloween Gift Pile.png|The unused Halloween variant, the Spellbook is cut off due to not being included in the [[w:Alpha compositing|alpha channel]].
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</gallery>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Secret Saxton]]
 
* [[Secret Saxton]]
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* [[Spirit of Giving]]
 
* [[Gift Wrap]]
 
* [[Gift Wrap]]
 
* [[Gifting Man From Gifting Land]]
 
* [[Gifting Man From Gifting Land]]

Latest revision as of 11:43, 17 August 2024

Warning! A friendship has been detected!
The Administrator on gift-giving

The Pile o' Gifts is an action item It is represented by three Secret Saxtons of varying color and shape.

When used, it gives a random item to up to 23 other people on the same server as the user. it can be used once, and notifies every other player on the server of the user's generosity. This item cannot be used while it is untradeable.

The Pile o' Gifts functions just as the Secret Saxton does, but gives a gift to as many as 23 other players, instead of a single player at random.

If a server has a player limit greater than 24, a gift is given to the first 23 players that connected to the server. Similarly, if the server has a player limit less than 24, it only gives out one gift to each player. The user of the tool never receives a gift from their own Pile o' Gifts, and is thus purely selfless like a singular Secret Saxton.

Contents

Items acquired through the Pile o' Gifts have the standard "Gifted From: Player Name" text under the description, as an item that had been gift wrapped would have. Any item normally found via random drop is able to be obtained through the Pile o' Gifts, making receiving a gift an effectively free drop. All gifts received are tradable and can be used in crafting.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Pile o' Gifts was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

December 21, 2011 Patch

  • Gifts from Secret Saxtons and Piles o' Gifts now have a chance to grant a gift in addition to whatever item they would have granted normally.

March 28, 2012 Patch

Unused content

A backpack icon for a Halloween variant is left over in the game's files as gift_multiple_spells, presumably used for gifting Halloween Spells.

Trivia

  • If the Pile o' Gifts is used and a player on the server is awarded a Secret Saxton, then they receive an additional gift, granting the player two gifted items. The additional Secret Saxton does not increase the Spirit of Giving counter, the normal gift does.
  • The item level is based on the maximum number of gifts given when used.

Gallery

See also