User:Kreafan/Item Origin

All items have an assigned origin. Origin determines the way of how the item was given to the player and always connected with the current owner's backpack.

An item may only have one assigned origin at a time, which cannot be altered except through certain circumstances by Valve.

The names of the various origins are defined in the game files.

Origin names

There are 20 origin names at the moment:

Timed Drop

Achievement

Purchased

Traded

Crafted

Store Promotion

Gifted

Support Granted

Found in Crate

Earned

Third-Party Promotion

Wrapped Gift

Halloween-Drop

Steam Purchase

Foreign Item

CD Key

Collection Reward

Preview Item

Steam Workshop Contribution

Unknown

Name	Example	Description
Timed Drop	Spirit of Giving, Primeval Warrior, Golden Wrench, randomly dropped items	This origin will be flagged, if the item was found by random drop or gained as a limited-time event item (for example, TF Birthday or Winter Holidays), usually mentioned in blog posts and available to all players. The only limit here is the time.
Achievement	Iron Curtain, 'Fish', Full Head of Steam	This origin will be flagged, if the item was gained by completing the necessary achievement in TF2 (or another game).
Purchased	World Traveler's Hat, Key, everything purchasable in the Mann Co Store	This origin will be flagged, if the item was purchased/bought in Mann Co Store.
Traded	Vintage Flaregun, Strange Powerjack, Genuine Maul,Key, Refined Metal	This origin will be flagged, if the item was taken via Trading.
Crafted	Refined Metal, random Hat	This origin will be flagged, if the item was created by a craft.
Store Promotion	Mann Co. Cap, The Jag	This origin will be flagged, if the item was gained by purchasing the items in Mann Co Store and if there is a promotion in Mann Co Store (for example, the 1st purchased item).
Gifted	Seal Mask, Manniversary Paper Hat, Steel Pipes	This origin will be flagged, if the item was gifted to the player after the box is opened (from another player or from VALVe)
Support Granted	Usually, any achievement or steam purchased item	This origin will be flagged, if the item was given by the Steam Support after the user has been helped with his/her problem of gaining the necessary item (eg., the player has deleted the item by an accident). Or if VALVe want to give a special item to a special person (eg., Community Item or Self-Made).
Found in Crate	Napper's Respite	This origin will be flagged, if the item was found by opening the crate
Earned	Professor Speks, Dueling Badge, Dueling Mini-Game	This origin will be flagged, if the item was given by completing certain in-game conditions (not achievement). (For example, if you have won 10 duels.)
Third-Party Promotion	Bounty Hat, Ebenezer, Lo-Fi Longwave, Wiki Cap, Earbuds, tournament medals	This origin will be flagged, if the item was given by participating/winning in the Third-Party Promotion (can be found in the table of the Promotional Items, part "Events").
Wrapped Gift	A Carefully Wrapped Gift	This origin will be flagged for the Wrapped Gift, taken from another player (gifter).
Halloween-Drop	Haunted Futankhamun, Silver Bullets	This origin is used for the Halloween 2011 items only (Haunted and Unique items from the Haunted Halloween Gifts).
Steam Purchase	Genuine items, Foster's Facade, Proof of Purchase, Superfan, Summer Shades	This origin is used for the items, gained by purchasing the games, which include promotional items, or by participating in the certain of the Steam Promotion.
Foreign Item	???	???
CD Key	Genuine Killer Exclusive, Genuine Righteous Bison	This origin will be flagged, if the item is added by entering the CD Key in Steam.
Collection Reward	???	???
Preview Item	Any item from the Mann Co Store	This origin is connected to the item, taken for the limited-time only in Mann Co Store.
Steam Workshop Contribution	Self-Made Brown Bomber	Items, which are approved in Steam Workshop, have this origin (previously approved self-made items have the "Support Granted" origin, if they were added before the Steam Workshop was implemented).
Unknown	Dueler	Periodical hats have this kind of origin.

Item origins distribution

(coming soon...)