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− | + | {{Quotation|'''[[Saxton Hale]]'''|When a robot kills a human, we erupt into a pleading [[Gibs|mist of blood, meat particles]] and tears, which you can't really trade for anything. But when a robot dies, he explodes in a [[Credits|shower of money]], which, during between-wave lulls, you can exchange at any Upgrade Station for weapon, item and ability upgrades.}} | |
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− | | | + | An '''Upgrade Station''' is a place for players to buy weapon upgrades, abilities, and [[Power Up Canteen]] buffs in [[Mann vs. Machine]]. Players may access any kiosk in the base at any time to purchase upgrades with collected [[credits]]. The cost of each upgrade does not increase with a repeated purchase. Between waves, players may modulate the number of levels in an upgrade by pressing the '''+''' and '''-''' buttons to redistribute their credits if they have made a mistake before accepting the upgrade. Once accepting the upgrade it cannot be revoked unless all upgrades are refunded. |
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− | + | Upgrades cannot be refunded during a wave. During the first wave, upgrades can be individually refunded by pressing the minus button to regain the money spent for it and forfeit the upgrade. This includes missions where there is only one wave, such as [[Caliginous Caper (mission)|Caliginous Caper]]. During any wave, the button to refund is grayed out, preventing a full refund of every upgrade. | |
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− | {{Quotation|'''[[Saxton Hale]]'''|When a robot kills a human, we erupt into a pleading mist of blood, meat particles and tears, which you can't really trade for anything. But when a robot dies, he explodes in a shower of money, which, during between-wave lulls, you can exchange at any Upgrade Station for weapon, item and ability upgrades.}} | ||
− | An '''Upgrade Station''' is a place for players to buy weapon upgrades, abilities, and [[Power Up Canteen]] buffs in [[ | ||
− | + | During the setup of the first wave of the mission, upgrades can be sold back if the player wants to change weapons, classes, or buy a different upgrade. During the setup for each wave, players may refund their upgrades in the upgrade station menu as many times as necessary. A {{botignore|wrench}} icon ([[File:MvM Class upgraded.png|15px]]) appears next to a class in the Class Selection Menu if that class already has upgrades applied to it. Upgrades apply to only a single weapon or to a single class if the upgrades purchased directly affect the player. Un-equipping a weapon deactivates all upgrades associated with that weapon, but they are regained if the player re-equips it. Disconnecting from a server and rejoining allows the player to retain their current amount of credits and upgrades if the player chooses the same class. | |
− | + | Failing to complete a wave refunds the credits spent during the setup of that wave to give the player a chance to use a different strategy. It does not refund every upgrade gained across every wave. | |
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+ | Since there are no [[Resupply Cabinet]]s in the base, purchasing an upgrade from an Upgrade Station restores the player's health and ammo. Players cannot heal using the Upgrade Station during waves and may only refill their ammo across all weapons. | ||
+ | == User Interface == | ||
+ | [[Image:MvM Upgrade UI.png|right|300px]] | ||
+ | Upgrade Stations are accessed by walking up to them. By default, the primary weapon slot is selected. The UI automatically shades upgrades in a slot if the player cannot afford them. Players may hit the "Cancel" button at any time or simply walk away from the kiosk before accepting an upgrade to regain the credits used during the session. | ||
=== Class === | === Class === | ||
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=== Weapon === | === Weapon === | ||
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==== Primary ==== | ==== Primary ==== | ||
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==== Secondary ==== | ==== Secondary ==== | ||
− | { | + | {{Upgrade station secondary}} |
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==== Melee ==== | ==== Melee ==== | ||
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− | + | === Other === | |
+ | ==== Sapper ==== | ||
+ | {{Upgrade station sapper}} | ||
− | + | ==== Buildings ==== | |
− | + | {{Upgrade station building}} | |
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=== Power Up Canteen === | === Power Up Canteen === | ||
+ | {{Upgrade station canteen}} | ||
− | + | ''Note certain weapons cannot be upgraded. These include:'' | |
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− | ''Note certain weapons cannot be upgraded. These include: | ||
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* [[Gunboats]] | * [[Gunboats]] | ||
* [[Mantreads]] | * [[Mantreads]] | ||
+ | * [[B.A.S.E. Jumper]] | ||
* [[Ali Baba's Wee Booties]] | * [[Ali Baba's Wee Booties]] | ||
* [[Bootlegger]] | * [[Bootlegger]] | ||
− | ' | + | * [[Wrangler]] |
+ | * [[Darwin's Danger Shield]] | ||
+ | * [[Cozy Camper]] | ||
== Related achievements == | == Related achievements == | ||
− | === | + | === {{Achiev type link|mvm}} === |
{{Achievement table | {{Achievement table | ||
− | | | + | | col1 = |
{{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Maximum Performance}} | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Maximum Performance}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|System Upgrade}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Shell Extension}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Ghost In The Machine}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Kritical Terror}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|German Engineering}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Undelete}} | ||
+ | | col2 = | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Do Androids Dream?}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Heavy Mettle}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Vial Sharing}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Wall Of Pain}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Robot Flush}} | ||
+ | {{Show achievement|Mann vs. Machievements|Dazed And Defused}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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== Update history == | == Update history == | ||
− | '''{{Patch name|8|15|2012}}''' | + | {{Update history| |
− | * Added Mann vs. Machine | + | '''{{Patch name|8|15|2012}}''' ({{update link|Mann vs. Machine (update)}}) |
+ | * Added Mann vs. Machine. | ||
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'''{{Patch name|8|17|2012}}''' | '''{{Patch name|8|17|2012}}''' | ||
− | * Fixed a client crash related to the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel | + | * Fixed a client crash related to the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel. |
− | * Fixed seeing incorrect upgrades in the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel | + | * Fixed seeing incorrect upgrades in the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel. |
− | * Updated upgrade icons to remove numbers | + | * Updated upgrade icons to remove numbers. |
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+ | '''{{Patch name|8|23|2012}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed the Metal Regen upgrade displaying a percentage instead of an incremental value. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|9|4|2012}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed a client money display issue when purchasing or selling bottle charges after changing classes. | ||
+ | * Fixed Sniper Rifle reload upgrade not reducing the time delay from hip shot to scoping. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|9|21|2012}}''' | ||
+ | * Added the ability to buy projectile penetration for the Crusader's Crossbow. | ||
+ | * Fixed the Medi Gun overheal duration attribute causing the overheal effect to decay faster, rather than slower. | ||
+ | * Fixed the Demoman shields not saving their upgrades upon round reset. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|9|27|2012}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed a bug where players could only buy 1 upgrade at a time from the upgrade station. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|10|9|2012}}''' | ||
+ | * Balance changes: | ||
+ | ** Explosive Headshots | ||
+ | *** Damage is now 150 regardless of upgrade level. | ||
+ | *** Damage is done in one tick instead of the previous six. | ||
+ | *** Added a slowing effect based on upgrade level (50%-80% slow, 2-4 second duration). | ||
+ | *** Radius still scales with upgrade level (unchanged). | ||
+ | ** Marked For Death duration reduced to 7 seconds from 15 seconds when the target is a giant robot. | ||
+ | ** Reduced the "effect bar recharge rate increased" upgrade from 20% increments with an 80% cap to 15% increments with a 60% cap. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|7|10|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * In MvM, when robots are killed by Sniper headshots or explosive headshot upgrade, they will drop 'red' money that will automatically be collected when it would otherwise dissolve. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|8|27|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed a bug that prevented the Medi Gun's "Share Power Ups" upgrade from working correctly in Mann vs. Machine mode. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|10|29|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * Inspecting a player in Mann vs. Machine (default key: {{key|F}}) now shows the upgrades of the player who is currently being inspected. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|11|21|2013}}''' ({{update link|Two Cities Update}}) | ||
+ | * Players can earn a "Refund Upgrades" credit by collecting money during waves | ||
+ | ** The amount required is listed in the scoreboard, and varies per-mission | ||
+ | ** Any money collected – whether winning or losing – will count toward earning a credit | ||
+ | ** To redeem, visit an Upgrades station and click the "Refund Upgrades" button | ||
+ | ** Any money spent on buy-backs and Canteen charges will not be refunded | ||
+ | * Medic | ||
+ | ** Projectile Shield Upgrade | ||
+ | *** Build Energy by healing teammates, reviving and preventing damage via Invuln ÜberCharge. | ||
+ | *** Press <code>ATTACK3</code> to activate when Energy meter is full (<code>mouse3</code> by default) | ||
+ | *** While active: | ||
+ | **** Blocks all enemy projectiles | ||
+ | **** Damages enemies on touch | ||
+ | ** [[Mad Milk]] Syringes Upgrade | ||
+ | *** Syringe Gun needles apply Mad Milk (heal-on-hit for teammates) on contact | ||
+ | ** Healing Mastery Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades) | ||
+ | *** +25% heal rate per point | ||
+ | *** +25% revive rate per point | ||
+ | *** +25% self-regen rate per point | ||
+ | ** Overheal Expert Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades) | ||
+ | *** +25% more overheal per point | ||
+ | *** +50% duration per point | ||
+ | ** Canteen Specialist Upgrade | ||
+ | *** Shares canteen charge effects with heal target | ||
+ | *** +1 second charge duration per point | ||
+ | *** -10 canteen charge price per point | ||
+ | * Soldier | ||
+ | ** Rocket Specialist Upgrade | ||
+ | *** +15% rocket speed per point | ||
+ | *** On direct hits | ||
+ | **** Stuns target (duration increases per point) | ||
+ | **** +15% increased blast radius per point | ||
+ | **** No range-based falloff damage | ||
+ | * Heavy | ||
+ | ** Attack Projectiles Upgrade | ||
+ | *** Now has two levels | ||
+ | **** Level one is less effective than before | ||
+ | **** Level two is more effective than level one used to be | ||
+ | *** Price reduced from 600 to 400 per point | ||
+ | ** Rage Pushback upgrade activation moved to <code>ATTACK3</code> (<code>mouse3</code> by default) | ||
+ | * Lowered the cost of the Bullet and Blast Resistance upgrades from 350 to 300 | ||
+ | * Added Demoman upgrade: -30% Push Force on wearer | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|11|22|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed a server crash related to damaging the tank with the new Medic shield. | ||
+ | * Fixed the Health Regen MvM upgrade string mistakenly displaying % | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|12|6|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed players who join in the middle of a mission not receiving the Upgrade Refund credit if it has been earned by the team. | ||
+ | * Fixed an exploit that allowed purchasing upgrades for weapons other than what they were intended for. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|1|9|2014}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed an exploit in Mann vs. Machine related to purchasing upgrades. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|2|7|2014}} #1''' | ||
+ | * Fixed an exploit that allowed players to purchase/sell the Canteen Specialist upgrade to get more money than they originally spent. | ||
+ | * Fixed a bug that caused players to not receive an Upgrade Refund Credit when they should have. | ||
+ | * Fixed the UI not updating properly if an Upgrade Refund Credit is earned after the wave has ended. | ||
+ | * Fixed the MvM upgrade menu closing when a Strange item has its counter increment. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|2|19|2014}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed a Mann vs. Machine bug related to upgrades after a retry/reconnect. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|3|5|2014}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed an exploit in Mann vs. Machine mode related to purchasing upgrades for free. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|5|15|2014}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed the Engineer being able to purchase the Disposable Sentry Gun upgrade in Mann vs. Machine, build a disposable Sentry Gun, and then refund the upgrade without the Sentry being destroyed. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|6|20|2014}}''' | ||
+ | * Updated the B.A.S.E. Jumper to prevent buying unusable upgrades in Mann vs. Machine. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|10|27|2017}}''' | ||
+ | * Removed the "Faster recharge rate" upgrades from The Dragon's Fury. | ||
+ | * Fixed the missing "Increased Airblast Push Force" upgrade on The Dragon's Fury. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|7|7|2022}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed Übercharge charge rate and duration upgrade not working for the [[Vaccinator]]. | ||
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+ | '''{{Patch name|7|12|2023}} #1''' ({{update link|Summer 2023}}) | ||
+ | * Fixed the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel closing after receiving a matchmaking party invite. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | == Unused content == | ||
+ | * There are many additional sound files for Projectile Shield upgrade; they are referred to in the game files as "<code>prefix_burn_suffix</code>". These would likely be used when multiple projectiles are blocked by the Projectile Shield. There is also another unused sound that would be used if the user retracted the shield after switching weapons. | ||
+ | * Inside the game files, there are 3 upgrades to be found that are not currently in the game; They include a radius of Sentry Gun upgrade, regeneration of a percent of a mercenary's max ammo every 5 seconds upgrade, and gaining more credits through an additively stacking percent multiplier upgrade. | ||
+ | * There is an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7eJg7hRvqE unused song] in the game's files that would possibly be played while the player used an Upgrade Station. | ||
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+ | == Bugs == | ||
+ | * Changing a weapon via [[Loadout|loadout screen]] before walking up to the upgrade station, then buying a single upgrade, prevents buying (most) upgrades that cannot normally be bought on the new weapon. For example, having the [[Air Strike]] equipped, switching to the [[Cow Mangler]], buying a movement speed upgrade, and then buying ammo capacity in the Air Strike tab does not take credits away from the player's balance and does not apply the ammo upgrade to the Cow Mangler since it cannot be normally bought that. Purchasing an upgrade in the original item, such as a damage upgrade on the Air Strike, the money is taken away and the player does not get the damage upgrade on their Cow Mangler, however any future upgrades in the Air Strike tab apply to the Cow Mangler if they can normally be bought. The first upgrade bought cannot be refunded if the player is not on wave 1. | ||
+ | ** There are select weapons that have "ghost upgrades" that can be purchased using this bug. The most commonly abused and useful one of these is being able to buy a firing speed upgrade on the [[Soda Popper]]. | ||
+ | * Occasionally, when on the Canteen charges page, clicking once on any upgrade's + sign gives the player two charges for the Canteen, at the same cost of purchasing one charge twice, though only one circle fills. The player ends up with those two charges upon clicking "accept", and the interface returns to the correct number of circles filled the next time the player goes to the station. | ||
+ | * The second firing speed upgrade for every Minigun (except [[Tomislav]]) has no effect; also due to the firing rate being tick based, the indicated percentage is wrong, the first/second upgrade increases firing speed by 14%, third by 29% and fourth by 43%. For the Tomislav, the first firing speed does not work, and the second tick increases the rate by 13%, 25% for the third upgrade, and 38% for the fourth upgrade.<ref> [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=524625631 Graph] explaining Minigun firerates.</ref> | ||
+ | ** Sentry Guns do not benefit from the second or third upgrades of firing speed in a normal server; however, if the server's simulation tick timing is slightly off, then the first tick does not work and the second tick is required to gain any benefit. Using hitsounds is the best way to judge if the first tick actually worked since it is impossible to know if the server tick is off. A Crit canteen always gives the player the fastest firing speed possible regardless of how many ticks are purchased or if it is wrangled.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=524625657 Graph] explaining Sentry Gun firing rate.</ref> | ||
+ | * Inspecting another player, walking up to the Upgrade Station, and hitting cancel results in showing the player an upgrade screen for the other player. The only buttons that can be pressed are cancel and refund, which refund your upgrades. | ||
+ | * Buying "+2s Crits On Kill" and/or "+25% Damage" upgrades on the [[Half-Zatoichi]] as a Demoman can carry over when the player switches to Soldier with the same weapon equipped, despite the Soldier being unable to buy neither Crits On Kill nor Damage upgrades. | ||
+ | * The "Mad Milk Syringes" upgrade on the Medic's Syringe Guns can lower the duration of milk already applied by the Scout's [[Mad Milk]]. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
− | * There are several items visible inside the Upgrade Station | + | * There are several items visible inside the Upgrade Station, the most notable being one of the many scrapped weapons used for the scrapped grenade slot, which are the [[Bear Trap]] and the [[Frag Grenade]]. |
− | + | * The texture for the Upgrade Station contains a hidden note in the top left corner, which cannot be seen in-game, which reads: | |
− | + | "WEAPONS OF THE DAY: GRENADES | |
− | * | + | FREE AMMO REFILL WITH PURCHASE<br/> |
− | + | HAVE A NICE DAY. | |
− | + | DON'T DIE, OR, WELL, DO DIE... WHATEVER. | |
− | + | JUST DON'T GET BLOOD ON MY FLOOR." | |
− | + | * Comments in the game's development code suggest that the Canteen Specialist upgrade would have originally increased how many Canteen charges the Medic could carry, up to 6 at once.<ref>game/shared/tf/tf_item_powerup_bottle.cpp:L541-542</ref> | |
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− | + | == Gallery == | |
− | + | <gallery> | |
− | + | File:Projectile Shield Example.png|A demonstration of the Projectile Shield effect. | |
− | + | File:MVM Upgrade Texture.png|The Upgrade Station texture showing the hidden note. | |
− | + | </gallery> | |
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+ | == References == | ||
+ | <references/> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
− | * [ | + | * [https://www.teamfortress.com/mvm/mercs/ "The Mercs" update page] |
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“ | When a robot kills a human, we erupt into a pleading mist of blood, meat particles and tears, which you can't really trade for anything. But when a robot dies, he explodes in a shower of money, which, during between-wave lulls, you can exchange at any Upgrade Station for weapon, item and ability upgrades.
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An Upgrade Station is a place for players to buy weapon upgrades, abilities, and Power Up Canteen buffs in Mann vs. Machine. Players may access any kiosk in the base at any time to purchase upgrades with collected credits. The cost of each upgrade does not increase with a repeated purchase. Between waves, players may modulate the number of levels in an upgrade by pressing the + and - buttons to redistribute their credits if they have made a mistake before accepting the upgrade. Once accepting the upgrade it cannot be revoked unless all upgrades are refunded.
Upgrades cannot be refunded during a wave. During the first wave, upgrades can be individually refunded by pressing the minus button to regain the money spent for it and forfeit the upgrade. This includes missions where there is only one wave, such as Caliginous Caper. During any wave, the button to refund is grayed out, preventing a full refund of every upgrade.
During the setup of the first wave of the mission, upgrades can be sold back if the player wants to change weapons, classes, or buy a different upgrade. During the setup for each wave, players may refund their upgrades in the upgrade station menu as many times as necessary. A wrench icon () appears next to a class in the Class Selection Menu if that class already has upgrades applied to it. Upgrades apply to only a single weapon or to a single class if the upgrades purchased directly affect the player. Un-equipping a weapon deactivates all upgrades associated with that weapon, but they are regained if the player re-equips it. Disconnecting from a server and rejoining allows the player to retain their current amount of credits and upgrades if the player chooses the same class.
Failing to complete a wave refunds the credits spent during the setup of that wave to give the player a chance to use a different strategy. It does not refund every upgrade gained across every wave.
Since there are no Resupply Cabinets in the base, purchasing an upgrade from an Upgrade Station restores the player's health and ammo. Players cannot heal using the Upgrade Station during waves and may only refill their ammo across all weapons.
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User Interface
Upgrade Stations are accessed by walking up to them. By default, the primary weapon slot is selected. The UI automatically shades upgrades in a slot if the player cannot afford them. Players may hit the "Cancel" button at any time or simply walk away from the kiosk before accepting an upgrade to regain the credits used during the session.
Class
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Upgrade | Classes | Cost | Level | Notes | |
+25% Blast Resistance | ![]() |
300 | 3 | Take less damage from explosions, including rocket and sticky jumps. | |
+25% Bullet Resistance | 300 | 3 | Take less damage from hitscan weapons and taunt attacks. | ||
+10% Movement Speed | 200 | 3 | Adds 10% to movement speed. | ||
+2 Health Regen | 200 | 5 | Regenerates health every second. | ||
+20% Jump Height | 100 | 3 | Jump higher. | ||
+25% Fire Resistance | 150 | 3 | Take less damage from fire and afterburn. | ||
+30% Crit Resistance | 150 | 3 | Take less damage from critical hits. | ||
+5 Metal Regen | ![]() |
200 | 5 | Metal is regenerated every 5 seconds. |
Weapon
Primary
Primary weapons' upgrades | |||||
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Upgrade | Weapons | Cost | Level | Notes | |
Destroy Projectiles | ![]() |
400 | 2 | Bullets destroy Rockets and Grenades mid-flight. Increased accuracy and frequency per level. Level increases cooldown (0.3 / 0.1 seconds) and how many hits it takes to destroy a projectile (2 / 1). Crits take one hit to destroy a projectile regardless of level. | |
Knockback Rage | 350 | 3 | Generate Rage by dealing damage. When fully charged, press the Special-Attack key to activate knockback. Activation cuts damage by 50%. | ||
+1 Projectile Penetration | 400 | 3 | Projectiles penetrate an additional enemy player. | ||
+20% Damage | ![]() |
500 | 4 | ||
+25% Projectile Speed | ![]() |
150 | 4, 3 | ||
Rocket Specialist | ![]() |
300 | 4 | +15% rocket speed per point. On direct hits: rocket does maximum damage, stuns target, and blast radius increased +15% per point. | |
+25% Damage | ![]() |
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400 | 4, 3 | |
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+2 Clip Size | ![]() |
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400 | 4 | |
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+50% Clip Size | ![]() |
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400, 200 | 4 | |
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Projectile Penetration | ![]() |
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400, 200 | 1 | Projectiles penetrate enemy players. |
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Explosive Headshot | ![]() |
350 | 3 | Headshots (lethal or otherwise) damage and slow enemies near target. Rank increases damage (150 / 170 / 190), explosion radius, slow strength (50% / 65% / 80% slow) and duration (2 / 3 / 4 seconds). | |
+25% Faster Charge | 200 | 4 | |||
+5s Bleed On Target | ![]() |
200 | 3 | ||
+50% Ammo Capacity | ![]()
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250 | 3 | Ammo pickups grant more ammo proportionately. | |
+20% Reload Speed | ![]() |
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250 | 3 | |
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+10% Firing Speed | ![]() |
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200, 350, 100 | 4 | |
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+25 Health On Kill | ![]()
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200, 100 | 4 | ||
+25% Burn Damage | ![]() |
250 | 4 | Afterburn damage bonus. | |
+25% Burn Time | 250 | 4 | Afterburn duration. Defunct on Flamethrower weapons but still works on applicable Flare gun weapons. | ||
+25% Airblast Force | ![]() |
100 | 4 | ||
Mad Milk Syringes | ![]() |
200 | 1 | Syringes deliver a highly concentrated dose of Mad Milk. Duration increases per hit to a max at 4 seconds. |
Secondary
Secondary weapons' upgrades | |||||
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Upgrade | Weapons | Cost | Level | Notes | |
+20% Damage | ![]() |
500 | 4 | ||
+50% Clip Size | ![]() |
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200, 400 | 4 | |
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Projectile Penetration | ![]() |
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200 | 1 | Projectiles penetrate enemy players. |
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+25 Health On Kill | ![]()
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100, 200 | 4 | ||
+50% Ammo Capacity | ![]()
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125, 250 | 3, 2 | Ammo pickups grant more ammo accordingly. | |
+20% Reload Speed | ![]() |
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250 | 3 | |
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+15% Recharge Rate | ![]() |
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250 | 4 | Gas Passer only: Recharge rate is also applied to recharge rate done by damage, while also increasing the base rate that builds over time. |
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+25% Buff Duration | ![]() |
250 | 2 | ||
+10% Firing Speed | ![]() |
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100, 200 | 4, 2, 1 | |
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-35% Speed On Target | ![]() |
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200 | 1 | Does not stack. |
+100% Charge Recharge Rate | ![]() |
150 | 4 | ||
-30% Push Force On Wearer | 100 | 3 | Reduced the push force from enemies attack. | ||
+25% Burn Damage | ![]() |
250 | 4 | Afterburn damage bonus. | |
+25% Burn Time | 250 | 4 | Afterburn duration. | ||
Explode on Ignite | ![]() |
400 | 1 | Explosion deals up to 350 splash damage. | |
Able to re-launch while already in-flight | ![]() |
400 | 1 | ||
Stun enemies when you land | 300 | 1 | |||
+25% ÜberCharge Rate | ![]() |
300 | 4, 3, 1 | ||
Projectile Shield | 300 | 2 | Build energy by healing teammates or healing teammates attacking. When fully charged, press the Special-Attack key to deploy a frontal projectile shield. The shield damages robots who touch it. Level 2 upgrade increases the shield width. | ||
+2s Über Duration | 250 | 3 | |||
Overheal Expert | 250 | 4 | +25% more Overheal, +50% longer duration per point | ||
Healing Mastery | 250 | 4 | +25% heal rate for patient, +25% faster revive rate, and +25% self heal rate, per point | ||
Canteen Specialist | 200 | 3 | Share Canteens with your heal target, +1 duration, -10 Canteen upgrade price per point (minimum cost of 5). Must confirm upgrade for price reduction to work. |
Melee
Melee weapons' upgrades | |||||
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Upgrade | Weapons | Cost | Level | Notes | |
+10% Attack Speed | ![]()
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200 | 4 | Increasing the Engineer's melee speed allows him to build, upgrade, resupply, and repair buildings faster. | |
+25 Health On Kill | ![]()
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100, 200 | 4, 3, 2 | ||
+25% Damage | ![]() |
400 | 4, 3 | Upgrade only appears if the Demoman equips a Shield. If the Demoman equips any Stickybomb Launcher, this upgrade no longer appears; however, any previously purchased levels still apply. | |
Armor Penetration | ![]() |
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400 | 4 | Allows backstabs against giant robots at X% (out of 750) damage. |
+2s Crits On Kill | ![]() |
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350 | 2 | 2 seconds of 100% Critical hit chance per level; switching weapons retains critical hits. |
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+15% Recharge Rate | ![]() |
250 | 4, 2 | Faster baseball/bauble recharge rate. | |
+100% Max Misc Ammo | 100 | 6 | Gives the Scout one extra baseball/bauble per level. | ||
Ball Marks Target | ![]() |
500 | 1 | One target at a time is marked for death on hit with either the Sandman or its baseball projectile. The time is reduced to 7 seconds if the target is a giant robot. | |
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Other
Sapper
Building weapons' upgrades | |||||
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Upgrade | Weapons | Cost | Level | Notes | |
Robot Sapper Power | ![]() |
350 | 3 | Increases robot Sapper radius and duration. The first level does not increase duration, but gives the sapper 200 Hammer units of range, while higher levels increases sapper duration by 1.5 seconds and the range by 25 Hammer units. |
Buildings
These are available only to the Engineer.
Buildings' upgrades | |||||
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Upgrade | Buildings | Cost | Level | Notes | |
+1 Disposable Sentry Gun | ![]() |
500 | 1 | Gives the player a disposable Mini-Sentry, which is built by choosing to build a Sentry Gun when the player's primary Sentry already exists. This Mini-Sentry cannot be upgraded, repaired, resupplied, or wrangled. It is slightly smaller than the Combat Mini-Sentry from the Gunslinger and fires at the rate of normal level 1 Sentry Gun. Once it runs out of ammunition, it self-destructs. Not affected by building health upgrades. | |
+50% Max Metal Capacity | 200 | 4 | +50% metal to the Engineer, not the buildings. | ||
+100% Building Health | All Buildings | 400 | 3 | ||
+10% Sentry Firing Speed | ![]() ![]() |
350 | 3 | 10% faster sentry fire rate. | |
2-Way Teleporters | ![]() |
250 | 1 | Allows players to stand on a Teleporter Exit and teleport to the Entrance in addition to the normal Entrance-to-Exit functionality. Both directions use the same charge meter. If there is a player on each end, whoever got there first is teleported to the other side. | |
+100% Dispenser Range | ![]() |
100 | 3 | Players can stand further away from the Dispenser to gain Ammo, Metal, and Health. |
Power Up Canteen
These are available to any class with a Power Up Canteen, Battery Canteens, or Kritz or Treat Canteen in their Action Slot. Canteens can have a maximum of three charges and only one charge type at a time.
Canteen's upgrades | |||||
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Upgrade | Classes | Cost | Notes | ||
Become Crit Boosted | ![]() |
100 | Crits user and triples Sentry Gun fire rate for 5 seconds. | ||
Become Übercharged | 75 | ÜberCharge and puts a Wrangler shield that blocks 90% of incoming damage around your Sentry for 5 seconds. This Wrangler shield does not stack with existent Wrangler shields. | |||
Refill Clips and Ammo | 25 | Instantly refills almost all weapons' clips and ammunition. Refills metal for Engineers and Sapper for Spies. Does not refill the charge for Gas Passer, Demoman Shields, Lunchbox items for Heavy, Energy-based weapons aside from the Phlogistinator, the Razorback, or Cloak. | |||
Teleport to Spawn | 10 | Instantly teleport to spawn and grants a 5 second speed boost. | |||
Building Upgrade | ![]() |
50 | Upgrades all existing buildings to Level 3 and fully restores their health. |
Note certain weapons cannot be upgraded. These include:
- Gunboats
- Mantreads
- B.A.S.E. Jumper
- Ali Baba's Wee Booties
- Bootlegger
- Wrangler
- Darwin's Danger Shield
- Cozy Camper
Related achievements
Mann vs. Machievements
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Update history
- Added Mann vs. Machine.
- Fixed a client crash related to the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel.
- Fixed seeing incorrect upgrades in the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel.
- Updated upgrade icons to remove numbers.
- Fixed the Metal Regen upgrade displaying a percentage instead of an incremental value.
- Fixed a client money display issue when purchasing or selling bottle charges after changing classes.
- Fixed Sniper Rifle reload upgrade not reducing the time delay from hip shot to scoping.
- Added the ability to buy projectile penetration for the Crusader's Crossbow.
- Fixed the Medi Gun overheal duration attribute causing the overheal effect to decay faster, rather than slower.
- Fixed the Demoman shields not saving their upgrades upon round reset.
- Fixed a bug where players could only buy 1 upgrade at a time from the upgrade station.
- Balance changes:
- Explosive Headshots
- Damage is now 150 regardless of upgrade level.
- Damage is done in one tick instead of the previous six.
- Added a slowing effect based on upgrade level (50%-80% slow, 2-4 second duration).
- Radius still scales with upgrade level (unchanged).
- Marked For Death duration reduced to 7 seconds from 15 seconds when the target is a giant robot.
- Reduced the "effect bar recharge rate increased" upgrade from 20% increments with an 80% cap to 15% increments with a 60% cap.
- Explosive Headshots
- In MvM, when robots are killed by Sniper headshots or explosive headshot upgrade, they will drop 'red' money that will automatically be collected when it would otherwise dissolve.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Medi Gun's "Share Power Ups" upgrade from working correctly in Mann vs. Machine mode.
- Inspecting a player in Mann vs. Machine (default key: F) now shows the upgrades of the player who is currently being inspected.
November 21, 2013 Patch (Two Cities Update)
- Players can earn a "Refund Upgrades" credit by collecting money during waves
- The amount required is listed in the scoreboard, and varies per-mission
- Any money collected – whether winning or losing – will count toward earning a credit
- To redeem, visit an Upgrades station and click the "Refund Upgrades" button
- Any money spent on buy-backs and Canteen charges will not be refunded
- Medic
- Projectile Shield Upgrade
- Build Energy by healing teammates, reviving and preventing damage via Invuln ÜberCharge.
- Press
ATTACK3
to activate when Energy meter is full (mouse3
by default) - While active:
- Blocks all enemy projectiles
- Damages enemies on touch
- Mad Milk Syringes Upgrade
- Syringe Gun needles apply Mad Milk (heal-on-hit for teammates) on contact
- Healing Mastery Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades)
- +25% heal rate per point
- +25% revive rate per point
- +25% self-regen rate per point
- Overheal Expert Upgrade (previously two separate upgrades)
- +25% more overheal per point
- +50% duration per point
- Canteen Specialist Upgrade
- Shares canteen charge effects with heal target
- +1 second charge duration per point
- -10 canteen charge price per point
- Projectile Shield Upgrade
- Soldier
- Rocket Specialist Upgrade
- +15% rocket speed per point
- On direct hits
- Stuns target (duration increases per point)
- +15% increased blast radius per point
- No range-based falloff damage
- Rocket Specialist Upgrade
- Heavy
- Attack Projectiles Upgrade
- Now has two levels
- Level one is less effective than before
- Level two is more effective than level one used to be
- Price reduced from 600 to 400 per point
- Now has two levels
- Rage Pushback upgrade activation moved to
ATTACK3
(mouse3
by default)
- Attack Projectiles Upgrade
- Lowered the cost of the Bullet and Blast Resistance upgrades from 350 to 300
- Added Demoman upgrade: -30% Push Force on wearer
- Fixed a server crash related to damaging the tank with the new Medic shield.
- Fixed the Health Regen MvM upgrade string mistakenly displaying %
- Fixed players who join in the middle of a mission not receiving the Upgrade Refund credit if it has been earned by the team.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed purchasing upgrades for weapons other than what they were intended for.
- Fixed an exploit in Mann vs. Machine related to purchasing upgrades.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to purchase/sell the Canteen Specialist upgrade to get more money than they originally spent.
- Fixed a bug that caused players to not receive an Upgrade Refund Credit when they should have.
- Fixed the UI not updating properly if an Upgrade Refund Credit is earned after the wave has ended.
- Fixed the MvM upgrade menu closing when a Strange item has its counter increment.
- Fixed a Mann vs. Machine bug related to upgrades after a retry/reconnect.
- Fixed an exploit in Mann vs. Machine mode related to purchasing upgrades for free.
- Fixed the Engineer being able to purchase the Disposable Sentry Gun upgrade in Mann vs. Machine, build a disposable Sentry Gun, and then refund the upgrade without the Sentry being destroyed.
- Updated the B.A.S.E. Jumper to prevent buying unusable upgrades in Mann vs. Machine.
- Removed the "Faster recharge rate" upgrades from The Dragon's Fury.
- Fixed the missing "Increased Airblast Push Force" upgrade on The Dragon's Fury.
- Fixed Übercharge charge rate and duration upgrade not working for the Vaccinator.
July 12, 2023 Patch #1 (Summer 2023 Update)
- Fixed the Mann vs. Machine upgrade panel closing after receiving a matchmaking party invite.
Unused content
- There are many additional sound files for Projectile Shield upgrade; they are referred to in the game files as "
prefix_burn_suffix
". These would likely be used when multiple projectiles are blocked by the Projectile Shield. There is also another unused sound that would be used if the user retracted the shield after switching weapons. - Inside the game files, there are 3 upgrades to be found that are not currently in the game; They include a radius of Sentry Gun upgrade, regeneration of a percent of a mercenary's max ammo every 5 seconds upgrade, and gaining more credits through an additively stacking percent multiplier upgrade.
- There is an unused song in the game's files that would possibly be played while the player used an Upgrade Station.
Bugs
- Changing a weapon via loadout screen before walking up to the upgrade station, then buying a single upgrade, prevents buying (most) upgrades that cannot normally be bought on the new weapon. For example, having the Air Strike equipped, switching to the Cow Mangler, buying a movement speed upgrade, and then buying ammo capacity in the Air Strike tab does not take credits away from the player's balance and does not apply the ammo upgrade to the Cow Mangler since it cannot be normally bought that. Purchasing an upgrade in the original item, such as a damage upgrade on the Air Strike, the money is taken away and the player does not get the damage upgrade on their Cow Mangler, however any future upgrades in the Air Strike tab apply to the Cow Mangler if they can normally be bought. The first upgrade bought cannot be refunded if the player is not on wave 1.
- There are select weapons that have "ghost upgrades" that can be purchased using this bug. The most commonly abused and useful one of these is being able to buy a firing speed upgrade on the Soda Popper.
- Occasionally, when on the Canteen charges page, clicking once on any upgrade's + sign gives the player two charges for the Canteen, at the same cost of purchasing one charge twice, though only one circle fills. The player ends up with those two charges upon clicking "accept", and the interface returns to the correct number of circles filled the next time the player goes to the station.
- The second firing speed upgrade for every Minigun (except Tomislav) has no effect; also due to the firing rate being tick based, the indicated percentage is wrong, the first/second upgrade increases firing speed by 14%, third by 29% and fourth by 43%. For the Tomislav, the first firing speed does not work, and the second tick increases the rate by 13%, 25% for the third upgrade, and 38% for the fourth upgrade.[1]
- Sentry Guns do not benefit from the second or third upgrades of firing speed in a normal server; however, if the server's simulation tick timing is slightly off, then the first tick does not work and the second tick is required to gain any benefit. Using hitsounds is the best way to judge if the first tick actually worked since it is impossible to know if the server tick is off. A Crit canteen always gives the player the fastest firing speed possible regardless of how many ticks are purchased or if it is wrangled.[2]
- Inspecting another player, walking up to the Upgrade Station, and hitting cancel results in showing the player an upgrade screen for the other player. The only buttons that can be pressed are cancel and refund, which refund your upgrades.
- Buying "+2s Crits On Kill" and/or "+25% Damage" upgrades on the Half-Zatoichi as a Demoman can carry over when the player switches to Soldier with the same weapon equipped, despite the Soldier being unable to buy neither Crits On Kill nor Damage upgrades.
- The "Mad Milk Syringes" upgrade on the Medic's Syringe Guns can lower the duration of milk already applied by the Scout's Mad Milk.
Trivia
- There are several items visible inside the Upgrade Station, the most notable being one of the many scrapped weapons used for the scrapped grenade slot, which are the Bear Trap and the Frag Grenade.
- The texture for the Upgrade Station contains a hidden note in the top left corner, which cannot be seen in-game, which reads:
"WEAPONS OF THE DAY: GRENADES FREE AMMO REFILL WITH PURCHASE
HAVE A NICE DAY. DON'T DIE, OR, WELL, DO DIE... WHATEVER. JUST DON'T GET BLOOD ON MY FLOOR."
- Comments in the game's development code suggest that the Canteen Specialist upgrade would have originally increased how many Canteen charges the Medic could carry, up to 6 at once.[3]
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