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{{Item infobox
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| hat-slot = [[Misc]]
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| type              = cosmetic
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| used-by = [[Spy]]
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| image              = Camera Beard.png
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| hat-image = Spybeard.png
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| used-by           = [[Spy]]
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| released = [[Classless Update]]
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| equip-region      = beard
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| display-loadout-stats = yes
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| released           = {{Patch name|8|13|2009}}<br>([[Classless Update]])
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| paint = No
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|promotional-expired-codes|keyless-crate}}
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| neutral-attributes = You wouldn't mind if I read this top secret document with my beard, would you?
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| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| paint             = yes
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| rename            = yes
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| numbered          = no
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| loadout            = yes
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  | item-kind        = Facial Hair
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  | item-description = You wouldn't mind if I read this top secret document with my beard, would you?
 
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{{Quotation|Dapper Rogue Catalogue for the Gentleman Scoundrel|Is it a beard?  Or is it a camera?  No one will guess that it is both!  Great for infiltrating lumber yards, Canada, and strongmen competitions.}}
 
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The '''Camera Beard''' is an unlockable Miscellaneous item for the [[Spy]]. It appears as a film camera, cleverly hidden within a bushy, brown fake beard.
 
  
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The Camera Beard was considered to be a hat in its own right, until the [[WAR! Update]] in which it became a [[Miscellaneous item]], allowing Spies to wear it with other hats. A few months after this change, it was reported that the Camera Beard was [[Item drop system|dropping]] at an alarming rate. Many users who were able to connect to Steam at the time received one.[http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1072227]
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{{Quotation|'''Dapper Rogue Catalogue for the Gentleman Scoundrel'''|Is it a beard? Or is it a camera? No one will guess that it is both! Great for infiltrating lumber yards, Canada, and strongmen competitions.}}
  
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On [[March 19, 2010 Patch|March 19, 2010]], [[March 19, 2010 Patch|a patch]] was released that saw the Camera Beard (and the [[Medic]]'s [[Physician's Procedure Mask]]) treated as a hat for the purposes of [[crafting]], allowing it to be used as an ingredient in the "Rebuild Headgear" [[crafting]] recipe.
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The '''Camera Beard''' is a [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Spy]]. It is a brown, bushy fake beard that covers the Spy's face from the nostrils down, with a film camera hidden within with tape.
  
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== Trivia ==
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The item's description was written by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110624023629/http://forums.steampowered.com:80/forums/showpost.php?p=16732315&postcount=176 Codo] for the [[Hat Describing Contest]], and was slightly edited by Valve.
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* This item is perhaps a tongue-in-cheek reference to real-world Spy micro-cameras, which are disguised as innocuous articles of clothing such as shirt buttons or wristwatches.
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This item is awarded in [[Genuine]] quality to players who purchase the {{tooltip|BLU Spy Action Figure|Not available anymore in the Valve Store}} and redeem the code that comes with it.
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== Painted variants ==
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{{Painted variants}}
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== Update history ==
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{{Update history|
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'''{{Patch name|8|13|2009}}''' ([[Classless Update]])
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* The Camera Beard was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|12|17|2009}}''' ([[WAR! Update]])
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* Moved to the Misc loadout slot so the Camera Beard can be equipped with a hat.
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'''{{Patch name|12|22|2009}}'''
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* Spy's Camera Beard can now be smelted into scrap metal.
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'''{{Patch name|3|19|2010}}'''
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* Changed the Camera Beard to be treated as a hat in crafting, allowing it to be used as an ingredient in the "Rebuild Headgear" crafting recipe.
  
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* Initially, the Camera Beard was rejected by the Spy for being too ridiculous in the [http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day04_english.htm Sniper vs. Spy Update Day 4], and he chose the [[Cloak and Dagger]] and [[Dead Ringer]] instead.
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'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added a community-contributed description for the Camera Beard.
  
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* The Camera Beard can be purchased for the price of $2.49 from [[Mann Co.]]'s Dapper Rogue Catalogue.
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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}} #1'''
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* The Camera Beard was made [[Paint Can|paintable]].
  
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* This is perhaps one of the most requested hats by the TF2 community since its first appearance in the Sniper vs. Spy update.
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'''{{Patch name|8|18|2011}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Changed the Camera Beard from {{code|item_type_name}} {{code|TF_Wearable_Hat}} to {{code|TF_Wearable_FacialHair}}.
  
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* Trying to craft 3 of these together will enable the "Fabricate Slot Token" blueprint, but it won't craft because there is no Misc Slot token. The Camera Beards are not consumed.
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'''{{Patch name|6|5|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Revealed the rest of the NECA action figure promos.
  
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*Before the War! update, the Camera Beard was considered very rare, after the War! Update it dropped drastically. Now because you can buy it for as much as a "hatless" the Camera Beard is considered virtually nothing.
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'''{{Patch name|8|27|2013}} #1'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
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{{HatNav}}
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== Trivia ==
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* This item is a tongue-in-cheek reference to real-world {{botignore|spy}} micro-cameras, which are disguised as innocuous articles of clothing such as shirt buttons or wristwatches, or in this case, a fake beard.
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{{Spy Nav}}
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* Initially, the Spy had rejected the Camera Beard for being "ridiculous" on [https://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day04_english.htm Day 4] of the [[Sniper vs. Spy Update]], and elected to purchase the [[Cloak and Dagger]] and [[Dead Ringer]] instead.
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* When the Camera Beard was changed from a headwear item to a miscellaneous item, they were [[Item drop system|dropped]] at an abnormally high rate, on par with weapons. A [[Crafting|blueprint]] was soon added, so players could craft three of them into one scrap metal, until the drop rate of miscellaneous items was placed on par with that of hats.
  
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== See also ==
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* [[Megapixel Beard]]
  
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[[Category:Miscellaneous items]]
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{{Classless Update Nav}}
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{{Promo Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
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{{Spy Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 22:26, 16 October 2021

“
Is it a beard? Or is it a camera? No one will guess that it is both! Great for infiltrating lumber yards, Canada, and strongmen competitions.
— Dapper Rogue Catalogue for the Gentleman Scoundrel
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The Camera Beard is a cosmetic item for the Spy. It is a brown, bushy fake beard that covers the Spy's face from the nostrils down, with a film camera hidden within with tape.

The item's description was written by Codo for the Hat Describing Contest, and was slightly edited by Valve.

This item is awarded in Genuine quality to players who purchase the BLU Spy Action Figure and redeem the code that comes with it.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
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Single colors
Painted Camera Beard E6E6E6.png Painted Camera Beard D8BED8.png Painted Camera Beard C5AF91.png Painted Camera Beard 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Camera Beard 141414.png Painted Camera Beard 2D2D24.png Painted Camera Beard 694D3A.png Painted Camera Beard 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Camera Beard A57545.png Painted Camera Beard CF7336.png Painted Camera Beard E7B53B.png Painted Camera Beard F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Camera Beard E9967A.png Painted Camera Beard FF69B4.png Painted Camera Beard 7D4071.png Painted Camera Beard 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Camera Beard 2F4F4F.png Painted Camera Beard 424F3B.png Painted Camera Beard 808000.png Painted Camera Beard 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Camera Beard 32CD32.png Painted Camera Beard BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Camera Beard A89A8C.png Painted Camera Beard 839FA3.png Painted Camera Beard 3B1F23.png Painted Camera Beard 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard B8383B.png Painted Camera Beard 5885A2.png Painted Camera Beard 483838.png Painted Camera Beard 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 803020.png Painted Camera Beard 256D8D.png Painted Camera Beard 654740.png Painted Camera Beard 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard C36C2D.png Painted Camera Beard B88035.png Painted Camera Beard UNPAINTED.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

Update history

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
  • The Camera Beard was added to the game.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

  • Moved to the Misc loadout slot so the Camera Beard can be equipped with a hat.

December 22, 2009 Patch

  • Spy's Camera Beard can now be smelted into scrap metal.

March 19, 2010 Patch

  • Changed the Camera Beard to be treated as a hat in crafting, allowing it to be used as an ingredient in the "Rebuild Headgear" crafting recipe.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Camera Beard.

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

August 18, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Changed the Camera Beard from item_type_name TF_Wearable_Hat to TF_Wearable_FacialHair.

June 5, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Revealed the rest of the NECA action figure promos.

August 27, 2013 Patch #1

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Trivia

  • This item is a tongue-in-cheek reference to real-world spy micro-cameras, which are disguised as innocuous articles of clothing such as shirt buttons or wristwatches, or in this case, a fake beard.
  • Initially, the Spy had rejected the Camera Beard for being "ridiculous" on Day 4 of the Sniper vs. Spy Update, and elected to purchase the Cloak and Dagger and Dead Ringer instead.
  • When the Camera Beard was changed from a headwear item to a miscellaneous item, they were dropped at an abnormally high rate, on par with weapons. A blueprint was soon added, so players could craft three of them into one scrap metal, until the drop rate of miscellaneous items was placed on par with that of hats.

See also

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RED Gentle Manne's Service Medal.png Classless Update
Game modes
Maps
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