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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 items|Miscellaneous item]] for the [[Spy]]. It appears as a film camera, cleverly hidden within a bushy, black 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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The item description was written by [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16732315&postcount=176 Codo]. It was slightly edited by Valve.  
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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 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 full}}
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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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'''{{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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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}} #1'''
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* The Camera Beard was made [[Paint Can|paintable]].
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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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'''{{Patch name|6|5|2013}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Revealed the rest of the NECA action figure promos.
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'''{{Patch name|8|27|2013}} #1'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
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}}
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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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 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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* 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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* 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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* The Mann Co. store prices the Camera Beard at about 60% of the price listed in the Dapper Rogue Catalogue.
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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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[[File:C5e00beard.png‎|left]]
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== See also ==
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* [[Megapixel Beard]]
  
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Latest revision as of 22:39, 5 December 2024

“
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 E6E6E6 BLU.png Painted Camera Beard D8BED8.png Painted Camera Beard D8BED8 BLU.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (RED) An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (BLU) Color No. 216-190-216 (RED) Color No. 216-190-216 (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard C5AF91.png Painted Camera Beard C5AF91 BLU.png Painted Camera Beard 7E7E7E.png Painted Camera Beard 7E7E7E BLU.png
Peculiarly Drab Tincture (RED) Peculiarly Drab Tincture (BLU) Aged Moustache Grey (RED) Aged Moustache Grey (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 141414.png Painted Camera Beard 141414 BLU.png Painted Camera Beard 2D2D24.png Painted Camera Beard 2D2D24 BLU.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue (RED) A Distinctive Lack of Hue (BLU) After Eight (RED) After Eight (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 694D3A.png Painted Camera Beard 694D3A BLU.png Painted Camera Beard 7C6C57.png Painted Camera Beard 7C6C57 BLU.png
Radigan Conagher Brown (RED) Radigan Conagher Brown (BLU) Ye Olde Rustic Colour (RED) Ye Olde Rustic Colour (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard A57545.png Painted Camera Beard A57545 BLU.png Painted Camera Beard CF7336.png Painted Camera Beard CF7336 BLU.png
Muskelmannbraun (RED) Muskelmannbraun (BLU) Mann Co. Orange (RED) Mann Co. Orange (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard E7B53B.png Painted Camera Beard E7B53B BLU.png Painted Camera Beard F0E68C.png Painted Camera Beard F0E68C BLU.png
Australium Gold (RED) Australium Gold (BLU) The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (RED) The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard E9967A.png Painted Camera Beard E9967A BLU.png Painted Camera Beard FF69B4.png Painted Camera Beard FF69B4 BLU.png
Dark Salmon Injustice (RED) Dark Salmon Injustice (BLU) Pink as Hell (RED) Pink as Hell (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 7D4071.png Painted Camera Beard 7D4071 BLU.png Painted Camera Beard 51384A.png Painted Camera Beard 51384A BLU.png
A Deep Commitment to Purple (RED) A Deep Commitment to Purple (BLU) Noble Hatter's Violet (RED) Noble Hatter's Violet (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 2F4F4F.png Painted Camera Beard 2F4F4F BLU.png Painted Camera Beard 424F3B.png Painted Camera Beard 424F3B BLU.png
A Color Similar to Slate (RED) A Color Similar to Slate (BLU) Zepheniah's Greed (RED) Zepheniah's Greed (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 808000.png Painted Camera Beard 808000 BLU.png Painted Camera Beard 729E42.png Painted Camera Beard 729E42 BLU.png
Drably Olive (RED) Drably Olive (BLU) Indubitably Green (RED) Indubitably Green (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 32CD32.png Painted Camera Beard 32CD32 BLU.png Painted Camera Beard BCDDB3.png Painted Camera Beard BCDDB3 BLU.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (RED) The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (BLU) A Mann's Mint (RED) A Mann's Mint (BLU)
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 RED Camera Beard.png BLU Camera Beard.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

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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