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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[magic spells]] of [[Helltower]].}}
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{{Other uses|this=the tool items|for=the special Halloween pickups|Magic spells}}
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{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
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| type               = tools
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| type           = tool
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| image             = Halloweenspells.png
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| image         = Halloweenspells.png
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| used-by            = [[Classes|All]]
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| released       = {{Patch name|10|26|2012}}
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| released           = {{Patch name|10|26|2012}}
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| released-major = Spectral Halloween Special
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| availability       = {{tooltip|Event|These items can only be obtained during a Halloween event.}}
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| availability   = {{avail|hauntedgift|pile-of-curses}}
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| trade             = no
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| trade         = no
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| gift               = no
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| gift           = no
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| craft             = no
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| craft         = no
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| numbered           = no
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| numbered       = no
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  | level            = Level 5 Tool
 
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  | item-description = Used to paint other items.
 
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  | item-uses        = 1
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{Quotation|'''Merasmus'''|No magic is beneath Merasmus!|sound=}}
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{{Quotation|'''Merasmus''' on cosmetic spells|Like your tiny heads? THANK MAGIC!|sound=sf12 wheel tinyhead05.wav}}
  
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'''Halloween Spells''' are single use [[tool]] items that are used to give various Halloween themed effects to [[weapons]], [[cosmetic items]], or [[classes]] depending on the spell. They were added in the [[Spectral Halloween Special]], and are enabled and obtainable annually during subsequent Halloween events.
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'''Halloween Spells''' are [[Tools|tool]] items. They are represented by a glass alchemy flask filled with a colorful liquid and sealed with a cork.
  
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The Spell Items during the Scream Fortress 2012 event lasted from October 26, 2012 to November 9, 2012. Any spell effects that were applied to any items, along with any unused spells, were erased from players' inventories upon launching Team Fortress 2 after the end of the event. They were enabled and made obtainable again for [[Scream Fortress 2013]], which lasted from October 29, 2013 to November 11, 2013. As of the November 11, 2013 patch the effects of Halloween spells are only visible during Halloween events, a Full Moon, or under the effects of the [[Enchantment Eternaween|Enchantment: Eternaween]].
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Halloween Spells are used to give various Halloween-themed effects to [[weapons]], [[cosmetic items]], or [[classes]], depending on the spell. They were added during [[Scream Fortress 2012]], and were enabled and obtainable annually during subsequent Halloween events, prior to [[Scream Fortress 2015]].
  
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Halloween Spells can be found inside [[Haunted Halloween Gift]]s on [[Ghost Fort]].
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The Spell Items released during the Scream Fortress 2012 event lasted from October 26, 2012 to November 9, 2012. They could be found during Halloween events inside of [[Haunted Halloween Gift]]s on [[Ghost Fort]], or from a [[Pile of Curses]]. Any spell effects that were applied to any items, along with any unused spells, were erased from players' inventories upon launching Team Fortress 2 after the end of this event.
  
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== Types of Spells ==
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They were enabled and made obtainable again for [[Scream Fortress 2013]], which lasted from October 29, 2013 to November 11, 2013. As of the {{Patch name|11|11|2013}}, the effects of Halloween spells were made visible only during Halloween events, Full Moons, or on servers under the effects of the [[Enchantment Eternaween|Enchantment: Eternaween]] tool item. Spell effects were no longer removed from the items they had been applied to, but spell potions that had not been applied to an item vanished from a player's backpack if the game was opened after the Halloween event.
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As of the {{Patch name|10|23|2014}}, Halloween spell potions were tradable even outside the time frame of a Halloween event.
  
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===Footprint Effects===
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[[Scream Fortress 2014]] would be the last [[Scream Fortress]] update to allow players to gather Halloween spells. Since [[Scream Fortress 2015]], Halloween spells are not acquirable, as Haunted Halloween Gifts were replaced with the [[Soul Gargoyle]], which did not distribute spells.
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* [[Team Spirit Footprints (halloween spell)|Team Spirit Footprints]]
 
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* [[Gangreen Footprints (halloween spell)|Gangreen Footprints]]
 
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* [[Corpse Gray Footprints (halloween spell)|Corpse Gray Footprints]]
 
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* [[Violent Violet Footprints (halloween spell)|Violent Violet Footprints]]
 
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* [[Rotten Orange Footprints (halloween spell)|Rotten Orange Footprints]]
 
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* [[Bruised Purple Footprints (halloween spell)|Bruised Purple Footprints]]
 
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* [[Headless Horseshoes (halloween spell)|Headless Horseshoes]]
 
  
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===Paint Effects===
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Halloween spells remained tradeable despite the spell potions being erased again after November 12th, 2014, resulting in a loophole being found that allowed players to trade spells into the inventories of players already in-game, circumventing the vanish-upon-entry that came with opening the game. These spells are sometimes referred to as "post-life spells".
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* [[Die Job (halloween spell)|Die Job]]
 
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* [[Spectral Spectrum (halloween spell)|Spectral Spectrum]]
 
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* [[Putrescent Pigmentation (halloween spell)|Putrescent Pigmentation]]
 
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* [[Sinister Staining (halloween spell)|Sinister Staining]]
 
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* [[Chromatic Corruption (halloween spell)|Chromatic Corruption]]
 
  
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===Vocal Effects===
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Following [[Scream Fortress 2015]], the [[Tough Break Update]] made Halloween spells untradable as an undocumented change, thus removing the loophole of applying any previously existing Halloween Spells.
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* [[Scout's Spectral Snarl (halloween spell)|Scout's Spectral Snarl]]
 
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* [[Soldier's Booming Bark (halloween spell)|Soldier's Booming Bark]]
 
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* [[Pyro's Muffled Moan (halloween spell)|Pyro's Muffled Moan]]
 
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* [[Demoman's Cadaverous Croak (halloween spell)|Demoman's Cadaverous Croak]]
 
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* [[Heavy's Bottomless Bass (halloween spell)|Heavy's Bottomless Bass]]
 
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* [[Engineer's Gravelly Growl (halloween spell)|Engineer's Gravelly Growl]]
 
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* [[Medic's Blood Curdling Bellow (halloween spell)|Medic's Blood Curdling Bellow]]
 
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* [[Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl (halloween spell)|Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl]]
 
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* [[Spy's Creepy Croon (halloween spell)|Spy's Creepy Croon]]
 
  
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===Weapon Effects===
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== Types of Spells ==
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* [[Exorcism (halloween spell)|Exorcism]]
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
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* [[Squash Rockets (halloween spell)|Squash Rockets]]
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| width="60px"  style="background: #6A5587;" rowspan="4" | <span style="color: #FFF;">'''Footprint effects'''</span>
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* [[Spectral Flame (halloween spell)|Spectral Flame]]
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| width="150px" style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Team Spirit Footprints (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Team Spirit Footprints (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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* [[Sentry Quad-Pumpkins (halloween spell)|Sentry Quad-Pumpkins]]
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| width="150px" style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Gangreen Footprints (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Gangreen Footprints (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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* [[Gourd Grenades (halloween spell)|Gourd Grenades]]
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| width="150px" style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Corpse Gray Footprints (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Corpse Gray Footprints (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| width="150px" style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Violent Violet Footprints (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Violent Violet Footprints (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| width="150px" style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Rotten Orange Footprints (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Rotten Orange Footprints (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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|-
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Team Spirit Footprints (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Gangreen Footprints (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Corpse Gray Footprints (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Violent Violet Footprints (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Rotten Orange Footprints (halloween spell)}}
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|-
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Bruised Purple Footprints (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Bruised Purple Footprints (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Headless Horseshoes (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Headless Horseshoes (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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|-
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Bruised Purple Footprints (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Headless Horseshoes (halloween spell)}}
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|-
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| style="background: #6A5587;" rowspan="2" | <span style="color: #FFF;">'''Paint effects'''</span>
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Die Job (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Die Job (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Spectral Spectrum (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Spectral Spectrum (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Putrescent Pigmentation (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Putrescent Pigmentation (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Sinister Staining (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Sinister Staining (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Chromatic Corruption (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Chromatic Corruption (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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|-
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Die Job (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Spectral Spectrum (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Putrescent Pigmentation (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Sinister Staining (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Chromatic Corruption (halloween spell)}}
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|-
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| style="background: #6A5587;" rowspan="4"| <span style="color: #FFF;">'''Vocal effects'''</span>
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Scout's Spectral Snarl (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Scout's Spectral Snarl (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Soldier's Booming Bark (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Soldier's Booming Bark (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Pyro's Muffled Moan (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Pyro's Muffled Moan (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Demoman's Cadaverous Croak (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Demoman's Cadaverous Croak (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Heavy's Bottomless Bass (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Heavy's Bottomless Bass (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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|-
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Scout's Spectral Snarl (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Soldier's Booming Bark (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Pyro's Muffled Moan (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Demoman's Cadaverous Croak (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Heavy's Bottomless Bass (halloween spell)}}
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|-
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Engineer's Gravelly Growl (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Engineer's Gravelly Growl (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Medic's Blood Curdling Bellow (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Medic's Blood Curdling Bellow (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Spy's Creepy Croon (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Spy's Creepy Croon (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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|-
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Engineer's Gravelly Growl (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Medic's Blood-curdling Bellow (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Spy's Creepy Croon (halloween spell)}}
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|-
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| style="background: #6A5587;" rowspan="2" | <span style="color: #FFF;">'''Weapon effects'''</span>
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Exorcism (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Exorcism (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Squash Rockets (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Squash Rockets (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Spectral Flame (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Spectral Flame (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Sentry Quad-Pumpkins (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Sentry Quad-Pumpkins (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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| style="background: #AD9DC3;" | [[File:Gourd Grenades (halloween spell).png|80px|link=Gourd Grenades (halloween spell){{if lang}}]]
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|-
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Exorcism (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Squash Rockets (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Spectral Flame (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Sentry Quad-Pumpkins (halloween spell)}}
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! style="background: #F1ECF7;" | {{item link|Gourd Grenades (halloween spell)}}
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|}
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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{{Update history|
 
'''{{Patch name|10|26|2012}}''' ([[Spectral Halloween Special]])
 
'''{{Patch name|10|26|2012}}''' ([[Spectral Halloween Special]])
 
* Halloween Spells were added to the game.
 
* Halloween Spells were added to the game.
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* Updated Halloween Spells to be tradable.
 
* Updated Halloween Spells to be tradable.
  
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==Bugs==
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'''{{Patch name|12|12|2014}}'''
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* The backpack icons for the spells incorrectly use the coloring overlays intended for paint cans.
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* Fixed Halloween footstep spells being displayed for [[disguise]]d [[Spy|Spies]].
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* When trying to apply a spell to a stock weapon, you are able to select it from the backpack and a confirmation message appears, but the effect is not applied and the spell is not consumed.
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* Spells meant to be used with only one class can be applied to accessories which can be equipped by multiple classes, granting the spell's ability to whatever class wears the affected accessory.
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'''{{Patch name|11|9|2015}}'''
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** This is due to them all applying the same effect, "Voices From Below". The only real difference is which cosmetics they can be applied to.
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* Fixed Halloween spell effects not cycling the colors.
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* Disguised and Cloaked Spies wearing hats with footprint effects will still have the footprints appear as they move.
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* When a weapon with the [[Exorcism]] spell activates a Spy's [[Dead Ringer]], no ghosts appear.
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'''{{Patch name|12|17|2015}}''' ([[Tough Break Update]])
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* Gourd Grenades cannot be applied to The [[Sticky Jumper]], and Squash Rockets cannot be applied to the [[Rocket Jumper]].
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* {{Undocumented}} Halloween spells are no longer tradable.
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* The Team Spirit Footprints spell will be the color of a disguised Spy's team as opposed to the team the Spy is disguised as.
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'''{{Patch name|3|30|2023}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Renamed "Voices From Below" to "Voices from Below".
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}}
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== Notes ==
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* When applying a Vocal Effect spell, the effect will be listed as "Voices from Below" rather than the actual name of the spell. The spells only limit which cosmetics it can be applied to.
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== Bugs ==
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* The backpack icons for the spells incorrectly use the coloring overlays intended for [[Paint Can]]s.
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* The spells cannot be applied to [[Stock weapons]]. The player is able to select a spell from the backpack and a confirmation message appears, but the effect is not applied and the spell is not consumed.
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* Spells meant to be used with only one class can be applied to cosmetics which can be equipped by multiple classes, granting the spell's ability to whatever class wears the affected cosmetic.
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* Gourd Grenades cannot be applied to the [[Sticky Jumper]], and Squash Rockets cannot be applied to the [[Rocket Jumper]].
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* Sentry Quad-Pumpkins can be applied to the [[Gunslinger]], despite the fact that the Mini-Sentry is unable to fire rockets.
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* Squash Rockets can be applied to the [[Cow Mangler 5000]], despite the fact that the Cow Mangler 5000 does not fire rockets.
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* Voices from Below does not work on the [[Highland Hound]] taunt.
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* For the Vocal Effect spells' shared item description, "[...] the Merc's voices [...]" incorrectly places the [[w:Saxon genitive|apostrophe before the -s]].
  
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==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
 
* The backpack icons are screenshots of the models. Each type of flask and its textures are present in the game files.
 
* The backpack icons are screenshots of the models. Each type of flask and its textures are present in the game files.
 
** The liquid of those flasks is set to be paintable.
 
** The liquid of those flasks is set to be paintable.
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* There is an unused flask model, which resembles the format of the Exorcism Halloween spell. The biggest difference is that the model contains a sticker of the [[Merasmus]] hat at the back and it also includes a [[pick-up]] rotating animation.
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* There is an unused flask model, which resembles the format of the Exorcism Halloween spell. The biggest difference is that the model contains a sticker of the [[Merasmus]] hat at the back and it also includes a [[Pickups|pickup]] rotating animation.
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** The unused flask model is also set to be paintable and there are seven different skins for each color of the Halloween spells that appears on the backpack icons (red, orange, cyan, green, alternative cyan, blue and purple).
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** The unused flask model is also set to be paintable and there are seven different skins for each color of the Halloween spells that appears on the backpack icons (red, orange, cyan, green, alternative cyan, blue, and purple).
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*** The green and purple flasks are used as [[magic spells]] pickups on the community-made map [[Monster Bash]].
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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</gallery>
  
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Latest revision as of 13:36, 10 December 2024

This article is about the tool items. For the special Halloween pickups, see Magic spells.
“
Like your tiny heads? THANK MAGIC!
Click to listen
— Merasmus on cosmetic spells
 ”

Halloween Spells are tool items. They are represented by a glass alchemy flask filled with a colorful liquid and sealed with a cork.

Halloween Spells are used to give various Halloween-themed effects to weapons, cosmetic items, or classes, depending on the spell. They were added during Scream Fortress 2012, and were enabled and obtainable annually during subsequent Halloween events, prior to Scream Fortress 2015.

The Spell Items released during the Scream Fortress 2012 event lasted from October 26, 2012 to November 9, 2012. They could be found during Halloween events inside of Haunted Halloween Gifts on Ghost Fort, or from a Pile of Curses. Any spell effects that were applied to any items, along with any unused spells, were erased from players' inventories upon launching Team Fortress 2 after the end of this event.

They were enabled and made obtainable again for Scream Fortress 2013, which lasted from October 29, 2013 to November 11, 2013. As of the November 11, 2013 Patch, the effects of Halloween spells were made visible only during Halloween events, Full Moons, or on servers under the effects of the Enchantment: Eternaween tool item. Spell effects were no longer removed from the items they had been applied to, but spell potions that had not been applied to an item vanished from a player's backpack if the game was opened after the Halloween event.

As of the October 23, 2014 Patch, Halloween spell potions were tradable even outside the time frame of a Halloween event.

Scream Fortress 2014 would be the last Scream Fortress update to allow players to gather Halloween spells. Since Scream Fortress 2015, Halloween spells are not acquirable, as Haunted Halloween Gifts were replaced with the Soul Gargoyle, which did not distribute spells.

Halloween spells remained tradeable despite the spell potions being erased again after November 12th, 2014, resulting in a loophole being found that allowed players to trade spells into the inventories of players already in-game, circumventing the vanish-upon-entry that came with opening the game. These spells are sometimes referred to as "post-life spells".

Following Scream Fortress 2015, the Tough Break Update made Halloween spells untradable as an undocumented change, thus removing the loophole of applying any previously existing Halloween Spells.

Types of Spells

Footprint effects Team Spirit Footprints (halloween spell).png Gangreen Footprints (halloween spell).png Corpse Gray Footprints (halloween spell).png Violent Violet Footprints (halloween spell).png Rotten Orange Footprints (halloween spell).png
Halloween Spell: Team Spirit Footprints Halloween Spell: Gangreen Footprints Halloween Spell: Corpse Gray Footprints Halloween Spell: Violent Violet Footprints Halloween Spell: Rotten Orange Footprints
Bruised Purple Footprints (halloween spell).png Headless Horseshoes (halloween spell).png
Halloween Spell: Bruised Purple Footprints Halloween Spell: Headless Horseshoes
Paint effects Die Job (halloween spell).png Spectral Spectrum (halloween spell).png Putrescent Pigmentation (halloween spell).png Sinister Staining (halloween spell).png Chromatic Corruption (halloween spell).png
Halloween Spell: Die Job Halloween Spell: Spectral Spectrum Halloween Spell: Putrescent Pigmentation Halloween Spell: Sinister Staining Halloween Spell: Chromatic Corruption
Vocal effects Scout's Spectral Snarl (halloween spell).png Soldier's Booming Bark (halloween spell).png Pyro's Muffled Moan (halloween spell).png Demoman's Cadaverous Croak (halloween spell).png Heavy's Bottomless Bass (halloween spell).png
Halloween Spell: Scout's Spectral Snarl Halloween Spell: Soldier's Booming Bark Halloween Spell: Pyro's Muffled Moan Halloween Spell: Demoman's Cadaverous Croak Halloween Spell: Heavy's Bottomless Bass
Engineer's Gravelly Growl (halloween spell).png Medic's Blood Curdling Bellow (halloween spell).png Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl (halloween spell).png Spy's Creepy Croon (halloween spell).png
Halloween Spell: Engineer's Gravelly Growl Halloween Spell: Medic's Blood-curdling Bellow Halloween Spell: Sniper's Deep Downunder Drawl Halloween Spell: Spy's Creepy Croon
Weapon effects Exorcism (halloween spell).png Squash Rockets (halloween spell).png Spectral Flame (halloween spell).png Sentry Quad-Pumpkins (halloween spell).png Gourd Grenades (halloween spell).png
Halloween Spell: Exorcism Halloween Spell: Squash Rockets Halloween Spell: Spectral Flame Halloween Spell: Sentry Quad-Pumpkins Halloween Spell: Gourd Grenades

Update history

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
  • Halloween Spells were added to the game.

October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)

  • Enabled Halloween Spell Potions.

November 11, 2013 Patch

  • Updated Halloween spells so that the effects will only be visible during Halloween/Full Moon events.
  • [Undocumented] Halloween spells are no longer tradable.

November 12, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed some Halloween spells not working during Eternaween.

December 6, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed some cases where Halloween spell effects on items would not appear when they were supposed to.

October 23, 2014 Patch

  • Updated Halloween Spells to be tradable.

December 12, 2014 Patch

November 9, 2015 Patch

  • Fixed Halloween spell effects not cycling the colors.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

  • [Undocumented] Halloween spells are no longer tradable.

March 30, 2023 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Renamed "Voices From Below" to "Voices from Below".

Notes

  • When applying a Vocal Effect spell, the effect will be listed as "Voices from Below" rather than the actual name of the spell. The spells only limit which cosmetics it can be applied to.

Bugs

  • The backpack icons for the spells incorrectly use the coloring overlays intended for Paint Cans.
  • The spells cannot be applied to Stock weapons. The player is able to select a spell from the backpack and a confirmation message appears, but the effect is not applied and the spell is not consumed.
  • Spells meant to be used with only one class can be applied to cosmetics which can be equipped by multiple classes, granting the spell's ability to whatever class wears the affected cosmetic.
  • Gourd Grenades cannot be applied to the Sticky Jumper, and Squash Rockets cannot be applied to the Rocket Jumper.
  • Sentry Quad-Pumpkins can be applied to the Gunslinger, despite the fact that the Mini-Sentry is unable to fire rockets.
  • Squash Rockets can be applied to the Cow Mangler 5000, despite the fact that the Cow Mangler 5000 does not fire rockets.
  • Voices from Below does not work on the Highland Hound taunt.
  • For the Vocal Effect spells' shared item description, "[...] the Merc's voices [...]" incorrectly places the apostrophe before the -s.

Trivia

  • The backpack icons are screenshots of the models. Each type of flask and its textures are present in the game files.
    • The liquid of those flasks is set to be paintable.
  • There is an unused flask model, which resembles the format of the Exorcism Halloween spell. The biggest difference is that the model contains a sticker of the Merasmus hat at the back and it also includes a pickup rotating animation.
    • The unused flask model is also set to be paintable and there are seven different skins for each color of the Halloween spells that appears on the backpack icons (red, orange, cyan, green, alternative cyan, blue, and purple).

Gallery

  • The unused flask model with the first skin.

  • The unused flask model with the second skin.

  • The unused flask model with the third skin.

  • The unused flask model with the fourth skin.

  • The unused flask model with the fifth skin.

  • The unused flask model with the sixth skin.

  • The unused flask model with the seventh skin.

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Halloweenspells.pngHalloween Spells
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Backpack Skull Island Topper.png Spectral Halloween Special
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