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| tool-image   = Backpack Pile o' Gifts.png
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| type              = action
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| released    = [[Mann-Conomy Update]]
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| image             = Backpack Pile o' Gifts.png
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| availability = Purchase only
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| used-by            = {{used by|All classes}}
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| display-loadout-stats = yes
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| released           = {{Patch name|9|30|2010}}
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   | level-and-type  = Level 23 Gift
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| released-major     = Mann-Conomy Update
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   | item-description = When used, this Action Item gives a random gift to up to 23 other people on the server!
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| availability       = {{avail|purchase}}
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| trade              = yes
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| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
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| craft              = no
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| numbered          = no
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| loadout           = yes
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   | item-kind        = {{item kind|Gift}}
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  | item-level      = 23
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   | item-description = {{item description|Pile o' Gifts}}
 
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| tradable = No
 
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| craftable = No
 
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Sniper'''|It's like Christmas morning.|sound=Sniper_specialweapon08.wav}}
 
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The '''Pile O' Gifts''' is a consumable item that, when used, gives a random gift to up to 23 other people on the same server as the user. It has a one-time usage and the server will notify players of the user's generosity.
 
  
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The Pile o' Gifts can only be obtained at the [[Mann Co. Store]], along with [[Secret Saxton]], and the [[Mann Co. Cap]]. The Pile o' Gifts is very similar to the Secret Saxton, but without the limit of only one gift given upon its use. So far it cannot be obtained by random drops, lacks a crafting recipe and it is not tradable as it can only be bought from the Mann Co. store.
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{{Quotation|'''The Administrator''' on gift-giving|Warning! A friendship has been detected!|sound=Announcer dec missionbegins60s03.wav}}
  
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If a server has a player limit greater than 24, the gifts will be given only to the first 23 players that connected to the server. Alternatively, if the server has a player limit less then 24, it will only give out one per player. The player who activates the item will not receive an item, even if there are less then the allotted players online.
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The '''Pile o' Gifts''' is an [[Action items|action item]]. It is represented by three presents of varying color and shape.
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When used, it gives a random item to up to 23 other people on the same server as the user. It can be used once, and notifies every other player on the server of the user's generosity. This item cannot be used while it is [[Trading|untradeable]].
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The Pile o' Gifts functions just as the [[Secret Saxton]] does, but gives a gift to as many as 23 other players, instead of a single player at random.
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If a server has a player limit greater than 24, a gift is given to the first 23 players that connected to the server. Similarly, if the server has a player limit less than 24, it only gives out one gift to each player. The user of the tool never receives a gift from their own Pile o' Gifts, and is thus purely selfless like a singular Secret Saxton.  
  
 
== Contents ==
 
== Contents ==
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Items acquired through the Pile o' Gifts will be marked as gifts from the user and timestamped with the receipt time and date. Any item normally found by drop (like weapons, hats and a few action items) are possible to be found within a gift. All gifts received are currently tradable and craftable.
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Items acquired through the Pile o' Gifts have the standard "{{attribute|gifteraccountid|Player Name}}" text under the description, like other gifted items. Any item normally found via random [[Item drop system|drop]] is able to be obtained through the Pile o' Gifts, making receiving a gift an effectively free drop. All gifts received are tradable and can be used in [[crafting]].
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== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ({{update link|Mann-Conomy Update}})
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* {{Undocumented}} Pile o' Gifts was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|10|6|2010}}'''
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* Gifted items are now craftable and tradable.
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'''{{Patch name|12|21|2011}}'''
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* Gifts from Secret Saxtons and Piles o' Gifts now have a chance to grant a gift in addition to whatever item they would have granted normally.
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'''{{Patch name|3|28|2012}}'''
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* Added [[Gifting Man From Gifting Land|daily periodic reward hat]] for gifts given.
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== Unused content ==
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* A backpack icon for a Halloween variant is left over in the game's files as {{code|gift_multiple_spells}}, presumably used for gifting [[Halloween Spells]].
  
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==Pricing==
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== Trivia ==
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If you're purchasing from the store using £ rather than $/€, it's currently cheaper to buy 23 individual Secret Saxtons - £13.57 vs. £14.99 for the Pile o' Gifts. If you buy in $/€, you get a bulk discount of nearly 15%, but if you buy in £ you get a bulk surcharge of over 10%. If the £/$ ratio of Secret Saxton prices is taken as a fair starting point, a fair price for the Pile o' Gifts would be 20 × £0.59 = £11.80. This however, opens the possibility that one or more players will receive more than one gift.
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* If the Pile o' Gifts is used and a player on the server is awarded a Secret Saxton, then they receive an additional gift, granting the player two gifted items. The additional Secret Saxton does not increase the [[Spirit of Giving]] counter, the normal gift does.
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* The item level is based on the maximum number of gifts given when used.
  
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== Demonstration ==
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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File:Backpack Halloween Gift Pile.png|The unused Halloween variant, the Spellbook is cut off due to not being included in the [[w:Alpha compositing|alpha channel]].
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== See also ==
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* [[Secret Saxton]]
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* [[Spirit of Giving]]
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* [[Gift Wrap]]
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* [[Gifting Man From Gifting Land]]
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* [[Pallet of Crates]]
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* [[Pile of Robo Community Crate Key Gifts]]
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* [[Pile of Summer Cooler Key Gifts]]
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* [[Pile of End of the Line Key Gifts]]
  
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Latest revision as of 17:09, 4 November 2024

“
Warning! A friendship has been detected!
Click to listen
— The Administrator on gift-giving
 ”

The Pile o' Gifts is an action item. It is represented by three presents of varying color and shape.

When used, it gives a random item to up to 23 other people on the same server as the user. It can be used once, and notifies every other player on the server of the user's generosity. This item cannot be used while it is untradeable.

The Pile o' Gifts functions just as the Secret Saxton does, but gives a gift to as many as 23 other players, instead of a single player at random.

If a server has a player limit greater than 24, a gift is given to the first 23 players that connected to the server. Similarly, if the server has a player limit less than 24, it only gives out one gift to each player. The user of the tool never receives a gift from their own Pile o' Gifts, and is thus purely selfless like a singular Secret Saxton.

Contents

Items acquired through the Pile o' Gifts have the standard "Gift from: Player Name" text under the description, like other gifted items. Any item normally found via random drop is able to be obtained through the Pile o' Gifts, making receiving a gift an effectively free drop. All gifts received are tradable and can be used in crafting.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Pile o' Gifts was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • Gifted items are now craftable and tradable.

December 21, 2011 Patch

  • Gifts from Secret Saxtons and Piles o' Gifts now have a chance to grant a gift in addition to whatever item they would have granted normally.

March 28, 2012 Patch

Unused content

  • A backpack icon for a Halloween variant is left over in the game's files as gift_multiple_spells, presumably used for gifting Halloween Spells.

Trivia

  • If the Pile o' Gifts is used and a player on the server is awarded a Secret Saxton, then they receive an additional gift, granting the player two gifted items. The additional Secret Saxton does not increase the Spirit of Giving counter, the normal gift does.
  • The item level is based on the maximum number of gifts given when used.

Gallery

  • The unused Halloween variant, the Spellbook is cut off due to not being included in the alpha channel.

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