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{{hatnote|This article is about an official update. For information on the scrapped game concept, see [[Invasion]].}}
 
{{hatnote|This article is about an official update. For information on the scrapped game concept, see [[Invasion]].}}
  
[[File:Previewinvasion.png|frameless|right|300px]]
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[[File:Previewinvasion.png|frameless|right|300px|link=http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion]]
  
The '''Invasion Update''' is a [[Patches#Major updates|major community-created update]] added on October 6, 2015. Announced with a [[Invasion (Video)|community-created Source Filmmaker video]], it added four new maps, one of them a themed version of [[2Fort]], 16 new [[Cosmetic item|cosmetic items]], 4 [[weapon]] reskins, 9 new Invasion-themed [[Unusual|unusual]] effects, and a new [[taunt]]. Also included in the update was the [[Invasion Community Update Pass]], which allows players to directly support the team behind the update.
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The '''Invasion Community Update''' was a [[Patches#Major updates|major community-created update]] and [[Campaigns|event]] added on October 6, 2015. Announced with a [[Invasion (Video)|community-created Source Filmmaker video]], it added four new maps, one of them a themed version of [[2Fort]], 16 new [[Cosmetic items]], 4 weapon [[reskins]], 9 new Invasion-themed [[Unusual]] effects, and a new [[Taunts#Special taunts|taunt]]. Also included in the update was the [[Invasion Community Update Pass]], which allowed players to directly support the team behind the update and also granted them access to special crate drops and to the [[Invasion Community Update Coin]], which counted kills during the event.
  
 
== Video ==
 
== Video ==
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== Additions ==
 
== Additions ==
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=== Maps ===
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{{main|List of maps}}
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{|class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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! class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" | Name
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! class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" | Picture
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! class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" | Game mode
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! class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" | File name
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|-
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''[[2Fort Invasion]]'''
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| [[File:Ctf 2fort invasion.png|160px|link=2Fort Invasion]]
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| '''[[Capture the Flag]]'''<br>[[File:Intel blu idle.png|50px|link=Capture the Flag]]
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| {{code|ctf_2fort_invasion}}
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|-
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''[[Watergate]]'''
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| [[File:Pd watergate logopic 2.jpg|160px|link=Watergate]]
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| '''[[Player Destruction]]'''<br>[[File:Hud_invasion_bottle.png|50px|link=Player Destruction]]
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| {{code|pd_watergate}}
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|-
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''[[Probed]]'''
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| [[File:Koth_probed.jpg|160px|link=Probed]]
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| '''[[King of the Hill]]'''<br>[[File:Controlpoint.png|50px|link=King of the Hill]]
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| {{code|koth_probed}}
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|-
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''[[Byre]]'''
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| [[File:Arena_byre_b40007.jpg|160px|link=Byre]]
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| '''[[Arena]]'''<br>[[File:Controlpoint.png|50px|link=Arena]]
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| {{code|arena_byre}}
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|}
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=== Reskins ===
 
=== Reskins ===
 
{{main|Reskins}}
 
{{main|Reskins}}
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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| width="85px"  style="background:#037a78;" | '''{{class link|Scout|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| width="75px"  style="background:#EB4B4B;" | {{icon item|Batsaber|75px}}
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| width="110px" style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Batsaber}}'''<br>({{item link|Bat}})
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" | {{icon class|Scout}}<br/>'''[[Scout{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Scout</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#037a78;" | '''{{class link|Engineer|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Batsaber|75px}}
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| style="background:#D32CE6;" | {{icon item|Giger Counter|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Batsaber}}''' ([[Bat]])
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Giger Counter}}'''<br>({{item link|Wrangler}})
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" | {{icon class|Engineer}}<br/>'''[[Engineer{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Engineer</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#037a78;" | '''{{class link|Sniper|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Giger Counter|75px}}
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| style="background:#8847FF;" | {{icon item|Shooting Star|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Giger Counter}}''' ([[Wrangler]])
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Shooting Star}}'''<br>({{item link|Machina}})
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" | {{icon class|Sniper}}<br/>'''[[Sniper{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Sniper</span>]]'''
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| align="left" style="background:#037a78;" | '''{{class link|Scout|color=white}}'''<br>'''{{class link|Engineer|color=white}}'''
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Shooting Star|75px}}
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| style="background:#8847FF;" | {{icon item|C.A.P.P.E.R|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Shooting Star}}''' ([[Machina]])
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|C.A.P.P.E.R}}'''<br>({{item link|Pistol}})
|-
 
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" | {{icon class|Scout}}<br/>'''[[Scout{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Scout</span>]]'''<br>{{icon class|Engineer}}<br/>'''[[Engineer{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Engineer</span>]]'''
 
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|C.A.P.P.E.R|75px}}
 
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|C.A.P.P.E.R}}''' ([[Pistol]])
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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{{main|Cosmetic items}}
 
{{main|Cosmetic items}}
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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| width="85px" style="background:#037a78;" rowspan="1" | '''{{class link|Scout|br=yes|color=white}}'''
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|Cadet Visor|75px}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Cadet Visor}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" | {{icon class|Scout}}<br/>'''[[Scout{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Scout</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#037a78;" rowspan="4" | '''{{class link|Pyro|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Cadet Visor|75px}}
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|A Head Full of Hot Air|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Cadet Visor}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|A Head Full of Hot Air}}'''
|-
 
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" rowspan="4"| {{icon class|Pyro}}<br/>'''[[Pyro{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Pyro</span>]]'''
 
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|A Head Full of Hot Air|75px}}
 
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|A Head Full of Hot Air}}'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Jupiter Jetpack|75px}}
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| style="background:#8847FF;" | {{icon item|Jupiter Jetpack|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Jupiter Jetpack}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Jupiter Jetpack}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Phobos Filter|75px}}
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|Phobos Filter|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Phobos Filter}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Phobos Filter}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Space Diver|75px}}
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|Space Diver|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Space Diver}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Space Diver}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" | {{icon class|Demoman}}<br/>'''[[Demoman{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Demoman</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#037a78;" rowspan="1" | '''{{class link|Heavy|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Universal Translator|75px}}
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| style="background:#EB4B4B;" | {{icon item|Sucker Slug|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Universal Translator}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Sucker Slug}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" | {{icon class|Heavy}}<br/>'''[[Heavy{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Heavy</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#037a78;" rowspan="2" | '''{{class link|Engineer|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Sucker Slug|75px}}
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|Life Support System|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Sucker Slug}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Life Support System}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" rowspan="2"| {{icon class|Engineer}}<br/>'''[[Engineer{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Engineer</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#8847FF;" | {{icon item|Rocket Operator|75px}}
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Life Support System|75px}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Rocket Operator}}'''
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Life Support System}}'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Rocket Operator|75px}}
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| style="background:#037a78;" rowspan="3" | '''{{class link|Sniper|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Rocket Operator}}'''
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| style="background:#EB4B4B;" | {{icon item|Corona Australis|75px}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Corona Australis}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" rowspan="3"| {{icon class|Sniper}}<br/>'''[[Sniper{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Sniper</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|Final Frontiersman|75px}}
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Corona Australis|75px}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Final Frontiersman}}'''
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Corona Australis}}'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Final Frontiersman|75px}}
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| style="background:#D32CE6;" | {{icon item|Starduster|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Final Frontiersman}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Starduster}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Starduster|75px}}
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| style="background:#037a78;" rowspan="1" | '''{{class link|Spy|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Starduster}}'''
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|Graylien|75px}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Graylien}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;"| {{icon class|Spy}}<br/>'''[[Spy{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">Spy</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#037a78;" rowspan="5" | '''{{class link|All Classes|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Graylien|75px}}
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| style="background:#8847FF;" | {{icon item|Captain Space Mann|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Graylien}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Captain Space Mann}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| style="background: #037a78; width:90px;" rowspan="4"| {{icon class|All Classes}}<br/>'''[[Classes{{if lang}}|<span style="color: #FFF;">All Classes</span>]]'''
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| style="background:#70B04A;" | {{icon item|Invasion Community Update Medal|75px}}
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Captain Space Mann|75px}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Medal}}'''
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Captain Space Mann}}'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Phononaut|75px}}
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| style="background:#8847FF;" | {{icon item|Phononaut|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Phononaut}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Phononaut}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Space Hamster Hammy|75px}}
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| style="background:#D32CE6;" | {{icon item|Space Hamster Hammy|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Space Hamster Hammy}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Space Hamster Hammy}}'''
 
|-
 
|-
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|{{icon item|Invasion Community Update Medal|75px}}
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| style="background:#4B69FF;" | {{icon item|Universal Translator|75px}}
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Medal}}'''
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Universal Translator}}'''
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== Taunts ===
 
=== Taunts ===
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{{main|Taunts}}
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
|-
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| width="85px"  style="background:#037a78;" | '''{{class link|All Classes|br=yes|color=white}}'''
| style="background-color:#037a78;" width:"90px;" | {{icon class|All Classes}}<br/>'''[[Classes|<span style="color: #FFF;">All Classes</span>]]'''
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| width="75px" style="background:#D32CE6;" | {{Icon item|Burstchester|75px}}
| align="center" style="background-color:#84bbb5;" | {{Icon item|Burstchester|75px}}
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| width="120px" style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Burstchester}}'''
| style="background-color:#84bbb5;"| '''{{item link|Burstchester}}'''
 
 
|}
 
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{{main|Tools}}
 
{{main|Tools}}
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding="3" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding="3" style="text-align:center;"
|align="center" style="background-color:#037a78;"| {{Icon item|Invasion Community Update Pass|75px}}
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| width="85px" style="background:#037a78;" | {{Icon item|Invasion Community Update Pass|75px}}
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Pass}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Pass}}
 
|-
 
|-
|align="center" style="background-color:#037a78;"| {{Icon item|Invasion Community Update Coin|75px}}
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| style="background:#037a78;" | {{Icon item|Invasion Community Update Coin|75px}}
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Coin}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Coin}}
 
|-
 
|-
|align="center" style="background-color:#037a78;"| {{Icon item|Quarantined Collection Case|75px}}
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| style="background:#037a78;" | {{Icon item|Quarantined Collection Case|75px}}
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Quarantined Collection Case}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Quarantined Collection Case}}
 
|-
 
|-
|align="center" style="background-color:#037a78;"| {{Icon item|Confidential Collection Case|75px}}
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| style="background:#037a78;" | {{Icon item|Confidential Collection Case|75px}}
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Confidential Collection Case}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Confidential Collection Case}}
 
|-
 
|-
|align="center" style="background-color:#037a78;"| {{Icon item|Invasion Community Update Key|75px}}
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| style="background:#037a78;" | {{Icon item|Invasion Community Update Key|75px}}
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;"|'''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Key}}
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| style="background:#84bbb5;" | '''{{item link|Invasion Community Update Key}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== Unusual effects ===
 
=== Unusual effects ===
{{main|Unusual effects}}
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{{main|Unusual}}
<gallery perrow="4">
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{{Invasion Community Update Unusual effects}}
File:Unusual Abduction.png| Abduction
 
File:Unusual Atomic.png| Atomic
 
File:Unusual Subatomic.png| Subatomic
 
File:Unusual Electric Hat Protector.png| Electric Hat Protector
 
File:Unusual Magnetic Hat Protector.png| Magnetic Hat Protector
 
File:Unusual Voltaic Hat Protector.png| Voltaic Hat Protector
 
File:Unusual Galactic Codex.png| Galactic Codex
 
File:Unusual Ancient Codex.png| Ancient Codex
 
File:Unusual Nebula.png| Nebula
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
=== Maps ===
 
{|class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
 
|-style="height:20px;"
 
!class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" |Name
 
!class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" |Picture
 
!class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" |Game mode
 
!class="header" style="background-color:#037a78;color:#FFFFFF;" |File name
 
|-
 
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;" |'''[[2Fort Invasion]]'''
 
|width="100px" |[[File:Ctf 2fort invasion.jpg|160px|link=2Fort Invasion]]
 
|align="center"|'''[[Capture the Flag]]'''<br>[[File:Intel blu idle.png|50px|link=Capture the Flag]]
 
|width="60px"  |{{code|ctf_2fort_invasion}}
 
|-
 
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;" |'''[[Watergate]]'''
 
|width="100px" |[[File:Pd watergate 1.jpg|160px|link=Watergate]]
 
|align="center"|'''[[Player Destruction]]'''
 
|width="60px"  |{{code|pd_watergate}}
 
|-
 
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;" |'''[[Probed]]'''
 
|width="100px" |[[File:Koth_probed.jpg|160px|link=Probed]]
 
|align="center"|'''[[King of the Hill]]'''<br>[[File:Controlpoint.png|50px|link=King of the Hill]]
 
|width="60px"  |{{code|koth_probed}}
 
|-
 
|style="background-color:#84bbb5;" |'''[[Byre]]'''
 
|width="100px" |[[File:Arena_byre_b40007.jpg|160px|link=Byre]]
 
|align="center"|'''[[Arena]]'''<br>[[File:Controlpoint.png|50px|link=Arena]]
 
|width="60px"  |{{code|arena_byre}}
 
|}
 
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The alien movie in the Invasion Update video is based on a cheesy 1950s film.
 
* The alien movie in the Invasion Update video is based on a cheesy 1950s film.
* The update was teased months before hand by the Team Fortress 2 Podcast Kritzkast.
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* The update was teased months before hand by the Team Fortress 2 Podcast [[Lo-Fi Longwave|KritzKast]].
** On the Kritzkast Meet Your Makers page, there is a blurry image of a [[Saucer]].
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** On the KritzKast Meet Your Makers page, there is a blurry image of a [[Saucers|saucer]].
** The page contains an X Ray image of the Pyro with a [[Triboniophorus Tyrannus]] or possibly a [[Sucker Slug]] on his head.
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** The page contains an [[:File:2fort invasion poster7.png|X Ray image]] of the Pyro with a [[Triboniophorus Tyrannus]] on his head.
 
** Clicking the binary monitor on the main page leads to a secret page with a lone monitor that says "They're watching..." This message is a reference to ''The X-Files'' series.
 
** Clicking the binary monitor on the main page leads to a secret page with a lone monitor that says "They're watching..." This message is a reference to ''The X-Files'' series.
 
* On Sep 13th, the update was teased on Brett Kennedy's channel in a video titled ''midnight showing''.
 
* On Sep 13th, the update was teased on Brett Kennedy's channel in a video titled ''midnight showing''.
** During the video, a message in morse code is played. The message translated reads: "[[Poopy Joe]] was an inside job."
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** During the video, a message in Morse code is played. The message translated reads: "[[Non-player characters#Poopy Joe|Poopy Joe]] was an inside job."
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** A radio is playing in the background of the video. The static broadcast it is playing is the news intro from the KritzKast radio skit ''KKBC: No one would have believed''.
 
** There is a split second frame of an alien glyph. The glyph forms a crop circle pattern seen in the release trailer, only with the Team Fortress 2 logo in it.
 
** There is a split second frame of an alien glyph. The glyph forms a crop circle pattern seen in the release trailer, only with the Team Fortress 2 logo in it.
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** August Loolam is an uncredited animator.
  
 
== Teaser video ==
 
== Teaser video ==
 
{{youtube|jHgpxwMtPQs}}
 
{{youtube|jHgpxwMtPQs}}
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== KritzKast Skits ==
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To promote the update, the Team Fortress 2 Podcast KritzKast created a series of humorous radio skits portraying a radio news station broadcasting the events of the alien invasion.
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{{youtube|gyXPe4aVSxs}}
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{{youtube|JGZpA4K9-WI}}
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{{youtube|URpCuPAT9eE}}
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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File:Invasion Community Update Page.png|[http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion/ Invasion Community Update Page].
 
File:KritzKast Invasion Teaser 1.png|The KritzKast Meet Your Makers page that contains the saucer & x ray image.
 
File:KritzKast Invasion Teaser 1.png|The KritzKast Meet Your Makers page that contains the saucer & x ray image.
 
File:KritzKast Invasion Teaser 2.png|The secret page on the Meet Your Makers page.
 
File:KritzKast Invasion Teaser 2.png|The secret page on the Meet Your Makers page.
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File:TF2 Glyph.png|The alien glyph in the ''midnight showing'' teaser.
 
File:TF2 Glyph.png|The alien glyph in the ''midnight showing'' teaser.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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== See also ==
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* [[Mercs vs. Aliens]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://invasion.kritzkast.com/ Behind The Invasion]
 
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=18730 Get Ready For The Invasion]
 
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=18730 Get Ready For The Invasion]
 
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion/ Invasion update page]
 
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion/ Invasion update page]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/invasion/credits.html Invasion update credits]
 
* [http://mym.kritzkast.com/ Kritzkast Meet Your Makers]
 
* [http://mym.kritzkast.com/ Kritzkast Meet Your Makers]
 
* [http://mym.kritzkast.com/secret/ Kritzkast Secret Page]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 25 October 2024

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see October 6, 2015 Patch.
This article is about an official update. For information on the scrapped game concept, see Invasion.
Previewinvasion.png

The Invasion Community Update was a major community-created update and event added on October 6, 2015. Announced with a community-created Source Filmmaker video, it added four new maps, one of them a themed version of 2Fort, 16 new Cosmetic items, 4 weapon reskins, 9 new Invasion-themed Unusual effects, and a new taunt. Also included in the update was the Invasion Community Update Pass, which allowed players to directly support the team behind the update and also granted them access to special crate drops and to the Invasion Community Update Coin, which counted kills during the event.

Video

Additions

Maps

Main article: List of maps
Name Picture Game mode File name
2Fort Invasion Ctf 2fort invasion.png Capture the Flag
Intel blu idle.png
ctf_2fort_invasion
Watergate Pd watergate logopic 2.jpg Player Destruction
Hud invasion bottle.png
pd_watergate
Probed Koth probed.jpg King of the Hill
Controlpoint.png
koth_probed
Byre Arena byre b40007.jpg Arena
Controlpoint.png
arena_byre

Reskins

Main article: Reskins
Batsaber Batsaber
(Bat)
Giger Counter Giger Counter
(Wrangler)
Shooting Star Shooting Star
(Machina)
Leaderboard class scout.png Scout
Leaderboard class engineer.png Engineer
C.A.P.P.E.R C.A.P.P.E.R
(Pistol)

Cosmetics

Main article: Cosmetic items
Cadet Visor Cadet Visor
A Head Full of Hot Air A Head Full of Hot Air
Jupiter Jetpack Jupiter Jetpack
Phobos Filter Phobos Filter
Space Diver Space Diver
Sucker Slug Sucker Slug
Life Support System Life Support System
Rocket Operator Rocket Operator
Corona Australis Corona Australis
Final Frontiersman Final Frontiersman
Starduster Starduster
Graylien Graylien
Captain Space Mann Captain Space Mann
Invasion Community Update Medal Invasion Community Update Medal
Phononaut Phononaut
Space Hamster Hammy Space Hamster Hammy
Universal Translator Universal Translator

Taunts

Main article: Taunts
Burstchester Burstchester

Tools

Main article: Tools
Invasion Community Update Pass Invasion Community Update Pass
Invasion Community Update Coin Invasion Community Update Coin
Quarantined Collection Case Quarantined Collection Case
Confidential Collection Case Confidential Collection Case
Invasion Community Update Key Invasion Community Update Key

Unusual effects

Main article: Unusual
Invasion Community Update Unusual effects
Cosmetic effects
Unusual Abduction.png
Unusual Atomic.png
Unusual Subatomic.png
Unusual Electric Hat Protector.png
Unusual Magnetic Hat Protector.png
Unusual Voltaic Hat Protector.png
Abduction Atomic Subatomic Electric Hat Protector Magnetic Hat Protector Voltaic Hat Protector
Unusual Galactic Codex.png
Unusual Ancient Codex.png
Unusual Nebula.png
Galactic Codex Ancient Codex Nebula


Trivia

  • The alien movie in the Invasion Update video is based on a cheesy 1950s film.
  • The update was teased months before hand by the Team Fortress 2 Podcast KritzKast.
    • On the KritzKast Meet Your Makers page, there is a blurry image of a saucer.
    • The page contains an X Ray image of the Pyro with a Triboniophorus Tyrannus on his head.
    • Clicking the binary monitor on the main page leads to a secret page with a lone monitor that says "They're watching..." This message is a reference to The X-Files series.
  • On Sep 13th, the update was teased on Brett Kennedy's channel in a video titled midnight showing.
    • During the video, a message in Morse code is played. The message translated reads: "Poopy Joe was an inside job."
    • A radio is playing in the background of the video. The static broadcast it is playing is the news intro from the KritzKast radio skit KKBC: No one would have believed.
    • There is a split second frame of an alien glyph. The glyph forms a crop circle pattern seen in the release trailer, only with the Team Fortress 2 logo in it.
    • August Loolam is an uncredited animator.

Teaser video

KritzKast Skits

To promote the update, the Team Fortress 2 Podcast KritzKast created a series of humorous radio skits portraying a radio news station broadcasting the events of the alien invasion.

Gallery

See also

External links