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{{Other uses|this=the [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]]|Bombinomicon (disambiguation)}}
 
{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
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| type              = badge
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| type              = cosmetic
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| image              =  
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| image              = Bombinomicon.png
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| used-by            = [[Classes|All]]
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| team-colors        = yes
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| equip-region      = Medal
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| used-by            = {{used by|All classes}}
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| released          = [[Scream Fortress very Scary Halloween Special]]
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| equip-region      = medal
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| availability      = {{avail|Unlock}}
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| released          = {{Patch name|10|27|2011}}
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| released-major    = Very Scary Halloween Special
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| availability      = {{avail|unlock}}
 
| trade              = no
 
| trade              = no
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| gift              = yes
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| gift              = no
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| craft              = no
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| paint              = no
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| rename            = yes
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
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   | level           = Level 20<br/>Holiday Restriction: None
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   | prefix          = The
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   | item-description = 'If ye gaze upon one tome-themed badge this year, MAKE IT NOT THIS ONE!' - Merasmus the Magician
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  | item-kind        = {{item kind|Badge}}
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   | item-flags      = Achievement Item: Not Tradable
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  | item-level       = 20
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   | att-1-positive  = Explode spectacularly on death.
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   | item-description = {{item description|Bombinomicon}}
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   | item-flags      = {{attribute|AchievementItem}}
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   | att-1-positive  = {{attribute|BombinomiconEffectOnDeath}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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'''The Bombinomicon''' is a [[Miscellaneous|badge]] item wearable by [[Classes|all classes]]. It is a leatherbound and twisted looking book with a glowing red eyes and a circular red mark on its "forehead".  A large, bloodstained circle of jagged teeth in the center of the cover clutches a cartoonish bomb. A player that dies wearing this badge will be [[gibbed]] in a spectacular purple explosion, whether the killing blow was dealt by an explosive or otherwise.
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{{Quotation|The '''Bombinomicon'''|Hey, I'm a bomb book! It's pretty good.|sound=Sf12 bcon headbomb13.wav}}
  
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This badge is awarded to players who have earned the [[Dive Into a Good Book]] achievement by traveling to Loot Island through portal that appears after the [[Monoculus]] is defeated and collecting the Bombinomicon held within a cage there. The Bombinomicon can be awarded to multiple players who complete the listed specifications.
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The '''Bombinomicon''' is an unlockable [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for [[Classes|all classes]]. It is a badge representing the twisted looking, leather-bound, haunted tome with [[Self-illumination|glowing]] eyes named the [[Bombinomicon (character)|Bombinomicon]]. A circle of jagged teeth clutch a bomb on the center of the cover, and a team-colored [[Demoman]] class icon is depicted on the "forehead" of the Bombinomicon's cover.
  
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Unlike many Halloween items, this cosmetic is not holiday restricted and can be used by players year-round. A player that dies wearing it is [[Gibs|gibbed]] in a spectacular explosion, with the color varying depending on the current day. During a [[Full Moon]] or Halloween, the explosion is colored purple; any other time during the year, the explosion is colored gold.
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This item is awarded to players who earn the [[Eye-chievements|''Dive Into a Good Book'']] achievement by traveling to Loot Island through the portal that appears after [[MONOCULUS]] is defeated on [[Eyeaduct]], then collecting the Bombinomicon held within a cage there. The Bombinomicon cosmetic can be awarded to multiple players who complete the listed specifications.
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{{Weapon Demonstration}}
  
 
== Related achievements ==
 
== Related achievements ==
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=== {{Achiev type link|eye-chievements}} ===
 
{{Achievement table
 
{{Achievement table
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| 1 = {{Show achievement|Halloween|Dive Into A Good Book}}|width=50%
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| 1 = {{Show achievement|Halloween|Dive Into A Good Book}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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'''[[October 27, 2011 Patch]]''' ([[Very Scary Halloween Special]])  
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'''{{Patch name|10|27|2011}}''' ({{update link|Very Scary Halloween Special}})
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* The Bombinomicon was to the game.
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* The Bombinomicon was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|10|28|2011}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Updated the distortion effect on the Bombinomicon.
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'''{{Patch name|11|22|2011}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Updated the Bombinomicon effect to use golden particles outside of [[Halloween]].
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'''{{Patch name|1|11|2012}}'''
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* The Bombinomicon no longer shakes the screen and has a delay before the explosion so that [[Sniper]]s, [[Spy|Spies]], and others can get better feedback on the actual cause of death.
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'''{{Patch name|6|26|2014}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Updated materials for distortion effect of the Bombinomicon.
  
 
== Bugs ==
 
== Bugs ==
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When taunting with the [[Equalizer]], the explosion effect will not appear but the sound will still play. {{cit}}
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* The explosion effect still occurs when killed by a weapon that produces its own unique death effect: the {{item link|Golden Wrench}}, {{item link|Your Eternal Reward}}, {{item link|Saxxy}}, {{item link|Cow Mangler 5000}}, {{item link|Righteous Bison}}, {{item link|Short Circuit}}, {{item link|Wanga Prick}}, {{item link|Pomson 6000}}, {{item link|Manmelter}}, {{item link|Phlogistinator}}, {{item link|Spy-cicle}}, {{item link|Neon Annihilator}}, {{item link|Golden Frying Pan}}, {{item link|Batsaber}}, {{item link|C.A.P.P.E.R}}, and {{item link|Shooting Star}}.
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* If the player feigns their death with the [[Dead Ringer]], the explosion occurs where the Spy is standing rather than on the fake corpse.
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* If a player who does not have the Bombinomicon equipped is killed and leaves behind a ragdoll, then equips the Bombinomicon before respawning, the ragdoll explodes when the player respawns.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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*The name "Bombinomicon" is a reference to the {{W|Necronomicon}} from the {{W|Cthulhu Mythos}}.
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<!-- content on the Bombinomicon (character) page is not Trivia here. -->
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* The name "Bombinomicon" is a portmanteau of the words Bomb and [[w:Necronomicon|Necronomicon]], a fictional book from the works of [[w:H. P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft]].
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* Despite being almost impossible to see it in-game, the model for the Bombinomicon has a back texture, which includes the [[:File:Bombinomicon Texture.png|back summary]] from the character Bombinomicon. Inside the book itself, it is also possible to find two pages with the Demoman class emblem, even though the book cannot be opened in any way.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow="3">
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File:Scout Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Scout}}
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File:Soldier Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Soldier}}
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File:Pyro Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Pyro}}
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File:Demoman Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Demoman}}
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File:Heavy Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Heavy}}
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File:Engineer Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Engineer}}
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File:Medic Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Medic}}
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File:Sniper Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Sniper}}
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File:Spy Bombinomicon.png|{{cl|Spy}}
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File:Bombinomicon Cosmetic Back.png|The back of the Bombinomicon.
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File:Bombinomicon Cosmetic Inside.png|A modified version of the Bombinomicon, removing some elements to show the interior of the book ([[RED]]).
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File:Bombinomicon Cosmetic Inside BLU.png|A modified version of the Bombinomicon, removing some elements to show the interior of the book ([[BLU]]).
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<!-- Add images of the NPC to the NPC gallery. ([[Non-player characters#Bombinomicon|Bombinomicon]]) -->
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</gallery>
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{{Very Scary Halloween Special Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
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[[Category:Achievement Items]]
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[[Category:Self-illuminated]]

Latest revision as of 22:14, 28 August 2024

This article is about the cosmetic item. For other uses, see Bombinomicon (disambiguation).
“
Hey, I'm a bomb book! It's pretty good.
Click to listen
— The Bombinomicon
 ”

The Bombinomicon is an unlockable cosmetic item for all classes. It is a badge representing the twisted looking, leather-bound, haunted tome with glowing eyes named the Bombinomicon. A circle of jagged teeth clutch a bomb on the center of the cover, and a team-colored Demoman class icon is depicted on the "forehead" of the Bombinomicon's cover.

Unlike many Halloween items, this cosmetic is not holiday restricted and can be used by players year-round. A player that dies wearing it is gibbed in a spectacular explosion, with the color varying depending on the current day. During a Full Moon or Halloween, the explosion is colored purple; any other time during the year, the explosion is colored gold.

This item is awarded to players who earn the Dive Into a Good Book achievement by traveling to Loot Island through the portal that appears after MONOCULUS is defeated on Eyeaduct, then collecting the Bombinomicon held within a cage there. The Bombinomicon cosmetic can be awarded to multiple players who complete the listed specifications.

Demonstration

Related achievements

Monoculus angry.png Eye-chievements

Dive Into a Good Book
 Dive Into a Good Book
{{#switch:Bombinomicon|#default=Get to Loot Island and claim your reward!|en=Get to Loot Island and claim your reward!|cs=Dostaň se na Ostrov s kořistí a vezmi si svou odměnu!|da=Nå til Plyndreøen og tag din belønning!|de=Gelangen Sie auf die Beute-Insel und fordern Sie Ihre Belohnung ein!|es=¡Llega hasta la Isla del Tesoro y reclama tu recompensa!|fi=Pääse Aarresaarelle ja nouda palkintosi!|fr=Rendez vous sur l'Îlot Trésor

Reward: Bombinomicon

Update history

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

  • The Bombinomicon was added to the game.

October 28, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated the distortion effect on the Bombinomicon.

November 22, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated the Bombinomicon effect to use golden particles outside of Halloween.

January 11, 2012 Patch

  • The Bombinomicon no longer shakes the screen and has a delay before the explosion so that Snipers, Spies, and others can get better feedback on the actual cause of death.

June 26, 2014 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated materials for distortion effect of the Bombinomicon.

Bugs

Trivia

  • The name "Bombinomicon" is a portmanteau of the words Bomb and Necronomicon, a fictional book from the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
  • Despite being almost impossible to see it in-game, the model for the Bombinomicon has a back texture, which includes the back summary from the character Bombinomicon. Inside the book itself, it is also possible to find two pages with the Demoman class emblem, even though the book cannot be opened in any way.

Gallery

  • Spy

  • The back of the Bombinomicon.

  • A modified version of the Bombinomicon, removing some elements to show the interior of the book (RED).

  • A modified version of the Bombinomicon, removing some elements to show the interior of the book (BLU).

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