Black Box

“

You are all weak. You are all bleeders. Click to listen — The Soldier

”

The Black Box is a community-made primary weapon for the Soldier. It appears as a rectangular-shaped black Rocket Launcher sporting a couple of fastening bands near the firing end and case coverings hanging open at both ends of the weapon.

On every successful hit with the Black Box the user will gain 15 health points, at the cost holding three rockets per magazine rather than four. Reflected Black Box rockets also award this health bonus to a Pyro who reflected them.

Damage

See also: Damage

Range	Damage per Rocket	Mini-Crit Damage	Critical damage
Point Blank	105-112	122	270
Medium	50-95
Long	45-65

Notes

• Base: 90
• Max Ramp Up: 125% (112 damage)
• Max Fall Off: 53% (48 damage)
• Splash Damage Reduction: 1% per 2.88 Hammer Units away from epicenter to a minimum of 50% at 9 feet (144 Hammer Units)
• Splash Radius: 9 feet (144 Hammer Units)
  • Splash at 3 ft/1m: 226 Crit
  • Splash at 6 ft/2m: 140 Crit
• Rocket Jump Damage to Self: 27-46
  • Critical Hit: Deals same amount of self damage as a regular rocket jump.
• Splash Damage to Self: 27-89
  • Critical Hit: Deals same amount of self damage as regular self damage.
• Health Gain: 15hp
  • Note: Pyros reflecting Black Box rockets will receive the health gain instead.

Function times

• Attack Interval: 0.8
• Reload Base: 0.8
• Additional Reload: 0.92

Reload base is the time it takes to reload the first ammo. Additional reload is the time it takes to reload each ammo after the first. All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

This item is part of the Tank Buster set. When the entire set is worn, the set provides this additional bonus:

• +20% sentry damage resistance on wearer

The other set items are:

• Battalion's Back-up
• Grenadier's Softcap

Blueprint

Direct Hit		Reclaimed Metal		Black Box
	+		=

Trivia

• The Black Box was originally based on the real world M202 FLASH incendiary Rocket Launcher, the four barrel holes were swapped for one due to gameplay issues.
• This weapon's name is a reference to Black Box flight recorders, which are colored Orange. (This would make sense as the Orange Box is the pack in which TF2 was sold in)
• The rear lid of the Black Box is not fixed and therefore has a jigglebone effect. This has resulted in clipping issues, most noticeably with the Buff Banner and Battalion's Back-up weapons worn on the Soldier's back.
• Larolaro, creator of this weapon, also created and submitted The Homewrecker.
• you can buy the Black Box from the in game MANN-CO store.
• It can also be found in the Tank Buster pack for the Soldier.
• Coincidentally, Valve was going to release a pack of three games (Portal, Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Team Fortress 2) which was called Black Box. It was never released, though.
• The health reward is fixed per rocket, not per enemy hit. So you can hit several people with the splash damage from a single rocket, but still only be awarded 15 health
• In science and engineering, a Black Box is a device, system or object which can be viewed solely in terms of its input, output and transfer characteristics.
• With the addition of the Mann-conomy update, six classes are now capable of healing themselves. The Scout (with Mad Milk), the Soldier (through successful hits with the Black Box), the Pyro (by killing an enemy with the Powerjack), the Heavy (with his edible devices), the Engineer (with a Dispenser), and the Medic (passive healing, successful hits with the Blutsauger, or the Oktoberfest taunt).
• A Pyro that reflects a rocket of the Black Box will get the 15 HP from it hitting someone.

See also

• Black Box strategy
• Rocket Launcher
• Direct Hit