Festive weapons

"Festive" redirects here. For the Festive Winter Crate, see Mann Co. Supply Crate.

Festive Scattergun
Limited Level 1 Scattergun

Festive weapons are a special classification of items. They are Weapons for each class wrapped in blinking Christmas lights powered by a battery pack, similar to the ones found on the Industrial Festivizer. Some also have dangling bells, light bulbs, baubles, ribbons, or a different texture. Festive weapons were added to the game during the Australian Christmas 2011, the Mecha Update and the Smissmas 2013 events.

The lights are green, yellow, and team-colored, even though the backpack icons depict both red and blue colors being on a weapon at the same time. The only exception is the Festive Stickybomb Launcher's lights, which are all white when its default style is selected.

They function exactly the same as normal weapons. The visual additions are purely cosmetic changes and have no effect on gameplay. Festive items could only be found by unlocking Naughty Winter Crates and are available in both Unique and Strange quality, though the Strange versions are much rarer.

Update history

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added Festive Scattergun, Festive Bat, Festive Rocket Launcher, Festive Flame Thrower, Festive Sticky Launcher, Festive Minigun, Festive Wrench, Festive Medi Gun, Festive Sniper Rifle and Festive Knife.

December 19, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Festive weapons so they can be gift-wrapped.

December 23, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the Festive Stickybomb Launcher's backpack icon to now show white lights.

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• Added Festive Holy Mackerel, Festive Buff Banner, Festive Axtinguisher, Festive Grenade Launcher, Festive Sandvich, Festive Frontier Justice, Festive Ubersaw, Festive Huntsman and Festive Ambassador.

January 8, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Festive versions of weapons not completing a set when equipped.

January 16, 2013 Patch

• Added Festive Sandvich, Festive Buff Banner, and Festive Huntsman to the list of items allowed in Medieval mode.

February 14, 2013 Patch

• Added multicolored-lights style to the Festive Stickybomb Launcher.

March 19, 2013 Patch

• The Festive Grenade Launcher can now accept Critical Kills strange parts.

March 27, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Festive Axtinguisher sometimes floating in the world after death.

June 19, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Festive Frontier Justice using the incorrect skin for the Blue team.

December 6, 2013 Patch

• Updated Killstreak Kits to work on Festive variants of target weapons.

December 20, 2013 Patch

• Added Festive Force-A-Nature, Festive Black Box, Festive Flare Gun, Festive Eyelander, Festive Gloves of Running Urgently, Festive Wrangler, Festive Crusader's Crossbow, Festive Jarate, and Festive Sapper.

January 9, 2014 Patch

• Fixed not being able to use the Festive Crusader's Crossbow in Medieval mode.

January 23, 2014 Patch

• Updated the Festive Gloves of Running Urgently to include a blue material when equipped by the Blue team.

March 5, 2014 Patch

• Updated the Festive Crusader's Crossbow to use the same crosshair as the Huntsman.

June 18, 2014 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the Festive lights.

July 8, 2014 Patch

• Fixed some Festive weapons using the lowest LOD for the first person view.

July 17, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Festive Sapper not having a skin for the Blu team.

September 10, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Festive Force-A-Nature using the wrong taunt animation.
• [Undocumented] Fixed Scout not using specific voice responses while "force jumping" with Festive Force-A-Nature.

Bugs

• Festive Crusader's Crossbow and Festive Sapper do not appear in the Mann Co. Catalog.
• Festive Axtinguisher and Festive Sandvich do not glow when crit-boosted.
• The lights of the 2011 Festive weapons disappear on death.

Gallery

Scout weapons

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  Festive Scattergun RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Scattergun BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Force-a-Nature RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Force-a-Nature BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Bat RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Bat BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Holy Mackerel RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Holy Mackerel BLU variant first person view.

Soldier weapons

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  Festive Rocket Launcher RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Rocket Launcher BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Black Box RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Black Box BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Buff Banner RED variant.

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  Festive Buff Banner BLU variant.

Pyro weapons

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  Festive Flame Thrower RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Flame Thrower BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Flare Gun RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Flare Gun BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Axtinguisher RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Axtinguisher BLU variant first person view.

Demoman weapons

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  Festive Grenade Launcher RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Grenade Launcher BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Stickybomb Launcher first person view, Festive style.

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  Festive Stickybomb Launcher, RED Festivest style.

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  Festive Stickybomb Launcher, BLU Festivest style.

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  Festive Eyelander RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Eyelander BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Eyelander RED variant first person view with Chargin' Targe.

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  Festive Eyelander BLU variant first person view with Chargin' Targe.

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  Festive Eyelander RED variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Classic Style).

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  Festive Eyelander BLU variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Classic Style).

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  Festive Eyelander RED variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Spike Style).

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  Festive Eyelander BLU variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Spike Style).

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  Festive Eyelander RED variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Arrow Style).

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  Festive Eyelander BLU variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Arrow Style).

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  Festive Eyelander RED variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Spike and Arrow Style).

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  Festive Eyelander BLU variant first person view with Splendid Screen (Spike and Arrow Style).

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  Festive Eyelander RED variant first person view with Tide Turner.

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  Festive Eyelander BLU variant first person view with Tide Turner.

Heavy weapons

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  Festive Minigun RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Minigun BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Sandvich RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Sandvich RED variant first person view, nommed.

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  Festive Sandvich BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Sandvich BLU variant first person view, nommed.

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  Thrown RED Festive Sandvich.

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  Thrown BLU Festive Sandvich.

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  Festive Gloves of Running Urgently RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Gloves of Running Urgently BLU variant first person view.

Engineer weapons

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  Festive Frontier Justice RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Frontier Justice BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Frontier Justice with Gunslinger equipped RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Frontier Justice with Gunslinger equipped BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Wrangler RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Wrangler BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Wrench RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Wrench BLU variant first person view.

Medic weapons

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  Festive Crusader's Crossbow RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Crusader's Crossbow BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Crusader's Crossbow RED variant projectile.

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  Festive Crusader's Crossbow BLU variant projectile.

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  Festive Medi Gun RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Medi Gun BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Ubersaw RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Ubersaw BLU variant first person view.

Sniper weapons

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  Festive Sniper Rifle RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Sniper Rifle BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Huntsman RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Huntsman BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Huntsman RED variant first person view with arrow drawn.

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  Festive Huntsman BLU variant first person view with arrow drawn.

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  Festive Huntsman variant projectile.

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  Festive Jarate RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Jarate BLU variant first person view.

Spy weapons

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  Festive Ambassador RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Ambassador BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Knife RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Knife BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Sapper RED variant first person view.

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  Festive Sapper BLU variant first person view.

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  Festive Sapper RED variant with its attachment wires.

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  Festive Sapper BLU variant with its attachment wires.

See also

• Reskins