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* The effects named "Sulphurous" and "Phosphorous" are references to the chemistry elements Sulfur/Sulphur and Phosphorus. | * The effects named "Sulphurous" and "Phosphorous" are references to the chemistry elements Sulfur/Sulphur and Phosphorus. | ||
* The effect named "Chiroptera Venenata" is rough Latin for "Poisonous Bat". | * The effect named "Chiroptera Venenata" is rough Latin for "Poisonous Bat". | ||
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Unusual Napper's Respite
Level 73 Hat
Effect: Circling Heart
After a long day of burning scouts.
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Unusual quality is an item quality used on cosmetic items and taunts with a special attached particle effect. There are currently 728 cosmetic items that can have one of 66 total effects, and 18 taunts that can have one of 11 total effects. The only methods of obtaining an Unusual item are by potentially unlocking a Mann Co. Supply Crate with a Mann Co. Supply Crate Key or via trading. The chances of uncrating an Unusual item are about one in one hundred, or 1.00%.[1] Unlike regular items which can only be obtained from specific crates, any item obtainable in Unusual quality can be uncrated from any given crate, however the particle effects obtained depends on the series of crate the unusual item was obtained from.
Due to their unique particle effect decorations and their extremely low probability of being obtained from crates, Unusual items are considered to be some of the rarest items in TF2.
The hexadecimal color code for Unusual items is #8650AC.
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Other Unusual items
Two special items of Unusual quality were introduced with the Scream Fortress Update: the Haunted Metal Scrap, and the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker. However, unlike regular Unusual items, the Unusual Metal Scrap is dropped for any player who has taken part in defeating the Horseless Headless Horsemann with a melee weapon, while the Headtaker can be obtained by crafting it from a blueprint that includes the Unusual Metal Scrap. Besides bearing the Unusual quality, the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker is statistically identical to the Eyelander. In addition, neither of these items has an attached particle effect. Due to these characteristics, these two Unusual items are not considered as valuable as regular Unusual items.
Unusual effects
The first 14 effects were added to the game with the Mann-Conomy Update, 8 more unusual effects were added with the August 18, 2011 Patch, and 7 additional effects were added with the June 19, 2013 Patch. The unusual effect pool used by any given series of crate is listed in its potential uncrate results list.
The first 14 effects can be obtained from any crate of Series #1 to Series #25.
- Unusual Chieftain's Challenge normal burning fire effect.png
Burning Flames
- Unusual Heart Effect.png
Circling Heart
- Unusual Peace.png
Circling Peace Sign
- Unusual tf2logo.png
Circling TF Logo
Green Confetti
- Unusual green energy glow.png
Green Energy
- Unusual Ghost.png
Haunted Ghosts
- Unusual Flies.png
Massed Flies
- Unusual purple Confetti.png
Purple Confetti
- Unusual purple energy.png
Purple Energy
- Unusual Green Flame Effect.png
Scorching Flames
- Unusual plasma effect 2.png
Searing Plasma
- Unusual sunbeam.png
Sunbeams
- Vivid Plasma.png
Vivid Plasma
The next 8 effects can be obtained from any crate of Series #26 to Series #57.
Blizzardy Storm
Bubbling
Nuts n' Bolts
Orbiting Fire
Orbiting Planets
Smoking
Steaming
Stormy Storm
The final 7 effects can be obtained from any Series #59 crate onwards.
Aces High (RED)
Aces High (BLU)
Cloud 9
Dead Presidents
Disco Beat Down
Kill-a-Watt
Miami Nights
Terror-Watt
Halloween Special
There were 4 more Halloween-only effects added with the Very Scary Halloween Special, 5 with the Spectral Halloween Special, 8 with Scream Fortress 2013, and 6 with Scream Fortress 2014. Additionally, 2 Halloween-only taunt effects were added in with Scream Fortress 2014. Unlike other effects, these can only be obtained during Halloween season, from any openable crate.
The first 4 Halloween-only effects, introduced in the Very Scary Halloween Special.
- Unusual Green Bubbles.png
Cauldron Bubbles
- Unusual Cloudy Full Moon.png
Cloudy Moon
- Unusual Orbiting Dark Fire.png
Eerie Orbiting Fire
- Unusual Orbiting Jack O' Lantern.png
Flaming Lantern
The next 5 Halloween-only effects, introduced in the Spectral Halloween Special.
- Cloudy green.PNG
Harvest Moon
- Cloud skull.PNG
It's A Secret To Everybody
- Cloudy knives.PNG
Knifestorm
- Misty skull.PNG
Misty Skull
- Purple cloud skull.PNG
Stormy 13th Hour
The next 8 Halloween-only effects, introduced in Scream Fortress 2013.
- Unusual arcana.png
Arcana
- Unusual chiropteraveneta.png
Chiroptera Venenata
- Unusual darkblaze.png
Darkblaze
- Unusual demonflame.png
Demonflame
- Unusual hellfire.png
Hellfire
- Unusual poisonedshadows.png
Poisoned Shadows
- Unusual somethingburningthiswaycomes.png
Something Burning This Way Comes
- Unusual spellbound.png
Spellbound
The final 6 Halloween-only effects, introduced in Scream Fortress 2014.
- Unusual Amaranthine.jpg
Amaranthine
- Unusual Bonzo The All-Gnawing.jpg
Bonzo The All-Gnawing
- Unusual Ghastly Ghosts Jr.jpg
Haunted Phantasm Jr.
- Unusual Haunted Phantasm Jr.jpg
Ghastly Ghosts Jr.
- Unusual Stare From Beyond.jpg
Stare From Beyond
- Unusual Ooze.jpg
The Ooze
The 2 Halloween-only taunt effects, introduced in Scream Fortress 2014.
- Unusual Ghastly Ghosts.jpg
Ghastly Ghosts
- Unusual Haunted Phantasm.jpg
Haunted Phantasm
Robotic Boogaloo
The Robotic Boogaloo Update added 10 Community-created unusual effects. Items with these effects can only be obtained by unlocking the RoboCrate.
Anti-Freeze
Electrostatic
Green Black Hole
Memory Leak
Overclocked
Phosphorous
Power Surge
Roboactive
Sulphurous
Time Warp
Love & War
The Love & War Update added 8 unusual taunt effects.
- Unusual Taunt '72.png
'72
- Unusual Taunt Fountain of Delight.png
Fountain of Delight
- Unusual Taunt Holy Grail.png
Holy Grail
- Unusual Taunt Mega Strike.png
Mega Strike
- Unusual Taunt Midnight Whirlwind.png
Midnight Whirlwind
- Unusual Taunt Screaming Tiger.png
Screaming Tiger
- Unusual Taunt Showstopper RED.png
Showstopper (RED)
- Unusual Taunt Showstopper BLU.png
Showstopper (BLU)
- Unusual Taunt Skill Gotten Gains.png
Skill Gotten Gains
End of the Line
The End of the Line Update added 4 unusual effects.
- Unusual Death at Dusk.jpg
Death at Dusk
- Unusual Frostbite.jpg
Frostbite
- Unusual Molten Mallard.jpg
Molten Mallard
- Unusual Morning Glory.jpg
Morning Glory
List of Unusual items
Update history
- [Undocumented] Added Unusual quality.
August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)
- [Undocumented] Added Stormy Storm, Blizzardy Storm, Nuts n' Bolts, Orbiting Planets, Orbiting Fire, Bubbling, Smoking, and Steaming unusual effects.
- Fixed sunbeams effect.
October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)
- [Undocumented] Added Cloudy Moon, Eerie Orbiting Fire, Flaming Lantern, and Cauldron Bubbles unusual effects.
October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
- [Undocumented] Added Knifestorm, Misty Skull, Harvest Moon, It's A Secret To Everybody and Stormy 13th Hour unusual effects.
May 17, 2013 Patch (Robotic Boogaloo)
- [Undocumented] Added Anti-Freeze, Electrostatic, Green Black Hole, Memory Leak, Overclocked, Phosphorous, Power Surge, Roboactive, Sulphurous, and Time Warp unusual effects.
- Attachment point and offset for particle effects on unusual hats can now be adjusted from the character loadout screen.
- Fixed a bug that would cause unusual effects to float in the air over dead players.
- Fixed a bug that would cause unusual effects to show incorrectly sometimes when spectating other players.
- [Undocumented] Added Aces High, Cloud 9, Dead Presidents, Disco Beat Down, Kill-a-Watt, Miami Nights, and Terror-Watt unusual effects.
October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)
- [Undocumented] Added Arcana, Chiroptera Venenata, Darkblaze, Demonflame, Hellfire, Poisoned Shadows, Something Burning This Way Comes, and Spellbound unusual effects.
- Unusual effect positioning can now be adjusted for all Cosmetic-slot items.
- Unusual Circling Effects have been given a new origin.
- Unusual effects for all Cosmetic-slot items are now visible in the loadout panel and character HUD.
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War)
- Added the Mann Co. Audition Reel. Contains taunts and a rare chance at an unusual taunt.
- Updated Mann Co. Crates to display which Unusual Series they can potentially output.
October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress 2014)
- [Undocumented] Added Amaranthine, Bonzo The All-Gnawing, Ghastly Ghosts, Ghastly Ghosts Jr., Haunted Phantasm, Haunted Phantasm Jr., Stare From Beyond, and The Ooze unusual effects.
- Renamed two Unusual effects
- Haunted Phantasm Jr to Ghastly Ghosts Jr
- Attrib_Particle86 to Haunted Phantasm Jr
December 8, 2014 Patch (End of the Line Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Death at Dusk, Frostbite, Molten Mallard and Morning Glory unusual effects.
Unused content
These effects were added to the game, but are currently unused.
'Beany green'
'Beany hearts'
'Beany target'
'Beany tf'
- Fetti spray.png
'Spray confetti'
- Unusual orbit.png
Asteroids
- Unusual baloon.png
Balloon
Blood Rain
- Unusual spark green.png
Green Sparks
- Unusual spark orange.png
Orange Sparks
Orbiting Cloudy Full Moon
- Unusual orbit lantern nofire.png
Orbiting Lantern
Orbiting Shells
- Unusual orbitskull.png
Orbiting Skull
- Unusual sparkles.png
Sparkles
- Unusual zap.png
Zap
Trivia
- The effect named "It's A Secret To Everybody" is a reference to a popular phrase in the video game series The Legend of Zelda.
- The effect named "Something Burning This Way Comes" references the fantasy horror novel by the name Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury; the title is itself a reference to the Shakespeare piece Macbeth.
- The effect named "Dead Presidents" references a slang term used to describe U.S. currency. This is due to the fact that dollar bills usually depict deceased U.S. Presidents.
- The effects named "Sulphurous" and "Phosphorous" are references to the chemistry elements Sulfur/Sulphur and Phosphorus.
- The effect named "Chiroptera Venenata" is rough Latin for "Poisonous Bat".
- Currently the most expensive unusual is the "Burning Flames" Team Captain at the price of $19,348.88 $USD.
References
See also
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