Australian Christmas

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see December 17, 2010 Patch.

The Australian Christmas was a major content update for Team Fortress 2, released on December 17, 2010.

A new game mode, Medieval Mode, was introduced, featuring the new map Degroot Keep.

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The update increased backpack slots from 200 to 300, with the possibility of buying additional slots, 100 at a time, with the Backpack Expander. The maximum backpack size became 1000 slots.

During the event, the Festive Winter Crate became unlockable with a Festive Winter Crate Key that is only available as a purchase from the Mann Co. Store for US$2.49.

The official Valve page for the event may be viewed here.

Australian Christmas: Origin story

On December 18th, 1788, less than a year after the first settlers colonized Australia, an old cutthroat named Nicolas Crowder arrived on a boat with some other new settlers, took one look at the heat and privations, said "screw this," commandeered the boat, and set course on a one-man voyage to conquer the South Pole. Legend tells that he lives there still.

Every December 18th, "Old Nick" returns down under to find out if Australia's children have been naughty or nice. The nice children are given the greatest gift of all -- they are not abducted along with the naughty ones and carted off to the South Pole.

For the next twelve months, the naughty children make toys to Old Nick's exacting specifications. Then, on December 17th, the presents are gift-wrapped, placed in a sleigh, and driven to Old Nick's mansion, where he opens them. Naturally, given the sheer number of hats and weapons Old Nick receives, there are bound to be duplicates -- and every December 18th, he posts them online, selling them at prices so low that he's practically giving them away. The Australian Christmas weapons no Includes kill icons (replacemed "tele-frag" kill icon)...

New additions

Main articles: Weapons, Hats, Item sets

Weapons

Class	Item Sets	Item	Details	Killicon
Scout	No item set	Boston Basher	On Hit: Bleed for 5 seconds.   On Miss: Hit yourself. Idiot.
		Candy Cane	On kill: A small health pack is dropped.  25% explosive damage vulnerability on wearer.
Pyro	No item set	Back Scratcher	+25% damage done  -75% health from healers on wearer  +50% health from packs on wearer.
Demoman	The Expert's Ordnance  +10% fire damage resistance on wearer	Loch-n-Load	-60% clip size  +10% damage done  +25% projectile speed  +25% damage to self  Launched bombs shatter on surfaces
		Ullapool Caber	No random critical hits  High-yield Scottish face removal.  A sober person would throw it...
	No item set	File:Backpack Claidheamohmor.png Claidheamohmor	0.5 sec increase in charge duration  No random critical hits  -15 max health on wearer
Heavy	The Hibernating Bear  +5% Critical hit damage resistance on wearer	Brass Beast	+20% damage done  50% slower spin up time  60% slower move speed while deployed
		Buffalo Steak Sandvich	While under the effects, move speed is increased  damage done and taken will be Mini-Crits  the player may only use melee weapons  Who needs bread?
		Warrior's Spirit	+30% damage done  -20 Max Health
	No item set	Fists of Steel	-60% damage from ranged sources while active  +100% damage from melee sources while active
Engineer	No item set	Jag	30% faster construction rate  -25% damage done
Medic	The Medieval Medic  +1 health regenerated per second on wearer	Crusader's Crossbow	Fires special bolts that heal teammates and deal damage based on distance traveled.  No headshots  -75% max primary ammo on wearer
		Amputator	On Taunt: Applies a healing effect to all nearby teammates

Hats

Class	Hat
Scout	Flipped Trilby
Soldier	Exquisite Rack
	Defiant Spartan
Pyro	Madame Dixie
	Pryomancer's Mask
	Prancer's Pride
Demoman	Prince Tavish's Crown
	Scotch Bonnet
Heavy	Coupe D'isaster
	Magnificent Mongolian
	Big Chief
Engineer	Industrial Festivizer
	Buckaroos Hat
Medic	Blighted Beak
	German Gonzila
	Berliner's Bucket Helm
Sniper	Larrikin Robin
Spy	Detective Noir
	Le Party Phantom
All Classes	A Rather Festive Tree
	World Traveler's Hat

Tools

• Backpack Expander - Expand backpack by 100 spaces (max of 1000 space)
• Map Stamps - Buy a map stamp to get a hat, and whenever you play the map that you purchased the stamp on, you will have a particle effect attached to you.

Trivia

• It is actually summer, not winter, during the Christmas season in Australia because of the tilt of the Earth's axis during that time of the year.