Scream Fortress Update

Scream Fortress was the event launched with the October 27, 2010 Patch, which included the release of the two new Art Pass Contest-winning maps, new Hats, new items, and new Ghostchievements as well as the reactivation of the 2009 Haunted Halloween Special's Scarechievements.

It was the 2010 equivalent of the 2009 Haunted Halloween Special, becoming the second Halloween event to be held in Team Fortress 2.

Although the Scream Fortress page on the official Team Fortress website stated that the event would last until November 8, 2010, Halloween gift boxes containing masks stopped spawning at Mann Manor and Halloween-only hats ceased to be wearable at around 8am GMT+0, November 8. Halloween-only items like the Spine-Chilling Skull, Voodoo Juju and the Noise Makers continued to be available at the Mann Co. Store store throughout the day though.

Maps

Mann Manor

Mann Manor.

Mountain Lab promo image, released on the blog.

Main article: Mann Manor

The biggest addition in the Scream Fortress update was Mann Manor, a Halloween-themed map with a neutral boss monster, the Horseless Headless Horsemann. He must be killed, or any player near him risks decapitation. This map also featured Haunted Halloween Gifts, which contained Halloween Masks that players could collect.

It is otherwise a standard Attack/Defend map with three Control Points.

The Horseless Headless Horsemann

Main article: Horseless Headless Horsemann

The Horseless Headless Horsemann is the undead apparition of Silas Mann. A neutral character, he attacks both RED and BLU teams until he is slain. His Health ranges from 3000 to 9400, depending on the number of players in the server. He does not spawn until ten or more players are present (not including Spectators).

Mountain Lab

Main article: Mountain Lab

Mountain Lab shares the same basic layout as Mann Manor, as they are both entries from the Art Pass contest and are therefore based off the same frame.

Hats

Class	Hat	Name
Heavy		Cadaver's Cranium
All Classes		Halloween Masks
		Saxton Hale Mask
		Ghastlier Gibus
		Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head
		Horrific Headsplitter
		Spine-Chilling Skull
		Voodoo Juju

All four hats could be purchased from the Mann Co. Store during the Halloween Event. After that, the only options for acquiring them were crafting with a Haunted Metal Scrap (which could result in either the Skull or the Voodoo Juju), trading, or gifting. Players who already had the Ghastly Gibus had it upgraded to the Ghastlier Gibus, while newcomers only received the old-fashioned Ghastly Gibus from the Ghastly Gibus Grab achievement from 2009.

Achievements

Ghostchievements

Sleepy Holl0WND Kill the Horseless Headless Horsemann. Reward: Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head Gored! Collect the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Haunted Metal Scrap.

Masked Mann Collect a Soul Gargoyle in Mann Manor. Sackston Hale Craft the Saxton Hale Mask.

Items Added

Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker

Main article: Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker

The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, used by the Horseless Headless Horsemann, is a Demoman melee weapon added in the update. Its stats are identical to the Eyelander.

It can be acquired through a specific crafting recipe that must include one piece of Haunted Metal Scrap.

Sticky Jumper

Main article: Sticky Jumper

Similar to the Rocket Jumper, this training weapon deals no damage and increases damage vulnerabilities for the Demoman. It is currently available through the Mann Co. Store, and can also be crafted with a 33% chance of success using a Primary Token, a Demoman Token and a Scrap Metal.

Description Tag

Main article: Description Tag

These tags were added to the Mann Co. Store and the item drop system. When applied to an item, they allow the player to attach a new description of up to 80 characters in length.

Gift Wrap

Main article: Gift Wrap

These items allow players to wrap and deliver untradeable items to other players for a small price. Many rare items remain unwrappable, such as the Golden Wrench, and cannot be gifted.

Noise Makers

Main article: Noise Maker

These action items were only purchasable during the Scream Fortress update. This item would play one of a variety of sounds upon pressing the action key. Each one came with 25 uses and produces a particle effect as well as a sound.

Trivia

• Scream Fortress reintroduced Michael Jackson's Thriller dance to the classes taunts, a feature created for the 2009 Haunted Halloween Special. Taunting during the 2010 event would randomly chose between the standard weapon taunt and the Thriller taunt, even if no standard taunt existed for a weapon (Jarate, Wrangler etc). This taunt was turned off again at the conclusion of the Scream Fortress event.
• Halloween only hats may still be worn on custom servers that use the tf_forced_holiday 2 console command.

Hidden Pages

<gallery> File:Hidden-Pages_Family_Portrait_2.png|Mann Family Portrait with Silas Mann hidden image <gallery>

External Links

• Scream Fortress
• Official Team Fortress Blog: Here, have some art.— hi-res images of the Scream Fortress artwork.
• Official Team Fortress Blog: Sound of Blog Post Being Posted—the update announcing the release of Scream Fortress.
• Sandwich and I are coming for you!—the Artpass Contest winner announcement.