Engineer

Engineer
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Defensive
Health:	125 / 185 150 / 225 with the Gunslinger equipped
Speed:	100% 75% while hauling a building
Meet the Engineer

“

Hey look, buddy. I'm an engineer—that means I solve problems. Not problems like 'What is beauty?' because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems. — The Engineer on his profession.

”

The Engineer, real name Dell Conagher, is a soft-spoken, amiable Texan with an interest in all things mechanical, and chooses to construct and maintain Buildings that benefit the team rather than engage in much direct combat. The Engineer's various gadgets include the Sentry Gun, an automated turret that fires at any enemy in range, the Dispenser, a device that replenishes the health and ammo of nearby teammates, and Teleporters that quickly transport his teammates to the fray.

However, the Engineer's ingenious devices are under constant threat from explosives and devious enemy Spies; a good Engineer must keep his gear under a watchful eye and in good repair with his Wrench at all times. When the Engineer needs to get his hands dirty, his trio of generic yet capable weapons, combined with the assistance of his helpful hardware, make him more than capable of holding his own in a fight.

The Engineer is also capable of hauling buildings which he has already constructed and redeploying them in new locations at the cost of a lower footspeed and the inability to use weapons while carrying them. Buildings are vulnerable during the hauling process, as they will be destroyed if the Engineer is killed; they also need some time to redeploy after being hauled.

The Engineer is voiced by Grant Goodeve.

Bio

Name: Dell Conagher Location of origin: Template:W Job: Template:W Motto: "I like to make things" Favourite equation: Emblems:    Description: This amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy from tiny Bee Cave, Texas loves barbecues, guns, and higher education. Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.

Basic strategy

Main articles: Engineer tips, Engineer strategy

• Use the build tool to place Sentry Guns, Dispensers, and Teleporters.
• You need metal to build, repair, and upgrade your Buildings. Collect fallen weapons to get more metal.
• Hit your Sentry Gun with your Wrench to upgrade it with metal. Each level adds more health and firepower.
• Build Dispensers to provide your teammates with health and ammo. They also generate metal for you to use.
• Build Teleporters to help your team reach the front line faster.
• Keep an eye out for enemy Spies attaching Sappers to your Buildings. Use your Wrench to remove Sappers.
• Pyros are a good friend. They can help remove Sappers from Buildings using the Homewrecker or the Maul.
• Press E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]
Unlock Frontier Justice		3	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]	Stores 2 guaranteed critical shots for every Sentry Gun kill.  Stores 1 guaranteed critical shot for every Sentry Gun assist.  Stored critical shots (up to 35) are granted only upon Sentry Gun destruction/demolition.  Has half the normal clip size.  No random Critical hits.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Pistol		12	200	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]
Promotional Lugermorph		12	200	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]	Same as the Pistol's specs.
Unlock Wrangler		N/A	N/A	N/A	Enables manual control of own Sentry Gun.  The Sentry Gun gains double firing rate and a laser pointer to assist in aiming.  The Sentry Gun gains a shield which blocks 66% of incoming damage.  Upon switching to another weapon or death, the Sentry Gun remains shielded but deactivated for 3 seconds.

Melee

Note that all the Engineer's melee weapons are capable of building, repairing and upgrading buildings, as well as removing Electro Sappers.

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Wrench		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Promotional Golden Wrench		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Limited item from the Engineer Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Gunslinger		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 1 Crit: 195 1	Replaces standard Sentry Gun with Combat Mini-Sentry Gun.  Increases maximum health by 25 points.  Guarantees a Critical hit on a third consecutive punch.  No random Critical hits.
Craft Southern Hospitality		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	On hit causes opponent to bleed for 5 seconds.  Raises fire vulnerability by 20%.  No random Critical hits.
Craft Jag		N/A	N/A	Base: 49 Crit: 146	+30% Faster construction rate.  -25% Damage done.
Distributed Saxxy		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).

Taunt Attack

	Associated item	Description	Kill icon
	Frontier Justice	Main article: Dischord The Engineer takes out his trusty guitar, plays a chord, then smashes the area in front of him. (Smash sound 1) (Smash sound 2) (Smash sound 3)

	Associated item	Description	Kill icon
	Gunslinger	Main article: Organ Grinder The Engineer revs his Gunslinger which starts spinning, then thrusts it forward.

PDA

Weapon	Notes / Special abilities
Standard Primary PDA Build Tool	Allows the player to build one of the Engineer's buildings.
Standard Primary PDA Destroy Tool	Allows the player to demolish one of the Engineer's own buildings.

Buildings

Main article: Buildings

Image	Building	Level	Cost	Health	Damage Per Second/Replenish/Recharge
Slot one	Sentry Gun	One	130	150	Bullets average DPS: 64 No rockets
		Two	330	180	Bullets average DPS: 128 No rockets
		Three	530	216	Bullets average DPS: 128 Rockets (on direct hit): 100
Slot one	Combat Mini-Sentry Gun	N/A	100	100	Average DPS: 48
Slot two	Dispenser	One	100	150	Health: 10/sec Ammo: 20%/sec Metal: 40/5 sec
		Two	300	180	Health: 15/sec Ammo: 30%/sec Metal: 50/5 sec
		Three	500	216	Health: 20/sec Ammo: 40%/sec Metal: 60/5 sec
Slot three and four	Teleporter Entrance Teleporter Exit	One	125	150	Recharge: 10 sec
		Two	325	180	Recharge: 5 sec
		Three	525	216	Recharge: 3 sec

Hats

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Engineer achievements Engineer pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement.

Bugs

• The Engineer's gloves will always be orange in First Person view whatever the team is (orange for RED, yellow for BLU.).

Trivia

• The Engineer is the shortest class in the game.
  • The Beta Engineer was previously designed to be much taller.
• The Engineer wears his default helmet backwards; however, this is not an uncommon practice among construction workers.
• The Engineer rarely removes his welding goggles. In fact the only official time his naked eyes were revealed was in the "Loose Canon" comic.
  • The character model actually has the goggles as part of his face. There are no official modeled eyeballs underneath them.
• The Engineer designed and built the Sentry Gun under contract from TF Industries in 1965. The PDF manual for the game that is listed in Steam shows a blueprint and promotional guide to using the Sentry Gun.
• The Engineer's favorite equation is in fact part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game, known as Phong on the Valve Developer Community.
• The Engineer's counterpart in the original team of mercenaries BLU hired was supposedly Template:W, armed with a bag of blueprints instead of a PDA.
• The song the Engineer plays during Meet the Engineer is titled "More Gun", which is based on "Someone Else's Song" and was originally written by Jeff Tweedy of the American Country band Template:W.
• A photograph on the Engineer update page displays a young boy (presumably the Engineer) trying on his first pair of goggles, as the Engineer from Team Fortress Classic looks on proudly and pats him on the shoulder. This picture does create an inconsistency, as the Team Fortress Classic takes place in a more futuristic setting, whereas Team Fortress 2 takes place in 1968.
• The Engineer makes an appearance as a large cutout upon one of the forts in Template:W. The rest of the fort is comprised of recognizable parts of 2Fort. The Engineer's hardhat and goggles are also a selectable hat for the player's worms.
• The Engineer's voice actor and the Soldier's voice actor have both voiced the character Template:W from Nintendo's Template:W series: Grant Goodeve (the Engineer) in Template:W, and Rick May (the Soldier) in Template:W.
• The Support class of Monday Night Combat has a promo item of the Engineer's hardhat and the Medic's backpack named "Doctor Dispenser".

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  Photograph of the Team Fortress Classic Engineer from the Engineer Update page.

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  Early Engineer silhouette concept. Nearly taller than the Pyro

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  The Engineer's hardhat and goggles as a selectable Worms: Reloaded worm hat

• 

  The in-game item for Monday Night Combat: "Doctor Dispenser".

Related merchandise

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  Engineer Spanner Work Shirt

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  Engineer Spanner T-Shirt

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  Sentry Mousepad

• Sentry1.jpg

  Sentry Poster

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  Team Mousepad

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  The Team Poster

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  Engineer Class Decal, White

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  Engineer Class Decal, Black

See also

• Meet the Engineer
• Metal
• Engineer match-ups
• Anti-Engineer Strategy
• Engineer taunts
• Engineer responses
• Engineer voice commands
• Basic Engineer strategy
• Community Engineer strategy
• List of references (Engineer)
• Sentry Gun jump
• Engineer (Classic)

External links

• Engineer page on the Official TF2 Website
• The Engineer Update
  • Day 1, 2 3, Achievements, Wrench Log
• TF2 Official Blog - Loose Canon
  • Comic: Loose Canon
• 119th Update! - Coming soon teaser