Ghastly Gibus

Ghastly Gibus
Basic Information
Worn by:	All
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Template:Dictionary/items/er error
Released:	Hallowe'en Special
Availability:	Unlock
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Available Qualities
Unique Strange
Loadout Stats
Ghastly Gibus 1 - 100 This is a special Halloween 2010 item. Elegant simplicity and old-world charm combined with the heady aromas of mould and grave dust.

“

Dude, you get a closed casket at the ugly cemetery! Click to listen — The Scout on Zepheniah Mann

”

The Ghastly Gibus is an unlockable headwear item wearable for all classes. It is a slightly damaged, black gibus hat with the top nearly detached.

In a similar fashion to the Gentle Manne's Service Medal, this hat was originally earned by being one of the first 10,319 people to visit a hidden web page. The alternative method, through which it now can be unlocked, is to complete the Ghastly Gibus Grab Scarechievement by dominating a player wearing the hat. Unlike other Halloween items, the Ghastly Gibus is not seasonally restricted. Each Ghastly Gibus earned prior to the Scream Fortress update was changed to a Ghastlier Gibus.

The hat description was written by Esquilax for the Hat Describing Contest.

Related Achievements

Scarechievements

Ghastly Gibus Grab Dominate a player wearing any achievement Gibus hat to earn your own Ghastly Gibus.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can

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Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Gallery

• Scout ghastly gibus.png

  Scout

• Soldier ghastly gibus.png

  Soldier

• Pyro ghastly gibus.png

  Pyro

• Demoman ghastly gibus.png

  Demoman

• Heavy ghastly gibus.png

  Heavy

• Engineer ghastly gibus.png

  Engineer

• Medic ghastly gibus.png

  Medic

• Sniper ghastly gibus.png

  Sniper

• Spy ghastly gibus.png

  Spy

Update history

October 29, 2009 Patch (Hallowe'en Special)

• The Ghastly Gibus was added to the game.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• The stripe of the hat was made paintable.
• [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• This hat was made nameable.

December 2, 2010 Patch

• The hat's painting texture was improved.
• Painting now colors the entire hat. Previously coloring only affected a band near the brim.

Bugs

• In some instances, the Ghastly Gibus appears to float when worn by the Sniper.

Trivia

• The Ghastly Gibus's original description was "Embroidered initials say 'Z.M.'", a reference to Zepheniah Mann.
• The Template:W was invented in 1800–10 and named for its inventor, a 19th century Frenchman. It is a men's collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. It was made collapsible so that patrons of the opera could place it under their seats during the show, often garnering it the name "opera hat".
• The number of original Gibuses, 10,319, is a reference to the date they were given out; 10/31/09.
• Although there were 10,319 original Gibuses, the items do not include a number indicating the order in which they were acquired.
• It was possible to obtain two Ghastly Gibuses by finding one through the hidden web page while the giveaway was in practice, and by earning one with the Ghastly Gibus Grab achievement. This originally served no practical purpose, as the Gibus couldn't be crafted into anything else and one single Gibus could be worn by all classes at once. Since the addition of Paint Cans, players can possess multiple Gibuses each painted a different color. If the second Gibus was obtained before the Scream Fortress update, the owner would have two Ghastlier Gibuses.
• While every Ghastly Gibus is marked as non-tradable, only the ones obtained with the Ghastly Gibus Grab Scarechievement are marked as non-craftable, such as all achievement items. However, trying to craft an original Gibus still doesn't match any blueprints.
• The Ghastly Gibus is not tradable, while the Ghastlier Gibus is. This gives players who have the Ghastly Gibus a chance to collect both, while players only with the Ghastlier Gibus cannot obtain both, unless they received a Ghastly Gibus from the secret webpage, and haven't earned the Ghastly Gibus Grab achievement yet.

See also

• Ghastlier Gibus
• Ghost
• Zepheniah Mann

External links

• List of Ghastly Gibuses that were earned from website.