Spirit of Giving

Spirit of Giving
Basic Information
Worn by:	All
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Template:Dictionary/items/er error
Released:	December 21, 2011 Patch
Availability:	Limited
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	No
Paintable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Available Qualities
Strange
Loadout Stats
hide The Spirit Of Giving 1 - 100 The more gifts you give away, the bigger your heart will get! Get what gift-givers call "the Smissmass spirit," and what cardiologists call hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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The people in our experiment with the biggest hearts were in fact the nicest guys on staff. How do we know? You should have seen how many people showed up at their funerals. — The TF2 Team on x-rays

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The Spirit Of Giving is a miscellaneous item for all classes. It appears as a grey box-like machine attached to each class's chest. The machine has a green colored screen featuring a beating heart and bubbles.

This item tracks the number of gifts distributed by the player via Secret Saxtons and Piles o' Gifts. Each gift given will increase the counter displayed.

Ranks

The current rank title forms the prefix of the item name; e.g. a Spirit Of Giving with three gifts given will appear as "The Competent Contributor's Spirit Of Giving". As the rank increases, the 'heart' inside the box also increases in size. Consequently, the heart is not visible if no gifts have been made.

Although the Pile o' Gifts is capable of granting 23 gifts to players in the server in a single use, the counter will only increase to the amount of gifts distributed. As such, if the server has only 10 connected players, not counting the user, only 10 gifts will be granted and the count will only increase by 10.

Rank	Gifts Given	Name
0	0	The
1	1	The Baseline Benefactor's
2	3	The Competent Contributor's
3	7	The Adequate Altruist's
4	12	The Satisfactory Santa's
5	20	The Sufficient Samaritan's
6	28	The Distinguished Donator's
7	37	The Dynamic Do-Gooder's
8	47	The Consumate Contributor's
9	57	The Baron of Bequeathment's
10	68	The Lord of Largesse's
11	79	The Chieftain of Charity's
12	91	The Generalissimo of Generosity's
13	104	The Bigshot Benefactor's
14	120	The Caesar of Pleasers'
15	138	The First-Class Philanthropist's
16	158	The Humanitarian Hotshot's
17	179	The Selfless Samaritan's
18	210	The Uber-Altruist's
19	250	Saxton's Own

Update history

December 21, 2011 Patch

• The Spirit Of Giving was added to the game.

Bugs

• The green part of the screen on the model is still visible while the player is Cloaked as a Spy.
• When viewed on the class select screen or the loadout screen the heart may not display as the correct size, instead displaying a different player's earned heart size.
• The Mann Co. Catalog describes the item's rank as being incremented by the number of duels (from the Dueling Mini-Game), instead of the number of gifts granted.
• A Secret Saxton bug will cause the initial user of the item to recieve the gift, even if the server is full. No item will be inside, but the Spirit Of Gift Giving will still update its gift count. ^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• The item's appearance is inspired from the final scene of the Template:W story Template:W. The eponymous Grinch views his heart through an x-ray, and watches as it "grows three sizes" when he discovers "the true meaning" of Template:W.^{[citation needed]}
• Template:W is the medical term for thickening and growth of the heart.
• The lowest amount of money that a player can spend on Secret Saxtons alone (not including any Secret Saxtons gained via trading) to increase the level of this item to its maximum would be $247.50 / £147.50 / €185. The lowest amount of money that a player can spend on Piles O' Gifts alone (assuming that it is used on a full 24-player server each time) to increase the level of this item to its maximum would be $219.89 / £164.89 / €164.89.
• When equipped to the Pyro, Medic, or Scout, the item is worn on the right side of the chest, despite the human heart usually being slightly to the left side.

See also

• Secret Saxton
• Pile o' Gifts