Soldier

Soldier
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Offensive
Health:	200 /300
Speed:	80% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Soldier

“

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! — The Soldier on the art of war

”

The Soldier is a crazed patriot from America's heartland. Tough and well-armed, he's versatile, capable on both offense and defense, and a great starter class to get familiar with the game.

The Soldier is well known for his spectacular rocket jump. In defiance of all good sense and judgment, the Soldier can detonate a rocket at his feet and launch himself skyward at the cost of some health. This ability allows the Soldier to pop up in unexpected places and reach areas off-limits even to the Scout's double jump.

The two grenades on the Soldier's character model cannot be used unless the player finishes the Kamikaze taunt, which can only be used when the Equalizer is equipped.

The Soldier is voiced by Rick May.

Bio

Name: Unknown; Referred to as "Mister Jane Doe" Location of origin: Template:W Job: Template:W Motto: "I'm a Rocket Man." Favourite World War: 2 Special ability: Rocket jump Emblems:    Beta emblems: 50px  50px Description: Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War 2, the Soldier was rejected from every branch of the U.S. military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. His rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949.

Speed

Main article: Speed

Modifier	Speed
Standard	80 .0%
Equipped with the Escape Plan at above 80% HP.	80 .0%
Equipped with the Escape Plan between 60% and 80% HP.	88 .0%
Equipped with the Escape Plan between 40% and 60% HP.	96 .0%
Equipped with the Escape Plan between 20% and 40% HP.	112 .0%
Equipped with the Escape Plan at 20% HP or below.	128 .0%
Boosted with the Disciplinary Action.	112 .0%
Charging with the Cow Mangler 5000.	26 .7%

Basic strategy

Main articles: Soldier tips, Soldier strategy

• You can rocket jump to great heights by simultaneously jumping and firing a rocket at the ground.
• Crouching and jumping simultaneously while aiming at the ground will propel you farther at the cost of more self-damage.
• Aim rockets at enemy's feet to ensure they can't avoid the explosion damage.
• Make sure you keep your Rocket Launcher loaded. Hit R to reload it at any time.
• 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 Rocket Launcher		4	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270
Promotional / Craft Original					Rockets fly straight down the crosshair from the center of the screen.
Unlock Direct Hit				Base: 112 Crit: 338	Has 80% faster rocket speed.  Deals 25% more damage.  Guarantees mini-crit damage on opponents sent airborne by an explosion, grapple hook, or enemy attack.  Has 70% smaller splash damage radius.
Craft Black Box		3		Base: 90 Crit: 270	On hit: restores up to 20 health points.  Has a 25% smaller clip size.
Craft Rocket Jumper	N/A	4	60	Base: 0 Crit: 0	+200% max primary ammo on wearer.  No self inflicted blast damage taken.  -100% damage penalty.  No random critical hits.  Unable to carry the intelligence and the PASS Time JACK.
Craft Liberty Launcher		5	20	Base: 68 Crit: 203	+25% clip size.  Has 40% faster rocket speed.  -25% blast damage from rocket jumps.  -25% damage penalty.
Craft Cow Mangler 5000		4	∞	Base: 90 Charged shot: 122 Crit: 122-151 Afterburn: 8 / sec. × 6 secs.	Does not use ammo (replaced with an ammo meter).   No random critical hits.   Deals only 20% damage to buildings.   Mini-crits whenever it would normally crit.   Secondary fire is a charged shot that:  Mini-crits players.  Causes enemies to suffer afterburn for 6 seconds.  Disables buildings for 4 seconds.  Empties entire ammo meter.  Cannot be used unless ammo meter is full.
Craft Beggar's Bazooka		3	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270	Hold Fire to load up to three rockets.  Release Fire to unleash the barrage at 223% increased fire rate.  +3 degrees random projectile deviation.  Overloading the chamber will cause a misfire.  Cannot collect ammo from dispensers while active.  -20% less explosion radius.
Craft Air Strike		4-8		Base: 76 Crit: 230	-15% damage from rocket jumps.  Increased attack speed while blast jumping.  Clip size increased on kill (up to +4).  -15% damage penalty.  -10% explosion radius.  -20% explosion radius while blast jumping.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]
Unlock Buff Banner	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Charges a rage meter with damage dealt — takes 600 damage to fully charge rage meter.  At 100% charge, using it grants player and nearby teammates 10 seconds of guaranteed Mini-Crits.
Craft Gunboats	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Grants 60% less self-damage from rocket jumping.  This doesn't affect fall damage.  Grants its abilities passively, does not need to be selected first in order to apply the ability.
Craft Battalion's Backup	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Charges a rage meter with damage dealt — takes 600 damage to fully charge rage meter.  At 100% charge, using it grants player and nearby teammates 10 seconds of: Immunity to Critical damage. Raises resistance to damage by 35%. Raises resistance to Sentry Gun by 50% (does not stack with previous).  Passively increases max health by 20 points (220 total) on wearer.
Promotional / Craft Concheror	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Charges its rage meter with damage dealt — takes 480 damage to fully charge rage meter.  While the buff is active, for 10 seconds the user and nearby teammates: Have their movement speed boosted. Are healed for 35% of the damage they deal.  Passively grants a health regeneration depending on recent damage taken; max is +4.
Craft Mantreads		N/A	N/A	N/A	–75% reduction in push force taken from enemy damage.  Deals 3x falling damage to the player you land on.  -75% reduction in airblast vulnerability.   200% increased air control when blast jumping.  Grants its abilities passively, does not need to be selected first in order to apply the ability.
Craft Reserve Shooter		4	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]	20% faster weapon switch-to speed.  15% faster weapon switch-from speed.  Mini-crits targets that are blast jumping, knocked back, launched by a Thermal Thruster stomp, or using the grapple hook.  Mini-crits only take affect within 5 seconds of deploying this weapon.  Has 34% smaller clip size.
Promotional / Craft Righteous Bison		4	∞	Base: 20 Crit: 60	Shoots an electric projectile instead of shotgun pellets.  Does not use ammo (replaced with an ammo meter).  Projectile penetrates enemy targets.  Projectiles cannot be deflected.  Deals only 20% damage to buildings.  Has a 33% smaller clip size.
Craft B.A.S.E. Jumper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Allows player to activate a parachute whilst midair, slowing their descent.
Craft Panic Attack		6	32	Base: 72 Crit: 216 [4.8 damage × 15 pellets]	+50% bullets per shot.  +50% faster weapon deploy time.  Fires a fixed shot pattern.  -20% damage penalty.  Successive shots become less accurate.

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shovel		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Promotional Frying Pan
Craft Conscientious Objector
Promotional Freedom Staff
Drop Bat Outta Hell
Distributed Memory Maker
Promotional Ham Shank
Unlock Necro Smasher
Uncrate Crossing Guard
Promotional Prinny Machete
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Equalizer		N/A	N/A	Base: 33–107 Crit: 3× Base	When weapon is active:  Damage increase as user's remaining health decreases.  -90% less healing from Medic sources.
Craft Pain Train		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Increases user's capture rate by 1 for points and carts.  Raises bullet vulnerability by 10%.
Promotional / Craft Half-Zatoichi		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	50% longer melee range.  On kill: heals 50% of user's base health.  No random critical hits.  75% slower deploy and holster time.  This weapon is Honorbound and once drawn will be holstered for -50 HP unless it kills.  A single successful hit will kill an enemy wielding the same weapon.
Craft Disciplinary Action		N/A	N/A	Base: 49 Crit: 146	70% longer melee range.  On hit ally: boosts player's speed for 3 seconds and boosts ally's speed for 2 seconds.  Deals 25% less damage.
Craft Market Gardener		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping.  20% slower firing speed.  No random critical hits.
Craft Escape Plan		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	When weapon is active:  Movement speed increase as user's remaining health decreases.  User takes mini-crits when weapon is active, and for 3 seconds after switching away.  -90% less healing from Medic sources.

Taunt Attack

	Associated item	Description	Kill Icon
	Equalizer	Main article: Kamikaze The Soldier tosses away his Equalizer, cracks his knuckles, takes a grenade off of his belt, sets it, thrusts his fist in the air, and explodes, killing himself and any nearby enemies, buildings included. If the player has the Lumbricus Lid equipped, the soldier will complete the taunt with the "Hallelujah" music short playing. Upon successful taunt, the kill icon displayed is different (Displayed underneath normal icon to the right).

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Tank Buster
	Black Box Battalion's Backup Grenadier's Softcap
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Main article: Item sets

The General's Formals
	Mantreads Disciplinary Action Armored Authority Fancy Dress Uniform
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Airborne Armaments
	Liberty Launcher Reserve Shooter Market Gardener Jumper's Jeepcap
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack
	Cow Mangler 5000 Righteous Bison Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Tin Soldier
	Idiot Box Steel Pipes Shoestring Budget
Effect	Enables additional voice responses Allows the Soldier to perform the Robot Dance taunt.

Cosmetic items

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: Soldier achievements Soldier pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.

Update history

October 25, 2007 Patch

• Fixed rocket explosions being able to impart damage through thin ceilings.

December 20, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Rocket trail effects sometimes existing permanently in world.

February 14, 2008 Patch

• Dustbowl
  • Fixed a few places where rockets could pass through non-solid models.

February 28, 2008 Patch

• Class balancing
  • Reduced Soldier's maximum rocket reserve ammo from 36 to 16.

June 19, 2008 Patch (Pyro Update)

• Removed Soldier's 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps.

July 29, 2008 Patch

• Fixed rockets being able to fire through grates at round starts.

December 11, 2008 Patch

• Added smoke to the feet of a rocket jumping Soldier.

February 2, 2009 Patch

• Increased Soldier primary ammo count from 16 to 20.

March 13, 2009 Patch

• Fixed rocket & grenade jumps not propelling players as far as they're supposed to.

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• Added a new hat: the Soldier's Stash.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• Removed self-inflicted mini-crits. Fixes Jarate'd Soldiers having ineffective rocket/grenade jumps.
• Added 2 new hats: the Tyrant's Helm and the Stainless Pot.
• Added a new misc: the Gentle Manne's Service Medal.
• [Undocumented] Added new hat bodygroups to the Soldier.

August 17, 2009 Patch

• Fixed rocket jumping.

September 15, 2009 Patch

• Compensated by increasing the radius of grenades, stickies, and rockets to 50% of what they lost at the corners of the OBB.
• Rocket radius change: 121->146.

December 10, 2009 Patch

• Added counters to the HUDs of Soldiers to keep count of how many Demomen they kill and subsequently contributed to the WAR! Update.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Added 4 new weapons: the Direct Hit, the Buff Banner, the Equalizer and the Gunboats.
• Added 35 new Soldier achievements.
• Added new Soldier Domination lines.

December 18, 2009 Patch

• Fixed a server crash caused by using the Equalizer.
• Fixed the Direct Hit having an incorrect short range damage curve (now matches the normal Rocket Launcher curve).

December 22, 2009 Patch

• Fixed inconsistent Rage generation with the Buff Banner.
• Fixed the player keeping their rage setting when the Buff Banner isn't equipped.
• Fixed the Buff Banner not working when +reload has been forced in console.
• Fixed the Direct Hit Mini-Critting enemies submerged in water.
• Updated the Gunboats to absorb damage from any self-inflicted rocket blast that doesn't hurt another player.
• Achievement fixes
  • Fixed the "Ride of the Valkartie" Soldier achievement being earned by Soldiers on the defending team.

January 6, 2010 Patch

• Soldier Rage bar no longer resets when touching a resupply cabinet.
• Achievement fixes
  • Changed the requirements for the "Medals of Honor" Soldier achievement.
  • Fixed an issue that affected several achievements requiring the use of the Equalizer.
• Changes to the TF Bots
  • Soldier bots are more careful to not fire rockets that will explode on nearby geometry and kill them.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Changed the Direct hit to only minicrit enemies that have been launched into the air by an explosion.
• Increased the rate of the Soldier's Rage generation by 40%.
• Reduced the duration of the Soldier's Buff Banner effect from 14 seconds to 10.
• Fixed rockets not being removed if they explode in func_nogrenades zones.
• Fixed the Gunboats absorbing damage from the Soldier's Kamikaze.
• Recoil/Reload force added for the Direct hit rocket launcher.
• More defined flesh hit force added for the Equalizer pick axe.
• Added appropriate trumpet forces for BLU Buff Banner.
• Added appropriate trumpet forces for RED Buff Banner.

January 27, 2010 Patch

• Changed the main menu background to randomly use the Red, Blue, and Soldier background images.

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

• Added a new weapon: the Pain Train.
• Added a new hat: the Killer's Kabuto.

April 15, 2010 Patch

• Reduced the damage bonus the Equalizer receives as the player loses health.

April 28, 2010 Patch

• Added jiggle bones to The Buff Banner.
• Bot changes
  • Soldiers bots now switch to their Shotgun after firing all four rockets when engaging an enemy.
• Fixed a case where Gunboats didn't apply their damage reduction properly.

April 30, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the Gunboats not properly applying the damage reduction when Spectators are nearby.

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

• Added a new hat: the Sergeant's Drill Hat.

June 10, 2010 Patch (Mac Update)

• Added Training for the Soldier.

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• The Gunboats now reduce self-damage by 60% (was 75%).

August 25, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added a new hat: the Lumbricus Lid.
  • Added an unused unique sound for the Kamikaze taunt while equipped with the Lumbricus Lid.
• [Undocumented] Added a new grenade bodygroup to the Soldier model.

August 26, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the new Worms gear not playing the correct sound during the Equalizer taunt.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Added the Tank Buster set with 3 items: the Black Box, the Battalion's Backup and the Grenadier's Softcap.
• Added new weapons: the Rocket Jumper and the Frying Pan.
• Added 3 new hats: the Chieftain's Challenge, the Stout Shako and the Dr's Dapper Topper.
• Achievement tuning
  • Soldier achievement "Geneva Contravention" changed to 3 from 5.
• [Undocumented] The Soldier's unused "Hi-five" animation was updated.
• [Undocumented] Self-damage for the Kamikaze taunt kill has been increased to 320, which prevents Soldiers from surviving the taunt when overhealed normally.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• Soldier's no longer maintain their rage level when changing loadout.
• Fixed the medal number for the Gentle Manne's Service Medal not displaying properly.
• The Viking Helm paint effects are more noticeable.
• The Battalion's Backup no longer gives rage for falling damage.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• Made the Gentle Manne's Service Medal nameable.

October 12, 2010 Patch

• Made the Frying Pan tradable.

October 20, 2010 Patch

• Trading changes
  • Fixed the Frying Pan not being tradable.
• [Undocumented] Removed the ability to craft the Frying Pan using the "Fabricate Class Weapons" blueprint.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)

• Added a health penalty to the Rocket Jumper.
• [Undocumented] Gentle Manne's Service Medal is now tradable.

November 19, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the shotgun reload animations for the Soldier looping endlessly.

December 2, 2010 Patch

• Made the following hats paintable: Sergeant's Drill Hat.
• Fixed a lighting problem with a couple of the Soldier’s hats.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• Added new hats: Exquisite Rack and Defiant Spartan.

December 22, 2010 Patch

• The Rocket Jumper now has no max health penalty, and have damage vulnerabilities instead.

January 3, 2011 Patch

• The Gentle Manne's Service Medal is now gift-wrappable.

February 28, 2011 Patch

• Added the Hero's Hachimaki.
• The Chieftain's Challenge, Stout Shako and Dr's Dapper Topper were added to the Mann Co. Store.

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

• Added 2 new weapons: the Concheror and the Half-Zatoichi.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a server crash caused by using the Half-Zatoichi to hit someone not holding a weapon.
• Fixed the Soldier taunts not working correctly when the Half-Zatoichi is the active weapon.
• Fixed the Concheror animations not always playing correctly for players on the Blue team.
• Fixed a bug where players could switch weapons after deploying the Half-Zatoichi before they killed someone with it.

March 21, 2011 Patch

• Updated honor-bound weapons so they can be holstered within a second of touching a supply cabinet.
• Updated the Hero's Hachimaki to be tradeable.

April 7, 2011 Patch

• Added a new hat: Honcho's Headgear.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Fixed a bug where killing a Katana wielder with a Katana was incorrectly causing an increased crit chance.
• Item changes:
  • Equalizer Tuned high-end damage range so it's no longer possible to one-shot certain classes also Suppress the Medic call effect while active.
  • Battalion's Backup Reduced rage generation rate by 50%.
  • Concheror Damage-to-health conversion increased to 35% (from 20%).
• Bot changes:
  • Soldier bots switch to their shotgun after emptying their rocket launcher at close/medium range.

April 28, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Brain Bucket.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added new hats: Furious Fukaamigasa and The Team Captain.
• Brain Bucket made craftable, tradeable, and giftable.
• Brain Bucket was added to the list of hats that can be unusual.
• Community contributed voice responses rules have been implemented for the Kamikaze.

May 12, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Furious Fukaamigasa and Hero's Hachimaki to be craftable.
• [Undocumented] Updated the Hero's Hachimaki to be made droppable.

May 25, 2011 Patch

• Added the Concheror to the list of weapons allowed in Medieval mode.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added new community contributed response rules for when a Soldier kills a Demoman.

June 8, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] New laughing taunt animations have been added but are currently unused.

June 10, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a problem with honorbound weapons not allowing themselves to be holstered after killing a Spy using the Dead Ringer.

June 14, 2011 Patch

• Added The Spiral Sallet.
• Updated The Hero's Hachimaki so it can be painted.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added weapons: Liberty Launcher, Reserve Shooter, Market Gardener, Mantreads and Disciplinary Action.
• Added hats: Jumper's Jeepcap, Armored Authority.
• Added misc: Fancy Dress Uniform.
• Training improvements:
  • Added "A,W,S,D" movement instruction to Soldier training.
• [Undocumented] The Direct Hit's description was updated.

June 28, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a bug where the Reserve Shooter would minicrit against swimming targets.
• Made the Jumper's Jeepcap and Pocket Medic craft-able.
  • Refined all Rocket Launcher Forces recoil forces to feel more true to recoil animation.

July 1, 2011 Patch

• The Rocket Jumper no longer prevents self-damage from the Kamikaze kill-taunt.

July 20, 2011 Patch

• Added Weapons Cow Mangler 5000 and Righteous Bison.
• Added Hats Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet.
• Added Misc Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe and Dr. Grordbort's Crest.
• [Undocumented] Fixed issue with the Gentle Manne's Service Medal not appearing.
• Added bomb carrying and showing animations for the Soldier.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• Improved the impact sounds for the Cow Mangler 5000’s projectiles.
• Optimized many particle effects related to the Cow Mangler 5000 and the Righteous Bison.
• Updated the Cow Mangler 5000 to display the drawbacks in its attribute list.
• Added recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for the Cow Mangler 5000 and the Righteous Bison.
• Added charge shot force for the Cow Mangler 5000.
• Cow Mangler 5000 changes
  • Fixed the charged shot sometimes doing more damage than intended..
  • Fixed a bug that caused the projectiles to stay in the world after a team change.
  • Slowed reload rate by 5%.
• [Undocumented].
  • Changed Half-Zatoichi Description "This weapon is Honorbound and once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills." is now "Honorbound: Once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills".
  • Changed Cow Mangler 5000 Description "This weapon can fire a charged shot that mini-crits players and disables buildings for 4 sec." is now "Alt-Fire: A charged shot that mini-crits players and disables buildings for 4 sec".
  • Changed Righteous Bison Description "This weapon fires a projectile that penetrates enemy targets." is now "Projectile penetrates enemy targets".
  • "This weapon deals reduced damage to buildings." is now "Deals only 20% damage to buildings".
  • "This weapon's projectiles cannot be deflected." is now "Projectile cannot be deflected".

July 26, 2011 Patch

• Corrected the damage ramp for the Cow Mangler 5000.

July 27, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed pipe smoke not showing up on DX8 for Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe.

July 28, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a damage calculation in the Mantreads on Linux server, which could cause a physics crash.

August 2, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: Stahlhelm.
• Fix a crash bug related to the Righteous Bison.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added hats: The Hat With No Name & The Salty Dog.
• Added a line to the getting ÜberCharged response.
• Taunting with the Righteous Bison, Battalion's Backup, or the Saxxy now play the Buff Banner taunt.
• Pocket Medic can now be equipped by the Soldier.

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• Added hats: Idiot Box & Infernal Impaler.
• Added misc items: Steel Pipes & Shoestring Budget.
• [Undocumented] Added new voice lines and response rules for the Soldier which play when wearing The Tin Soldier set.

November 2, 2011 Patch

• Added a taunt for the Tin Soldier set.
• Fixed the Soldier's melee dare response rules.

December 1, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Changed description of the Pocket Medic to be "Pocket Buddy" rather than a "Badge".

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added misc items: Ornament Armament, All-Father & Kringle Collection.
• [Undocumented] Added weapon: Festive Rocket Launcher

December 23, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added "glasses" equip region to the Brain Bucket

January 11, 2012 Patch

• Added a hat: The Lucky Shot helmet
• Fixed incorrect player animations for the Buff Banner and the Battalion's Backup
• Updated the Fancy Dress Uniform and the Kringle Collection so they can be equipped together

January 17, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Lucky Shot not hiding the base Soldier helmet

January 26, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the texture for the Pocket Medic

February 2, 2012 Patch

• Added hats: Conquistador & Battle Bob.

February 9, 2012 Patch

• Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe were made paintable.

March 1, 2012 Patch

• Added misc: Teufort Tooth Kicker.

March 15, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Soldier buffs and rage meters not always being reset.

May 31, 2012 Patch

• Updated The Rocket Jumper.
  • Added unique materials and models.
  • Removed damage penalties.
  • Added the inability to carry the intelligence.

June 11, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Gentle Manne's Service Medal not being drawn when equipped.
• [Undocumented] The Gentle Manne's Service Medal now makes small metal sounds in the backpack.

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• Removed player move speed modification on the Equalizer and added it to a new item named The Escape Plan.
  • All owners of the Equalizer were automatically granted The Escape Plan.
• Added weapon: Beggar's Bazooka.
• Added hat: Helmet Without a Home.
• Added misc: Captain's Cocktails.
• Changed the Concheror's rage source to Damage dealt only and increased it's Rage build rate by 25%.
• Added "Flying" sounds to the Rocket Jumper.

June 28, 2012 Patch

• Fixed exploit that allowed Beggar's Bazooka to indefinitely hold rockets in the chamber without misfiring .

Bugs

• If a Primary weapon is fired when the player is initially spawned into the game, a continuous loop of the reload animation can occur. This can be remedied by firing another shot or switching weapons.
  • If the "Auto Reload" option was enabled and started reloading while taunting, the continuous loop of the reload animation will occur.
• If you taunt as you reload a primary weapon (other than the Cow Mangler 5000) a rocket will blink in and out of the Soldier's hand.
• Shooting with a Soldier weapon followed by a quick weapon switch will result in the sound being cut off. This excludes melee weapons.

Trivia

• The Soldier has made several posts on the Official Blog, often referring to the Team Fortress 2 team as "The Powers That Be".
• In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Soldier makes a cameo as the King of Spades & Clubs in the "Team Fortress 2" deck.
  • He is also mentioned in a Heavy idle response line; "You are like sleeping Soldier who just stands at base instead of running to point!"
• The first BLU team Soldier resembled Template:W.
• In Worms: Reloaded, the Soldier's helmet is one of the hats selectable for the player's worms.
• The Soldier's uniform and Rocket Launcher are usable by Megabeth in Super Monday Night Combat.

Gallery

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  Team Fortress Soldier model.

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  The Soldier class of Team Fortress Classic.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Trading card front.

• Soldier2.png

  Trading card back.

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  A lone Soldier wandering Lumberyard, concept art.

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  A Soldier with the General's Formals leads troops on World War Wednesday.

Related merchandise

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  Soldier iPhone 3G Gelaskin Cover

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  The Soldier T-Shirt

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  Soldier Victory Poster

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  Soldier Class Decal, White

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  Soldier Class Decal, Black

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  RED Soldier Figurine

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  BLU Soldier Figurine

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  Soldier's Grenadier w/ Grey Logo

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  Soldier's Grenadier w/ Black Logo

See also

• Rocket jump
• Juggling
• Aerials
• Meet the Soldier
• Soldier match-ups
• Anti-Soldier strategy
• Soldier responses
• Soldier voice commands
• Soldier taunts
• Basic Soldier strategy
• Community Soldier strategy
• Obtaining Soldier achievements
• List of references (Soldier)
• Soldier (Classic)

External links

• Soldier page on the Official TF2 Website
• WAR! Update
• WAR! Update - The Soldier Update
• The Soldier comic
• TF2 Official Website - Some Manner of Grid-based Cipher Code
• TF2 Official Website - More dot-commy mumbo jumbo for you bunch of women
• The Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co. Quarterly Concern
• Classless Update - Today is A Good Day
• TF2 Official Website - Drop And Give Me Terror!
• TF2 Official Website - How to Get a Ghostly Gibus Hat
• TF2 Official Website - Attention Employees...
• TF2 Official Website - The War Update
• TF2 Official Website - It's a Bloodbath!
• TF2 Official Website - War, Day 2
• TF2 Official Website - The Big Red One
• TF2 Official Website - It Is Me, But Smaller!
• TF2 Official Website - This is Very Good Title to Blog Post