Frying Pan

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I will eat your ribs, I will eat them up! Click to listen — The Soldier on the culinary arts

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The Frying Pan is a melee weapon for the Soldier and Demoman classes. It appears as a slightly worn cast-iron skillet with a thin film of grease caked onto the bottom.

The Frying Pan simply replaces the Shovel or Bottle without altering gameplay mechanics, similarly to what the Lugermorph is to the Pistol. Critical hit animations are identical to the default weapons, as are the taunts. Upon contact with a surface or player, it will play sounds identical to those used in Left 4 Dead 2.

This weapon was earned by players who purchased Left 4 Dead 2 before October 7, 2010 as part of the Sacrifice DLC. Players also received Ellis' Cap as a part of this promotion. Players who already have Left 4 Dead 2 were scheduled to receive both items in the upcoming days after the end of the October 4th promotion. Alternatively, The Frying Pan was also able to be gained through crafting, using both the melee slot token and the solider or demo class token. As of the October 12th patch, Ellis' Cap and The Frying Pan are considered tradable, but this small patch has been reverted upon release. As the items are currently considered "Purchased", the items cannot actually be traded. But they will be tradable after the next patch.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Base: 65 (59 to 70 damage)
• Mini-Crit: 88
• Critical Hit: 195

Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function times

• Attack Interval: 0.8

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related Achievements

Trench Warfare Kill your nemesis with a shovel.

Previous Changes

It was possible to craft this weapon using the "Fabricate Class Weapons" blueprint before the ability to do so was disabled, making the Frying Pan the first promotional item that could be obtained without qualifying to receive it until it could be traded.

Trivia

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Soldier frying maggots

• On The Sacrifice update page, the Soldier can be seen cooking maggots in the Frying Pan while the Scout (wearing Ellis' Hat) looks on. It appears the two classes are sitting in part of the map Viaduct
• The Frying Pan upon hitting an enemy player or inaminate object will play the same sound effect that the Frying Pan melee weapon from Left 4 Dead 2 would make upon hitting something.
• The Frying Pan is one of the few weapons in the game that can be used by more than one class, along with the Lugermorph,Pistol,Shotgun, and Pain Train.

Gallery

• Frying Pan Soldier 1st person cropped.png

  Soldier 1st person view.

• Frying Pan Soldier 1st person.png

  Soldier Full 1st person view.

• Frying Pan Demoman 1st person cropped.png

  Demoman 1st person view.

• Frying Pan Demoman 1st person.png

  Demoman Full 1st person view.

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  The Frying Pan, as featured in Left 4 Dead 2.

See also

• Shovel strategy
• Bottle strategy

External links

The Sacrifice: TF2 Items

Free Hats! TF2 Blog Post