Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker

Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Melee
Released:	Scream Fortress
Availability:	Craft
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Strange Unusual
Loadout Stats
Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker 1 - 100 No random critical hits -25 max health on wearer Cursed by dark spirits similar to those that dwell within the Eyelander. ( Not Tradable )

“

See? I told ye they were a buncha' wee lasses! Click to listen — The Demoman on cowardly, undead horsemenn

”

The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, commonly abbreviated as the UHHHH, HHHH or simply Headtaker, is a melee weapon for the Demoman. It is the rustic, single-bladed axe wielded by the Horseless Headless Horsemann. The blade is chipped and worn in some places, sporting a malevolently-grinning face cut into its broad edge that is similar to the face commonly carved on pumpkins for Halloween.

This weapon functions in exactly the same way as the Eyelander and Nessie's Nine Iron, except for using the sounds used by the Horsemann's axe.

The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker is available to anyone who has acquired the Haunted Metal Scrap before or after the Scream Fortress event by killing the Horsemann with a melee weapon; it may then be crafted through the prescribed blueprint.

Taunting with the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker equipped will perform the Decapitation kill taunt.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Bottle

Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Point blank		55-75
Critical		195
Mini-crit		75-101
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Refined Metal		Haunted Metal Scrap		Scotsman's Skullcutter		Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker
x2	+		+		=

Related achievements

 Demoman

Beat Me Up, Scotty Use a critical swing with the Eyelander to kill 5 enemy players. Brainspotting Decapitate 50 enemy players. Left 4 Heads Decapitate 4 players with only 10 seconds between each kill. Shorn Connery Decapitate a cloaked Spy.

Slammy Slayvis Woundya Decapitate an enemy Soldier who is brandishing the Equalizer. The Scottish Play Get a melee kill while sticky jumping. There Can Be Only One Decapitate your nemesis. Scotch Tap Glory in the slaughter of your enemies using the Eyelander.

Ghostchievements

Gored! Collect the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Haunted Metal Scrap.

Update history

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)

• The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker was added to the game.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

March 11, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the decapitation counters not being displayed for some weapons.
• Fixed the Demoman not using the correct animations for some of his weapons.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• The crafting cost of the weapon was changed from 2 Refined Metal, a haunted Scrap Metal metal, and a Scotsman's Skullcutter to 1 Refined Metal, a haunted Scrap Metal metal, and a Scotsman's Skullcutter.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Replaced the no-crit attribute with -25% damage on the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker.

April 15, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Replaced the -25% damage attribute with no-crit.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.
• [Undocumented] The weapon was assigned the Decapitation taunt.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] Fixed this weapon showing the wrong blueprint in the crafting menu.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Updated community contributed response rules.

December 21, 2011 Patch

• Fixed missing forces for Demoman swords.

September 4, 2012 Patch

• The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker now uses the Horsemann's Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker sounds.

Unused content

• There is an unused alternate model for this weapon that resembles the Scotsman's Skullcutter.

Bugs

• Decapitating a Sniper who is using the Bazaar Bargain will receive all of the heads collected by the Sniper, as if they were taken from another Demoman who is wielding another head counting weapon such as the Eyelander, Nessie's Nine Iron, or Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker.

Trivia

• The version of the axe carried by the Horseless Headless Horsemann is much larger and has a distinct pulsating purple glow.
• The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker and the Haunted Metal Scrap, are the only non-hat items to carry the Unusual quality so far.

Gallery

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  First-person view.

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  First-person view with Chargin' Targe.

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  First-person view with Splendid Screen.

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  The Headtaker wielded by the Horsemann.

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  An unused axe, believed to be an early version of the Headtaker.

See also

• Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker strategy