Ghastly Gibus

Not to be confused with Ghostly Gibus.

Ghastly Gibus
Basic Information
Worn by:	All
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Template:Dictionary/items/er error
Released:	Hallowe'en Special
Availability:	Limited
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 2011 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 (/'gæstli/ /'dʒaɪbəs/ gast-lee jahy-buhs) is an unlockable headwear item wearable by 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 could then be unlocked was to complete the Ghastly Gibus Grab Scarechievement by dominating a player who is wearing the hat. Unlike other Halloween items, the Ghastly Gibus is not seasonally restricted.

Players that had earned the Ghastly Gibus before the Scream Fortress Update in 2010 or the Very Scary Halloween Special update in 2011 had their Ghastly Gibus upgraded to a Ghastlier 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

Template:Dictionary/items/styles

Main article: Styles

Styles
Ghastly	Ghostly

Related achievements

Scarechievements

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

Update history

October 29, 2009 Patch (Haunted Halloween 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.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

• [Undocumented] Updated the description to now say "This is a special Halloween 2010 item".
• [Undocumented] Changed Ghastly Gibuses that were obtained before the Scream Fortress to Ghastlier Gibuses.

December 2, 2010 Patch

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

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Updated the description to now say "This is a special Halloween 2011 item".
• [Undocumented] Changed Ghastly Gibuses that were obtained before the Very Scary Halloween Special to Ghastlier Gibuses.

April 18, 2012 Patch

• Added LODs for all classes.
• Fixed the position on the Sniper.

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added Ghostly style.

Bugs

• When equipping the Ghastly Gibus from the loadout screen, the class will appear to have a second, upside-down Ghastly Gibus coming from their chest. This only affects the loadout screen and does not affect character appearance in game. Affects all classes but the Sniper.

Notes

• The hat description was written by Esquilax for the Hat Describing Contest.
• The Ghastly Gibus's original description was "Embroidered initials say 'Z.M.'", a reference to Zepheniah Mann.
• 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.
• While every Ghastly Gibus is marked as non-tradable, only those obtained by completing the Ghastly Gibus Grab Scarechievement are marked as non-craftable, such as all achievement items, however, trying to craft an original Ghastly Gibus still doesn't yield any results.

Trivia

• The gibus was invented in 1812 and named after its inventor, Antoine Gibus, who was 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".
• If the Ghastly Gibus was worn on a server with Birthday Mode enabled during an officially recognized Team Fortress 2 birthday (either August 24 when the Team Fortress was released as a Quake total conversion, or December 22, when the game was released standalone) The Ghastly Gibus would appear as a "Birthday Package" temporarily transforming it to look like a green box with red ribbon (similar to the Secret Saxton. This effect was removed in the August 23, 2011 Patch along with Party Hats automatically being placed on players heads.

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

See also

• Ghastlier Gibus
• Ghastlierest Gibus
• Ghostly Gibus
• Ghost
• Zepheniah Mann

External links

• List of Ghastly Gibuses that were earned from the website.