Eyelander

Eyelander
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Melee
Released:	WAR! Update
Availability:	Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #19 (Strange), Uncrate #29 (Strange), Uncrate #78, Chemistry Set (Collector's) or Reward (Australium)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Vintage Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Eyelander 1 - 100 No random critical hits -25 max health on wearer This weapon has a large melee range. Gives increased speed and health with every head you take.

“

You don’t kill a man by mucking about with rifles, arrows, rocks, or other long-distance rubbish. You kill him by grabbing the biggest bloody sword you can find, running up nice and close to him, and chopping the dumb bastard’s head off. — Eyelander publicity blurb

”

The Eyelander is an unlockable melee weapon for the Demoman. It is a large bloodstained and battle-worn claymore reputed to be haunted by a bloodthirsty, malevolent spirit. As such, the blade will occasionally mutter the word "heads" when held.

Along with having a longer range than most melee weapons, the Eyelander reduces the wielder's health by 25, resulting in a total of 150 base health points. It also cannot deal random critical hits, forcing players to rely on the Chargin' Targe or Splendid Screen's special ability or a crit boost to deliver any critical hits.

The main benefit of the weapon is that it will decapitate enemies upon a kill, and doing so will increase the Demoman's base speed by 8% and base health by 15, as well as healing the Demoman for 15 health. This bonus will continue with each beheading until the player has collected a maximum of 4 heads, at which point the Demoman's speed will be capped at 370 Hammer units per second, slightly slower than a Scout, and health will be capped at 210. At this point, collecting another head will only provide the healing. If this healing puts the Demoman over his maximum health, it will be gained as overheal, similarly to the Powerjack.

Collecting up to 5 heads will also increase the damage a Demoman deals when using the Chargin' Targe or the Splendid Screen's charge attack; an additional 20% is added to the base damage of the charge for each head. The number of heads taken is shown in the HUD. Collected heads are retained as long as the Demoman is alive, and do not carry over to his next life. Cutting off an opponent's head also has a cosmetic effect; the Demoman's eyepatch will glow unremarkably after taking only one head, but as he takes up to four heads, the eye becomes brighter and brighter.

As an added advantage, if the player decapitates an enemy Demoman wielding the Eyelander, the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker or Nessie's Nine Iron, in addition to the enemy Demoman's own head, the player receives any heads previously taken by that Demoman.

Taunting with the Eyelander equipped will perform the Decapitation kill taunt.

The Eyelander is automatically given to any player who obtains 11 Demoman achievements.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Bottle

Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
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.

Speed

File:Eyelander Speed.png

Eyelander speed and comparisons

Main article: Speed

Speed values are based on the number of heads taken. For reference, the standard movement speed is 100%, which is 300 hammer units per second — the speed of the Spy, Sniper, Engineer and Pyro — whilst the Scout moves at 400v, 33% above the standard movement speed.

Heads	Speed (units per second)	Relative speed increase	Notes
0	280	0%
1	302	8%	Faster than Pyro
2	324	16%	Faster than Medic
3	347	24%
4+	369	32%

Health

File:Eyelander Health and Comparisons.png

Eyelander health gain and comparisons

Main article: Health

Heads	Normal	Max Overheal
0	150	225
1	165	245
2	180	270
3	195	290
4+	210	315

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Demoman		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Eyelander		Reclaimed Metal		Bushwacka
	+		=

Eyelander		Reclaimed Metal		Half-Zatoichi
x2	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Sydney Sleeper		Eyelander		Bazaar Bargain
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Eyelander Strange Sword - Heads Taken: 0 No random critical hits -25 max health on wearer This weapon has a large melee range. Gives increased speed and health with every head you take. Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank. Available as a Strange Festive variant. Notes: Only kills with the strange Eyelander count as heads taken. Heads from other Demomen or Snipers do not add to the count.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

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. Scotch Tap Glory in the slaughter of your enemies using the Eyelander.

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.

Update history

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• The Eyelander was added to the game.

June 10, 2010 Patch (Mac Update)

• [Undocumented] The Eyelander now collects the heads inside Eyelanders of Demomen it decapitates.

September 20, 2010 Patch (The Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] The Eyelander was added in the crafting blueprint for the Bushwacka.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Updated model with optimizations and LODs.

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.
• [Undocumented] Changed the way the Demoman holds the Eyelander in the loadout screen to using two hands instead of one.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Eyelander was removed from the crafting blueprint for the Homewrecker.
• [Undocumented] The Eyelander was added in the crafting blueprint for the Half-Zatoichi.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Replaced the no-crit attribute with -25% damage on the Eyelander.

April 15, 2011 Patch

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

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules to the Eyelander.

June 23, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

December 21, 2011 Patch

• Fixed missing forces for Demoman swords.

October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)

• [Undocumented] Claiming heads with the Eyelander will make the Demoman's eye glow green.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

November 21, 2013 Patch (Two Cities Update)

• Moved the eye glow position to Demoman’s eye patch. Changed the color to Cursed green.
• [Undocumented] Added Australium variant.

December 20, 2013 Patch (Smissmas 2013)

• [Undocumented] Added Festive variant.

[Unknown Date]

• The head counter now resets when changing to another melee weapon, except when changing to a reskin.

Bugs

• Decapitating a Sniper using the Bazaar Bargain who has heads on his counter will collect those heads as if they were taken from another Demoman with the Eyelander, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker or Nessie's Nine Iron.
  • This bug is the result of the above weapons all counting Heads, which are counted as the same unit despite their different effects.
• Killing a Demoman who is equipped with another Eyelander that has a kill-streak kit applied to it will cause the players Eyelander to inherit the kill-streak count of the victims Eyelander, this will continue to display the kill streak count for every kill the player gets until that said player is killed which then looses the ability. Its yet to be confirmed whether or not the victim must have at least one collected head to have his kill-streak count inherited or whether specialized or profession effects will be inherited during the life as well.

Trivia

• The Eyelander was originally issued to American monkeynaut Poopy Joe in order to fight off his Soviet rival Vladimir Bananas before it was acquired by Mann Co. in entirely innocent circumstances.
• The name "Eyelander" is a play on the word "Highlander", the name given to inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands, where the Demoman's hometown of Ullapool is located. Additionally, the name and function of The Eyelander bears a similarity to the movie Highlander, where immortal humans could gain another immortal's power by decapitating them in a sword fight.
• The decapitation animation of the Eyelander's victims does not actually separate the head from the model of the victim, instead shrinking the head so small it cannot be easily seen and spawning a head gib where their head once was to create the illusion of decapitation. This explains why decapitated ragdolls have a 'pinched' looking neck. A severed neck model for the Soldier is in the game files but neither it nor any other models have been implemented as of yet. This severed neck model was intended to be used for the WAR! Update for Soldiers who were decapitated by Demomen, but the implementation of the model and its needed code failed to meet the deadline of the updates shipping.
  • This applies to all weapons that decapitate enemies.
• In the comic, Ring of Fired, the Eyelander is shown to be fully sentient, and can speak in fluent English.

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 (Classic Style).

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  First-person view with Splendid Screen (Spike Style).

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  First-person view with Splendid Screen (Arrow Style).

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  First-person view with Splendid Screen (Spike and Arrow Style).

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  First-person view with Tide Turner.

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  Australium variant.

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  Australium variant with Chargin' Targe.

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  Australium variant with Splendid Screen (Classic Style).

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  Australium variant with Splendid Screen (Spike Style).

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  Australium variant with Splendid Screen (Arrow Style).

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  Australium variant with Splendid Screen (Spike and Arrow Style).

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  Australium variant with Tide Turner.

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  RED Festive variant.

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  BLU Festive variant.

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  RED Festive variant with Chargin' Targe.

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  BLU Festive variant with Chargin' Targe.

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  RED Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Classic Style).

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  BLU Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Classic Style).

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  RED Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Spike Style).

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  BLU Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Spike Style).

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  RED Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Arrow Style).

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  BLU Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Arrow Style).

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  RED Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Spike and Arrow Style).

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  BLU Festive variant with Splendid Screen (Spike and Arrow Style).

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  RED Festive variant with Tide Turner.

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  BLU Festive variant with Tide Turner.

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  Demoman appearance after decapitation.

See also

• Eyelander strategy
• Australium weapons

External links

• The Demoman Update - The Eyelander