Jungle Inferno Update

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If Jurassic Park taught us one thing, it's life finds a way. If Jurassic Park taught us two things, it's life finds a way and Jurassic Park is a good idea to steal for an update. And if Valve's legal team has taught us one thing, it was by screaming at us about not telling you the second thing Jurassic Park taught us. If people screaming at us has taught us one thing, it's that loud noises make us so anxious we forget where the backspace key is, so we're just plowing ahead and are happy to announce our wholly original update about deadly animals escaping from a theme park. Because life finds a way, which is the only thing we stole learned from Jurassic Park. — TF2 Official Website

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The Jungle Inferno Update was a major update for Team Fortress 2 that was announced on October 16, 2017.

Announcements

The Jungle Inferno Update page officially began on October 16th, 2017, as announced on the TF2 Official Blog post "Welcome to... Mercenary Park!"

Day 1

The Jungle Inferno Update revealed 1 new Valve map and 5 new community-created maps, along with 2 new Valve taunts and 5 new community-created taunts.

Maps

Community maps are identified in italics.

Name	Picture	Game mode	File name
Banana Bay		Payload Race	plr_bananabay_rc4
Brazil		King of the Hill	koth_brazil
Enclosure		Payload	pl_enclosure
Lazarus		King of the Hill	koth_lazarus
Mercenary Park	160px	Control Points	cp_mercenarypark
Mossrock		Attack/Defend	cp_mossrock

Day 2

Day 2 revealed the Jungle Inferno Campaign and War Paint cases which will be replacing campaign weapon drops and weapon cases, 2 new cosmetic cases, and the new campaign system. This campaign involves 36 new contracts that can be completed in co-op. Completion of the contracts earns either a campaign-specific item or "Blood Money", which can be used to buy War Paint and cases.

Campaign

The Jungle Inferno Campaign requires the purchase of a Jungle Inferno Campaign Pass. The ConTracker PDA has also been introduced, which allows customized contract progression and the Mercenary Park Gift Shop. Friendly Fire is also now possible, which allows players to play against their friends and help each other in completing contracts if the two players are in a party.

Cosmetics

Main article: Cosmetic items

Tools

Main article: Tools

Day 3

Day 3 revealed 4 new weapons for the Pyro, a kill taunt for one of the new Pyro weapons (the Thermal Thruster), a lunchbox item for the Heavy, and changes to the flamethrower.

Taunts

Pyro

Gas Blast

Tweaked Classes

Class	Changes
Pyro	Changed: Airblast hit detection for both players and projectiles is now a consistent cone
	Changed: Airblast strength increased
	Changed: Airblast now causes the target player to have reduced footing and air control for a short period, rather than losing all control
	Changed: Airblast now factors in the momentum of the Pyro and target, giving both more control over the interaction
	Changed: Airblast now factors in the upward angle of the airblast, rather than having a fixed upward force
	Changed: Afterburn duration now based on how long the flamethrower was actively hitting an enemy

Tweaked Weapons

Class	Weapon	Changes
Pyro	Flame Thrower + Variants	Changed: Better visual sync, more consistent (no visuals/damage mismatch)
		Changed: New particle effects

Day 4

Day 4 released the patch-notes for the Jungle Inferno Update, including various weapon changes and changes to the matchmaking system. The actual update itself was delayed a day due to the TF2 Team wanting to test the update some more before the release. The team gave notice of a delay of one day for the update. In "compensation", the post linked to a "big list of the changes, additions and fixes we'll be shipping". First person view models were added for all of the weapons new sounds were added for the Family Business, the Winger, the Frontier Justice and a sound for when the Medigun's beam detaches from the healing target. The Awper Hand and Brass Beast also got new sound effects, replacing the older ones. The most hyped part of this update page was the Righteous Bison buff which has been reverted to its pre MYM state. There was more information about the new weapons, most interestingly the Dragon's Fury. This weapon shoots a fast fireball projectile which does +300% damage to burning players. The weapon also features an Alt-Fire of which is an Airblast, like other flamethrowers. The patch notes can be found here on the TF2 website.

Update progress

The Jungle Inferno Update was released over time through a four-day update. Explanations for the new additions to the game have yet to be given out.

Trivia

• This was the longest wait for a major update in TF2 history, timing 10 months and 29 days (272 days total) since Smissmas 2016.
• At the bottom of the Day 1 Update Page, there are several nods to the new Pyro weapons. There is a Gas Passer lying on the ground, and in the background, the Pyro can be seen flying with the Thermal Thruster.
• Throughout the Day 2 Update Page, there are multiple hints at a new Pyro weapon. In the pile of weapons shown that War Paints can be applied to, there is a Dragon's Fury in the background. Also, on the lineup of the team showing off new cosmetics, the Pyro is seen holding the Dragon's Fury again and the Heavy holding the Second Banana.
• At the bottom of the Day 2 Update Page, Saxton Hale is seen holding a ConTracker. On the screen, there are two names. One says "Mercenary Park", and the other says "Pyroland". It was later revealed that through the "Pyroland" option, players would be able to earn all of the four new Pyro weapons and the Heavy weapon via completing six free contracts.
• At the bottom of the page for Day 2, a parrot can be seen on Saxton Hale's shoulder. When its head is clicked or hovered over with the mouse cursor, it explodes.

Gallery

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  Day 1. Maps and taunts.

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  Day 2. Campaign Pass and cosmetics.

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  Day 3. Pyro's new class pack and subcampaign.

• Jungle Inferno Update Delay.jpg

  Delay. Announced delay and change notes.

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  Day 4. Final Patch-notes.

External links

• Welcome to... Mercenary Park!
• Jungle Inferno Update Day 1
• Hit the Campaign Trail!
• Update Day 2
• Hot Stuff!
• Update Day 3
• We're Almost Live!
• Update Day 4