Jungle Inferno Update

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see October 20, 2017 Patch.

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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 spanned throughout 4 days, starting on October 16th, 2017 and finally releasing on October 20th, 2017 after a 1-day delay. It introduced 5 new weapons, 5 new community-made maps, 1 new Valve-made map, 7 new taunts, 1 new kill taunt, 49 new cosmetics (though 4 all-class items are currently unreleased), and many rebalances for existing weapons as well as the Pyro class. It also introduced an overhaul to the contract system with the ConTracker, and introduced War Paint in place of weapon skins.

Announcements

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

Update progress

The Jungle Inferno Update was released over time through a four-day update.

• Day 1 included 7 new taunts, 6 new maps, and a short SFM trailer.
• Day 2 introduced War Paints and a new contract PDA with free and paid contracts, with the free contracts giving out the new weapons and the paid ones giving out Blood Money, War Paints, and cosmetic items.
• Day 3 showed the new weapons: the Dragon's Fury (a primary weapon/flamethrower), the Thermal Thruster (a secondary weapon/jetpack with a unique taunt kill), the Gas Passer (a secondary weapon/toxic gas), the Hot Hand (a melee weapon/glove), and the only non-Pyro weapon in this update, the Second Banana (a secondary lunchbox weapon for the Heavy).
• Day 4 was the final day, accompanied by a blog post with the complete patch notes and a release date of 1 day away.

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

Main article: List of maps

Community maps are identified in italics.

Name	Picture	Game mode	File name
Banana Bay		Payload Race	plr_bananabay
Brazil		King of the Hill	koth_brazil
Enclosure		Payload	pl_enclosure_final
Lazarus		King of the Hill	koth_lazarus
Mercenary Park		Attack/Defend	cp_mercenarypark
Mossrock		Attack/Defend	cp_mossrock

Taunts

Main article: Taunts

Day 2

Day 2 revealed the Jungle Inferno Campaign and War Paint cases that replaced 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 Paints and cases.

Campaign

The Jungle Inferno Campaign required the purchase of a Jungle Inferno Campaign Pass. The ConTracker PDA was also introduced, which allows customized contract progression and access to the Mercenary Park Gift Shop. Friendly-Fire is a new feature accompanied by the campaign and the party system, which allows players to play with/against their friends and help each other in completing contracts if they are on the same Valve server with them.

Cosmetic items

Main article: Cosmetic items

Sets

Main article: Item sets

Tools

Main article: Tools

Action items

Main article: Action items

Jungle Inferno ConTracker War Paints Main article: War Paint Jungle Jackpot Collection Backpack War Paint Park Pigmented.png Park Pigmented Backpack War Paint Sax Waxed.png Sax Waxed Backpack War Paint Yeti Coated.png Yeti Coated Backpack War Paint Croc Dusted.png Croc Dusted Backpack War Paint Macaw Masked.png Macaw Masked Backpack War Paint Piña Polished.png Piña Polished Backpack War Paint Anodized Aloha.png Anodized Aloha Backpack War Paint Bamboo Brushed.png Bamboo Brushed Backpack War Paint Leopard Printed.png Leopard Printed Backpack War Paint Mannana Peeled.png Mannana Peeled Backpack War Paint Tiger Buffed.png Tiger Buffed Infernal Reward Collection Backpack War Paint Fire Glazed.png Fire Glazed Backpack War Paint Bonk Varnished.png Bonk Varnished Backpack War Paint Dream Piped.png Dream Piped Backpack War Paint Freedom Wrapped.png Freedom Wrapped Backpack War Paint Bank Rolled.png Bank Rolled Backpack War Paint Clover Camo'd.png Clover Camo'd Backpack War Paint Kill Covered.png Kill Covered Backpack War Paint Pizza Polished.png Pizza Polished Backpack War Paint Bloom Buffed.png Bloom Buffed Backpack War Paint Cardboard Boxed.png Cardboard Boxed Backpack War Paint Merc Stained.png Merc Stained Backpack War Paint Quack Canvassed.png Quack Canvassed Backpack War Paint Star Crossed.png Star Crossed Decorated War Hero Collection Backpack War Paint Carpet Bomber Mk.II.png Carpet Bomber Mk.II Backpack War Paint Woodland Warrior Mk.II.png Woodland Warrior Mk.II Backpack War Paint Wrapped Reviver Mk.II.png Wrapped Reviver Mk.II Backpack War Paint Forest Fire Mk.II.png Forest Fire Mk.II Backpack War Paint Night Owl Mk.II.png Night Owl Mk.II Backpack War Paint Woodsy Widowmaker Mk.II.png Woodsy Widowmaker Mk.II Backpack War Paint Autumn Mk.II.png Autumn Mk.II Backpack War Paint Plaid Potshotter Mk.II.png Plaid Potshotter Mk.II Backpack War Paint Civil Servant Mk.II.png Civil Servant Mk.II Backpack War Paint Civic Duty Mk.II.png Civic Duty Mk.II Contract Campaigner Collection Backpack War Paint Bovine Blazemaker Mk.II.png Bovine Blazemaker Mk.II Backpack War Paint Dead Reckoner Mk.II.png Dead Reckoner Mk.II Backpack War Paint Backwoods Boomstick Mk.II.png Backwoods Boomstick Mk.II Backpack War Paint Masked Mender Mk.II.png Masked Mender Mk.II Backpack War Paint Iron Wood Mk.II.png Iron Wood Mk.II Backpack War Paint Macabre Web Mk.II.png Macabre Web Mk.II Backpack War Paint Nutcracker Mk.II.png Nutcracker Mk.II Backpack War Paint Smalltown Bringdown Mk.II.png Smalltown Bringdown Mk.II Saxton Select Collection Backpack War Paint Dragon Slayer.png Dragon Slayer 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. Weapons Main article: Weapons Pyro Dragon's Fury Gas Passer Hot Hand Thermal Thruster Heavy Second Banana 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, information about the new weapons, multiple bug fixes and changes to the matchmaking system. It also introduced the first-person inspection mechanic to all weapons. Tweaked Classes Class Changes Heavy  Changed: The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty only be removed after 1 second of firing.  Changed: Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%. Engineer  Added: Doubled the amount of metal applied (per wrench hit) when upgrading buildings during the "Setup" period. Tweaked Weapons Class Weapon Changes Scout Bonk! Atomic Punch  Added: Apply a slow effect to the player after phasing wears off, based on the amount of damage they absorbed, from -25% at low damage, to -50% at 200+ damage.  Note: The slow effect lasts 5 seconds Crit-a-Cola  Removed: Marked-For-Death when effect expires  Removed: +10% damage taken penalty  Added: Each attack while active adds Marked-For-Death debuff for 5 seconds (does not stack)  Removed: +25% move speed bonus Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol  Changed: +15% firing speed (from 25% slower firing speed)  Changed: Increased max health on hit to +7 (from +5)  Removed: 20% damage vulnerability on wearer  Removed: Wearer never takes falling damage  Added: -25% clip size penalty Flying Guillotine  Added: Long range hits reduce recharge time (by 1.5 seconds)  Changed: Distance considered "long range" reduced by half of the previous value when determining mini-crits  Removed: Crit vs stunned players  Removed: Mini-crits at long range Sandman  Changed: Max range balls now do 50% increased damage (from a base of 15)  Changed: The flight time required to trigger the "max" effect has been reduced by 20%  Changed: Ball regeneration time reduced to 10 seconds (from 15)  Changed: Long-range ball impacts no longer remove the victim's ability to fire their weapons (but the victim is still slowed) Atomizer  Added: Melee attacks done while airborne mini-crit  Changed: Reduce damage penalty vs players to -15% (from -20%)  Removed: Self-inflicted damage when performing a triple jump  Removed: Attack speed penalty  Added: 50% slower deploy speed penalty  Changed: Triple-jump is now only possible while the bat is deployed Soldier Cow Mangler 5000  Removed: Cannot be crit boosted  Added: Granted/earned crits will converted to mini-crits instead Mantreads  Added: +200% air control when blast jumping  Changed: +75% push-force reduction now includes airblast Righteous Bison  Note: This weapon has been reverted to its previous design  Changed: Projectiles are no longer limited on the number of times they can hit the same target(s)  Changed: Projectile velocity increased to 1200hu (from 840hu)  Changed: Reduced damage per tick to 20 (from 45) Demoman Claidheamh Mòr  Note: This weapon has been reverted to its previous design  Added: 0.5 second increase in charge duration  Removed: +25 health on kill Heavy Gloves of Running Urgently Bread Bite  Removed: Marked-For-Death effect while active  Removed: 25% damage penalty  Added: Max health is drained while item is active (-10/sec), and regenerated while holstered  Note: Health will regenerate only the amount drained while active - minus any damage taken during that time  Note: Each time the gloves are deployed, the drain rate is accelerated for a brief period of time. Fists of Steel  Added: 40% overheal reduction while active  Added: 40% healing rate penalty while active Eviction Notice  Removed: 20% damage vulnerability  Added: Max health is drained while item is active (-5/sec), and regenerated while holstered  Note: Health will regenerate only the amount drained while active - minus any damage taken during that time  Note: Each time the gloves are deployed, the drain rate is accelerated for a brief period of time. Engineer Rescue Ranger  Changed: Ranged repairs now consume metal (at a 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio) Medic Crusader's Crossbow  Changed: ÜberCharge gain rate reduced in the same way that the Medi Gun's healing (and therefore, ÜberCharge build rate) is - based on the last time the target was in combat  Note: Reduced by a third when 1 - 10 seconds outside of combat, and scales up to normal over 10 - 15 seconds Vita-Saw  Added: Each hit with the Vita-Saw harvests the victim's organs (shown on the HUD)  Added: On-death, preserve 15% ÜberCharge per Organ harvested. This effect caps at 60%.  Removed: On death up to 20% of your stored ÜberCharge is retained Sniper Razorback  Added: Shield regenerated after 30 seconds  Added: -100% overheal penalty Darwin's Danger Shield  Added: Afterburn immunity on wearer  Added: +50% fire resistance on wearer  Removed: 20% explosive damage vulnerability on wearer  Removed: +25 max health on wearer  Removed: +15% bullet damage resistance on wearer Spy Ambassador  Changed: Headshot damage is now subjected to distance falloff effects  Changed: Headshots beyond 1200 world units do normal (non-crit) damage Your Eternal Reward Wanga Prick  Removed: Cannot disguise penalty  Added: Non-kill disguises require (and consume) a full cloak meter  Added: +33% faster cloak drain rate Dead Ringer  Removed: No cloak meter from ammo boxes when invisible  Removed: -35% cloak meter from ammo boxes  Added: Ammo kits and dispensers no longer refill the Spy's cloak meter  Soldier  Pyro Reserve Shooter  Added: Attacks on targets flying via the Thermal Thruster mini-crit  Changed: Attacks on targets knocked into the air by Pyro airblast no longer mini-crit  Soldier  Demoman B.A.S.E. Jumper  Changed: Reduced amount of air control while deployed by 50%  Changed: Removed the ability to re-deploy the parachute once retracted (until the player lands on the ground again)  Soldier  Pyro  Heavy  Engineer Panic Attack  Added: +50% more pellets per shot  Added: Fires a wide, fixed shot pattern (regardless of server settings)  Removed: 50% faster reload speed  Added: -30% damage penalty  Removed: Fire rate increases as health decreases  Changed: Shot pattern grows with successive shots, but resets after you stop firing or reload (previously, weapon spread increased as health decreased)  Removed: Hold fire to load up to 4 shells Update Delay On the expected day for the update's release, Day 4, a blog post gave notice of a delay of one day for the update in order for the TF team to do additional stress testing. Trivia Several new weapons were teased in the days prior to their reveal: At the bottom of the Day 1 Update Page, there is a Gas Passer lying on the ground, and in the background, the Pyro can be seen flying with the Thermal Thruster. On the Day 2 Update Page, in the pile of weapons shown that War Paint can be applied to, there is a Dragon's Fury in the background. Also, in the lineup of the team showing off new cosmetics, the Pyro is seen holding the Dragon's Fury and the Heavy is 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. Additionally, on Saxton Hale's shoulder, a parrot can be seen. Three red lasers are shining near the parrot's head. Moving the cursor near the parrot causes its head to explode, leaving a comical bone sticking out, some blood on Hale's shoulder, and feathers floating in the air. The triple laser sight is a reference to the Predator film series, as the eponymous alien hunters use a similar sight to aim their Plasmacasters. The first Predator movie involves people being hunted in a jungle. Using inspect element on the website shows the image's name as "parroter". Gallery In-game notification about the release of the update. Day 1. Maps and taunts. Day 2. Campaign Pass and cosmetics. Day 3. Pyro's new class pack and subcampaign. Day 4. Final Patch-notes. Jungle Inferno title during the Halloween event. See also Jungle Inferno Contracts Pass External links Welcome to... Mercenary Park! Hit the Campaign Trail! Hot Stuff! We're Almost Live! Jungle Inferno is Live! Jungle Inferno Update Day 1 Update Day 2 Update Day 3 Update Day 4