B.A.S.E. Jumper

B.A.S.E. Jumper
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Basic Information
Used by:	Soldier, Demoman
Slot:	Primary (Demoman) Secondary (Soldier)
Equip region:	Back
Contributed by:	Z Square
Released:	June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Reload type:	No reload
Available Qualities
Unique Collector's
Loadout Stats
B.A.S.E. Jumper Level 1 - 100 Parachute Press 'JUMP' key in the air to deploy. Deployed Parachutes slow your descent.

“

Fall in, men! Click to listen — The Soldier on preparing the mercenaries to parachute out of a plane

”

The B.A.S.E. Jumper is a secondary weapon for the Soldier and a primary weapon for the Demoman. It is a parachuting backpack with a spade decal, a sewn-on, team-colored patch with a parachute logo, a team-colored release handle, and a tag reading "#64" attached to a piece of rope. The parachute itself is greyish white, with various holes and rips on top.

This weapon allows the wearer to, whilst in midair, press the jump key (default key: Spacebar) to activate a parachute, slowing and capping their vertical descent to 112 Hammer units (roughly 37.3% of normal speed, approximately 7.72 km/h or 4.8 mph). Air control while the parachute is deployed is reduced by 50%. Pressing the jump key again deactivates the parachute, allowing players to fall normally. The player can not reactivate the parachute again after they deactivate it mid-air. Players can attack with any of their weapons while the parachute is deployed.

The B.A.S.E. Jumper can be deployed whenever the player is in the air, whether by jumping, explosive jumping, knockback, or simply falling off a ledge. Soldiers using the B.A.S.E. Jumper can successfully use the Market Gardener to land Critical hits on players as long as the original jump was an explosive jump.

The B.A.S.E. Jumper was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Buff Banner		Sticky Jumper		B.A.S.E. Jumper
	+		+		=

Class Token - Soldier		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

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

Related achievements

General achievements

Nose Dive Kill 10 parachuting players.

 Soldier

Dogfight Kill a parachuting player while parachuting. Project Excelsior Parachute 19.47 miles.

Upper Hand Kill 3 players during the same parachute deploy.

 Demoman

Flight Control Kill a parachuting player while parachuting. Operation High Dive Parachute 19.47 miles.

Air Raid Kill 3 players during the same parachute deploy.

 Sniper

Flight Cancelled Kill 25 parachuting players with a critical headshot.

Update history

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

• The B.A.S.E. Jumper was added to the game.

June 20, 2014 Patch

• Fixed a client crash related to the B.A.S.E. Jumper.
• Updated the B.A.S.E. Jumper to prevent buying unusable upgrades in Mann vs. Machine.

June 26, 2014 Patch

• Fixed a client crash related to the B.A.S.E. Jumper.
• Fixed an exploit related to the B.A.S.E. Jumper and supply cabinets.
• Updated the B.A.S.E. Jumper backpack to use an open model when the parachute is deployed.

November 13, 2014 Patch

• [Undocumented] Corrected the B.A.S.E. Jumper backpack icon to go dark when it cannot be equipped.

April 29, 2015 Patch

• Fixed Sentry Guns not being able to hit players who are ducking while airborne. This was most noticeable when used in conjunction with the B.A.S.E. Jumper.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• Changed attribute:
  • Removed hidden property of up draft when on fire.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Reduced amount of air control while deployed by 50%.
  • Removed the ability to re-deploy the parachute once retracted until the player lands on the ground again.
• [Undocumented] Fixed the B.A.S.E. Jumper's bag disappearing after deployment; now the bag correctly opens.

December 7, 2023 Patch (Smissmas 2023)

• Fixed missing BLU team skin for the B.A.S.E. Jumper

July 18, 2024 Patch (Summer 2024)

• Fixed broken LOD1 model for The B.A.S.E. Jumper backpack while deployed (community fix from Piogre)

Bugs

• One can craft the B.A.S.E. Jumper with incorrect slot and class tokens (i.e. Demoman class token with Secondary slot token). This is due to the B.A.S.E. Jumper being shared by both the Soldier and the Demoman while using different weapon slots for each class.
• If a player dies with a deployed parachute, the parachute stays open while the player's ragdoll falls at standard speed.
• The B.A.S.E. Jumper doesn't show while inspecting it from the Loadout or Backpack menu.
• The open model of the B.A.S.E. Jumper does not appear with r_lod 1.
• If a player quickly deploys and withholds the B.A.S.E. Jumper while starting a rocket/sticky jump, most of the vertical momentum turns into horizontal momentum.
• The parachute re-deployment will only reset after the player has jumped. Meaning falling off a ledge or blast jumping without jumping first will not allow the parachute to be deployed again.

Notes

• This item cannot be worn with backpack cosmetic items, as they occupy the same equip region.
• The B.A.S.E. Jumper was teased on the TF2 Official Website before it was added to the game.

Trivia

• B.A.S.E. stands for Building, Antenna, Span (i.e., bridges), and Earth (i.e., cliffs); and the name as a whole is in reference to BASE jumping.
• The back of the "#64" paper contains a note reading "I love Square", marked by three drawings, an eye, a heart, and a square, respectively. Square is the concept artist for the B.A.S.E. Jumper.

Gallery

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  RED Open model.

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  BLU Open model.

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  Parachute model.

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  Icon displayed when the B.A.S.E. Jumper is deployed.

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  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the B.A.S.E. Jumper.

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  The B.A.S.E. Jumper texture showing hidden note.