Item levels
The majority of items in Team Fortress 2 have levels associated with them. Levels, viewed with the item name in the loadout menu, are purely cosmetic and have no effect on any weapon or item.
Originally, item levels were added by the developers to test if level functionality could be included in the item drop system. New dropped items were given a random level between 0 and 100, and the level would appear under the name of the item, visible to all players. It was speculated that this was intentional on Valve's part to increase variety in items in a potential trading system (e.g. a Level 100 Ambassador or Level 69 Huntsman would be considered quite rare).
Random levelling is now no longer a feature as of a recent patch. All new items receive a standard level. However, it appears that hats will still receive random levels, and all items with existing random levels will still retain them.
List of item levels
| Level | Items |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Dalokohs Bar – Direct Hit – Rocket Jumper – Sandvich – Shortstop – Sydney Sleeper – Your Eternal Reward |
| Level 5 | Ambassador – Battalion's Backup – Black Box – Blutsauger – Bonk! Atomic Punch – Buff Banner – Bushwacka – Crit-a-Cola – Eyelander – Frontier Justice – Homewrecker – Jarate – L'Etranger – Lugermorph – Mad Milk – Natascha – Pain Train – Powerjack – Scotsman's Skullcutter – Scottish Resistance – Tribalman's Shiv – Vita-Saw – Wrangler |
| Level 7 | K.G.B. |
| Level 8 | Kritzkrieg |
| Level 10 | Axtinguisher – Backburner – Chargin' Targe – Darwin's Danger Shield – Degreaser – Equalizer – Flare Gun – Force-A-Nature – Gloves of Running Urgently – Gunboats – Huntsman – Razorback – Übersaw |
| Level 15 | Gunslinger – Sandman |
| Level 20 | Southern Hospitality |
| Level 42 | Holy Mackerel |
Other items
| Level | Items |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | Standard (default) weapons – Scrap Metal |
| Level 2 | Reclaimed Metal |
| Level 3 | Refined Metal |
| Level 5 | Mercenary |
| Level 10 | Soldier of Fortune |
| Level 15 | Grizzled Veteran |
| Level 20 | Primeval Warrior |
| Levels 1-24 | Silver Dueling Badge |
| Level 25 | Golden Wrench |
| Levels 25-49 | Silver Dueling Badge |
| Level 50 | Community weapons |
| Levels 50-74 | Gold Dueling Badge |
| Level 75 | Platinum Dueling Badge |
| Levels 0-100 | Hats |
| Level 100 | Valve weapons – Gentle Manne's Service Medal |
