Scream Fortress 2013
This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see October 29, 2013 Patch.
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| “ | Claw your way through piles of musty books and skeletons while old people yell at each other about nonsense and get carried off to Hell! That's right, Team Feartress fans— we combined the terror of Halloween with the more muted and depressing terror of a retirement home, and accidentally invented an entirely new brand of horror! Then we realized listening to two old men bicker from beyond the grave isn't that horrifying, so we threw in a bunch of crazy spells you can cast at each other!
— Scream Fortress 2013 Update Page
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The Scream Fortress Fifth Annual Halloween Special is a major update released on October 29, 2013.
Contents
Timeline
Additions
Hats
Miscellaneous items
Abhorrent Appendages, Accursed Apparition, Alternative Medicine Mann, Archimedes the Undying, Baphomet Trotters, Beacon from Beyond, Bountiful Bow, Bozo's Brogues, Carious Chameleon, Carrion Companion, Cryptic Keepsake, Death Support Pack, External Organ, Face Plante, Faun Feet, Faux Manchu, Foul Cowl, Glob
Action Items
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Spellbook Magazine |
Tools
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Spooky Key |
| Enchantment: Eternaween | Enchantment: Eternaween |
NPCs
- Skeletons
Achievements
- Helltower: Competitive Spirit [Win 142 Rounds]
- Helltower: Hell's Spells [Get and use a rare spell]
- Helltower: Hell on Wheels [Send Redmond/Blutarch to Hell 10 times]
- Helltower: Skeleton Coup [Kill 99 skeletons]
- Helltower: Spelling Spree [Use spells to kill 25 players]
- Helltower: Mine Games [Perform 17 enviormental kills in Hell]
- Hat Out Of Hell [Get the loot from Skull Island in Hell]
- The Mann-tastic Four [Earn 4 of the Helltower achievements]
Maps
Trivia
- Several encoded messages appear on the update's pages, and they use Agathodaimon symbols.
- Two are found on ribbons that stretch across the page. The first says "Bazbo Bibbons", and the second "Abo alabazbus"
- Several sentences can be read within an illustration of a spell book
- FEAR NOT THOSE WHO SEEK TO DESTROY YOU. FOR WITH THIS BOOK YOU ARE GRANTED THE STRENGTH OF A GIANT.
- OR PERHAPS WHAT YOU SEEK IS A RAIN OF BURNING COMETS TO SMITE YOUR FOE.
- A RAIN OF COMMETS (sic) ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
- FINE. YOU SHALL BE GIVEN THE SPEED OF CHEETAH.
- AND STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
- FINE. WELL LEAVE THIS TO CHANCE. TRY NOT TO BURN YOUR OWN FACE OFF.
- Multiple achievement names are puns that reference cultural phrases or icons
- "Hell's Spells" is a reference to the phrase "Hell's Bells", which is a song by ACDC and a commonly used catchphrase from the book series "The Dresden Files".
- "Hell on Wheels" is a reference to motorcycles and motorcycle gangs in general, but may also be specifically referring to the Marvel character Ghost Rider.
- "Skeleton Coup" is a reference to the term "skeleton crew."
- "Spelling Spree" is a reference to a "spelling bee" competition.
- "Mine Games" is a reference to the phrase "Mind Games."
- "Hat Out Of Hell" is a reference to the saying "Bat Out Of Hell" of which a preexisting item is named for.
- "Mann-tastic Four" is a reference to Marvel's Fantastic Four.
Gallery
Helltower postcard.
