Cosmetic items
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In wartime, hats were a useful way of conferring rank, and ensuring that casualties were confined to the lower classes (hence the famous command of “Don't fire till you see the tops of their heads” at the Battle of Bunker Hill by William Prescott, a general renowned for only shooting enemy combatants who were poor). During peacetime, hats have been instrumental for men to let the non-hatted know just who is wearing the hat around here.
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Cosmetic items (previously known as hats or miscellaneous items) are items that can be equipped in the head slot of the loadout screen. Valve introduced the first set of nine cosmetics (named hats at that point in time) with the Sniper vs. Spy Update on May 21, 2009 Patch, with one hat for each class. The nine hats introduced were the Batter's Helmet, Soldier's Stash, Pyro's Beanie, Demoman's Fro, Football Helmet, Mining Light, Prussian Pickelhaube, Trophy Belt, and Fancy Fedora. Several updates have since added additional cosmetics, including those designed by members of the Team Fortress 2 community through the Steam Workshop or the former contribution page on the TF2 Official Website.
There are currently a total of hats (excluding the Miscellaneous items). 109 can be obtained in Vintage quality, 13 can be obtained in Strange quality, 299 can be obtained in Genuine quality (see item quality distribution), and 1294 of the hats can be painted 29 colors using different varieties of Paint Cans.
While most cosmetics can be obtained through crafting, the item drop system, or bought from the Mann Co. Store, some cosmetics are only available to players via other means. Multiple cosmetics can only be obtained by completing in-game achievements. Other cosmetics have been added as promotions for various Steam games and events in the Steam Store. While it is possible to obtain most of these cosmetics via trading with other players, there is no option to buy these cosmetics from the Mann Co. Store (aside from those released with Total War: SHOGUN 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and the QUAKECON Pack). Only players with the premium account type can receive cosmetics randomly through the item drop system.
With the release of the Mann-Conomy Update, Unusual quality versions of certain cosmetics have a 0.66% chance of being "uncrated" when the player opens a Mann Co. Supply Crate. These cosmetics function in exactly the same way as Unique cosmetics except for the addition of 1 of 49 unusual particle effects, chosen at random when the hat is obtained.
Cosmetics do not affect gameplay. With the release of the July 10, 2013 Patch, Item sets from the Polycount Pack (with the exception of The Saharan Spy set, which adds custom particle effects whilst taunting) now only provide a visual cosmetic grave marker upon defeating your enemies. However, the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head and the Saxton Hale Mask makes the wearer immune to the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Boo taunt. Additionally, the Bootie Time and Jingle Belt make jingling sounds, possibly giving away the location of the wearer and making them more noticeable.
Some cosmetics have the holiday or event restrictions, meaning those cosmetics can't seen by everyone except in loadout when it's not in holiday or event times. Additionally, Pyroland items can only be seen by yourself and any other people who happen to be wearing an item that allows them to see in Pyrovision or is viewing spectate mode in pyrovision.
On January 10th 2013, a blog post was made, announcing that, after January 24th 2013, the original nine hats added in the Sniper vs. Spy Update would be retired, making them unobtainable through crafting, random drops, Mann Co. Supply Crates (in Unusual quality only) or the Mann Co. Store any more after January 24th. The only source that was mentioned to be not being removed is existing Mann Co. Supply Crates with any of the hats listed as possible results.
As of the December 20, 2013 Patch "Head" and "Misc" slots for player loadouts have been merged together to form Cosmetic loadout slots. All items that were previously Head- or Misc-slot-specific can now be equipped in any Cosmetic slot.
Contents
List of cosmetic items
See:
- List of Scout cosmetics
- List of Soldier cosmetics
- List of Pyro cosmetics
- List of Demoman cosmetics
- List of Heavy cosmetics
- List of Engineer cosmetics
- List of Medic cosmetics
- List of Sniper cosmetics
- List of Spy cosmetics
- List of All class cosmetics
- List of retired hats
Crafting
Paint
Update history
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- [Undocumented] Added Batter's Helmet, Soldier's Stash, Pyro's Beanie, Demoman's Fro, Football Helmet, Mining Light, Prussian Pickelhaube, Trophy Belt, and Fancy Fedora.
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- Added Baseball Bill's Sports Shine, Bonk Helm, Ye Olde Baker Boy, Stainless Pot, Tyrant's Helm, Brigade Helm, Respectless Rubber Glove, Glengarry Bonnet, Scotsman's Stove Pipe, Officer's Ushanka, Tough Guy's Toque, Engineer's Cap, Texas Slim's Dome Shine, Texas Ten Gallon, Otolaryngologist's Mirror, Vintage Tyrolean, Master's Yellow Belt, Professional's Panama, Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative, Backbiter's Billycock, and Camera Beard.
- [Undocumented] Added Cheater's Lament.
October 29, 2009 Patch (Haunted Halloween Special)
- Added Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask and Ghastly Gibus.
- Added Bill's Hat.
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Made Camera Beard a miscellaneous items.
- Added Towering Pillar of Hats, Noble Amassment of Hats, and the Modest Pile of Hat. Special versions of these hats, J.Axer's Dapper Topper, Amber's Rad As All Hell Hat, and Uncle Sam, were awarded to the three winners of the Propaganda contest.
March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)
- Added Troublemaker's Tossle Cap, Killer's Kabuto, Triboniophorus Tyrannus, Hustler's Hallmark, Hound Dog, Hotrod, Physician's Procedure Mask, Shooter's Sola Topi, and Magistrate's Mullet.
- Added Max's Severed Head.
May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)
- Added Whoopee Cap, Sergeant's Drill Hat, Vintage Merryweather, Tippler's Tricorne, Heavy Duty Rag, Safe'n'Sound, Ze Goggles, Gentleman's Gatsby, Bloke's Bucket Hat, and Frenchman's Beret.
- Added Alien Swarm Parasite.
- [Undocumented] Added Lumbricus Lid.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- Added Milkman, Bombing Run, Grenadier's Softcap, Chieftain's Challenge, Stout Shako, Dr's Dapper Topper, Attendant, Old Guadalajara, Napper's Respite, Handyman's Handle, Sober Stuntman, Carouser's Capotain, Pugilist's Protector, Hard Counter, Ol' Snaggletooth, Familiar Fez, Mann Co. Cap, Ellis' Cap, and the Wiki Cap.
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)
- Added Horrific Headsplitter, Spine-Chilling Skull, Voodoo Juju, Cadaver's Cranium, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head, 9 class-specific Halloween Masks, and the Saxton Hale Mask.
- Ghastly Gibuses obtained on the 2009 Halloween Update became Ghastlier Gibuses.
- Added Dealer's Visor.
- Added Bounty Hat, Treasure Hat, and Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect.
- Added Foster's Facade.
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- Added A Rather Festive Tree, Flipped Trilby, Buckaroos Hat, Blighted Beak, Prince Tavish's Crown, Exquisite Rack, Madame Dixie, Coupe D'isaster, Détective Noir, German Gonzila, Le Party Phantom, Larrikin Robin, Defiant Spartan, Scotch Bonnet, Berliner's Bucket Helm, Magnificent Mongolian, Big Chief, Pyromancer's Mask, Prancer's Pride, Industrial Festivizer, and the World Traveler's Hat.
- Made Le Party Phantom a miscellaneous slot item.
- Made Blighted Beak a miscellaneous slot item.
- Added Superfan and Athletic Supporter.
- Added Hero's Hachimaki.
March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- Added Samur-Eye, Dread Knot, Geisha Boy, and Noh Mercy.
March 23, 2011 Patch (Japan Charity Bundle)
- [Undocumented] Added [ classified ].
April 7, 2011 Patch (Third Community Contribution Update)
- Added Reggaelator, Honcho's Headgear, Big Country, Professor's Peculiarity, Medic's Mountain Cap, Grimm Hatte, Private Eye, and Charmer's Chapeau.
- [Undocumented] Added Dead Cone, Brain Bucket, Hetman's Headpiece, and Janissary Ketche.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- Added Ol' Geezer, Team Captain, Hottie's Hoodie, Connoisseur's Cap, Furious Fukaamigasa, Large Luchadore, Western Wear, Doctor's Sack, Crocleather Slouch and Frontline Field Recorder.
- Added Hero's Tail
- Added Conjurer's Cowl.
- Added Planeswalker Goggles and Planeswalker Helm.
- [Undocumented] Added Lo-Fi Longwave.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- Added Bonk Boy , Armored Authority, Jumper's Jeepcap, Sultan's Ceremonial, Capo's Capper, Desert Marauder, and Cosa Nostra Cap.
- [Undocumented] Made Planeswalker Goggles a miscellaneous item.
July 1, 2011 Patch (Summer Camp Sale)
- Added Summer Hat.
- [Undocumented] Added Copper's Hard Top, Tam O' Shanter, and Stately Steel Toe.
- Added Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet.
- Added Mask of the Shaman.
- Added Tamrielic Relic, and Anger.
- Renamed Tamrielic Relic to Dragonborn Helmet.
- Added Company Man, and Nanobalaclava.
- [Undocumented] Added the Storm Spirit's Jolly Hat, Clockwerk's Helm, and Sniper's Snipin' Glass.
- [Undocumented] Brought back the ability to view item levels on hats in the in-game backpack.
- Added Party Hat.
- Added El Jefe.
- Added Killer Exclusive.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Added Manniversary Paper Hat, Backwards Ballcap, Hot Dogger, Hat With No Name, Salty Dog, Birdcage, Flamboyant Flamenco, Little Buddy, Buccaneer's Bicorne, Tavish DeGroot Experience, Gym Rat, One-Man Army, Outdoorsman, Pencil Pusher, Virtual Reality Headset, Swagman's Swatter, Your Worst Nightmare, Counterfeit Billycock, and L'Inspecteur.
- Bonk Boy and Foster's Facade are now miscellaneous slot items.
- Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect animations have been added. Really.
- LOD models added to several older cosmetic items.
- [Undocumented] Made Noh Mercy, Large Luchadore and the Sniper's Snipin' Glass miscellaneous items.
October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)
- Added Wrap Battler, Idiot Box, Blazing Bull, Hair of the Dog, Can Opener, Buzz Killer, Einstein, Holy Hunter, Under Cover, Seal Mask, MONOCULUS!, Spine-Chilling Skull 2011, and Infernal Impaler.
- Fixed Spine-Chilling Skull not appearing when equipped by Soldiers
- [Undocumented] All Ghastly Gibuses have been upgraded to Ghastlier Gibuses.
- [Undocumented] All Ghastlier Gibuses have been upgraded to the Ghastlierest Gibuses.
- [Undocumented] All hats that had Halloween restrictions can now be worn during Full Moons.
- [Undocumented] Spine-Chilling Skull and Voodoo Juju are no longer craftable.
- Added Point and Shoot and War Head.
- Added Dashin' Hashshashin and Top Notch.
- [Undocumented] Fixed certain all-class hats not showing up until the player touches a resupply cabinet.
December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
- Added Big Elfin Deal, Brown Bomber, Bubble Pipe, Head Warmer, Ebenezer, and Holiday Headcase.
- Added Full Head Of Steam as a Foundry achievement milestone reward.
- [Undocumented] Added "glasses" equip region to the Brain Bucket.
- [Undocumented] Removed Scout's headset when equipped with the Brown Bomber.
- Added Lucky Shot.
- Added Warsworn Helmet and Bolgan.
- Added Battle Bob, Bushman's Boonie, and Conquistador.
- Added Waxy Wayfinder.
- Added daily periodic reward hats for duel wins, map stamp purchases, and gifts given.
- Added Bolt Action Blitzer.
- Added LODs on Ghastly Gibus for all classes.
- Added Fruit Shoot.
- Added Front Runner, Triclops, and Flamingo Kid.
- Added Cross-Comm Crash Helmet and Cross-Comm Express
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Added Fed-Fightin' Fedora, Helmet Without a Home, Liquidator's Lid, Gentleman's Ushanka, and Robot Chicken Hat.
- [Undocumented] Added Gentle Munitionne of Leisure as a Doomsday achievement milestone reward.
- [Undocumented] Triboniophorus Tyrannus, and Alien Swarm Parasite can now assist the player while the player is in Pyroland.
- Fixed hatless hats not not-drawing correctly.
- [Undocumented] Updated the world model of Scotch Bonnet.
- Added Lone Star and Human Cannonball.
- Added Void Monk Hair, Grenadier Helm, and Ninja Cowl.
August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine)
- [Undocumented] Added the U-clank-a, Stealth Steeler, Tin Pot, Robot Running Man, Bolted Bushman, and Tin-1000.
- Added Crafty Hair and Area 451.
- Backpack sounds updated for MONOCULUS!, Manniversary Paper Hat, and Party Hat.
- The Professor's Peculiarity is now craftable.
- Added styles to Big Country, Professor's Peculiarity, and Copper's Hard Top.
- The HOUWAR and Birdcage can now get kill assists in Pyroland.
- [Undocumented] Fixed Tin-1000 not forcing the proper bodygroup.
- [Undocumented] Added War Pig, Soviet Gentleman, and Hat of Cards.
- Added Lacking Moral Fiber Mask, K-9 Mane, and Stovepipe Sniper Shako.
- Fixed hats sometimes appearing multiple times in incorrect locations when changing classes.
- Fixed the Lacking Moral Fiber Mask being tagged as a misc item instead of a hat.
October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
- [Undocumented] Added Ghostly Gibus, Master Mind, Crone's Dome, Executioner, Zipperface, Grand Duchess Tiara, Voodoo Juju (Slight Return), Wraith Wrap, and Skull Island Topper.
- Added Cockfighter, That '70s Chapeau, and Chief Constable.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- Added Soldier's Slope Scopers, Cold Killer, Tough Stuff Muffs, Barnstormer, Carl, Brock's Locks, DethKapp, Hanger-On Hood, Mann Co. Online Cap, and Antlers.
- Added Last Straw.
- Added Brütal Bouffant.
- Added Vox Diabolus, Pounding Father, Person in the Iron Mask, Doe-Boy, and Sydney Straw Boat.
- Added Wilson Weave, Bloodhound, and Necronomicrown.
- [Undocumented] Added TF2VRH.
- Added Conspiracy Cap and Public Accessor.
May 17, 2013 Patch (Robotic Boogaloo)
- Added Bonk Leadwear, Bot Dogger, Ye Oiled Baker Boy, Full Metal Drill Hat, Steel Shako, Tyrantium Helmet, Bolted Birdcage, Electric Escorter, Firewall Helmet, Metal Slug, Plumber's Pipe, Pyro's Boron Beanie, Respectless Robo-Glove, Bolted Bicorne, Broadband Bonnet, Cyborg Stunt Helmet, FR-0, Pure Tin Capotain, Strontium Stove Pipe, Bunsen Brave, Gridiron Guardian, Tungsten Toque, Data Mining Light, Plug-In Prospector, Texas Tin-Gallon, Timeless Topper, Halogen Head Lamp, Platinum Pickelhaube, Titanium Tyrolean, Virus Doctor, Letch's LED, Shooter's Tin Topi, Soldered Sensei, Base Metal Billycock, Bootleg Base Metal Billycock, Galvanized Gibus, Modest Metal Pile of Scrap, Noble Nickel Amassment of Hats, and Towering Titanium Pillar of Hats.
- Added Weather Master and Bacteria Blocker.
- Fixed a client crash related to the hatless hats and the character loadout screen.
- Added Crosslinker's Coil.
- Added Cloud Crasher, Powdered Practitioner, Well-Rounded Rifleman, Pom-Pommed Provocateur, Brotherhood of Arms, Beastly Bonnet, Centurion, Tartan Shade, and Hardy Laurel.
- Added Tartan Spartan, Bear Necessities, Glasgow Great Helm, Burning Bandana, Caribbean Conqueror, Harmburg, Wet Works, Katyusha, Black Watch, Virtual Viewfinder, Das Ubersternmann, Pampered Pyro, Das Maddendoktor, Das Hazmattenhatten, Rebel Rouser, Baron von Havenaplane, Tsarboosh, Pardner's Pompadour, Valley Forge, Das Naggenvatcher, Whirly Warrior, Stormin' Norman, Greased Lightning, Federal Casemaker, Belgian Detective, Das Gutenkutteharen and Hive Minder.
- Added The Grandmaster.
Trivia
- On the History page on the official website and the Mac Update page, Valve refers to Team Fortress 2 as "America's #1 war-themed hat simulator", based on comments that the hats receive more attention than the gameplay itself.[1][2]
- The Trophy Belt and Football Helmet were first seen in Meet the Spy prior to the official Sniper vs. Spy Update.
See also
References
- ↑ "The Mac Update!", Teamfortress.com, June 10, 2010
- ↑ "History", Teamfortress.com, retrieved Feb. 13, 2012
External links
- Interview: Valve's Robin Walker on Item Drops and the Future of Team Fortress 2, Shacknews, April 29, 2009
- Sniper vs. Spy Update Bonus Day
- Classless Update - Official Hat Announcement
- Classless Update - An Editorial Cartoon of Some Insighte
- Classless Update - Barbary
- TF2 Official Blog - Incoming!
- TF2 Official Blog - Nice goin', pardner
