Invasion Community Update

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This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see October 6, 2015 Patch.
This article is about an official update. For information on the scrapped game concept, see Invasion.
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The Invasion Community Update was a major community-created update added on October 6, 2015. Announced with a community-created Source Filmmaker video, it added four new maps, one of them a themed version of 2Fort, 16 new cosmetic items, 4 weapon reskins, 9 new Invasion-themed unusual effects, and a new taunt. Also included in the update was the Invasion Community Update Pass, which allows players to directly support the team behind the update and also grants them access to crate drops.

Video

Additions

Reskins

Main article: Reskins
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Scout
Batsaber Batsaber (Bat)
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Engineer
Giger Counter Giger Counter (Wrangler)
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Sniper
Shooting Star Shooting Star (Machina)
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Scout
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Engineer
C.A.P.P.E.R C.A.P.P.E.R (Pistol)

Cosmetics

Main article: Cosmetic items
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Scout
Cadet Visor Cadet Visor
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Pyro
A Head Full of Hot Air A Head Full of Hot Air
Jupiter Jetpack Jupiter Jetpack
Phobos Filter Phobos Filter
Space Diver Space Diver
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Demoman
Universal Translator Universal Translator
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Heavy
Sucker Slug Sucker Slug
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Engineer
Life Support System Life Support System
Rocket Operator Rocket Operator
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Sniper
Corona Australis Corona Australis
Final Frontiersman Final Frontiersman
Starduster Starduster
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Spy
Graylien Graylien
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All Classes
Captain Space Mann Captain Space Mann
Phononaut Phononaut
Space Hamster Hammy Space Hamster Hammy
Invasion Community Update Medal Invasion Community Update Medal

Taunts

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All Classes
Burstchester Burstchester

Tools

Main article: Tools
Invasion Community Update Pass Invasion Community Update Pass
Invasion Community Update Coin Invasion Community Update Coin
Quarantined Collection Case Quarantined Collection Case
Confidential Collection Case Confidential Collection Case
Invasion Community Update Key Invasion Community Update Key

Unusual effects

Main article: Unusual effects

Maps

Name Picture Game mode File name
2Fort Invasion 160px Capture the Flag
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ctf_2fort_invasion
Watergate Pd watergate 1.jpg Player Destruction
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pd_watergate
Probed Koth probed.jpg King of the Hill
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koth_probed
Byre Arena byre b40007.jpg Arena
Controlpoint.png
arena_byre

Trivia

  • The alien movie in the Invasion Update video is based on a cheesy 1950s film.
  • The update was teased months before hand by the Team Fortress 2 Podcast KritzKast.
    • On the KritzKast Meet Your Makers page, there is a blurry image of a Saucer.
    • The page contains an X Ray image of the Pyro with a Triboniophorus Tyrannus or possibly a Sucker Slug on his head.
    • Clicking the binary monitor on the main page leads to a secret page with a lone monitor that says "They're watching..." This message is a reference to The X-Files series.
  • On Sep 13th, the update was teased on Brett Kennedy's channel in a video titled midnight showing.
    • During the video, a message in morse code is played. The message translated reads: "Poopy Joe was an inside job."
    • A radio is playing in the background of the video. The static broadcast it is playing is the news intro from the KritzKast radio skit KKBC: No one would have believed.
    • There is a split second frame of an alien glyph. The glyph forms a crop circle pattern seen in the release trailer, only with the Team Fortress 2 logo in it.

Teaser video

KritzKast Skits

To promote the update, the Team Fortress 2 Podcast KritzKast created a series of humorous radio skits portraying a radio news station broadcasting the events of the alien invasion.

Gallery

External links