Righteous Bison

Righteous Bison
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Basic Information
Used by:	Soldier
Slot:	Secondary
Released:	July 20, 2011 Patch (Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack Update)
Availability:
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	Unlimited
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Genuine Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Righteous Bison Level 1 - 100 Indivisible Particle Smasher Does not require ammo Projectile penetrates enemy targets Projectile cannot be deflected Deals only 20% damage to buildings

“

Scientists in the future have studied your ass for centuries - and sent me back in time to kick it! Click to listen — The Soldier on the space marines

”

The Righteous Bison is a secondary weapon for the Soldier. It is a handheld retro-futuristic or steampunk-styled ray gun.

The weapon fires a slow-moving, unreflectable projectile beam that pierces targets in a straight line, at the cost of dealing heavily reduced damage to buildings. Each beam is able to hurt an infinite amount of targets, but its damage is reduced by 25% for each target penetrated. In addition, the beam can be used to ignite Huntsman arrows held by a friendly Sniper.

Like the Cow Mangler 5000, the Righteous Bison features a "Bison" bar in the HUD which serves as an indication of its ammunition clip. After the bar is depleted, it can be recharged through a reloading process in which a piston in the back of the weapon is pumped. It does not incorporate the traditional ammo reserve used by other weapons.

Enemies killed by the Bison suffer a distinctive death by vaporization: they turn black, hover in mid-air while surrounded by team-colored particles, and then disappear into ashes while a loud, distinct vaporization sound plays. Like backstabs and headshots, there is a 25% chance that opponents will perform a specific disintegration animation if killed in this way.

Weta Workshop held a panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 and handed out coupon codes to visitors that can be redeemed in Team Fortress 2 for a Genuine quality Righteous Bison.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	120%	Players: 54
Base damage	100%	Players: 45 Buildings: 9
Maximum fall-off	53%	Players: 24
Critical		135
Mini-crit		61-73
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Reload (first)		0.92 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.4 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack
	Cow Mangler 5000 Righteous Bison Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe
Effect	No effect

Crafting

Main article: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Battalion's Backup		Righteous Bison
	+		=

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

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Victory Pack weapon		Possible Results
x4	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Righteous Bison		Sydney Sleeper		Machina
	+		+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Righteous Bison		Short Circuit		Pomson 6000
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Righteous Bison Strange Indivisible Particle Smasher - Kills: 0 Does not require ammo Projectile penetrates enemy targets Projectile cannot be deflected Deals only 20% damage to buildings Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Update history

July 19, 2011 [Item schema update]

• The Righteous Bison was added to the item schema as 'Mystery Item'

July 20, 2011 Patch (Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack Update)

• The Righteous Bison was added to the game.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• Optimized many particle effects related to the Righteous Bison.
• Added recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for the Righteous Bison.

August 2, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a crash bug related to the Righteous Bison.

August 3, 2011 [Item schema update]

• All previous promotional Righteous Bisons are now Genuine quality.
• Fixed Gift Wrapped Righteous Bisons losing Genuine quality.
• Made Genuine Righteous Bisons tradable after a period of time. This is based on when the code was redeemed, and works like tools bought in the Mann Co Store. Observations show it takes around 5 days for a Genuine Righteous Bison to become tradable.

August 18, 2011 Patch

• Added the Righteous Bison to the crafting recipe for the Machina.

September 15, 2011 Patch

• Updated the particle effects for the Righteous Bison.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Updated to uses the Buff Banner taunt animation.

January 11, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Righteous Bison was added to the crafting blueprint for the Pomson 6000.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

March 12, 2015 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

July 3, 2015 Patch

• Fixed dropped energy weapons not being able to fire after being picked up.

May 31, 2016 Patch

• Fixed energy weapons not reloading when using cl_autoreload.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

• Fixed a bug causing players to be hit by the same projectile multiple times, causing the damage dealt to vary wildly.
• Per-shot damage has been increased to compensate, resulting in slightly more damage on average:
  • Point-blank deals 54 damage (previously 20-80).
  • Maximum range deals 24 damage (previously 14-26).
• Slowed projectile by 30%
• Projectile damage reduced by 25% for each enemy penetrated.
• Updated projectile impact sound.

July 8, 2016 Patch #2

• Fixed a dedicated server crash caused by projectiles from the Righteous Bison.

August 16, 2016 Patch

• Fixed an issue with the Righteous Bison hit detection where projectiles were being removed when colliding with invisible entities.

Unused content

• There is a set of additional projectile particles, that are not used.
  • There is also an impact particle, though since the projectile just passes through the enemies, the impact particle is never seen.
• This weapon contains an unused idle sound and an alternative projectile shot sound.

Bugs

• The attribute -34% clip size is missing.
• This weapon's projectile can pass through doors and deal damage.
  • If aimed at the correct angle while pressed up against the pre-round setup gates, the projectile can pass through these gates, but will not do damage to enemy players.
• Rarely, after a moment of not firing, the Soldier will automatically reload the weapon's clip, regardless of the player's auto-reload setting.
• In the client view, while crouching, the projectile will appear to fire much higher than the weapon model.
• When minimizing the game with this weapon equipped, the ammo portion of the HUD may disappear. Looking at the scoreboard may fix this.

Trivia

• The appearance of this weapon is based on that of 'The Righteous Bison - Indivisible Particle Smasher', which can be purchased from the online store at Weta Workshop.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  RED projectile.

• 

  BLU projectile.

• 

  The Righteous Bison promotional image in the Weta Store.

• 

  An image of a life size Righteous Bison.

• 

  San Diego Comic-Con Righteous Bison voucher.

• 

  The Righteous Bison in Grordbort's Crash.

See also

• Righteous Bison strategy