Rescue Ranger

Rescue Ranger
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Basic Information
Used by:	Engineer
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Commie
Released:	December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #77 (Strange), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	16
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Rescue Ranger Level 1 - 100 Shotgun Alt-Fire: Use 100 metal to pick up your targeted building from long range Fires a special bolt that can repair friendly buildings -34% clip size -50% max primary ammo on wearer Self mark for death when hauling buildings 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio when repairing buildings

“

Gotcha! Click to listen — The Engineer rescuing a building from far away

”

The Rescue Ranger is a community-created primary weapon for the Engineer. It resembles the normal Shotgun, but with a differently styled magazine tube, longer barrel, and, in place of a scope, a small, illuminated monitor that displays an oscillating sine wave. The monitor is connected to an orange (RED) or yellow (BLU) box at the end of the barrel, fitted with a team-colored light on the front.

While active, the Rescue Ranger can be used to pick up any building in his direct line of sight at the cost of 100 Metal, from a range. Doing so teleports the building into the Engineer's possession instantly with a team-colored flash, leaving behind a tracer beam that temporarily notifies others of the Engineer's location. Instead of bullets, the weapon fires special bolt projectiles (repair claws), which repair 60 health to friendly buildings at a 4:1 health to metal ratio; in effect, healing 4 health consumes 1 unit of metal. Note that bolts only repair buildings, and do not restock ammo, apply upgrades, or damage attached enemy Sappers.

As a downside to these perks, the weapon carries less ammo than its stock counterpart, with a limited clip size of 4 and reserve stock of 16. In addition, the Engineer becomes marked for death when hauling a building with the Rescue Ranger equipped, causing him to take mini-crit damage while doing so and for several seconds after redeploying. This effect applies even if a building is picked up with a Wrench, without using the Rescue Ranger's ability.

The Rescue Ranger has an added cosmetic effect; enemies killed with a bolt, if near a map object, are pinned to it via the bolt. Bolts can also clash with hostile projectiles or throwable items.

As with most projectiles, the Rescue Ranger's bolts can be reflected by the Pyro's compression blast. Reflected bolts deal regular damage to enemy buildings, but have no effect on friendly buildings.

The Rescue Ranger was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

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	150%	60
Base damage	100%	40
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	21
Point blank		60
Medium range		27
Long range		21
Critical		120
Mini-crit		54-81
Function times
Attack interval		0.625 s
Reload (first)		1.0 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Eureka Effect		Reclaimed Metal		Rescue Ranger
x3	+		=

Class Token - Engineer		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Rescue Ranger Strange Shotgun - Kills: 0 Alt-Fire: Use 100 metal to pick up your targeted building from long range Fires a special bolt that can repair friendly buildings -34% clip size -50% max primary ammo on wearer Self mark for death when hauling buildings 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio when repairing 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

Related achievements

 Engineer

Built to Last Help a single building tank over 2000 damage without being destroyed. Doc, Stock, and Barrel Repair a sentry gun under fire while being healed by a Medic.

Rio Grind Perform 50 repairs and/or reloads on a Sentry gun being Wrangled by another Engineer. Texas Two-Step Use your shotgun to finish off an enemy recently damaged by your sentry gun.

 Medic

Midwife Crisis Heal an Engineer as he repairs his sentry gun while it's under enemy fire.

Update history

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• The Rescue Ranger was added to the game.

December 21, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Rescue Ranger bolts using incorrect hit boxes.

January 24, 2013 Patch

• Fixed missing text in the recipe description for the Rescue Ranger.
• Updated the Rescue Ranger so it can be used as a crafting ingredient.

July 10, 2013 Patch

• Changed attributes:
  • Increased in damage per bolt by 14%.
  • Increased building healing from 50 to 75 per bolt.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 6, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

April 1, 2014 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed crit boosted glow not showing.

November 4, 2014 Patch

• Updated the Rescue Ranger so players no longer block its ability to pick-up buildings from a distance.

November 5, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Rescue Ranger being able pick-up buildings through walls.

[Unknown Date]

• Fixed Rescue Ranger bolts dealing headshot damage when reflected.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Changed attribute:
  • Decreased cost of long range building pick up from 130 metal to 100 metal

July 8, 2015 Patch #1

• Rescue Ranger bolts now properly heal friendly Combat Mini-Sentry Guns.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• Changed attribute:
  • Healing per bolt reduced from 75 to 60.

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Ranged repairs now consume metal at a 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio (previously consumed no metal).
• [Undocumented] Changed weapon description.

November 7, 2017 Patch

• Fixed the Rescue Ranger not drawing its attached screen properly.

December 13, 2017 Patch

• Fixed the Rescue Ranger not counting towards the Engineer achievement "Texas Two-Step".

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Added Festivized variant.

March 28, 2018 Patch #1

• Fixed missing display attribute for the Rescue Ranger (client display issue only).

Unused content

• There are a set of unused sounds for this weapon associated with buildings teleporting and some kind of charging.
  • Some of these sounds are named rescue_ranger_teleport_send_01 and rescue_ranger_teleport_receive_01, suggesting the Rescue Ranger could have had the ability to place buildings from a distance, in addition to picking them up.
• Unused text and an unused attribute suggests that earlier versions of this weapon required the user to deal damage to fill up a "Rescue Energy" meter in order to teleport their own buildings.
  • The string for this text in the language files is TF_Rescue and contains the text ENERGY while the attribute's description is Generate building rescue energy on damage.

Bugs

• The Engineer achievement Circle the Wagons cannot be earned with the Rescue Ranger, even though it has the ability to repair friendly buildings.
• Reflected bolts from Pyros do not heal friendly buildings.
• Bolts appear to repair redeployed buildings even during reconstruction, when they cannot be repaired.
• The Rescue Ranger allows the Engineer to pick up a building with an enemy Sapper attached. However, while hauled, the HUD indicates the building has a Sapper attached, which appears to damage the building. Yet, since it is impossible to damage a building while it is hauled, the building health continues to regenerate as well. When the player redeploys the building, the Sapper cannot be destroyed, but the building still operates as normal.
• Rescue Ranger kills count as Sentry Gun kills in Engineer Contracts.
• The bolt particle effect appears at the back of the weapon instead of the shotgun's tip.

Trivia

• The amplitude of the sine wave in the monitor is based on the user's Metal count: at 200 Metal, the wave appears at maximum height, while lacking enough Metal to long-range haul a building makes it significantly flatter. Having no Metal renders the wave almost completely flat.
  • The effect is achieved using a dedicated material proxy titled BuildingRescueLevel.
• The Rescue Ranger is a left-handed shotgun (with the ejection port being visible on the left hand side of the gun). Despite this, the Engineer holds it right-handed. A right-handed shotgun would have its ejection port on the right side to prevent ejected shells from striking the user.

Gallery

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• Default first-person view
• Festivized first-person view
• Other

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  RED first-person view.

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  BLU first-person view.

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  RED first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.

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  BLU first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.

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  RED Festivized variant.

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  BLU Festivized variant.

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  RED Festivized variant with the Gunslinger equipped.

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  BLU Festivized variant with the Gunslinger equipped.

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  BLU variant of the weapon.

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  RED repair claw projectile.

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  BLU repair claw projectile.

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  Destroyed repair claw projectile.

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  Flat view of the scope.

• 

  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Rescue Ranger.

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See also

• Rescue Ranger strategy