User:Kibblekip/Sandbox/Contracts

This article is about Contracts, the in-game system. For the comic, see The Contract.

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— Publicity blurb

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Contracts refer to the in-game systems, generally active during Campaigns or Events, used to assign and track the completion of skill-based objectives while playing on Valve-official servers via Casual Mode or Competitive Mode. These objectives involving scoring points in unique situations, and may require either the use or playing of a specific class, weapon, map, or game mode in order to complete them. Once the primary objective is completed, a reward is given out, either in the form of items or currency that may be used to redeem items, as well as Contract Stars that can be used to unlock additional contracts. Bonus objectives are also provided that grant additional Contract Stars upon completion, allowing players to potentially have multiple contracts unlocked at once, though only one may be active at a time.

Some contracts may offer multiple choices for primary objectives, however after one has been chosen the other options are made permanently unavailable. In the scenario a weapon-specific contract is active but the player does not own the required weapon, they are able to temporarily borrow it via the Loaner Program for the duration of the contract, so long as said contract is active. Progress on active contracts may also be assisted by playing on the same server and team as Steam friends or people in the same party, even if they do not also have access to the respective contract themselves.

Introduced in the Gun Mettle Update, contracts supplement Achievements as a means of encouraging players to explore features of Team Fortress 2.

ConTracker

Main article: ConTracker

Contracts are accessed and managed via the ConTracker, an application and HUD element within the main menu used to select, unlock, activate and track contracts. It can be accessed by clicking on the ConTracker shaped icon, pressing the Open Contracter Drawer key (Default: F2), or by using a Jungle Inferno ConTracker within the backpack. In this menu the player has access to folders that contain contracts specific to a Campaign or Event as well as sub-folders that may focus on a specific category, such as particular maps. Contracts with a lock icon are inaccessable, and may only be unlocked after completing certain prerequisites, usually being the previous connected contract's primary objective, and having enough Contracts Stars. While a contract is active and the contract conditions are met, the HUD will show the currently active contract, its objectives, and its completion progress. Upon completion of any objective, the player will be prompted to open the ConTracker to turn in the contract.

Also available is the Mercenary Park Gift Shop, which can be used to spend Blood Money earned through certain contracts on additional rewards, such as War Paints and War Paint cases.

Contracts Drawer

Main article: Contracts drawer

Prior to the Jungle Inferno Update, the Contracts Drawer was used as the contract management system, accessible from the main menu. Contracts were granted at random rather than all being available to view at once, with up to two contracts being made available at once. New contracts would be granted weekly to players with at least one empty slot in their contact drawer during the Gun Mettle and Tough Break Campaigns, and daily during the Scream Fortress VII and Scream Fortress VIII Events. If a player had fallen behind or was too slow to fulfill their existing contracts, they would be granted the contracts they had missed out on at an increased rate until the "backlog" of contracts had been fulfilled.

Currently available contracts

Pyroland Contracts

Pyroland Contracts were added in the Jungle Inferno Update, and are freely available to all players. Completing these contracts would grant new Pyro weapons, as well as a Heavy weapon, added in the Jungle Inferno Update as a result of the Meat vs. Match War from the Meet Your Match Update. Prior to the April 26, 2018 Patch, these items were only available through the Pyroland Contracts.