Alien Swarm Parasite
“ | You have thirty seconds to live!
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— The Medic diagnosing an infected Heavy
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The Alien Swarm Parasite is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is an altered version of an enemy parasite from the game Alien Swarm. The creature attaches to each class's head differently and sports a limp tail.
This hat is obtained by earning the "Hat Trick" achievement in the game Alien Swarm by completing 2 co-op missions online, regardless of difficulty setting.
The hat description was written by Grug for the Hat Describing Contest, and was slightly edited by Valve.
Contents
Related Achievements
Alien Swarm
Hat Trick
Complete 2 co-op missions online. Earns a Team Fortress 2 parasite hat. |
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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Update history
- The Alien Swarm Parasite was added to the game.
- Fixed this hat not being posed correctly on class loadout panels.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.
- This hat was made paintable.
Bugs
- Similar to an existing bug with the Holy Mackerel, the jiggleboned tail of the parasite may become twisted and knotted.
- Certain versions are tradable, and some are not. It is unknown what determines tradability.
Trivia
- When the parasite is shot after falling off of its owner, it will bleed.
- Also, if detached from its owners head, it will leave a blood trail when rolling across the ground.
- When clicked in the backpack, the hat makes the sound of the parasite from Alien Swarm.
Gallery
- ParasiteScout.png
- ParasiteSoldier.png
- ParasitePyro.png
- ParasiteDemoman.png
- AlienParasiteHat.png
- ParasiteEngineer.png
- ParasiteMedic.png
- ParasiteSniper.png
- ParasiteSpy.png
- ParasiteTauntSniper.png
Sniper taunting