Mann Co. Supply Crate Key

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Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys are single-use tool items, available through trading or purchase at the Mann Co. Store. Each key can be used once and will open one selected Mann Co. Supply Crate.

To use a key, the player should select the key in the backpack and proceed to click the 'Use with...' button before selecting the crate they wish to be opened. The key can be used with any regular series crate in the player's backpack, where it is consumed, along with the crate, in the process. However, there are three specialized keys, which were only obtainable during specific events. In some cases, these keys could only be used with a specifically associated series of crate, which regular keys could not open.

The key is only available to be purchased from the Mann Co. Store; it cannot be found from random drops and cannot be crafted. The key becomes trade-able 3 days after purchasing it from the store.

Key use demonstration


Event Keys

Festive Winter Crate Key

Backpack Festive Winter Crate Key.png

Festive Winter Crate Key
Level 5 Tool
Used to open unusually festive locked winter crates.
After 12/31/2010 this will turn into a normal key.


This is a limited use item. Uses: 1

The Festive Winter Crate Key was a single-use tool item which was released during the Australian Christmas update. Like regular keys, they could be purchased in the Mann Co. Store and was used to open a Festive Winter Crate. They can no longer be obtained and any remaining festive keys have turned into normal keys.

Stocking Stuffer Key

Backpack Stocking Stuffer Key.png

Stocking Stuffer Key
Level 5 Tool
Someone left this key in your best pair of fightin' socks. It looks like it will open any festive or normal crate.

This is a limited use item. Uses: 1

The Stocking Stuffer Key was a key given by Miss Pauling to the Team Fortress community in honor of Australian Christmas. One key was given out to each active player and it could open both the limited time Festive Winter Crate and regular Mann Co. Supply Crates. Unlike the Festive Winter Crate Key, these keys were untradable and did not revert to a regular Mann Co. Supply Crate Key.

Refreshing Summer Cooler Key

Backpack Refreshing Summer Cooler Key.png

Refreshing Summer Cooler Key
Level 5 Tool
Used to open unusually refreshing locked summer coolers. After 7/11/2011 this will turn into a normal key.

This is a limited use item. Uses: 1

The Refreshing Summer Cooler Key was a single-use tool item which was released during the Summer Camp Sale update. Like regular keys, they could be purchased in the Mann Co. Store and was used to open a Refreshing Summer Cooler. They can no longer be obtained and any remaining cooler keys have turned into normal keys.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
  • Added the Mann Co. Supply Crate Key to the game.

October 20, 2010 Patch

  • Most tools, including the key, were made tradable.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

  • Added the Festive Winter Crate Key.

December 22, 2010 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added the Stocking Stuffer Key that was given to all TF2 players.

January 3, 2011 Patch

  • All Festive Winter Crate Keys are converted into Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys.

April 15, 2011 Patch

June 23, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The price for keys in Euros(€) have been reduced to 1.99 to match the price in USD($).

July 1, 2011 Patch

  • Added the Refreshing Summer Cooler Key.

July 12, 2011 [Item schema update]

  • Removed the Refreshing Summer Cooler Key item from the Mann Co Store.
  • Converted all owned Refreshing Summer Cooler Keys into regular Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys

Trivia

  • The backpack image for the key is a screenshot of a key model. The model was not distributed in the GCF, yet the textures are present.
  • The Mann Co. Supply Crate Key is currently listed three times in the Mann Co. catalog. When all Festive Winter Keys and Summer Cooler Keys were turned into Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys on January 1, 2011 and July 11, 2011 respectively, the corresponding catalog entries were changed as well.
  • The bow of the Refreshing Summer Cooler Key is shaped after a bottle opener.
  • On the Mann Co. Supply Crate Key's store page, it states that the item is craftable, when in truth, it is not.

See also