Very Scary Halloween Special

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This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see October 27, 2011 Patch.

The Third Annual Scream Fortress Very Scary Halloween Special was the event launched with the October 27, 2011 Patch, which included the release of a new version of Viaduct for the event known as Eyeaduct, new items, costumes, and two new Achievements. Players that logged on during the event also received a Halloween Goodie Cauldron.

Additions

Class sets

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The Curse-a-Nature
 Wrap Battler Wrap Battler
B-ankh! B-ankh!
Futankhamun Futankhamun
Backpack The Tank Buster Bundle.png
The Tin Soldier
 Idiot Box Idiot Box
Steel Pipes Steel Pipes
Shoestring Budget Shoestring Budget
Backpack The Gas Jockey's Gear Bundle.png
The Infernal Imp
 Blazing Bull Blazing Bull
Fallen Angel Fallen Angel
Tail From The Crypt Tail From The Crypt
Backpack The Expert's Ordnance Bundle.png
The Highland Hound
 Hair of the Dog Hair of the Dog
Scottish Snarl Scottish Snarl
Pickled Paws Pickled Paws
Backpack The Hibernating Bear Bundle.png
The FrankenHeavy
 Can Opener Can Opener
Soviet Stitch-Up Soviet Stitch-Up
Steel-Toed Stompers Steel-Toed Stompers
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The Brundle Bundle
 Buzz Killer Buzz Killer
Frontier Flyboy Frontier Flyboy
Legend of Bugfoot Legend of Bugfoot
Backpack The Medieval Medic Bundle.png
The Mad Doktor
 Einstein Einstein
Dr. Gogglestache Dr. Gogglestache
Emerald Jarate Emerald Jarate
Backpack The Croc-o-Style Kit Bundle.png
The Camper Van Helsing
 Holy Hunter Holy Hunter
Silver Bullets Silver Bullets
Garlic Flank Stake Garlic Flank Stake
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The Invisible Rogue
 Intangible Ascot Intangible Ascot
Under Cover Under Cover
Griffin's Gog Griffin's Gog

Monoculus

Main article: Monoculus

Weapons

Unarmed Combat Unarmed Combat
Wanga Prick Wanga Prick

Hats

Infernal Impaler Infernal Impaler
Apparition's Aspect Apparition's Aspect
Last Breath Last Breath
All Classes Seal Mask Seal Mask
The Monoculus! The Monoculus!
Spine Chilling Skull 2011 Spine Chilling Skull 2011

Miscellaneous Items

Bombinomicon Bombinomicon

Timeline

On October 20, 2011, a new Halloween-themed background was added to the game and made the default main menu background. In the same update, Halloween event-only hats from previous Halloween events were made wearable again. The Horseless Headless Horsemann was re-added to Mann Manor, as well as Halloween pumpkin drops and the Thriller taunt for all classes.

On October 21, 2011, a blog post on the TF2 Official Website confirmed the 'Third Annual Scream Fortress Halloween' update to be released sometime during the following week.[1]

On October 21, 2011, Valve developer Jon Lippincott posted to the HLDS mailing list, stating that new Halloween content will be released "in the near future".[2] The e-mail confirmed the introduction of gift drops, which were a feature of previous Halloween events that dropped special items for players on the specific event map Mann Manor. Lippincott stated that gift drops will only occur on servers that have registered with Steam, and that abusing or attempting to cheat the drop system will result in the removal of the server's registration.

On October 27, 2011, a blog post on the TF2 Official Website announced the imminent arrival of the "Scream Fortress Very Scary Halloween Special" with a new comic titled "Bombinomicon", as well as some details of the halloween update such as "awesome costumes that you can pick up by collecting scattered gifts in the Halloween update". The comic hints that Monoculus will be this year's boss, similar to the Horsemann.[3]

On October 27, 2011, Halloween 2011 content was added including a "haunted" version of Viaduct known as Eyeaduct, two halloween achievements and a cosmetic halloween themed item set for each class.[4]

Update history

October 20, 2011 Patch #3

  • [Undocumented] Added new Halloween Special background.
  • [Undocumented] Changed Ghastlier Gibus' to be Ghastliest Gibus' and Ghastly Gibus' to be Ghastlier Gibus'.

October 27, 2011 Patch

  • Halloween 2011 Event
    • Viaduct has been haunted and is now... Eyeaduct!
    • One full multi-piece costume set has been added for each class
    • Random gifts containing costume pieces drop in Eyeaduct on registered servers
    • 2 new Halloween 2011 achievements
    • Any unusual hats uncrated during the event will be Halloween-themed
    • New Halloween-themed items are available in the Mann Co. store, but only for a limited time!

Gallery

  • The main menu background that appeared during Halloween 2011.

  • The main menu background that appeared during Halloween 2011 (widescreen).

  • Promotional image used in the Update on the Halloween Update Blog Post.

  • The Soldier's new costume.

  • The Engineer's new costume.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Update on the Halloween Update", TF2 Team, TF2 Official Website, October 21, 2011. Accessed October 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ [hlds] Halloween 2011 by Jon Lippincott, hlds@list.valvesoftware.com, October 21, 2011, 19:33:14 PDT. Accessed October 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=6633
  4. ↑ http://store.steampowered.com/news/6636/

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