Spectral Halloween Special

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In much the same way that most of the characters in the 1983 haunted elevator movie “The Lift” were warned – repeatedly - to take the stairs, we warned you that the frankly terrifying Scream Fortress Halloween event was coming. And now it’s here, and you’re scared, and you don’t have anyone to blame but yourself. This year, you’ll experience the tear-squirting terror of being trapped in a living nightmare with a vindictive ghost, just like everyone in M. Night Shyamalan’s epic of elevator haunting, “Devil”.
TF2 Official Blog

The Fourth Annual Spectral Halloween Special is a major update released on October 26, 2012.

Timeline

On October 23, 2012, the head of the Spy portrait on the TF2 Official Blog was changed to resemble a skull. Clicking on the skull led to a hidden page, with a newspaper page titled "The Teufort Reader". The bottom of the newspaper is ripped, showing two cards with odd symbols.

The following day, a comic titled Doom-Mates was released. The comic details Merasmus' return home from his weekend at WizardCon, and his growing resentment towards the Soldier.

The next day, a page was posted that announced the event begins the following day, October 26th, and gave a link to the update page with all the info. It announced a new Mann vs. Machine mission called "Wave 666", where instead of fighting robots, the players fight zombies, and a new Halloween King of the Hill match (on koth_lakeside_event[1]) with Merasmus (with the Bombinomicon) as the boss. It added two new achievements and introduced Magic Spells, which players can cast on other items in their backpack to give their items new effects, from shifting paint colors to flaming footsteps. Additionally, the Gift Drop system will be different; during the last two years, gifts spawned publicly and could be claimed by whoever arrived there first, while this year, players will receive private gift spawns that they can grab at their leisure.

Additions

Merasmus

Main article: Merasmus


Weapons

Main article: Weapons
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Scout
Bat Outta Hell Bat Outta Hell

Hats

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Soldier
Zipperface Zipperface
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Pyro
Wraith Wrap Wraith Wrap
Plutonidome Plutonidome
Leaderboard class demoman.png
Demoman
Voodoo Juju (Slight Return) Voodoo JuJu (Slight Return)
Leaderboard class heavy.png
Heavy
Grand Duchess Tiara Grand Duchess Tiara
Leaderboard class spy.png
Spy
Scarecrow Scarecrow
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Engineer
Master Mind Master Mind
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All classes
Ghostly Gibus Ghostly Gibus
Skull Island Topper Skull Island Topper
Executioner Executioner
Crone's Dome Crone's Dome

Miscellaneous items

Main article: Miscellaneous items
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Scout
Voodoo-Cursed Scout Soul Voodoo-Cursed Scout Soul
Spooky Sleeves Spooky Sleeves
Spooky Shoes Spooky Shoes
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Pyro
Voodoo-Cursed Pyro Soul Voodoo-Cursed Pyro Soul
Coffin Kit Coffin Kit
Bonedolier Bonedolier
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Soldier
Voodoo-Cursed Soldier Soul Voodoo-Cursed Soldier Soul
Leaderboard class demoman.png
Demoman
Voodoo-Cursed Demoman Soul Voodoo-Cursed Demoman Soul
Leaderboard class heavy.png
Heavy
Voodoo-Cursed Heavy Soul Voodoo-Cursed Heavy Soul
Grand Duchess Tutu Grand Duchess Tutu
Grand Duchess Fairy Wings Grand Duchess Fairy Wings
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Engineer
Voodoo-Cursed Engineer Soul Voodoo-Cursed Engineer Soul
Leaderboard class medic.png
Medic
Voodoo-Cursed Medic Soul Voodoo-Cursed Medic Soul
Leaderboard class sniper.png
Sniper
Voodoo-Cursed Sniper Soul Voodoo-Cursed Sniper Soul
Sir Hootsalot Sir Hootsalot
Leaderboard class spy.png
Spy
Voodoo-Cursed Spy Soul Voodoo-Cursed Spy Soul
Exorcizor Exorcizor
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All classes
Unknown Monkeynaut Unknown Monkeynaut
Dead Little Buddy Dead Little Buddy
Boo Balloon Boo Balloon
Rump-o'-Lantern Rump-o'-Lantern

Maps

Main article: List of maps
Name Picture Game mode File name
Ghost Fort King of the Hill
Controlpoint.png
koth_lakeside_event
Wave 666 Mann vs. Machine
Controlpoint.png
mvm_coaltown_event

Trivia

  • In the introduction of zombies on the Scream Fortress page, a Soldier can be seen in the background bearing the same hole in his chest as in Meet The Pyro, and the Heavy has a chest wound in the same place as his surgery in Meet the Medic.
  • Several encoded messages appear on the update's pages, and they use Agathodaimon symbols.
    • The first one, found on the Scout's card on the hidden page, translates to "Super Spped"(sic). The encoded message on the Heavy's card on the Spectral Halloween Special update page says "Small Head".
    • On the Spectral Halloween Special update page, the first header says "Explo Capitus" while the second says "Barpo Kabalto".

Gallery

References