Thermal Thruster
| Thermal Thruster | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Pyro |
| Slot: | Secondary |
| Equip region: | Back |
| Released: | October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update) |
| Availability: | Contract |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Reload type: | Recharge (10 Seconds per charge) |
| Available Qualities | |
| Loadout Stats | |
 The Thermal Thruster |
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The Thermal Thruster is a secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a team-colored, metallic jetpack with two rocket thrusters, one on each side (with the right thruster bearing the Pyro's emblem), and an enclosed yellow light on the top. When switching to the weapon, the backpack's thrusters fold outwards, exposing two handles which the Pyro holds in each hand. Switching away causes the thrusters and handles to fold inwards into the backpack.
The Thermal Thruster functions as a mobility tool, which stores two jetpack charges. Each charge is regained after 15 seconds. Additionally, the Thermal Thruster is locked at a 1.1 second holster duration, even with weapons that reduce draw/holster time such as the Degreaser.
On use, the Pyro performs an initial liftoff, sending it a short distance upwards. Shortly after, the Pyro will take off with a quick blast that launches the player in the direction they are aiming; the beginning of the jump also extinguishes any nearby teammates and pushes nearby enemies away. Upon landing, the Pyro will knock nearby enemies back; should the Pyro fall from a high enough altitude and land on an enemy (when the player makes a cartoony "falling" noise), the resultant stomp will deal 3x standard falling damage, much like the Mantreads. Depending on how high the Pyro jumps from when the Thermal Thruster is activated determines how powerful the knockback on enemies is.
Despite not being listed in the description, the player receives an added 30% knockback from all damage sources while this item is equipped, and takes reduced falling damage while using jetpack charges.
Using a second charge in midair is not possible unless the player buys an upgrade in Mann Vs. Machine.
Taunting with the Thermal Thruster equipped will perform the Gas Blast kill taunt.
Currently, the only way to obtain the Thermal Thruster is to complete Pyroland contracts 1-3, which grants an untradable and unmarketable Thermal Thruster as a contract reward.
Damage and function times
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| Shot type | Impact | |
| Damage type | Falling (maximum of 3500 HU/s) | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 0 |
| Function times | ||
| Recharge time | 15 s x 2 | |
| Effect duration | ~1.4 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Update history
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Added the Thermal Thruster to the game.
October 20, 2017 Patch #2
- Fixed not being able to use the Thermal Thruster after taunting with it.
- Fixed players being able to use the Thermal Thruster during the freeze period at the beginning of the round.
- Fixed the Thermal Thruster not doing 3x damage when landing on enemies .
- The Thermal Thruster no longer fully stuns mini-bosses in Mann vs. Machine mode.
- [Undocumented] Removed the "Deals 3x falling damage to the player you land on" attribute from the Thermal Thruster's description. The item still functions the same.
- Updated the Thermal Thruster stomp damage on other players to be 3x the base fall damage, not the reduced fall damage of the owner.
December 21, 2017 Patch #1 (Smissmas 2017)
- Fixed a case where it was possible to use the Thermal Thruster twice in one launch.
Bugs
- Sometimes, hitting the Resupply locker while the Thermal Thruster is recharging can cause the game to crash.
- The Pyro lacks an animation when falling at a height which can deal stomp damage, causing them to default to the reference pose.
Notes
- This item cannot be worn with any backpack cosmetics, as they occupy the same equip region.
- The Pyro is able to voice its melee dare voice commands while using the Thermal Thruster, despite it being classified as a secondary utility weapon.
Trivia
- The Thermal Thruster was featured before Day 3 of the Jungle Inferno event when it was officially announced. It can be seen at the end of the Jungle Inferno teaser, and the bottom of the day 1 page for the update.
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