Bill's Hat
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Bill's Hat is a headwear item available to all classes. It appears as a slightly worn brown colored veteran's beret for RED or gray colored beret for BLU, both with a yellow shield insignia. It was awarded to players who pre-ordered the Valve title Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam or for PC through Gamestop.
Painted variants
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge | Color No. 216-190-216 | Peculiarly Drab Tincture | Aged Moustache Grey |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue | After Eight | Radigan Conagher Brown | Ye Olde Rustic Colour |
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| Muskelmannbraun | Mann Co. Orange | Australium Gold | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice | Pink as Hell | A Deep Commitment to Purple | Noble Hatter's Violet |
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| A Color Similar to Slate | Zepheniah's Greed | Drably Olive | Indubitably Green |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime | A Mann's Mint | ||
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted (RED) | Unpainted (BLU) |
Trivia
- Bill's Hat appears in the backpack as a 'Level 10 Veteran's Beret'.
- This is the same hat that zombie apocalypse survivor Bill Overbeck wears in the original Left 4 Dead, rendered to the Team Fortress 2 art style.
- Bill's Hat has its own intricate back-story, which reads as follows: "While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's Hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."
- The logo on the hat is not exactly correct to the original in "Left 4 Dead".
- Although Bill wears a green beret, the hat is either brown or gray depending on the wearer's team.
- The magazine cover Hat-Wearing Man seen on the Sniper vs Spy Update published an article titled "Wearing Berets: Not on our Watch! How You Can Help...". It seems the teams didn't take their suggestions to heart.
- Similarly to other promotional and holiday-related hats, Bill's Hat cannot be crafted with another to form a new item.
- This hat was the second item to be released which could only be acquired within a specific time, including the Cheater's Lament, the Sam and Max items, the Gentle Manne's Service Medal, the 119th Update medals, the Earbuds, and the Lumbricus Lid.
- Bill's Hat is one of the few "limited edition" hats eligible for Trading. It shares this characteristic with the Lumbricus Lid and Max's Severed Head.
- Similar to Bill's Hat, Valve has included Ellis' Cap in the Mann-Conomy update. However, its unlock requirements are unknown.
- The Hat's description ("Left 4 You.") may be a reference to the fact that Bill sacrifices his life to save the other survivors in the up-coming DLC for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, "The Sacrifice".
- Using the Zepheniah's Greed Paint Can changes the color to a more faithful representation of Bill's Hat, as it is dark green in the "Left 4 Dead" series.
