Spy

Spy
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Support
Health:	125 /185 (See Health below for further details)
Speed:	107% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Spy

“

This Spy has already breached our defenses... You've seen what he's done to our colleagues! And worst of all: He could be any one of us. — The BLU Spy on the RED Spy

”

The Spy, originating from an indeterminate region of France, is a fan of sharp suits and even sharper knives, and relies on stealth and trickery to aid his team. Using a unique array of cloaking watches, he can render himself invisible or can even fake his own death, leaving unaware opponents off-guard. His Disguise Kit lets him take on the form of any class on either team, allowing him to blend in while behind enemy lines before stabbing his unsuspecting "teammates" in the back. In fact, a swift backstab with any of the Spy's knives will kill any foe in a single hit - provided they aren't under the effects of any type of invulnerability or immense damage reduction.

In addition to being able to swiftly assassinate key enemies, the Spy possess the ability to disable and destroy Engineer-constructed buildings with his Sapper. Once attached to an enemy building, the Sapper disables and slowly drains health from the building. However, a Sapper can be removed by an Engineer, or Pyro wielding the Homewrecker, Maul, or Neon Annihilator.

A disguised Spy is able to enter an enemy teleporter as any member of that team would. The Spy can use this to make his way to the enemy team, and blend in amongst them.

Whereas most players can only see the names and health of their teammates, the Spy can observe the names and health of the enemy team as well, allowing him to relay useful intelligence. This ability is unique to only the Spy and a Medic carrying the Solemn Vow.

The Spy is voiced by Dennis Bateman.

Bio

Name: Unknown Location of origin: France Job: Uncloak & Dagger Motto: "..." Contraptions: Disguise Kit / Cloaking Watch Emblems:    Description: He is a puzzle, wrapped in an enigma, shrouded in riddles, lovingly sprinkled with intrigue, express mailed to Mystery, Alaska, and LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU! but it is too late. You're dead. For he is the Spy - globetrotting rogue, lady killer (metaphorically) and mankiller (for real).

Health

Main articles: Health, Overheal

Class	Health	Overheal	Quick-Fix Overheal
Scout	125	185	158
With the Sandman equipped	110	165	139
Soldier	200	300	251
With the Battalion's Backup equipped	220	330	276
Pyro	175	260	220
Demoman	175	260	220
With weapon slot boots equipped	200	300	251
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 0 heads	150	225	189
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 1 head	165	245	208
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 2 heads	180	270	226
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 3 heads	195	290	245
With a head-taking melee weapon with 4 or more heads	210	315	264
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 0 heads	175	260	220
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 1 head	190	285	239
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 2 heads	205	305	258
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 3 heads	220	330	276
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 4 or more heads	235	350	295
Heavy	300	450	376
Under the effects of the Dalokohs Bar or Fishcake	350	500†	426
With the Fists of Steel equipped	300	390	346
With the Fists of Steel equipped and while under the effects of the Dalokohs Bar or Fishcake	350	440	396
Engineer	125	185	158
With the Gunslinger equipped	150	225	189
Medic	150	225	189
With the Vita-Saw equipped	140	210	176
Sniper	125	185	158
Spy	125	185	158
With the Big Earner equipped	100	150	126
With Conniver's Kunai equipped	70	105	89
Maximum overheal from Conniver's Kunai backstabs	N/A	210	N/A

^†Theoretical value. Overheal does not exceed 150% of the classes' maximum health.

Speed

Main article: Speed

Condition	Normal	Backward	Crouched	Swimming
Spy	107 %	96 %	36 %	85 %
Disguised as a Scout	107 %	96 %	36 %	85 %
Disguised as a Soldier	80 %	72 %	27 %	64 %
Disguised as a Pyro	100 %	90 %	33 %	80 %
Disguised as a Demoman	93 %	84 %	31 %	75 %
Disguised as a Heavy	77 %	69 %	26 %	61 %
Disguised as a Engineer	100 %	90 %	33 %	80 %
Disguised as a Medic	107 %	96 %	36 %	85 %
Disguised as a Sniper	100 %	90 %	33 %	80 %

Basic strategy

Main articles: Spy tips, Spy strategy

• Use your knife to backstab enemies from behind, killing them instantly.
• Disguise yourself as an enemy with your Disguise Kit. Beware, attacking will remove your disguise.
• Hit MOUSE2 to cloak and become fully invisible for a short period of time.
• Use your Cloak to get behind enemy lines, and your disguise to move around amongst them.
• Try to act like an enemy while disguised. Observe where enemy team members are, and disguise as one of them.
• Place your Sappers on enemy Sentry Guns to destroy them. Disguises aren't lost when placing Sappers.
• Your Sappers disable Sentry Guns before destroying them. Sap a Sentry Gun before attacking the Engineer.
• However, if you are quick enough you could stab the Engineer and sap the Sentry Gun before it turns around.
• Call for enemy Medics by hitting E while disguised.
• Disguise yourself somewhere hidden. Try to disguise yourself in the enemy base.
• When disguised, avoid looking directly at or walking toward enemies.
• Try to not run into the same person you are disguised as.

• You can see the health of enemy players by placing your crosshair over them. Use your revolver to pick off weaker enemies.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Revolver		6	24	Base: 40 Crit: 120
Promotional Big Kill
Unlock Ambassador		6	24	Base: 34 Crit: 54-102	Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots.  Accuracy decreases after initial shot. Has a short 1 second cooldown during which it never crits.  –15% damage penalty.  20% slower firing speed.  No random critical hits.  Critical damage is affected by range.
Craft L'Etranger		6	24	Base: 32 Crit: 96	+40% cloak duration  On hit: adds 15% charge to cloak.  –20% damage penalty.
Craft Enforcer		6	24	Base: 40 Crit: 120	+20% damage bonus while disguised.  Attacks pierce damage resistance effects and bonuses.  20% slower firing speed.  No random critical hits.
Promotional Diamondback		6	24	Base: 34 Crit: 102	Earns 1 crit shot for each backstab kill and each building destroyed with a Sapper attached (can hold up to 35).  –15% damage penalty.  No random critical hits.

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Knife		N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Backstab: 6× victim's health
Promotional Prinny Machete
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Promotional Sharp Dresser
Promotional Black Rose
Craft Your Eternal Reward		N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Backstab: 6× victim's health	Upon a successful backstab, the Spy instantly disguises as the backstab victim.  Victims do not make any noise when dying.  Victims' bodies disappear after being stabbed.  If backstabbed, victims' death will not be shown in the killfeed for other enemies.  +33% cloak drain rate.  Normal disguises require (and consume) a full cloak meter.
Craft Wanga Prick
Promotional Conniver's Kunai		N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Backstab: 6× victim's health	On Backstab: Absorbs the health from your victim (minimum gain of 75 health points). Can overheal up to 300% of Spy's (reduced) health, i.e. up to 210 health points.  –55 max health on wearer.
Craft Big Earner		N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Backstab: 6× victim's health	Upon a kill, the Spy gains 30% of his cloak meter.  Gain a 3 second speed boost on kill.  –25 max health on wearer.
Craft Spy-cicle		N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Backstab: 6× victim's health	On Hit by Fire: Fireproof for 1 second and afterburn immunity for 10 seconds.  Backstab turns victim to ice.  Melts in fire, regenerates in 15 seconds and by picking up ammo.

Taunt Attack

150x150px	Associated items	Description	Kill icon
	Knife  Your Eternal Reward  Conniver's Kunai  Big Earner  Saxxy  Wanga Prick  Black Rose	Main article: Fencing The Spy puts his weapon to his other hand and assumes a Fencing position. He makes two quick slashes and one thrust while saying either: "I'm going to gut you like a Cornish game hen." "Just lay your weapons down and walk away."

Primary PDA

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Primary PDA Disguise Kit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Allows the Spy to disguise himself as an enemy or a friendly player.

Secondary PDA

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Secondary PDA Invis Watch	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Cloak type: Timed  Cloaks Spy for 10 seconds.  Cloak meter can be refilled from ammo sources.
Promotional Secondary PDA Enthusiast's Timepiece
Promotional Secondary PDA Quäckenbirdt
Unlock Secondary PDA Cloak and Dagger	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Cloak type: Motion sensitive  While standing still, cloaks Spy indefinitely and slowly refills cloak meter .  Has +100 % cloak recharge rate.  Cloak meter can not be refilled by ammo boxes while invisible.  -35% cloak meter from ammo boxes.  Cloak consumption rate varies depending on the type of movement you use (see Function Times for more information).  User can still stay partially cloaked once the cloak meter runs out.
Unlock Secondary PDA Dead Ringer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Cloak type: Feign death  Cloaks Spy for 7 seconds upon receiving damage, dropping a fake corpse.  Reduces initial damage by 75%, then upcoming damage by 65% to 20% after 3 seconds.  50% faster cloak recharge rate.  +40% cloak duration.  Grants a 3 second speed boost upon receiving damage.  Feign Death stealth has no bump shimmer for 3 seconds.  Ammo kits and dispensers do not refill the Spy's cloak meter.  Has a loud, distinctive decloak sound.  Triggering feign death will lower the cloak meter to 50%.  Cloak meter must be fully charged to use.

Building

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Building Sapper		N/A	N/A	N/A	Disables and slowly destroys enemy Engineer buildings.
Promotional Building Ap-Sap
Uncrate Building Snack Attack
Promotional Building Red-Tape Recorder		N/A	N/A	N/A	Disables enemy Engineer buildings.  Reverses enemy building construction.  Does not damage buildings.  Takes longer than the stock Sapper to nullify an Engineer building (see Function Times for more information).

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Saharan Spy
	L'Etranger Your Eternal Reward Familiar Fez
Effect	Extra effects when taunting.

Main article: Item sets

The Man of Honor
	Enforcer Big Earner Cosa Nostra Cap Made Man
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Invisible Rogue
	Under Cover Griffin's Gog Intangible Ascot
Effect	No effect

Cosmetic items

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Spy achievements Spy pack: 34 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement.

Update history

October 2, 2007 Patch

• Fixed server crash related to Spy Sappers.

October 9, 2007 Patch

• Spies can no longer reload their Revolver while cloaked.

October 25, 2007 Patch

• Fixed a Spy backstab exploit where you could stab a player who was not facing away from you.
• Fixed flailing at the low end of the cloak meter when the player gets uncloaked automatically.

October 31, 2007 Patch

• Medigun no longer continues to heal enemy Spies who have lost their disguise.

November 7, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Spies exploit enabling them to attack while disguising, without losing disguise.
• Fixed Spies being able to attach sappers through thin walls.

December 20, 2007 Patch

• Sapped buildings now take slightly less damage from the Spy who sapped them.
• Fixed first person spectator view of the Spy watch not showing the correct cloak value.

December 21, 2007 Patch

• Fixed cloaked/disguised/disguising spy reporting his achievements to everyone else.

December 31, 2007 Patch

• Removed an obscure rendering setting that would allow players to make cloaked Spies appear fully black.

February 19, 2008 Patch

• Fixed a case where a spy stabbing from the front of a player would score a backstab.

February 28, 2008 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added "Toggle Disguise Team" binding in Options->Keyboard to toggle the disguise team for the Spy's PDA.
• [Undocumented] Fixed "lastdisguise" command not remembering if you were disguised as your own team.
• [Undocumented] Fixed Engineer being able to detonate buildings that are being sapped.

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• Teleporter effect no longer shows up on invisible or disguised Spies.
• Spies disguised as their own team can now capture control points.

May 21, 2008 Patch

• Improved prediction of Spy's speed changes when disguising.

June 9, 2008 Patch

• Fixed crash issuing the last disguise command when not connected to a server.

June 20, 2008 Patch

• Fixed Spy cloaked as Scout in response rules for all classes.

June 23, 2008 Patch

• Fixed Spy Sapper viewmodel animation popping.

July 1, 2008 Patch

• Fixed Spy getting stuck in players after removing his disguise.
• Fixed Spy stabbing and being able to go invisible instantly.
• Fixed Spy disguised as enemy Medic being able to spam voice commands.

August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)

• Fixed Spy watch arm not using team skins.

December 11, 2008 Patch

• Spies will be able to recharge their cloaking ability by picking up ammo off of the ground or from health cabinets.

December 15, 2008 Patch

• Fixed overheal particle effect showing up incorrectly on disguised or cloaked Spies.

January 28, 2009 Patch

• Fixed cloaked Spies having a particle-beam effect while standing next to a dispenser that's healing them.

February 2, 2009 Patch

• Stealthed Spies are no longer able to pickup the Intelligence. They must uncloak first.

February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)

• Spies can now control which weapon the enemy team sees them holding. Hitting the "last disguise" key while disguised updates the disguise to show the Spy's currently held weapon.
• Changed backstab handling to fix facestabs.
• Spies disguised as enemy team can now see player IDs for enemies.

March 5, 2009 Patch

• Increased backstab check so that Spies can side-stab again.
• When disguising, Spies now always start showing the primary weapon in their disguise, and can then switch it with the last-disguise key.

March 13, 2009 Patch

• Fixed client crash when determining which disguise weapon to use for a Spy.

May 21, 2009 Patch (The Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• Added new revolver replacement, The Ambassador. First shot is very accurate and will cause a critical hit if it hits an enemy's head. Accuracy is poor for a period after that.
• Added new watch replacement, the Dead Ringer. When armed, you will appear in all ways to die to the first damage you take from an enemy. You'll be cloaked for 8 second after taking this damage. Upon de-cloaking you'll make a loud and distinct sound.
• Added new watch replacement, the Cloak and Dagger. Your cloak meter is only depleted when you move, so you can stay invisible indefinitely if you're standing still.
• Spy name tags now show up properly when disguised as their own team.
• Fixed a bug that would cause spectators to see disguise weapons incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug where enemy spies disguised as friendly spies would have cigarettes that didn't burn.
• Fixed a bug where overhealing disguised spies would show the wrong overhealing amount to the medic.
• Made it more obvious on first person view model when your motion cloak is out of juice and you are partially visible.
• Also made it more obvious on first person view model when you're bumped while cloaked.
• Improved the way your disguise weapon is determined to make it clearer and fix a couple of rare issues.
• Spies disguised as enemy spies now get a random mask to help complete the disguise, and their target id will be set appropriately.
• Spies disguised as medics now have an Ubercharge: line in their disguise target info.
• Spies outward facing "disguise health" now matches their disguise target when they first apply the disguise.
• Spies can now pick up health kits for their "disguise health", even when uninjured.
• Disguise UI doesn't show up in minimum UI mode (hud_minmode).
• Spies that disguise as a player using an unlockable now show that unlockable in hand.
• Spies can now use enemy teleporters.
• Added 70 new Spy voice lines.
• Added 34 new Spy achievements.
• Added hat: Fancy Fedora.
• [Undocumented] The Fencing taunt now damages and kills enemy players.

May 22, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Ambassador not using hitboxes to trace against players. It now works like all other bullet-firing weapons in the game.
• Fixed Ambassador shooting through gates.
• Fixed Ambassador not critting during the round win period.
• Fixed cloaked Spies being able to taunt attack.
• Fixed Spy feign death not being reflected in scoreboard.
• Fixed rare crash in Spy "A Cut Above" achievement.

May 26, 2009 Patch

• The Ambassador now does full critical hits on headshots, instead of mini crits.
• The Dead Ringer now fully drains the cloak meter, even if the Spy leaves cloak early.
• Fixed Spy disguise menu not being visible in HUD minimal mode.

May 29, 2009 Patch

• Added Sniper/Spy milestone achievements as an additional way players can get the new unlockables.
• Fixed Spies not being telefragged when standing on an enemy teleporter exit with the Dead Ringer enabled.
• Fixed the Ambassador not doing damage to buildings.
• Fixed Spies disguised as their own team not drawing blood effects.

June 8, 2009 Patch

• Fixed the background color of the Spy disguise panel not always matching his disguise team.
• Fixed Spies not being able to sap a building if an enemy player was colliding with the building.
• Fixed getting a real target ID on an enemy Spy that's disguised as one of your teammates if you are disguised as an enemy.
• Fixed the Ambassador not shooting enemy sticky bombs.
• Fixed Spies being able to automatically Cloak after uncloaking at the moment of a weapon switch.
• Fixed a couple of cases where viable backstabs would fail.
• Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy.
• Changed the Dead Ringer so it can be activated while carrying the flag.

June 23, 2009 Patch

• The Cloak and Dagger now always regenerates at its intended rate. Previously it only regenerated at the correct rate when the Spy was cloaked.
• Increased the Cloak and Dagger regeneration rate slightly.
• Capped the rate of energy loss from moving faster than run speed (falling / air toss) while cloaked with the Cloak and Dagger.
• The Dead Ringer's cloak consume rate has been slightly reduced, giving about an extra second of cloak time on a full meter.
• Emerging from the Dead Ringer's cloak now drains up to 40% of the cloak meter instead of 100%. This drain only happens if the meter is at least 60% full.
• The Dead Ringer's cloak meter can now be regenerated from ammo sources.
• The Ambassador now only crits when fully accurate and no longer penetrates enemies.
• The Spy can no longer change weapons from the knife while shocked by the Razorback.
• [Undocumented]
  • The Ambassador no longer fires through buildings.
  • Being attacked while taunting with the Dead Ringer out no longer triggers a Spy's cloak, but instead keeps the damage reduction for the remaining duration of the taunt.
  • A Pyro's air blast will now extinguish burning disguised enemy Spies.
  • Fixed a bug where a fake Spy hand would appear on the screen of other players.
  • Fixed disguised Spies occasionally looking like they have invulnerability, instead of the correct fake Spy mask.
  • Disguised spies will no longer lose their disguise weapon when they interact with a weapon locker.
  • Fixed a bug where the Spy's watch would randomly change models during play.
  • Fixed uncloaked Spies flickering in and out of the cloak effect when taking damage.

June 25, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Dead Ringer damage reduction exploit involving Spy taunting.

July 14, 2009 Patch

• Fixed the Cloak and Dagger not regenerating at the correct rate.
• [Undocumented] The Dead Ringer's recharge time was shortened from 18.5 seconds to 16.5 seconds.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• Sappers attached to a teleporter automatically place another Sapper on the other end of the teleporter, if it exists.
• Disguised Spies no longer trigger On-Hit effects (like the Blutsauger's heal).
• Cloaked Spies standing in valid backstab positions no longer raise their knife.
• Fixed sentries firing at a fully cloaked Spy if they're still the closest target.
• Fixed a couple of issues with the way critboosts affected The Huntsman and the Spy's knife.
• Added hats: Backbiter's Billycock and Camera Beard.

August 14, 2009 Patch

• Fixed a bug with cloak meter regen and drain rates.
• Fixed Spies not being able to go invis while reloading.

August 31, 2009 Patch

• Fixed teleporting Spies getting stuck in enemy players standing on the exit.

September 15, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Spies speaking their response rules lines after killing.
• Fixed Halo glow effect not being hidden for cloak/disguised enemy Spies.

October 14, 2009 Patch

• Fixed disguised Spies not getting ammo from enemy Dispensers.

December 7, 2009 Patch

• Fixed cloaked Spies having the critboost effect on their weapon.
• Fixed Spies being able to disguise while performing a taunt.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Added more backstab animations
• Now pretends to be carrying the weapons & wearables of the target he's disguised as.
  • Moved the Spy's Camera Beard to the Misc loadout slot so he can equip it with a hat.
• Alternative Spy disguise menu, which lets you choose disguises using just the 1-3 keys.
• Players no longer see the wearables that are a part of a friendly spy's disguise, fixing various graphical glitches.

December 18, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Spies being able to build dispensers.
• Fixed the Spy's unlockables watches using the wrong consume/recharge rates.

December 22, 2009 Patch

• Crafting improvements
  • Spy's Camera Beard can now be smelted into scrap metal.

January 6, 2010 Patch

• The Dead Ringer now:
  • Reduces cloak to 40% when uncloaking early.
  • Has a 35% cap on the amount of cloak it can gain from an ammo pack.
  • Has a quieter de-cloak sound.

January 7, 2010 Patch

• Updated the achievement icon for the "May I Cut In?" Spy achievement to match the achievement description.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Various improvements to Spy disguise and feign death
  • Disguise weapons copying weapons with special animation requirements (Sword, FaN) now look correct.
  • Spies now play the appropriate death cry on feign death based on the corpse that appears.
  • Feigning death can now play custom death animations like a normal death (head loss, sniper shot, backstab, etc).
  • Feigning death due to explosive damage now has a chance to gib, like a normal death.
  • Corpses from a feign death now use the correct wearable behavior (hats stay on, or fall off as they should).
  • The weapons dropped by feign death corpses now have appropriate physics and collision for their type.
  • Combat text for damage done to Spies that feign death will now show the un-modified damage amount.
  • Fixed Spies that feign death while disguised as enemy spies dropping fake ragdolls wearing a mask.
  • Fixed a couple of physics issues on ragdolls created by feign death.
• Added backstab death animation.

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

• Added hat: Magistrate's Mullet.

March 19, 2010 Patch

• Updated the Camera beard to be craftable.

April 15, 2010 Patch

• Added weapon: Big Kill.
• Fixed the Demoman's Fro not cloaking properly when being used by a disguised Spy.

April 28, 2010 Patch

• Fixed bug with disguised Spy sometimes seeing his own name in the disguise status HUD.
• Fixed items that can be worn by any class having the wrong model when worn by a disguised Spy.

April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)

• Fixed Engineers & Spies being able to circumvent build restrictions.

May 7, 2010 Patch

• Fixed players seeing cloaked Spies when they should be fully cloaked.

May 19, 2010 Patch

• Fixed a case where the Spy could start taunting and cloak at the same time.

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

• Added hat: Frenchman's Beret.

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• [Undocumented] The Big Kill was given its own kill icon.
• The Ambassador headshot kill icon is replaced with the Sniper Rifle headshot kill icon.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Added Weapons: L'Etranger and Your Eternal Reward.
• Added Hat: Familiar Fez.
• Updated how Spy disguise targets are selected to more randomly distribute the selections.
• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" taunt.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• The Fancy Fedora and Backbiter's Billycock paint effects are more noticeable.
• Your Eternal Reward no longer disguises the Spy if the victim survives the backstabbing attempt (because of Ubercharge, The Razorback, etc).
• Your Eternal Reward no longer disguises the Spy if they are carrying the flag.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)

• [Undocumented] Added the Frenchman's Beret and Magistrate's Mullet to the store.

November 19, 2010 Patch

• Added Telltale Games items:
  • The Enthusiast's Timepiece: Tycho's favorite timepiece (equipped by the Spy).

December 2, 2010 Patch

• Fixed Spies being able to destroy sappers using the "destroy" command.
• Made the following hats paintable: Frenchman's Beret, Camera Beard.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• 'Your Eternal Reward' changes:
  • Spies can now change their disguise weapon via 'lastdisguise' while using 'Your Eternal Reward'.
  • Already-disguised Your Eternal Reward Spies are no longer forced to switch to displaying the melee weapon when they make a kill.
  • Spies no longer play speech lines when making a kill with 'Your Eternal Reward'.
  • Sentry Guns no longer track Your Eternal Reward Spies after they backstab someone.
• Added new hats: 'Détective Noir' and 'Le Party Phantom'.
• Spies can now see TargetID's of players and objects regardless of their own disguise status.
• The Spy 'Sap Auteur' achievement now increments in cases where the Spy was the assister in the building destruction.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The following hats are now paintable or have had their paintability improved: Detective Noir.
• Made "Le Party Phantom" a misc slot item.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• Fixed enemies seeing death notices when you backstab their team mates with Your Eternal Reward.
• Fixed the attack animation not always playing correctly for Your Eternal Reward.

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

• Added weapon: Conniver's Kunai.
• Added hat: Noh Mercy.

April 7, 2011 Patch

• Added new hats: Private Eye and Charmer's Chapeau.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Added 3 new training courses for the Spy.
• Bot changes:
  • Added Spy TFBots. Spy bots have basic cloaking, diguising, sapping, and backstabbing behaviors now, and are ready to join the fight.
  • Improved TFBot reactions to cloaked and/or disguised enemy Spies.
  • Improved Demoman bot behaviors for planting sticky bomb traps.
• [Undocumented] Spies now can speak their Domination or Revenge lines correctly when using the Knife or Conniver's Kunai.

April 28, 2011 Patch

• Added Janissary Ketche

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Janissary Ketche made craftable, tradeable, and paintable.
• Jannissary Ketche was added to the list of hats that can be unusual.

June 17, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a server crash caused by disguising spies.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added weapons: Enforcer and Big Earner.
• Added hats: Made Man and Cosa Nostra Cap.

July 1, 2011 Patch (Summer Camp Sale)

• Added misc: Rouge's Col Roule.

July 18, 2011 Patch

• Rogue's Col Roule became craftable.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Changed Your Enternal Reward Description "This weapon is a silent killer" is now "Silent Killer: No attack noise from backstabs".
• [Undocumented] Your Eternal Reward no longer defaults to the disguise's stock primary weapon after a backstab. It will now properly show an unlockable primary weapon if the victim was using one.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• Fixed disguised Spies showing their critboost status.
• Added weapon: Diamondback.
• Added hat: Nanobalaclava.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added hat: Counterfeit Billycock.
• Fixed Spies never using genuine, community, or self-made items as disguise weapons.
• Fixed particle effects not showing up on Spy disguise items.

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• Added weapon: Wanga Prick
• Add hat: Under Cover.
• Added misc: Griffin's Gog & Intangible Ascot.

November 22, 2011 Patch

• Added misc: Dr. Whoa.

November 23, 2011 Patch

• Added weapon: Sharp Dresser.
• Added hat: Dashin' Hashshashin.
• Fixed some visual conflicts with the Dr. Whoa bowtie and other items

December 9, 2011 Patch

• Made Dr. Whoa, Dashin' Hashshashin and Sharp Dresser craftable and tradable
• [Undocumented] Made Dr. Whoa, Dashin' Hashshashin and Sharp Dresser giftable.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• Added weapon: Spy-cicle
• [Undocumented] Added weapon: Festive Knife

December 16, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed the Spy getting infinite crits after sapping a building while critboosted.

December 21, 2011 Patch

• Added draw/melee swing/melee hit/crit forces for the The Sharp Dresser and the Spy-cicle

December 23, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a Spy-cicle exploit
• [Undocumented] The Spy-cicle now uses the Revolver taunt

January 11, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Spy saying 'Prego' for one of his 'Thanks!' lines
• Fixed the Dr. Whoa paint not drawing correctly for the Blue team

February 9, 2012 Patch

• The Nanobalaclava and Dashin' Hashshashin are now paintable.

February 14, 2012 Patch

• Added weapon: Black Rose

March 22, 2012 Patch

• Added weapon: Sapper to Loadout screen

April 17, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Spy-cicle bugged; extinguishes fire when drawn and gives direct fire immunity for two seconds, but no longer gives afterburn immunity

April 18, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Spy-cicle's fireproof attribute not working
• Updated the Black Rose so it can be traded

May 17, 2012 Patch

• Added the Sneaky Spats of Sneaking
• Added the Doublecross-Comm

May 31, 2012 Patch

• Updated The Enforcer
  • +20% damage bonus while undisguised
  • -20% firing speed
  • No random criticals

June 11, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Spy's cloak effect not working properly for The Texas Half-Pants and the Something Special For Someone Special

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• Added misc: Business Casual

July 10, 2012 Patch

• Updated sd_doomsday:
  • Death pits now kill dead ringer Spies.

July 10, 2012 Patch

• Fixed The Business Casual tie not being blue for the Blue team.

August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)

• Added weapon: The Red-Tape Recorder.
• Added misc: The Triad Trinket.
• Fixed sappers attaching incorrectly to teleporters that are still building.

August 3, 2012 Patch

• Increased The Red Tape Recorder's downgrade speed from 1.6 seconds to 3.0 seconds.
• Fixed item conflicts with The Triad Trinket
• [Undocumented] Fixed the Homewrecker not destroying Red Tape Recorder sappers in one hit.

August 10, 2012 Patch

• Added hat: Ninja Cowl

August 15, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Botkiller and Gold Botkiller Knife.
• [Undocumented] Added hat: Stealth Steeler

September 4, 2012 Patch

• Backpack sounds updated for Rogue's Col Roule.

September 6, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added hat: Hat of Cards.

September 21, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the descriptions of the Hat of Cards.

Bugs

Image of a Spy disguised as an Engineer, holding an Ambassador

• Sometimes, the class the Spy is disguised as will appear to be carrying invisible weapons to the enemy team. This also includes weapons worn on the player, such as the Gunboats or Ali Baba's Wee Booties.
• Rarely, even if the Spy is disguised, the enemy will see the disguised Spy still holding a Spy weapon.
• When exiting out of the current disguise in third person, the hats and miscellaneous items of the player the Spy is disguised as will appear on the Spy for a split second.
• Rarely, disguised spies show up with a decapitated model. Also, sometimes players will show without their respective hats.

Trivia

• The Spy's voice actor Dennis Bateman also voices the Pyro class.
• The idea for the Spy came from a glitch in Quake where players would look like they're from the other team. [1]
• The Spy is known to speak phrases in French, Spanish and Catalan.
• The first BLU team Spy resembled Template:W.
• In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Spy makes a cameo as the Jack of Diamonds in the "Poker Night" and "Poker Night Alternative" decks, respectively.
  • The lower half of both cards have the Spy wearing the Engineer disguise mask on them.
• The Spy makes an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as one of the forts; the rest of the fort is composed of Gravel Pit. In addition, the Spy's red balaclava is a selectable hat for the player's worms.
• The Assassin class of Monday Night Combat has a promotional item with the Spy's disguise mask and the Scout's headset named "Bonk! Slash!".
• It has been noted in developer commentary, Gabe Newell's favorite class is the Spy

Gallery

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  Team Fortress Spy model.

• SpyTFC.png

  The Spy class of Team Fortress Classic.

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  Concept art of the Spy.

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  Concept art of the Spy.

• Spy Card1.jpg

  Trading card front.

• Spy2.jpg

  Trading card back.

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  The Spy's Mafia Monday mugshot from the Über Update.

Related merchandise

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  Spy Poster As Shown In The Valve Store

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  Gentleman's Gela Skin

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  Spy T-Shirt

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  Spy vs. Sniper poster

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  Class Mousepad

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  Spy Class Decal, White

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  Spy Class Decal, Black

See also

• Disguise
• Cloak
• Backstab
• Spy match-ups
• Anti-Spy strategy
• Spy taunts
• Spy responses
• Spy voice commands
• Basic Spy strategy
• Community Spy strategy
• Spy checking
• Meet the Spy
• Headshot
• List of references (Spy)
• Spy (Classic)
• Merchandise

External links

• Spy page on the Offical TF2 Website
• The Sniper vs. Spy Update
• TF2 Official Blog - Sniper vs. Spy Update, Day 5
• TF2 Official Blog - Day 6 Spy Update Hooray!
• TF2 Official Blog - Sniper vs. Spy Update, Day 7
• TF2 Official Blog - The Sniper vs. Spy Update
• TF2 Official Blog - Neat Community Creations (Spy Update Hoax)
• In-Depth Spy Guide
• TF2: Spy Guide Part #1: Spying 101