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Engineer
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Engineer.png
Basic Information
Icon: Leaderboard class engineer.png
Type: Defensive
Health: 125 / 185
150 / 225 with the Gunslinger equipped
Speed: 100%
75% while hauling a building
Meet the Engineer
EngineerVidSplash.png
Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer; that means I solve problems.
Not problems like 'What is beauty?', because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.
I solve practical problems.
The Engineer on his profession

A soft-spoken, amiable Texan with a knack for all things mechanical, the Engineer (real name Dell Conagher) chooses to build and maintain Buildings that benefit the team rather than engage in much direct combat. The Engineer's various gadgets include the Sentry Gun, an automated turret that fires at any enemy in range, the Dispenser, a device that replenishes the health and ammo of nearby teammates and Teleporters that quickly transport his teammates to the fray.

However, the Engineer's ingenious devices are under constant threat from explosives and devious enemy Spies; a good Engineer must keep his gear under a watchful eye and in good repair at all times. When the Engineer needs to get his hands dirty, his trio of generic, yet capable weapons combined with the assistance of his helpful hardware make him more than capable of holding his own in a fight.

The Engineer is also capable of hauling buildings he has already constructed and re-deploying them in new locations, at the cost of a lower footspeed while carrying them. Buildings are vulnerable during the hauling process, as they will be destroyed if the Engineer is killed, and they also need some time to redeploy after being hauled.

Bio

Basic Strategy

Main articles: Engineer tips, Engineer strategy
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  • Use the build tool to place Sentry Guns, Dispensers, and Teleporters.
  • You need metal to build, repair, and upgrade your Buildings. Collect fallen weapons to get more metal.
  • Hit your Sentry Gun with your Wrench to upgrade it with metal. Each level adds more health and firepower.
  • Build Dispensers to provide your teammates with health and ammo. They also generate metal for you to use.
  • Build Teleporters to help your team reach the front line faster.
  • Keep an eye out for enemy Spies attaching Sappers to your Buildings. Use your Wrench to remove Sappers.

Engineer needed class

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

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

Primary

Weapon Ammo
Loaded
Ammo
Carried
Damage Range Notes / Special Abilities
Item icon Shotgun.png
Standard
Shotgun 6 32 Base: 60

Crit: 180
[6 dmg. × 10 pellets]

Item icon Frontier Justice.png
Unlock
Frontier Justice 3 32 Base: 60

Crit: 180
[6 dmg. × 10 pellets]

  • For every Sentry Gun's kill stores 2 guaranteed critical shots.
  • For every Sentry Gun's kill assist stores 1 guaranteed critical shot.
  • Stored critical shots (up to 35) are granted only upon Sentry Gun destruction/demolition.
  • Has half ammo loaded.
  • No random Critical hits.

Secondary

Weapon Ammo
Loaded
Ammo
Carried
Damage Range Notes / Special Abilities
Item icon Pistol.png
Standard
Pistol 12 200 Base: 15

Crit: 45
[6 rounds / sec.]

Item icon Lugermorph.png
Sam & Max variant
Lugermorph 12 200 Base: 15

Crit: 45
[6 rounds / sec.]

Item icon Wrangler.png
Unlock
Wrangler N/A N/A N/A
  • Allows to take manual control of own Sentry Gun.
  • The Sentry Gun gains double firing rate and a laser pointer to assist in aiming.
  • The Sentry Gun gains a shield which blocks 66% of incoming damage.
  • Upon switching to another weapon or death, the Sentry Gun remains shielded but deactivated for 3 seconds.

Melee

Weapon Ammo
Loaded
Ammo
Carried
Damage Range Notes / Special Abilities
Item icon Wrench.png
Standard
Wrench N/A N/A Base: 65

Crit: 195

Item icon Golden Wrench.png
Promotional
Golden Wrench N/A N/A Base: 65

Crit: 195

Wrench alternative:
  • Same specs as Wrench.
  • Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Item icon Gunslinger.png
Unlock
Gunslinger N/A N/A Base: 65

Crit: 195

Wrench alternative:
  • Increases maximum health by 25 points.
  • Guarantees a Critical hit on the third, consecutive punch.
  • Replaces standard Sentry Gun with Combat Mini-Sentry Gun.
  • No random Critical hits.
Item icon Southern Hospitality.png
Craft
Southern Hospitality N/A N/A Base: 65
Crit: 195
Wrench alternative:
  • On hit causes bleed for 5 seconds.
  • Raises fire vulnerability by 20%.
  • No random Critical hits.

PDA

Weapon Notes / Special abilities
File:Item icon Builder.png Build Tool
  • Allows to build the Engineer's buildings.
File:Item icon Destroy.png Demolish Tool
  • Allows to demolish the Engineer's buildings.

Taunt Attacks

Attack Weapon Duration Damage
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Primary
Dischord Item icon Frontier Justice.png
Frontier Justice
4 seconds
  • 500 hp (instant kill) on hit.
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Melee
Organ Grinder Item icon Gunslinger.png
Gunslinger
4 seconds
  • 14 hp (14 hits of 1 hp each in about one second) plus stun effect.
  • 500 hp (instant kill) on final hit.

Buildings

Main article: Buildings
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Building Level Cost Health Damage/Replenish/Recharge values
Sentries.png
Slot one
Sentry Gun One 130 150 Average DPS: 64
Two 330 180 Average DPS: 128
Three 530 216 Bullets average DPS: 128
Rockets (on direct hit): 100
Red Mini Sentry.png
Slot one
Combat Mini-Sentry Gun N/A 100 100 Average DPS: 48
Dispensers.png
Slot two
Dispenser One 100 150 Health: 10/sec
Ammo: 20%/sec
Metal: 40/5 sec
Two 300 180 Health: 15/sec
Ammo: 30%/sec
Metal: 50/5 sec
Three 500 216 Health: 20/sec
Ammo: 40%/sec
Metal: 60/5 sec
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Slot three & four
Teleporter Entrance
Teleporter Exit
One 125 150 Recharge: 10 sec
Two 325 180 Recharge: 5 sec
Three 525 216 Recharge: 3 sec

Hats

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

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

Achievements

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Main article: Engineer achievements

Trivia

Profile silhouettes of the nine classes during concept. Note that the Engineer was taller at this point.
  • The Engineer is the shortest class in the game.
    • At some point during development he was slightly taller, with the Scout and Pyro being shorter and nearly equal with the Spy (See right).
  • The Engineer rarely removes his welding goggles. In fact the only official time his naked eyes were revealed was in the "Loose Canon" comic.
  • The Engineer designed and built the Sentry Gun under contract from 'TF Industries' in 1965. The PDF manual for the game that is listed in Steam shows a blueprint and promotional guide to using the Sentry Gun.
  • The Engineer drinks 'BLU Streak' beer, as seen in Meet the Engineer.
  • The Enginner built 4 Sentry Guns in Meet the Engineer, three more than is possible in the actual game without server side mods.
  • The Engineer's favorite equation is in fact part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game.
  • The BLU Engineer's name appears to be "Dell Conagher". The name was revealed in the "Loose Canon" comic, along with his grandfather's name, Radigan Conagher.
  • Radigan Conagher's uniform bears a striking resemblance to the Engineer's, complete with goggles, hardhat and dungarees suitably styled to fit in with the time of his appearance (1890).
The Engineer holding the Frontier Justice
  • The Engineer's grandfather built three life-extending machines: one for Blutarch Mann (CEO of Builders League United), one for Redmond Mann (CEO of Reliable Excavation Demolition), and one for a currently unidentified person (their name on the list of patrons is obscured). [1]
  • The Engineer's equivalent in the original team of mercenaries BLU hired was supposedly Nikola Tesla, armed with a bag of blueprints instead of a PDA.
The Team Fortress Classic Engineer overlooking a small boy wearing his first pair of goggles, the boy is assumed to be Team Fortress 2's Engineer.
  • The Engineer is the only class whose default primary weapon, the Shotgun, is not unique to its class.
  • The Engineer and Spy are the only two classes to use the PDA slots.
  • The Engineer is the only class to get new weapons before his initial update: the Lugermorph and the Golden Wrench.
  • The Engineer is the only class to possess two fatal taunts: his Dischord and Organ Grinder taunts.
  • In the trailer for the Mac update, the Engineer is seen holding the Frontier Justice, long before it was officialy released.
  • The Engineer is voiced by Grant Goodeve.
  • The song the Engineer plays during Meet the Engineer is titled 'More Gun', which is based on Someone Else's Song and was originally written by Jeff Tweedy of the American Country band Wilco.
  • The Engineer appeared on the cover of The Teufort Times for his part in the creation of crafting.
  • The Soldier calls the Engineer a "cowardin' Canadian" in his domination lines, which may add suspicion towards the Engineer's Texan heritage. He also accuses the Engineer of being a 'Draft-dodger': Americans who did not want to enlist moved to Canada to avoid being drafted. However, the Engineer may in turn call a dominated Soldier a "damn Yankee". This may either add further suspicion to his true American roots, or instead may simply be animosity of a resident of a former Confederate state towards one of a Union state. If this is the case, it may be a clue as to where the Soldier precisely comes from.
  • A photograph on the Engineer update page displays a young boy (presumably the Engineer) trying on his first pair of goggles, as the Engineer from Team Fortress Classic looks on proudly and pats him on the shoulder. If the child is indeed the Engineer, it can be implied that the Engineer from Team Fortress Classic is in fact his father. If the photo is confirmed as canon, this would mean that the events of Team Fortress Classic might be set between the beginning of the century and the World Wars. This is unlikely however, as most of TFC's design is much more futuristic than TF2's, although, its not impossible, seeing as in the TF2 universe, australia is extremely high tech and futuristic, and TFC could take place there.
  • The Engineer was the last class of the 9 to receive his own Class specific update.
  • The Engineer wears his default helmet backwards.
  • The Engineer is the only class to not receive a class specific item in the Mann-Conomy Update.
  • The Engineer, along with the Pyro, Soldier, Heavy and Spy are the only classes to have their own exponent textures. The textures for the exponents are simply unused.
  • As of the Mann-Conomy Update, it seems the Engineer has a new Wrench called the Jag. However any means to obtain it are currently unknown.
  • There is currently an exploit which allows an Engineer to construct buildings within their own spawn point. This can be dangerous, for this allows enemy Spies to actually enter your spawn via the Teleporters.
  • The Engineer has the least amount of hats that can be paintable by Paint Cans.

See also

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