Bill's Hat

Bill's Hat
RED	BLU
Basic Information
Worn by:	All
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Template:Dictionary/items/er error
Released:	November 2, 2009 Patch
Availability:	Promotional (expired)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Available Qualities
	Unique
Loadout Stats
	Bill's Hat; 1 - 100; Left 4 You.

“

Well, this don't remind me of Nam.

— Bill

”

Bill's Hat is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is a slightly worn team-colored beret, with the yellow shield insignia (or "flash"), of the U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Group. It is styled after the hat worn by the eponymous William "Bill" Overbeck in Left 4 Dead. Vintage Bill's Hat were given to players that deleted their Bill's Hat and asked for a restore from Valve. The glitch is now patched.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can

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Single colors

An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey

A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour

Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants

Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet

A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green

The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors

Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)

Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)

The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)

Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted (RED)	Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

November 2, 2009 Patch

Bill's Hat was added to the game

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

This hat was made paintable.
[Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.

December 2, 2010 Patch

The hat's painting texture was improved.

February 14, 2011 Patch

Made this hat always tradable.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

Fixed not being able to see the correct colors for painted hats when running with DX8.

January 11, 2012 Patch

[Undocumented] This hat can now be used as a crafting ingredient.

Notes

Bill's Hat was awarded to players who had pre-purchased the Valve title Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam or for PC through GameStop before November 17, 2009.
The hat description was written by Calvary for the Hat Describing Contest.

Trivia

Bill's Hat has its own intricate backstory: "While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's Hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."^[1]
The beret flash on the hat is that of the 1st Special Forces Group which is based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Valve's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington.