Scream Fortress 2013

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see October 29, 2013 Patch.

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Claw your way through piles of musty books and skeletons while old people yell at each other about nonsense and get carried off to Hell! That's right, Team Feartress fans— we combined the terror of Halloween with the more muted and depressing terror of a retirement home, and accidentally invented an entirely new brand of horror! Then we realized listening to two old men bicker from beyond the grave isn't that horrifying, so we threw in a bunch of crazy spells you can cast at each other! — Scream Fortress 2013 Update Page

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The Scream Fortress Fifth Annual Halloween Special is a major update released on October 29, 2013.

Timeline

Item submissions for the event were opened on September 18, 2013 via the Team Fortress 2 Official Blog.

The event was previewed on October 28, 2013 via the Grave Matters comic.

The event lasts from October 29 2013 to November 11 2013.

Additions

Action Items

	Fancy Spellbook
	Spellbook Magazine

NPCs

• Skeletons

Bereavements

Helltower: Competitive Spirit Win 142 rounds Helltower: Hell's Spells Get and use a rare spell Helltower: Hell on Wheels Send Redmond/Blutarch to Hell 10 times Helltower: Skeleton Coup Kill 99 skeletons

Helltower: Spelling Spree Use spells to kill 25 players Helltower: Mine Games Perform 17 environmental kills in Hell Helltower: Hat Out of Hell Get the loot from Skull Island in Hell Helltower: The Mann-tastic Four Earn 4 of the Helltower achievements

Maps

Main article: List of maps

Name	Picture	Game mode	File name
Helltower		Payload Race	plr_hightower_event

Trivia

• Several encoded messages appear on the update's pages, and they use Agathodaimon symbols.
  • Two are found on ribbons that stretch across the page. The first says "Bazbo Bibbons", and the second "Abo alabazbus"
  • Several sentences can be read within an illustration of a spell book
    • FEAR NOT THOSE WHO SEEK TO DESTROY YOU. FOR WITH THIS BOOK YOU ARE GRANTED THE STRENGTH OF A GIANT.
    • OR PERHAPS WHAT YOU SEEK IS A RAIN OF BURNING COMETS TO SMITE YOUR FOE.
    • A RAIN OF COMMETS (sic) ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
    • FINE. YOU SHALL BE GIVEN THE SPEED OF CHEETAH.
    • AND STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
    • FINE. WELL LEAVE THIS TO CHANCE. TRY NOT TO BURN YOUR OWN FACE OFF.
• Multiple achievement names are puns that reference cultural phrases or icons
  • "Hell's Spells" is a reference to the phrase "hell's bells".
  • "Skeleton Coup" is a reference to the term "skeleton crew."
  • "Spelling Spree" is a reference to a "spelling bee" competition.
  • "Mine Games" is a reference to the phrase "Mind Games."
  • "Hat Out Of Hell" is a reference to the saying "bat out of hell".
  • "Mann-tastic Four" is a reference to Marvel's Fantastic Four.

Gallery

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  Helltower postcard.