Engineer

Engineer
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Basic Information
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Type:	Defensive
Health:	125 / 185 150 / 225 with the Gunslinger equipped
Speed:	100% 75% while hauling a building
Meet the Engineer

“

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 construct 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 and being unable to use a weapon while carrying them. Buildings are vulnerable during the hauling process, as they will be destroyed if the Engineer is killed; they also need some time to re-deploy after being hauled.

The Engineer is voiced by Grant Goodeve.

Bio

Name: Dell Conagher Location of origin: Bee Cave, Texas, USA Job: Area Denial Motto: "I like to build things" Favourite equation: Emblems:    Description: This amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy from tiny Bee Cave, Texas loves barbecue, guns, and higher education. Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the West Texas oilfields, eleven hard science PhDs, and his grandfather's blueprints have trained him to design, build, and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.

Basic Strategy

Main articles: Engineer tips, Engineer strategy

• 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 gives additional health, firepower and speed.
• 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.

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
Standard	Shotgun	6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]
Unlock	Frontier Justice	3	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]	Stores 2 guaranteed critical shots for every Sentry Gun kill.  Stores 1 guaranteed critical shot for every Sentry Gun assist.  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
Standard	Pistol	12	200	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]
Promotional	Lugermorph	12	200	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]	Promotional item for Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse release. Same as the Pistol's specs.
Unlock	Wrangler	N/A	N/A	N/A	Enables 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
Standard	Wrench	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Builds, repairs and upgrades buildings. Able to remove Electro Sappers.
Promotional	Golden Wrench	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Wrench alternative: Promotional item for the Engineer Update release. Same as the Wrench's specs. Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock	Gunslinger	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Wrench alternative:  Increases maximum health by 25 points.  Guarantees a Critical hit on a third consecutive punch.  Replaces standard Sentry Gun with Combat Mini-Sentry Gun.  No random Critical hits.
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 Standard Primary PDA	Build Tool	Allows player to build the Engineer's buildings.
File:Item icon Destroy.png Standard Secondary PDA	Demolish Tool	Allows player to demolish the Engineer's buildings.

Taunt Attacks

	Associated item	Description	Kill Icon
	Frontier Justice	See also: Dischord The Engineer takes out his trusty guitar, strums and plays a chord, then smashes the area in front of him. (Smash sound 1) (Smash sound 2)

	Associated item	Description	Kill Icon
	Gunslinger	See also: Organ Grinder The Engineer revs his Gunslinger which starts spinning, then thrusts it forward.

Buildings

Main article: Buildings

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	Building	Level	Cost	Health	Damage/Replenish/Recharge values
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
Slot one	Combat Mini-Sentry Gun	N/A	100	100	Average DPS: 48
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
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
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Engineer achievements Engineer pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement.

Trivia

Photograph of the Team Fortress Classic Engineer from the Engineer Update page.

• The Soldier's voice actor and the Engineer's voice actor have both voiced the character Wolf O'Donnell from Nintendo's Star Fox series: Rick May (the Soldier) in Star Fox 64, and Grant Goodeve (the Engineer) in Star Fox: Assault.
• The Engineer is the shortest class in the game.
• The Engineer wears his default helmet backwards.
• 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 character model actually has the goggles as part of his face. There are actually no eyeballs underneath them.
• 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's favourite equation is in fact part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• The Engineer has the least amount of paintable hats at only two hats capable of being painted.

See also

• Meet the Engineer
• Metal
• Engineer User Guides
• Engineer match-ups
• Engineer taunts
• Engineer responses
• Engineer voice commands
• Engineer strategy
• Engineer scripts
• List of references (Engineer)
• Sentry Gun jump
• Engineer (Classic)

External links

• The Engineer Update
  • Day 1, 2 3, Achievements, Wrench Log
• TF2 Official Blog - Loose Canon
  • Comic: Loose Canon
• TF2 Official Blog - Gotta move that gear up! (Engineer update hoax)
• 119th Update! - Coming soon teaser