Item quality
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Item rarity is a "quality" of items in Team Fortress 2.
Contents
Normal items
Also called 'stock' items, these are the standard non-unlockable weapons that first shipped with the game, e.g. the Scattergun and the Rocket Launcher. These weapons are available to all players. Since the Mann-Conomy Update, unique variants of these items can be made by using a Name Tag or Description Tag with a normal weapon, which are seen by checking the "Show Stock Items" box in the backpack view.
Unique items
Also known as unlockables. These items can be purchased from the Mann Co. Store, dropped randomly through gameplay, obtained through achievements, crafted, traded or gifted. As of the Mann-Conomy Update, all unique items gained before the update were changed to Vintage status (see below).
Vintage items
Vintage items are items that were obtained before the release of the Mann-Conomy Update. Most existing Unique items were changed to Vintage items in order to increase their appeal in Trading. However, they bear no difference other than their blue name and "Vintage" prefix. Some items were excluded and not changed to Vintage items, such as Badges, Promotional items, and Holiday items such as the Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask. Other items such as the Vintage Tyrolean keep both their original name and the new prefix, resulting in the title "Vintage Vintage Tyrolean".
As the number of Vintage items decreases over time by crafting, their individual value will increase. Renamed Vintage items keep their original name color.
Unusual items
Unusual items are those with special attributes or qualities attached to them.
Scream Fortress Update
Two new Unusual items were introduced with this update: the Haunted Metal Scrap and the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker. Besides having the Unusual quality attached to it, the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker has no discerning attributes from the Eyelander.
Hats
Unusual hats are hats with particle effects attached to them.
Currently, the only way to obtain an unusual hat is by unlocking a Mann Co. Supply Crate with a Mann Co. Supply Crate Key, or by trading for one. There are 896 possible combinations between hats and unusual item particle effects (14 effects * 64 current 'Unusual-able' Hats). The different particle effects are viewable in this animation, and below as they appear in-game. Two unusual hats cannot be crafted into another unusual hat. The result of two combined unusual hats will produce a normal hat.
Originally, the majority of the particle effects were bound to the feet
until the October 6, 2010 Patch.
Gallery
Effects in Particle Editor
Backpack examples
Scattergun
Level 1 Scattergun
The Huntsman
Level 10 Bow
Vintage Backburner
Level 10 Flame Thrower
Unusual Napper's Respite
1 - 100
Effect: Circling Heart
After a long day of burning scouts.
Community Knife
Level 50 Knife
Valve Equalizer
Level 100 Pickaxe
Colors
| Color | Rarity Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
| B2B2B2 | Normal | Rocket Launcher |
| 476291 | Vintage | Vintage Axtinguisher |
| 8650AC | Unusual | Unusual Safe'n'Sound |
| FFD700 | Unique | The Backburner |
| 70B031 | Community | Community Wrench |
| Self-made | Self-Made Dalokohs Bar | |
| A50F79 | Developer | Valve Equalizer |
