War Paint

War Paint War Paint was made available in the Jungle Inferno Update.

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Make your master piece!​ — Jungle Inferno announcement, Day 2

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War Paint is an item type that was added in the Jungle Inferno Update to replace campaign weapon drops and weapon cases, and was first showcased on ​Day 2 of the update. When one of nearly forty patterns is selected from a War Paint Case, it can be previewed on a weapon and applied to create a new unique weapon with the selected pattern. War Paint and War Painted weapons have the Decorated quality, but can also be obtained in Strange or Unusual qualities. Paints and cases can be purchased using Blood Money from the Mercenary Park Gift Shop.

Loadout Menu

This is an Airwolf War Paint Knife, Battle Scarred, in the War Paint Section of the Loadout Menu.

War Paints and past Reskins of all types can be applied to any compatible weapons within the Loadout Menu. These cannot be given at the user's discretion but can be bought if available on the Community Market. War Paints can be randomized as to generate pattern variations or can be manually selected. This Loadout for War Paints resembles the Loadout Menu choice used to select a War Paint for a weapon when redeeming a War Paint.

War Paint Collections

Jungle Jackpot Collection

• Backpack War Paint Anodized Aloha.png

  Anodized Aloha

• Backpack War Paint Bamboo Brushed.png

  Bamboo Brushed

• Backpack War Paint Croc Dusted.png

  Croc Dusted

• Backpack War Paint Leopard Printed.png

  Leopard Printed

• Backpack War Paint Macaw Masked.png

  Macaw Masked

• Backpack War Paint Mannana Peeled.png

  Mannana Peeled

• Backpack War Paint Park Pigmented.png

  Park Pigmented

• Backpack War Paint Piña Polished.png

  Piña Polished

• Backpack War Paint Sax Waxed.png

  Sax Waxed

• Backpack War Paint Tiger Buffed.png

  Tiger Buffed

• Backpack War Paint Yeti Coated.png

  Yeti Coated

Infernal Reward War Paint Collection

• Backpack War Paint Bank Rolled.png

  Bank Rolled

• Backpack War Paint Bloom Buffed.png

  Bloom Buffed

• Backpack War Paint Bonk Varnished.png

  Bonk Varnished

• Backpack War Paint Cardboard Boxed.png

  Cardboard Boxed

• Backpack War Paint Clover Camo'd.png

  Clover Camo'd

• Backpack War Paint Dream Piped.png

  Dream Piped

• Backpack War Paint Fire Glazed.png

  Fire Glazed

• Backpack War Paint Freedom Wrapped.png

  Freedom Wrapped

• Backpack War Paint Kill Covered.png

  Kill Covered

• Backpack War Paint Merc Stained.png

  Merc Stained

• Backpack War Paint Pizza Polished.png

  Pizza Polished

• Backpack War Paint Quack Canvassed.png

  Quack Canvassed

• Backpack War Paint Star Crossed.png

  Star Crossed

Decorated War Hero Collection

• Backpack War Paint Carpet Bomber Mk.II.png

  Carpet Bomber Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Woodland Warrior Mk.II.png

  Woodland Warrior Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Wrapped Reviver Mk.II.png

  Wrapped Reviver Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Forest Fire Mk.II.png

  Forest Fire Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Night Owl Mk.II.png

  Night Owl Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Woodsy Widowmaker Mk.II.png

  Woodsy Widowmaker Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Autumn Mk.II.png

  Autumn Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Plaid Potshotter Mk.II.png

  Plaid Potshotter Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Civic Duty Mk.II.png

  Civic Duty Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Civil Servant Mk.II.png

  Civil Servant Mk.II

Contract Campaigner Collection

• Backpack War Paint Dead Reckoner Mk.II.png

  Dead Reckoner Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Bovine Blazemaker Mk.II.png

  Bovine Blazemaker Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Backwoods Boomstick Mk.II.png

  Backwoods Boomstick Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Masked Mender Mk.II.png

  Masked Mender Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Macabre Web Mk.II.png

  Macabre Web Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Iron Wood Mk.II.png

  Iron Wood Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Nutcracker Mk.II.png

  Nutcracker Mk.II

• Backpack War Paint Smalltown Bringdown Mk.II.png

  Smalltown Bringdown Mk.II

Saxton Select Collection

• Backpack War Paint Dragon Slayer.png

  Dragon Slayer

Mann Co. Events Collection

• Backpack War Paint Smissmas Sweater.png

  Smissmas Sweater

Winter 2017 Collection

• Backpack War Paint Miami Element.png

  Miami Element

• Backpack War Paint Jazzy.png

  Jazzy

• Backpack War Paint Mosaic.png

  Mosaic

• Backpack War Paint Cosmic Calamity.png

  Cosmic Calamity

• Backpack War Paint Hana.png

  Hana

• Backpack War Paint Uranium.png

  Uranium

• Backpack War Paint Neo Tokyo.png

  Neo Tokyo

• Backpack War Paint Hazard Warning.png

  Hazard Warning

• Backpack War Paint Damascus & Mahogany.png

  Damascus & Mahogany

• Backpack War Paint Dovetailed.png

  Dovetailed

• Backpack War Paint Alien Tech.png

  Alien Tech

• Backpack War Paint Cabin Fevered.png

  Cabin Fevered

• Backpack War Paint Polar Surprise.png

  Polar Surprise

• Backpack War Paint Bomber Soul.png

  Bomber Soul

• Backpack War Paint Geometrical Teams.png

  Geometrical Teams

Scream Fortress X Collection

• Backpack War Paint Electroshocked.png

  Electroshocked

• Backpack War Paint Tumor Toasted.png

  Tumor Toasted

• Backpack War Paint Ghost Town.png

  Ghost Town

• Backpack War Paint Skull Study.png

  Skull Study

• Backpack War Paint Spectral Shimmered.png

  Spectral Shimmered

• Backpack War Paint Calavera Canvas.png

  Calavera Canvas

• Backpack War Paint Spirit of Halloween.png

  Spirit of Halloween

• Backpack War Paint Horror Holiday.png

  Horror Holiday

• Backpack War Paint Totally Boned.png

  Totally Boned

• Backpack War Paint Haunted Ghosts.png

  Haunted Ghosts

Update history

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• 2 new War Paint collections made up of community-made War Paints and official War Paints.
• 2 new War Paint collections filled with Classic weapon skins being brought back for another tour.

October 20, 2017 Patch #2

• Fixed not being able to redeem War Paints.
• Fixed War Paints not displaying properly in the backpack.

October 23, 2017 Patch

• Fixed showing only a few weapons instead of the full set when redeeming a War Paint.
• Fixed War Paints and weapons that came out of campaign cases not displaying the correct rarity.

October 24, 2017 Patch

• Added a Steam Workshop tag for War Paint submissions.

October 31, 2017 Patch

• Updated War Paints purchased from the Mercenary Park Gift Shop so they use all wear levels.

November 1, 2017 Patch

• War Paints directly purchased with Blood Money in the Mercenary Park Gift Shop and the Dragon Slayer come as Factory New again.
  • Existing War Paints and weapons affected by yesterday's change will be fixed-up in the coming days.
• Fixed the War Paint icons in the Steam Community Market.
• War Paints now have individual listings on the Steam Community Market.

December 21, 2017 Patch

• Added 15 new community-contributed War Paints.
• War Paints can now be used for Mann Co. Trade-Ups.

January 3, 2018 Patch

• Fixed missing War Paint icons in the Steam Community Market and Steam Inventory.
• Updated materials for the Dovetailed War Paint to fix a problem with the alpha channel.

March 28, 2018 Patch #1

• Fixed seeing "Red Rock Roscoe War Paint" as a valid tool for all items in the context menu.
• Added the BLU skin to the Neo Tokyo War Paint.

May 17, 2018 Patch

• Fixed some War Paint weapons not being valid trade-up items for the Civilian Grade Stat Clock.

October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)

• Added 10 new community-contributed War Paints.

Bugs

• When the player is under Übercharge, firstperson weapon skins and War Paints will not show the Übercharge weapon skin.
• Sometimes backpack icons for skinned weapons will be affected by certain console commands that affect lighting such as mat_phong 0

Notes

• War Paint cannot be applied to existing weapons in a player's inventory, using one creates a new item instead.
• War Paints obtained from keyless cases can never be Strange or Unusual.

See also

• Jungle Inferno Update
• Decorated