Pickups
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Pickups are objects that are spawned or dropped in various locations across most maps. These usually consist of varying forms of Health, Ammo and Metal. A player must walk into them to collect them, and will only pick them up if they are not at full Health, Ammo or Metal. Any regular item pick-up used in this way will disappear, and will respawn after ten seconds with a distinct sound effect.
In addition, the Heavy's Sandvich can also be considered a pick-up item, in the sense that a Heavy can drop his Sandvich for his teammates (or enemies) to use. It can recover as much health as a Medium sized health kit.
The Scout may also drop small health packs whenever they receive a kill or assist with the Candy Cane.
Health pickups (excluding the Sandvich) and Ammo/Metal pickups do not restore a set amount of health or ammo/metal; instead they restore a percentage of the maximum health or ammo/metal of a class.
Pickups cannot be retrieved if an Engineer builds a teleporter on the pickup spawn point. Other engineering buildings (such as Sentry Guns and Dispensers) allow friendly players to pass but block enemy movement, so they can be used to prevent opponents from taking pickups. However, such buildings also block the builder from claiming them.
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Event Pickups
During the annual Halloween events, two more pickup items are introduced. Exclusive to the event versions of Harvest and Mann Manor are Halloween pumpkins which are spawned when players are killed. These Halloween pumpkins grant a 3-4 second Crit boost when picked up. Picking up 20 of them will also complete the Candy Coroner achievement, unlocking the Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask. During the Scream Fortress event it was possible to find another unique pickup, the Haunted Halloween Gift. Successfully claiming this gift awards the finder a random Halloween Mask.
Further, basic pickups such as health and ammo have their own Halloween-variants. The change in appearance is merely cosmetic and does not alter the items' benefits. These special variants can be found in the event version of Harvest and in Mann Manor.
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Small Health Pickup
Medium Health Pickup
Large Health Pickup
Small Ammo/Metal Pickup
Medium Ammo/Metal Pickup
Large Ammo/Metal Pickup
A thrown Sandvich
Halloween pumpkin
Halloween Edition Small Health Pickup
Halloween Edition Medium Health Pickup
Halloween Edition Large Health Pickup
Haunted Halloween Gift
Medium Health Pickup on Medieval mode map Degroot Keep
Related Achievements
Heavy
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Dodgers 1, Giants 0 Kill an enemy Heavy and take his Sandvich. |
Halloween
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Trivia
- The Heavy's Sandvich can be picked up by the opposite team if the Heavy has thrown it using the secondary fire option.
- The Heavy can instantly recharge his Sandvich by picking up a health kit while at or above full health.
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