Mann Co. Supply Crate Key

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A Mann Co. Supply Crate Key is single-use tool item which is available at the Mann Co. Store. It is used for opening a Mann Co. Supply Crate, and can be applied to any regular series Crate in your backpack, where it is consumed, along with the crate, in the process. There are also two event keys, as detailed below.

To use the key, select the key then click the 'Use with...' button in the backpack and select the Crate you wish to open to start the process of applying it. When a crate is opened, a five second timer ticks down, alongside a sound effect of chains jangling and wood creaking. The player will receive one of a set of items, which are listed in the crates description and dependent on its series. This item is announced to the server in a similar format to regular dropped items.

The key is only available to be purchased from the Mann Co. Store; it cannot be found from random drops and cannot be crafted.

Key use demonstration

Event Keys

Festive Winter Crate Key

Backpack Festive Winter Crate Key.png

Festive Winter Crate Key
Level 5 Tool
Used to open unusually festive locked winter crates.
After 12/31/2010 this will turn into a normal key.


This is a limited use item. Uses: 1

The Festive Winter Crate Key was a single-use tool item which was released during the Australian Christmas update. Like regular supply crate keys, they could be purchased in the Mann Co. Store and was used to open a Festive Winter Crate. They can no longer be obtained and any remaining festive keys have turned into normal keys.

Stocking Stuffer Key

Backpack Stocking Stuffer Key.png

Stocking Stuffer Key
Level 5 Tool
Someone left this key in your best pair of fightin' socks. It looks like it will open any festive or normal crate.

This is a limited use item. Uses: 1

The Stocking Stuffer Key is a key given by Miss Pauling to the Team Fortress community in honor of Australian Christmas. One key was given out to each active player and it can open both the limited time Festive Winter Crate and regular Mann Co. Supply Crates.

Previous Changes

October 20, 2010 Patch

  • Most tools, including the key, were made tradable.

December 17, 2010 Patch

  • Added the Festive Winter Crate Key

December 22, 2010 Patch

  • Added the Stocking Stuffer Key.

January 3, 2011 Patch

  • All Festive Winter Crate Keys are converted into Mann. Co Supply Crate Keys

Trivia

  • The backpack image for the key is a screenshot of a key model. The model was not distributed in the GCF, however, the textures were.
  • The Mann Co. Supply Crate Key is currently listed twice in the catalog, as the The Festive Winter Crate Key entry turned into a normal key on January 1st, 2011, along with all the Festive Keys in players' backpacks.

See also