Cow

This article is about a wiki April Fool's joke. For other uses of Cow, see Cow (disambiguation).

Cow
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Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Slot:	Melee
Released:	April 1, 2011 Patch
Loadout Stats
Cow Level 10 Prop On Hit: Bleed and Milk for 12 seconds -20% movement when in use It goes moo. You're not quite sure how.

“

I have new way to kill cowards. Click to listen — The Heavy about wooden cows

”

The Cow is a melee weapon for the Heavy. It appears as a two-dimensional wooden cutout of a cow with perpendicular planks to keep it upright.

Striking an enemy with the weapon will inflict bleeding and milk status for 12 seconds. However, when the Cow is the active weapon, the Heavy's movement speed is reduced by 20%. The swing speed and damage are identical to those of the Fists.

The Critical hit animation is an overhead swing with the flat side of the Cow. Should the critical hit connect with an enemy player, the Cow's head will shatter on impact, leaving a broken stump. This effect is similar to the Bottle and is purely cosmetic.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Fists

Damage and function times
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	72
Base damage	100%	65
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	59
Critical		195
Mini-crit		88
Bleeding		8 / s 96 total
Bleeding (mini-crit)		10.8 / s 129.6 total
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Buffalo Steak Sandvich		Mad Milk		Cow
	+		=

Related achievements

 Heavy

Show Trial Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Communist Mani-Fisto Kill an enemy with a critical punch.

 Medic

Blunt Trauma Assist in punching 2 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Heavy.

 Sniper

Jarring Transition Use Jarate to reveal a cloaked Spy.

Number One Assistant Score 5 Assists with the Jarate in a single round.

Update history

April 1, 2011 Patch (Australium April Update)

• The item was added to the game.

Bugs

• The weapon clips with the Heavy's hands in first person view.
• As the weapon uses the same taunt as the Minigun, it clips with the Heavy's hands and chest.
• If the "Flip viewmodels" option is selected, the weapon will completely block the player's vision.
• If the player tries to go Civilian with the Cow using an exploit, it will crash the server.

Trivia

• The item was first seen as a static prop in 2Fort, featured in an out of bounds area in the RED team base. It serves as a visual representation of the agricultural facade.
  • Additionally, the sound of the Cow can be heard briefly in Trailer 2.

Gallery

• 

  First person view.

• 

  Cow in the RED section of 2Fort.

• 

  Early concept art for the Cow.

See also

• Cow strategy
• Cow Mangler 5000