Soldier

Soldier
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Basic Information
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Type:	Offensive
Health:	200 /300 (See Health below for further details)
Speed:	80% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Soldier

“

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight! Click to listen — The Soldier on the art of war

”

The Soldier is a crazed, jingoistic patriot from Midwest, USA. Tough and well-armed, he is versatile, capable of both offense and defense, and a great starter class to get familiar with the game.

Well-balanced and possessing both survivability and mobility, the Soldier is considered one of the most flexible classes in Team Fortress 2. Despite his low ground movement speed, he is capable of using rocket jumps to reach his destination quickly. His large health pool is second only to that of the Heavy, and his wide array of armaments and weaponry allows him to bring whatever weapon or equipment is best suited to the situation at hand.

The Soldier is well known for his spectacular rocket jump. In defiance of all good sense and judgment, the Soldier can detonate a rocket at his feet and launch himself skyward at the cost of some health (which can be reduced by the Gunboats, or negated altogether with the Rocket Jumper). To rocket jump effectively, the player must fire the rocket at the ground or a wall, then immediately jump and crouch. This ability allows the Soldier to navigate the battlefield by air, appear from unexpected places, and reach areas inaccessible to the Scout's double jump and HYPE jumps. After rocket jumping, the Soldier can remain airborne for longer by deploying the B.A.S.E. Jumper.

The Soldier was voiced by the late Rick May. He was voiced by May and Nolan North in Expiration Date.

Bio

Name: Unknown; Referred to as "Mister Jane Doe" Location of origin: Midwest, USA Job: Shock & Awe Motto: "I'm a Rocket Man." Favourite World War: 2 Special ability: Rocket jump Emblems:    Description: Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War 2, the Soldier was rejected from every branch of the U.S. military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. His rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949.

Health

Main articles: Health, Overheal

Class	Health	Overheal	Quick-Fix Overheal
Soldier	200	300	251
With the Battalion's Backup equipped	220	330	276

Speed

Main article: Speed

Condition	Normal	Backward	Crouched	Swimming
Soldier	80 %	72 %	27 %	64 %
Charging the Cow Mangler 5000	27 %	27 %	9 %	21 %
Wielding the Escape Plan over 160 Health	80 %	72 %	27 %	64 %
Wielding the Escape Plan between 160 and 121 Health	88 %	79 %	29 %	70 %
Wielding the Escape Plan between 120 and 81 Health	96 %	86 %	32 %	77 %
Wielding the Escape Plan between 80 and 41 Health	112 %	101 %	37 %	90 %
Wielding the Escape Plan below 41 Health	128 %	115 %	43 %	102 %

Basic strategy

Main articles: Soldier tips, Soldier strategy

• You can rocket jump to great heights by simultaneously jumping and firing a rocket at the ground.
• Crouching and jumping simultaneously while aiming at the ground will propel you farther at the cost of more self-damage.
• Aim rockets at enemy's feet to ensure they cannot avoid your explosion damage.
• Soldiers often take a lot of damage, so press E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.
• Ensure your Rocket Launcher is loaded to avoid being caught out by enemies.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Rocket Launcher		4	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270
Promotional / Craft Original					Rockets fly straight down the crosshair from the center of the screen.
Unlock Direct Hit				Base: 112 Crit: 338	Has 80% faster rocket speed.  Deals 25% more damage.  Guarantees mini-crit damage on opponents sent airborne by an explosion, grapple hook, or enemy attack.  Has 70% smaller splash damage radius.
Craft Black Box		3		Base: 90 Crit: 270	On hit: restores up to 20 health points.  Has a 25% smaller clip size.
Craft Rocket Jumper	N/A	4	60	Base: 0 Crit: 0	+200% max primary ammo on wearer.  No self inflicted blast damage taken.  -100% damage penalty.  No random critical hits.  Unable to carry the intelligence and the PASS Time JACK.
Craft Liberty Launcher		5	20	Base: 68 Crit: 203	+25% clip size.  Has 40% faster rocket speed.  -25% blast damage from rocket jumps.  -25% damage penalty.
Craft Cow Mangler 5000		4	∞	Base: 90 Charged shot: 122 Crit: 122-151 Afterburn: 8 / sec. × 6 secs.	Does not use ammo (replaced with an ammo meter).   No random critical hits.   Deals only 20% damage to buildings.   Mini-crits whenever it would normally crit.   Secondary fire is a charged shot that:  Mini-crits players.  Causes enemies to suffer afterburn for 6 seconds.  Disables buildings for 4 seconds.  Empties entire ammo meter.  Cannot be used unless ammo meter is full.
Craft Beggar's Bazooka		3	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270	Hold Fire to load up to three rockets.  Release Fire to unleash the barrage at 223% increased fire rate.  +3 degrees random projectile deviation.  Overloading the chamber will cause a misfire.  Cannot collect ammo from dispensers while active.  -20% less explosion radius.
Craft Air Strike		4-8		Base: 76 Crit: 230	-15% damage from rocket jumps.  Increased attack speed while blast jumping.  Clip size increased on kill (up to +4).  -15% damage penalty.  -10% explosion radius.  -20% explosion radius while blast jumping.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]
Unlock Buff Banner	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Charges a rage meter with damage dealt — takes 600 damage to fully charge rage meter.  At 100% charge, using it grants player and nearby teammates 10 seconds of guaranteed Mini-Crits.
Craft Gunboats	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Grants 60% less self-damage from rocket jumping.  This doesn't affect fall damage.  Grants its abilities passively, does not need to be selected first in order to apply the ability.
Craft Battalion's Backup	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Charges a rage meter with damage dealt — takes 600 damage to fully charge rage meter.  At 100% charge, using it grants player and nearby teammates 10 seconds of: Immunity to Critical damage. Raises resistance to damage by 35%. Raises resistance to Sentry Gun by 50% (does not stack with previous).  Passively increases max health by 20 points (220 total) on wearer.
Promotional / Craft Concheror	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Charges its rage meter with damage dealt — takes 480 damage to fully charge rage meter.  While the buff is active, for 10 seconds the user and nearby teammates: Have their movement speed boosted. Are healed for 35% of the damage they deal.  Passively grants a health regeneration depending on recent damage taken; max is +4.
Craft Mantreads		N/A	N/A	N/A	–75% reduction in push force taken from enemy damage.  Deals 3x falling damage to the player you land on.  -75% reduction in airblast vulnerability.   200% increased air control when blast jumping.  Grants its abilities passively, does not need to be selected first in order to apply the ability.
Craft Reserve Shooter		4	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]	20% faster weapon switch-to speed.  15% faster weapon switch-from speed.  Mini-crits targets that are blast jumping, knocked back, launched by a Thermal Thruster stomp, or using the grapple hook.  Mini-crits only take affect within 5 seconds of deploying this weapon.  Has 34% smaller clip size.
Promotional / Craft Righteous Bison		4	∞	Base: 20 Crit: 60	Shoots an electric projectile instead of shotgun pellets.  Does not use ammo (replaced with an ammo meter).  Projectile penetrates enemy targets.  Projectiles cannot be deflected.  Deals only 20% damage to buildings.  Has a 33% smaller clip size.
Craft B.A.S.E. Jumper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Allows player to activate a parachute whilst midair, slowing their descent.
Craft Panic Attack		6	32	Base: 72 Crit: 216 [4.8 damage × 15 pellets]	+50% bullets per shot.  +50% faster weapon deploy time.  Fires a fixed shot pattern.  -20% damage penalty.  Successive shots become less accurate.

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shovel		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Promotional Frying Pan
Craft Conscientious Objector
Promotional Freedom Staff
Drop Bat Outta Hell
Distributed Memory Maker
Promotional Ham Shank
Unlock Necro Smasher
Uncrate Crossing Guard
Promotional Prinny Machete
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Equalizer		N/A	N/A	Base: 33–107 Crit: 3× Base	When weapon is active:  Damage increase as user's remaining health decreases.  -90% less healing from Medic sources.
Craft Pain Train		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Increases user's capture rate by 1 for points and carts.  Raises bullet vulnerability by 10%.
Promotional / Craft Half-Zatoichi		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	50% longer melee range.  On kill: heals 50% of user's base health.  No random critical hits.  75% slower deploy and holster time.  This weapon is Honorbound and once drawn will be holstered for -50 HP unless it kills.  A single successful hit will kill an enemy wielding the same weapon.
Craft Disciplinary Action		N/A	N/A	Base: 49 Crit: 146	70% longer melee range.  On hit ally: boosts player's speed for 3 seconds and boosts ally's speed for 2 seconds.  Deals 25% less damage.
Craft Market Gardener		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping.  20% slower firing speed.  No random critical hits.
Craft Escape Plan		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	When weapon is active:  Movement speed increase as user's remaining health decreases.  User takes mini-crits when weapon is active, and for 3 seconds after switching away.  -90% less healing from Medic sources.

Taunt Attack

	Associated items	Description	Kill Icon
	Equalizer  Escape Plan	Main article: Grenade The Soldier tosses away his pickaxe, cracks his knuckles, takes a grenade off his chest sling, thrusts his fist in the air and explodes, killing himself and any nearby enemies, including buildings. If the player has the Lumbricus Lid equipped, the Soldier completes the taunt with the "Hallelujah" music short playing. Upon a successful taunt kill, a different kill icon is displayed (displayed underneath the normal icon to the right).

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Tank Buster
	Black Box Battalion's Backup Grenadier's Softcap
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

The General's Formals
	Mantreads Disciplinary Action Armored Authority Fancy Dress Uniform
Effect	No effect

The Airborne Armaments
	Liberty Launcher Reserve Shooter Market Gardener Jumper's Jeepcap
Effect	No effect

Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack
	Cow Mangler 5000 Righteous Bison Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe
Effect	No effect

The Tin Soldier
	Idiot Box Steel Pipes Shoestring Budget
Effect	Enables additional voice responses Allows the Soldier to perform the Robot Dance taunt.

The Dumpster Diver
	Beggar's Bazooka Helmet Without a Home Captain's Cocktails
Effect	No effect

The Rocket Ranger
	Hardium Helm Jupiter Jumpers Space Bracers
Effect	No effect

The Terracotta Trooper
	Hidden Dragon Faux Manchu Shaolin Sash
Effect	No effect

The Federal Express Pack
	Spook Specs Classified Coif Man in Slacks
Effect	No effect

The Sgt. Helsing
	Hellhunter's Headpiece Supernatural Stalker Ghoul Gibbin' Gear
Effect	No effect

Cosmetic items

Main article: Cosmetic items

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Soldier achievements Soldier pack: 43 achievements, 3 milestones.

Update history

October 25, 2007 Patch

• Fixed rocket explosions being able to impart damage through thin ceilings.

December 20, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Rocket trail effects sometimes existing permanently in world.

February 28, 2008 Patch

• Reduced Soldier's maximum rocket reserve ammo from 36 to 16.

June 19, 2008 Patch (Pyro Update)

• Removed Soldier's 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps.

July 29, 2008 Patch

• Fixed rockets being able to fire through grates at round starts.

December 11, 2008 Patch

• Added smoke to the feet of a rocket jumping Soldier.

February 2, 2009 Patch

• Increased Soldier primary ammo count from 16 to 20.

March 13, 2009 Patch

• Fixed rocket & grenade jumps not propelling players as far as they're supposed to.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• Removed self-inflicted mini-crits. Fixes Jarate'd Soldiers having ineffective rocket/grenade jumps.
• [Undocumented] Added hat bodygroups to the Soldier.

August 17, 2009 Patch

• Fixed rocket jumping.

September 15, 2009 Patch

• Compensated by increasing the radius of grenades, stickies, and rockets to 50% of what they lost at the corners of the OBB.
• Rocket radius change: 121->146.

December 10, 2009 Patch

• Added counters to the HUDs of Soldiers to keep count of how many Demomen they kill and subsequently contributed to the WAR! Update.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Added 35 Soldier achievements.
• Added Soldier Domination lines.

June 10, 2010 Patch (Mac Update)

• Added Training for the Soldier.

August 25, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added a grenade bodygroup to the Soldier model.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Community contributed voice responses rules have been implemented for the Grenade.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules for when a Soldier kills a Demoman.

June 8, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] New laughing taunt animations have been added but are currently unused.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added "A,W,S,D" movement instruction to Soldier training.

July 20, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added bomb carrying and showing animations for the Soldier.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added a line to the getting ÜberCharged response.

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added voice lines and response rules for the Soldier which play when wearing The Tin Soldier set.

November 2, 2011 Patch

• Added a taunt for the Tin Soldier set.
• Fixed the Soldier's melee dare response rules.

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine)

• [Undocumented] Added voice lines to Soldier.

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special).

• [Undocumented] Added voice lines to Soldier.

November 2, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated player models.

February 7, 2014 Patch

• Added missing Payload audio for the Medic, Soldier, Demoman, and Spy.

January 15, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed AE_CL_BODYGROUP_SET_VALUE animation events not working properly.
  • Fixes the Soldier's rocket reload missing the rocket.
• Fixed the Professor Speks moving around on the Soldier's face.

March 12, 2015 Patch

• Fixed a dedicated server crash caused by a Soldier with Mantreads landing on a player with the Warlock powerup equipped.

January 20, 2016 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed Heavy and Soldier not playing animations for some of their voice commands.

Bugs

• If a primary weapon is fired when the player initially spawns into the game, a continuous loop of the reload animation can occur. This can be remedied by firing another shot or switching weapons.
  • If the Soldier starts reloading while taunting with the "Auto Reload" option was enabled, the reload animation will continuously loop.
• Taunting while reloading a primary weapon (other than the Cow Mangler 5000) causes a rocket to blink in and out of the Soldier's hand.

Trivia

• The Soldier has made several posts on the Official Blog, often referring to the Team Fortress 2 team as "The Powers That Be".
• In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Soldier makes a cameo as the King of Spades & Clubs in the "Team Fortress 2" deck.
  • He is also mentioned in a Heavy idle response line; "You are like sleeping Soldier who just stands at base instead of running to point!"
• The Soldier, alongside every other class, makes an appearance in the game Saints Row: The Third in the form of a wearable head mask.
• The first BLU team Soldier resembled Stonewall Jackson.
• In Worms: Reloaded, the Soldier's helmet is a selectable hat for the player's worms.
• The Soldier's uniform and Rocket Launcher could be used by Megabeth in the game Super Monday Night Combat.
• The Soldier is known to recite quotes from the United States Marine Corps and Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
• Soldier's alias, Jane Doe, is also used as a placeholder name when referring to a female person or corpse whose true identity is unknown or must be withheld.
• The ability of rocket-wielders to use their rockets to jump higher originated from Quake and was a bug in the original Team Fortress games. Valve embraced it in TF2, as evidenced by the addition of weapons such as the Rocket Jumper and Soldier rocket jumping in the first modern TF2 trailer.

Gallery

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

• Soldier.jpg

  Concept art of the Soldier.

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  Concept art of the Soldier.

• Soldier1.png

  Trading card front.

• Soldier2.png

  Trading card back.

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  A lone Soldier wandering Lumberyard, concept art.

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  A Soldier with the General's Formals leads troops on World War Wednesday.

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  Soldier's Helmet in Worms: Reloaded.

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  Steam Trading Card.

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  Steam Profile Background.

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  Updated Class Portrait BLU.

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  Updated Class Portrait.

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  Soldier's Class Card.

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  Soldier's Appearance in the Main Menu.

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  Soldier's Default Arsenal.

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  Contract drawer photo.

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  The Soldier King of Clubs card from Poker Night at The Inventory.

Related merchandise

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  Soldier Poster As Shown In The Valve Store

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  Mousepads with Soldier As Shown In The Valve Store

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  Soldier Figurine (Unavailable)

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  T-Shirt with a Blue Soldier

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  T-Shirt with a Red Soldier

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  Soldier Class Patches (Unavailable)

See also

• Rocket jump
• Soldier match-ups
• Anti-Soldier strategy
• Soldier responses
• Soldier voice commands
• Basic Soldier strategy
• Community Soldier strategy
• Soldier (Classic)

External links

• Soldier page on the Official TF2 Website
• WAR! Update
• WAR! Update - The Soldier Update
• The Soldier comic
• TF2 Official Website - Some Manner of Grid-based Cipher Code
• TF2 Official Website - More dot-commy mumbo jumbo for you bunch of women
• The Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co. Quarterly Concern
• Classless Update - Today is A Good Day
• TF2 Official Website - Drop And Give Me Terror!
• TF2 Official Website - How to Get a Ghostly Gibus Hat
• TF2 Official Website - Attention Employees...
• TF2 Official Website - The War Update
• TF2 Official Website - It's a Bloodbath!
• TF2 Official Website - War, Day 2
• TF2 Official Website - The Big Red One
• TF2 Official Website - It Is Me, But Smaller!
• TF2 Official Website - This is Very Good Title to Blog Post