Engineer
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Basic Information | |
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Type: | Defensive |
Health: | 125 /![]() (See Health below for further details) |
Speed: | 100% (See Speed below for further details) |
Meet the Engineer | |
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The Engineer is a soft-spoken, amiable Texan from Bee Cave, Texas, USA with an interest in all mechanical things. He specializes in constructing and maintaining buildings that provide support to his team, rather than being a front line class, making him the most suitable for defense. The Engineer's various gadgets include the Sentry Gun, an automated turret that fires at any enemy in range, the Dispenser, a device that restores the health and ammunition of nearby teammates, and Teleporters that quickly transport players from point A to point B.
Because the Engineer's ingenious devices are under constant threat from explosives and devious enemy Spies, a good Engineer must keep his gear under a watchful eye and under repair with his Wrench at all times. When the Engineer needs to get his hands dirty, his trio of generic yet capable weapons, along with the assistance of his helpful hardware, make him more than capable of holding his own in a fight. If need be, the Engineer can even pick up and haul constructed buildings to redeploy them in more favorable locations. While usually viewed as a defensive class, the Engineer has a selection of high-tech weapons that allow him to destroy projectiles or to build faster-deploying, less damaging Sentry Guns, which give him great utility at the front lines too. His Teleporters are also a key point to both the offensive and defensive team's success, allowing slower, heavier classes to reach the front-lines quicker.
The Engineer is voiced by Grant Goodeve in the game, and by Nolan North in the short film Expiration Date.
Contents
Bio
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Health
Class | Health | Overheal | Quick-Fix Overheal |
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125 | 185 | 158 |
With the Gunslinger equipped | 150 | 225 | 189 |
Speed
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Hauling a building |
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Basic strategy
- Use the construction PDA to construct Sentry Guns, Dispensers, and Teleporters in places that are beneficial to your team.
- You need metal to build, repair, and upgrade your Buildings. Collect fallen ammo boxes or remains of buildings to get more metal.
- Hit your Sentry Gun with your Wrench to upgrade it with metal. Each level adds more health and firepower.
- Build Dispensers to provide your teammates with health and ammo. They also generate metal for you to use.
- Build Teleporters to help your team get to key locations with ease.
- Keep an eye out for enemy Spies attaching Sappers to your Buildings. Use your Wrench to remove Sappers.
- Press E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.
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 |
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![]() Stock Shotgun |
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6 | 32 | Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets] |
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3 | 32 | Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets] |
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![]() Promotional / Craft Widowmaker |
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∞ / 6 | 6 | Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets] |
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![]() Craft Pomson 6000 |
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4 | ∞ | Base: 60 Crit: 180 |
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![]() Craft Rescue Ranger |
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4 | 16 | Base: 40 Crit: 120 |
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6 | 32 | Base: 72 Crit: 216 [4.8 damage × 15 pellets] |
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Secondary
Weapon | Kill icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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![]() Stock Pistol |
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12 | 200 | Base: 15 Crit: 45
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![]() Uncrate C.A.P.P.E.R |
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![]() Unlock Wrangler |
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N/A | N/A | N/A | ![]()
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![]() Uncrate Giger Counter |
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![]() Promotional / Craft Short Circuit |
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5 | 200 | Base: 10 Crit: N/A |
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Melee
Note that all the Engineer's melee weapons are capable of building, repairing and upgrading buildings, as well as removing Sappers.
Weapon | Kill icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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![]() Stock Wrench |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65 Crit: 195 |
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![]() Promotional Prinny Machete |
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![]() Distributed Golden Wrench |
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Limited item from the Engineer Update.
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![]() Distributed Saxxy |
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Limited item from the Replay Update.
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![]() Distributed Golden Frying Pan |
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Limited item from the Two Cities Update.
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![]() Unlock Gunslinger |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65 Crit: 195 |
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![]() Craft Southern Hospitality |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65 Crit: 195 Bleeding:
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![]() Craft Jag |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 49 Crit: 146 |
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![]() Craft Eureka Effect |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65 Crit: 195 |
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PDA
Weapon | Notes / Special Abilities |
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![]() Stock Construction PDA |
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![]() Stock Destruction PDA |
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Taunt attacks
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Associated item | Description | Kill Icon |
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Main article: Guitar Smash
The Engineer takes out his trusty guitar, plays a chord, and then smashes the area in front of him with it. |
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Associated item | Description | Kill Icon |
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Main article: Arm Blender
The Engineer pulls the cord of his Gunslinger, thereby making it spin, and thrusts it forward. Upon being hit, the enemy player is stunned and takes slight damage, and then is gibbed. |
Item sets
The Brundle Bundle | |
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Effect |
Engineer's vocalizations are 145% higher pitch. |
Dr. Grordbort's Brainiac Pack | |
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No effect |
The Texas Tech-hand | |
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No effect |
The Builder's Basics Kit | |
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No effect |
Buildings
Image | Building | Level | Cost | Health | Damage Per Second/Replenish/Recharge |
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Sentry Gun | One | 130 | 150 | Average damage per second (bullets): 71-84 No rockets |
Two | 330 | 180 | Average damage per second (bullets): 119-141 No rockets | ||
Three | 530 | 216 | Average damage per second (bullets): 119-141 Rocket damage per salvo: 53-150 | ||
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Combat Mini-Sentry Gun | N/A | 100 | 100 | Average damage per second: 44-56 |
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Dispenser | One | 100 | 150 | Health: 10/sec Ammo: 20%/sec Metal: 40/5 sec |
Two | 300 | 180 | Health: 15/sec Ammo: 30%/sec Metal: 50/5 sec | ||
Three | 500 | 216 | Health: 20/sec Ammo: 40%/sec Metal: 60/5 sec | ||
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Teleporter Entrance Teleporter Exit |
One | 50 | 150 | Recharge: 10 sec |
Two | 250 | 180 | Recharge: 5 sec | ||
Three | 450 | 216 | Recharge: 3 sec |
Cosmetic items
Official class avatars
Official class avatars | ||
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Original set | RED ÜberCharged set | BLU ÜberCharged set |
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Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original |
Achievements
Main article: Engineer achievements
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Update history
- [Undocumented] Added hat bodygroups to the Engineer.
- Added backstab death animation.
July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)
- Added 35 Engineer achievements.
- Engineers can now pickup & move their buildings.
- [Undocumented] Added several Engineer responses, including domination lines.
- [Undocumented] Added a unique switching animation for the Engineer's Shotgun.
- [Undocumented] Added a arm bodygroup to the Engineer model.
- Engineers can no longer pick up buildings while stunned or in loser state.
- Fixed an exploit where Engineers could create level 3 mini-sentries.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Added training for the Engineer.
October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)
- [Undocumented] Added new voice filter, and sped up idle animations for the Engineer when equipped with the Brundle Bundle set.
December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
- [Undocumented] Added unused vomiting animation.
August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine)
- [Undocumented] Added MvM voice lines to Engineer.
- Fixed the Engineer’s belt and pocket equip_regions conflicting for some items.
- Fixed the Engineer's build menu staying open after changing class.
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- Sentry bullets are now affected by damage falloff outside of sentry scan range.
- Sentry bullet damage has been changed so it calculates damage based on the sentry's position, not the Engineer's.
- Updated
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entities to allow Engineers building in them when they are set for zero or negative damage.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Construction boosts (wrench hits, redeploys) from multiple sources is now additive instead of multiplicative. Calculations are based around a 1x base building speed.
- Increased base wrench construction speed on hit boost by 50%. Buildings now build 2.5x faster instead of just 2x (additive of 1.5x + base speed).
- Teleporters and Dispensers redeploy +50% faster (2.5x without wrench boost, 5.5x with wrench boost).
- Building pick up speed penalty reduced from 25% to 10%.
- On Wrench equip change, buildings no longer self-destruct unless the building type is changed (i.e. Only Sentry explodes when switching from Wrench to Gunslinger).
- Building repair costs increased from 20 metal to 33 metal to repair 100hp per wrench hit (from 5HP per metal to 3HP per metal).
- Level 2 and Level 3 Sentries have less passive damage resistance against Heavy miniguns. Level 2 Sentry Minigun resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- Fixed a bug where the Engineer couldn't remove the Sapper from a linked teleporter it was building (not active).
- Fixed a bug where the Engineer was able to heal a linked teleporter while it was building. This now matches the behavior for the other buildings.
- Fixed the Engineer's missing pelvis hitbox.
- Level 1 teleporters now cost 50 metal (previously 125).
- Changed how much metal destroyed objects drop and fixed destroyed teleporters dropping more metal than intended.
- Fixed Engineer teleporter exits sometimes detonating when used due to invisible geometry.
December 2, 2021 Patch (Smissmas 2021)
- Fixed Engineer losing metal when hitting damaged buildings while they are being re-deployed after pick-up
July 12, 2023 Patch #1 (Summer 2023 Update)
- Fixed the Engineer not being able to move for a short period of time after doing The High Five taunt.
Trivia
- The Engineer was added to the original Team Fortress mod to appeal to players who lacked traditional skills required to perform well in first-person shooters.
- The Engineer was also added due to the developers of Team Fortress being inspired by the construction mechanics of the real-time strategy game Command & Conquer.[2]
- The Engineer wears his default helmet backwards; however, this is not an uncommon practice among construction workers.
- The Engineer seldom removes his welding goggles. To date, the only instances in which the Engineer has his goggles off are in the Loose Canon and True Meaning comics.
- The Engineer built the Sentry Gun under contract from TF Industries in 1965. The PDF manual for the game that is listed in Steam shows a blueprint and promotional guide to using the Sentry Gun.
- The Engineer's favorite equation is, in fact, part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game, known as Phong. Furthermore, the equation can be referenced in page five of Illustrative Rendering in TF2.
- The first BLU team Engineer resembled Nikola Tesla, armed with a bag of blueprints instead of a PDA.
- Just like the rest of the classes, the Engineer makes an appearance in Saints Row: The Third in the form of a wearable head mask.
- The song the Engineer plays during Meet the Engineer is titled "More Gun". More Gun is based on "Someone Else's Song", which was originally written by Jeff Tweedy and performed by the American Country band Wilco.
- A photograph on the Engineer update page displays a young boy (presumably the Engineer) trying on his first pair of goggles, as an adult Engineer (preumably Dell's father) looks on proudly and pats him on the shoulder.
- A large cutout of the Engineer makes an appearance in Worms Reloaded as part of a playable stage. Additionally, his hardhat and goggles are selectable hats for the player's worms.
- The Engineer's hardhat is wearable by the Support class of Monday Night Combat.
- In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Engineer's disguise mask can be seen on the lower half of the Spy Jack of Diamonds cards in the "Poker Night" and the "Poker Night Alternative" decks, respectively.
- The Engineer, alongside the Pyro, Heavy, and Medic, is one of four Team Fortress 2-based Familiars in Dungeon Defenders.
- The Engineer's uniform is wearable by the Combat Girl in Super Monday Night Combat.
- The Engineer's uniform makes an appearance in Tiny Tower.
- The Engineer's surname is a tribute to the novel Conagher by Louis L'Amour, an author of whom Valve writers Erik Wolpaw and Jay Pinkerton are fans.[1]
- The Engineer was listed in the 2010 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records (Gamers Edition) as the most popular class in Team Fortress 2, with 15% choosing to play as him.
- Barik, a playable character in Paladins, has a skin based on the Engineer, which also adds new voice responses performed by Grant Goodeve.
Gallery
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Trading card front.
Engineer as seen in the Loose Canon comic.
Contract drawer photo
Related merchandise
See also
- Metal
- Engineer match-ups
- Anti-Engineer strategy
- Engineer taunts
- Engineer responses
- Engineer voice commands
- Basic Engineer strategy
- Community Engineer strategy
- Engineer (Classic)
References
- ↑ a b Team Fortress 2 Trailer 2, released in September 2006.
- ↑ The Making of Team Fortress
External links
- Engineer page on the Official TF2 Website
- The Engineer Update
- TF2 Official Blog - Loose Canon
- Comic: Loose Canon
- 119th Update! - Coming soon teaser
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