Description Tag
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| Description Tag | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Released: | Scream Fortress |
| Availability: | Drop, Purchase, Uncrate (#3, #7) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | No |
| Craftable: | No |
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Description Tag |
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| “ | Look at this, just caved in your skull- my Bat's still dry. No clumps a' hair, nothin'.
Click to listen
— The Scout
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The Description Tag is a tool item that allows a player to give an item of their choice a customized description of up to 80 characters (including spaces), with some exceptions. Each tag can only be used once before being destroyed. Custom descriptions will always be enclosed in quotation marks such as "Example Description". Like the Name Tag, if the item is used on a stock weapon, it becomes a unique item and the player will "find" a new version of the stock item with the name of the stock item (Ex: Describing Fists will get you a new item with the name Fists also, except with your description applied). The newly described item can be found in the backpack separate from the original stock item. If applied on any other item it will not create a new version. Changing the item's description does not affect its ability to be traded. Also, using a Description Tag on an item with an effect in the description (Ex: The Axtinguisher) will not erase the effect listed in the description and will simply be listed underneath those effects.
Any eligible item, including those traded or already having its own unique description, can have a Description Tag applied to them. In order to return the item to its original state, select the item and use the button within the backpack normally marked "Use with...". Restoring an item to its original state will not refund the Description Tag.
Description Tags can be dropped randomly, found when unboxing a Series #3 or #7 Mann Co. Supply Crate (now undroppable), or purchased from the Mann Co. Store.
Description Tags are not Craftable
Eligibility
Items that cannot be described include:
- Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum dueling badges.
- Any Tool items.
- Any Action items.
- Any metal or tokens.
Example
Vintage Triboniophorus Tyrannus
Level 67
"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy."
Update history
- Added the item’s original name to the item description.
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)
- This item was added to the game.
- Added check to prevent control characters from user-provided item names and descriptions (replaced with spaces).
- [Undocumented] Grenade Launchers, Pistols, and Shotguns using Name or Description Tags now properly use the c_model equivalent.
Bugs
- Description Tags used on weapons that became vintage following the March 15, 2011 Patch cannot be removed.
- Descriptions can only be removed from items that have custom names.
