Mann Co. Supply Crate Key

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The Scout opening a crate

A Mann Co. Supply Crate Key is a single-use tool item which is available through trading or at the Mann Co. Store. It is used for opening a Mann Co. Supply Crate.

To use the key, the player should select the key in the backpack and proceed to click the 'Use with...' button before selecting the Crate wished to be opened. The key can be applied to any regular series Crate in the player's backpack, where it is consumed, along with the crate, in the process. There are also two event keys, as detailed below.

The key is only available to be purchased from the Mann Co. Store; it cannot be found from random drops and cannot be crafted. The key can be traded two days after being purchased.

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 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. Unlike the Festive Winter Crate Key, these keys are untradable.

Refreshing Summer Cooler Key

Backpack Refreshing Summer Cooler Key.png

Refreshing Summer Cooler Key
Level 5 Tool

This is a limited use item. Uses: 1

The Refreshing Summer Cooler Key is a single use item. It is used to open a Refreshing Summer Cooler.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • Added the Mann Co. Supply Crate Key to the game.

October 20, 2010 Patch

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

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

  • Added the Festive Winter Crate Key.

December 22, 2010 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added the Stocking Stuffer Key that was given to all TF2 players.

January 3, 2011 Patch

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

April 15, 2011 Patch

June 23, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The price for keys in Euros(€) have been reduced to 1.99 to match the price in USD($).

July 1, 2011 Patch

  • Added lots of new Summer items, including the Refreshing Summer Cooler Key.

Trivia

  • The backpack image for the key is a screenshot of a key model. The model was not distributed in the GCF, yet the textures are present.
  • The Mann Co. Supply Crate Key is currently listed twice in the Mann Co. catalog. When all Festive Winter Keys were turned into normal keys on January 1st, 2011, the corresponding catalog entry changed as well.

See also