Righteous Bison

Righteous Bison
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Basic Information
Used by:	Soldier
Slot:	Secondary
Released:	July 20, 2011 Patch
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Promotional
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	Unlimited
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Genuine Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Righteous Bison 1 - 100 Does not require ammo. Projectile penetrates enemy targets Projectile cannot be deflected. Deals only 20% damage to buildings

“

Pew! Pew pew pew! — The Soldier on the operation of particle weapons

”

The Righteous Bison is a secondary weapon for the Soldier. It is a handheld retro-future or steampunk styled ray gun.

The Righteous Bison fires an unreflectable projectile that is capable of piercing through multiple targets in a straight line but deals heavily reduced damage to buildings. The projectile deals damage to any enemies that are touching it every 45 milliseconds and can hit the same target repeatedly. Additionally, it does not feature the traditional ammo reserve used by other weapons. The weapon can be used to ignite Huntsman arrows held by a friendly Sniper.

Enemies killed by the Bison suffer a distinctive death; they will turn black and hover in mid-air, performing a specific disintegration animation, while surrounded by team-colored particles.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	125%	20
Base damage	100%	Players: 16 Buildings: 4
Maximum fall-off	75%	12
Point blank		17-63
Medium range		11-42
Long range		11-42
Critical		36-60
Mini-crit		14-31
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Reload (first)		0.92 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.4 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

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

Crafting

Main article: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Battalion's Backup		Righteous Bison
	+		=

Class Token - Soldier		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a Crafting Ingredient

Righteous Bison		Refined Metal		Possible Results
	+	x4	=

Update history

July 19, 2011 [Item schema update]

• The item was added to the item schema as 'Mystery Item'.

July 20, 2011 Patch (Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack)

• The Righteous Bison was added to the game.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• Optimized many particle effects related to the Righteous Bison.
• Updated the gamehaptics file
  • Added recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for the Righteous Bison.

Bugs

• Causing an enemy Spy to feign death with the Righteous Bison will sometimes create two corpses: one 'ragdoll' corpse and one 'vaporized' corpse.
• This weapon will not set off pumpkin bombs.
• If a player dies before killing an enemy with the Righteous Bison, the kill icon will be a generic skull and bones and not its original icon.
• In the client view, while crouching, the projectile will appear to fire much higher than the weapon model.
• This weapon's projectile passes through glass, but does not deal damage to enemies on the other side.
• If the player switches to any weapon before the projectile kills the enemy, the kill icon will become the current weapon held.

Trivia

• The appearance of this weapon is based on that of 'The Righteous Bison - Indivisible Particle Smasher', which can be purchased from the online store at Weta Workshop.
• Weta Workshop held a panel at Template:W 2011 and handed out coupon codes to visitors which could be redeemed in Team Fortress 2 for an untradable Righteous Bison.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  The Righteous Bison promotional image in the WETA Store.

• 

  An image of a life size Righteous Bison.

See also

• Righteous Bison strategy
• Cow Mangler 5000