Miscellaneous items
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Miscellaneous items, commonly abbreviated as misc. items, are wearable items with their own 'Misc' section in the loadout screen, though they count as headgear for crafting purposes. Like most hats, they have no effect on gameplay and exist for cosmetic purposes only. As they occupy their own equipment slot, they can be worn in conjunction with hats. Misc. items are either unlocked through achieving certain requirements or dropped during in-game playtime.
Valve announced in the June 30, 2011 blog post that there would soon be more than one misc. slot, and that it would be possible to wear multiple misc. items. The second slot went live in the beta on September 21, 2011, and in the main game on October 13, 2011.
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Crafting
Because most misc. items are achievement linked or promotional items, they are generally incompatible with the crafting system. Most of them cannot be crafted into other items, or crafted themselves from other items. The exceptions are misc. items that can be found in-game through the item drop system, which are treated exactly the same as headgear. As such, they can be crafted in any blueprint that requires headgear to function. These are the current misc. items that function as headgear, in order of their addition to the game:
Template:Misc craftability list
Update history
- [Undocumented] Added the Gentle Manne's Service Medal
- [Undocumented] Added Miscellaneous loadout slot
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Made the Camera Beard a miscellaneous item
March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)
- Added the Physician's Procedure Mask.
- [Undocumented] Miscellaneous items are now found according to the hat drop rate, rather than the weapon drop rate.
April 29, 2010 Patch (The 119th Update)
- Added the Grizzled Veteran, Soldier of Fortune, and Mercenary
- Added the Primeval Warrior
- Made the Whiskered Gentleman a miscellaneous item
June 10, 2010 Patch (The Mac Update)
- Added the Earbuds
July 8, 2010 Patch (The Engineer Update)
- A second Misc. slot is added.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update
- The second Misc. slot is removed and is replaced by the Action slot.
- Added License to Maim
- [Undocumented] Added the Companion Cube Pin
- Added the Stockbroker's Scarf
- The Le Party Phantom was moved into the misc slot.
- The Blighted Beak was moved into the misc slot.
- Added Essential Accessories
April 7, 2011 Patch (Third Community Contribution Update)
- Added the Sight for Sore Eyes, Teddy Roosebelt, and Googly Gazer
- [Undocumented] Added the Resurrection Associate Pin.
- Added the SpaceChem Pin.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- Added the Villain's Veil.
- [Undocumented] Added the Sign of the Wolf's School.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- Added the Pocket Medic, Made Man, Fancy Dress Uniform, and Professor Speks.
- [Undocumented] Made Planeswalker Goggles a Miscellaneous item
July 1, 2011 Patch (Summer Camp Sale)
- [Undocumented] Added the Big Steel Jaw of Summer Fun, Security Shades, Rogue's Col Roule, Prairie Heel Biters, Lucky No. 42, Flip-Flops, and Summer Shades.
- Made these items craftable: Copper's Hard Top, Security Shades, Tam O' Shanter, Stately Steel Toe, Nessie's Nine Iron, Rogue's Col Roule, Prairie Heel Biters, and Big Steel Jaw of Summer Fun
- Added the Purity Fist and Deus Specs.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Added Stereoscopic Shades, Ball-Kicking Boots, Cremator's Conscience, A Whiff of the Old Brimstone, Builder's Blueprints, Couvre Corner, Surgeon's Stethoscope, Crocodile Smile, Spectre's Spectacles, Merc's Pride Scarf, Flair!, Photo Badge and Clan Pride.
- Made the Foster's Facade, Large Luchadore, Sniper's Snipin' Glass and Noh Mercy misc slot items.
- Players can now equip two misc items at once.
- Added the Dr. Whoa
Bugs
- If a player is wearing a painted miscellaneous item and dies, the item will revert to its original color, or RED if painted with a team color on the ragdoll.
Unused content
- A crafting recipe exists for smelting three Miscellaneous items into Scrap Metal in the game files. This recipe is currently disabled in-game.
- This was due to the fact that the Camera Beard was the first craftable miscellaneous item, and when it was first moved from the hat slot to misc, they began dropping at the same rate as weapons. This was patched later, but the recipe remains in game.
