Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker
| Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Demoman |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | Scream Fortress |
| Availability: | Craft |
| Tradable: | Some |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker |
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| “ | See? I told ye they were a buncha' wee lasses!
Click to listen
— The Demoman on cowardly, undead horsemenn
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The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, commonly abbreviated as UHHHH or HHHH, is a melee weapon for the Demoman. It is the rustic, single-bladed axe wielded by the Horseless Headless Horsemann. The blade is chipped and worn in some places, sporting a malevolently-grinning face cut into its broad edge that is similar to the face commonly carved on pumpkins for Halloween.
This weapon functions in exactly the same way as the Eyelander.
The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker is available to anyone who has acquired the Haunted Metal Scrap before or after the Scream Fortress event by killing the Horsemann with a melee weapon; it may then be crafted through the prescribed blueprint.
Taunting with the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker equipped will perform the Demoman's Decapitation kill taunt.
Contents
Damage and function times
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| Base damage | 100% | 65 |
| Point blank | 55-75 | |
| Critical | 195 | |
| Mini-crit | 75-101 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
| Refined Metal | Haunted Metal Scrap | Scotsman's Skullcutter | Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker | |||
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Related achievements
Demoman
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Ghostchievements
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Gored! Collect the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Haunted Metal Scrap. |
Update history
- The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker was added to the game.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- Fixed the decapitation counters not being displayed for some weapons.
- Fixed the Demoman not using the correct animations for some of his weapons.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Replaced the no-crit attribute with -25% damage on the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker.
- [Undocumented] Replaced the -25% damage attribute with no-crit.
- Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.
- [Undocumented] The weapon was assigned the Decapitation taunt.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- [Undocumented] Fixed this weapon showing the wrong blueprint in the crafting menu.
Bugs
- Upon collecting 128 heads with this weapon, the counter will reset to 0. However, the player will still retain the health and speed bonus.
- This bug is the result in an Template:W of the byte used to synchronize this variable.
- Upon destroying an Engineer's building, the kill icon will be displayed as the normal kill icon for the Headtaker - with the upper half of a stick figure's body.
- The kill icon for the Decapitation taunt using the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker depicts the Eyelander instead.
- Decapitating a Sniper using the Bazaar Bargain who has heads on his counter will steal those heads as if they were another Demoman with collected heads.
Unused content
- There is an unused alternate model for this weapon that resembles the Scotsman's Skullcutter.
Trivia
- The version of the axe carried by the Horseless Headless Horsemann is much larger and has a distinct blinking/fading purple glow.
- Due to a glitch, some early crafted Headtakers became tradable.
Gallery
First-person view.
First-person view with Chargin' Targe.
First-person view with Splendid Screen.
The Headtaker wielded by the Horsemann.
An unused axe, believed to be an early version of the Headtaker.
See also
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