Black Box

Black Box
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Kill Icon
Basic Information
Used by:	Soldier
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Larolaro
Released:	Mann-Conomy Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #2, Uncrate #15 or Uncrate #29 (Strange)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	3
Ammo carried:	20
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Black Box 1 - 100 On Hit: +15 health -25% clip size

“

I am going to enjoy killing each and every one of you sorry sacks of scum! Click to listen — The Soldier on health benefits

”

The Black Box is a community-made primary weapon for the Soldier. It is a black, rectangular rocket launcher with rounded edges, sporting two dark grey fastening bands near the front end and case coverings hanging open at both ends of the weapon. The rear case covering swings idly.

For every enemy successfully hit with the Black Box, the player will be awarded 15 health points per enemy hit, regardless of how much damage is dealt. The Soldier will not receive health if the target is a disguised Spy or an enemy under the effects of an ÜberCharge, however health will still be awarded if the target is a Scout under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch. A successful hit will not remove the effects of fire, bleeding, Jarate, or Mad Milk on the player. Unlike the Powerjack and Eyelander, health gained through Black Box hits cannot grant overheal. Health gains are indicated by the health counter in the Head-up display. The downside of this weapon is its amount of loaded rockets is reduced by one. This makes using the Black Box a good choice for improving survivability, at the expense of the amount of damage that can be dealt.

Should a Pyro successfully reflect a Black Box rocket in such a way that it collides with the shooter or another enemy, the health bonus will be given to the Pyro.

The kill icon for the Black Box was contributed by Template:Steam profile link.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Rocket Launcher

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	125%	112
Base damage	100%	90
Maximum fall-off	53%	48
Point blank		105-112
Medium range		50-90
Long range		45-60
Critical		270
Mini-crit		122
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	9 ft
Damage reduction		1% / 2.88
Self-damage		27-89
Self damage (rocket jump)		27-46
Healing
Healing amount		15 on hit
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Reload (first)		0.92 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Tank Buster
	Black Box Battalion's Backup Grenadier's Softcap
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Direct Hit		Reclaimed Metal		Black Box
	+		=

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

As a crafting ingredient

Black Box		Refined Metal		Grenadier's Softcap
	+	x4	=

Black Box		Reclaimed Metal		Liberty Launcher
	+	x2	=

Black Box		Reclaimed Metal		Cow Mangler 5000
	+		=

Related achievements

 Soldier

Backdraft Dodger Kill a Pyro who has airblasted one of your rockets in the last 10 seconds. Crockets Are Such B.S. Shoot two non-boosted crit rockets in a row. For Whom the Shell Trolls Bounce an opponent into the air with a rocket and then kill them with the shotgun before they land. Death from Above Rocket jump and kill 2 enemies before you land.

Mutually Assured Destruction Kill an enemy sniper with a rocket after he kills you. Tri-Splatteral Damage Kill 3 enemies with a single critical rocket. Where Eagles Dare Get the highest possible rocket jump using jump and crouch.

 Pyro

Hotshot Kill a Soldier with a reflected critical rocket. Pilot Light Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair.

Hot Potato Reflect 100 projectiles with your compressed air blast.

 Heavy

Crock Block Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket.

 Sniper

Jumper Stumper Kill a rocket or grenade-jumping enemy in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• The Black Box was added to the game.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Grenadier's Softcap.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• This weapon was given a unique kill icon.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
• [Undocumented] Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on Medieval maps for items that are not allowed in medieval mode.

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

• Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.

March 11, 2011 Patch

• Fixed players getting a health bonus based on the weapon they're currently holding instead of the weapon that dealt the killing blow.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Liberty Launcher.

July 20, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Cow Mangler 5000.

September 20, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.

Unused content

• The Black Box has three unused explosion impact sound effects found in the GCF. These sounds also have their own soundscript found in game_sounds_weapons.txt.

Bugs

• As with all rocket-using primary weapons, excluding the Rocket Launcher, the Soldier does not load any rockets while reloading.
• Hitting multiple targets with a single rocket will heal 15 HP for each player hit, but as this all happens at the same time, the HUD healing notification will only show one +15.
• If a long range rocket is fired, and the Soldier switches to his Equalizer and receives the health benefit, he will still stay at the same speed, even if he was injured beforehand.

Trivia

• The Black Box was originally based on the real world Template:W incendiary rocket launcher. The four barrel holes were swapped for one due to gameplay issues.
• Template:W was the name of an unreleased compilation of the new content in The Orange Box.
• An early concept of the Black Box shows that it originally had a scope attached to it, much like the Direct Hit.
• The term "black box" refers to any device with a known function but an unknown means of internal operations.
  • It is also a common term for Template:W, highly sturdy devices which are used to record what happens in a cockpit in case of a plane crash.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

• 

  Projectile.

• 

  Conceptual artwork of the Grenadier's Softcap, Black Box and Battalion's Backup backpack component

• 

  Conceptual artwork of the Grenadier's Softcap, Black Box and Battalion's Backup's backpack, bugle and flag components

See also

• Black Box strategy
• Rocket Launcher
• Direct Hit