Operation Anniversary Annihilation

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Gentlemen and gentlewomen, rejoice! Soon, it will be time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our streak of heroic cowardly defenses from the robotic nuisances merciless machines. It's because of this occasion that our greatest adversary, Gray Mann, has arrived with a plethora of presents, one of which included a pipe bomb that was not defused on time. Moreover, he has sent his robotic armies for the umpteenth time to try and force us into submission, and recon says that these machines are bigger and badder than ever before. Grab your weapons and Military-Grade Cakes, because it's time to celebrate! — Operation Anniversary Annihilation publicity blurb

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Operation Anniversary Annihilation was a community Mann vs Machine tour organized by Moonlight MvM and hosted by Pineapple.TF. A public beta for the tour began on July 9, 2022, with an announced deadline of August 15, 2022; however, the event servers remained in operation until August 18, 2022.

Tour

On July 9, 2022, Operation Anniversary Annihilation went into public beta, with 25 missions spread across 17 maps, including official maps such as Decoy, Mannhattan, Mannworks, and Rottenburg, as well as returning maps from previous community campaigns, and reskins of official maps, such as Coldtown.

Featured Missions

This table shows the missions available during the event.

Intermediate Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Decoy	Decimal Destruction	6	✪ Mo_ #killtf2
Rottenburg	German Gears	7	Snowvy
Area 52	Nuclear Threat	6	randomguy
Havana	Rogue Gallery		PDA Expert
Swirl	Twirled Trap	7	randomguy
Mannworks	XLR-8	8	Package O' Lies

Advanced Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Coldtown	Brimstone	7	Snowvy
Estate	Eviction Notice	8
Mannhattan	Factory Reset	6	Package O' Lies
Steep	Fatal Error	1	Retrowave (cashing out)
Havana	Fisherman's Fury	3	Andrew Xtreme Skin King
Dockyard	Malicious Malware	7	Snowvy
Nox	Robotic Ravage	6	randomguy eyes6526
	Rusted Remnants	7	Athazar
Cyberia	Snowblitz	6	Andrew Xtreme
Tensai	Wasabi Warzone	3	Retrowave (cashing out)
Quetzal	Wilderness Warfare	8	Snowvy

Expert Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Powerplant	Current Surge	6	CreatorForce
Mannhattan	Discordant		Package O' Lies
Decoy	Dissolution	7	✪ Mo_ #killtf2
Nox	Gruesome Garrison	5	Snowvy
Hideout	Interloper		PDA Expert
Coldtown	Night Before Smissmas	6	Alox
Dockyard	Overkill	7	Package O' Lies Hellblade
Swirl	Virtual Insanity	6	Athazar

Rewards

RED	BLU
Caregiving Corundum - Normal
Caregiving Corundum - Gem Only
Heroistic Heart - Normal
Heroistic Heart - Gem Only
Dastardly Diamond - Normal
Dastardly Diamond - Gem Only

This event had six medals up for grabs: three as rewards for completion of the tour, and three for donations to a charity drive benefiting The International Fund for Animal Welfare. Content creators received the Auspicious Automaton Assembler's Accolade.

Clearing any two missions during the campaign earned the player the Participation Trophy medal, clearing at least five of the six available Intermediate difficulty missions earned the player the Galvanized Goblet medal, and clearing at least eleven of the nineteen available Advanced or Expert difficulty missions earned the player the Soul-Binding Star medal.

In addition, players could donate varying amounts through item or monetary donations to receive donor medals. Donating at least 5 USD to the charity drive earned the player the Caregiving Corundum medal, donating at least 10 USD earned the player the Heroistic Heart medal in addition to the previous medal, and donating at least 15 USD earned the player the Dastardly Diamond medal in addition to the previous medals. The charity drive concluded on September 1, 2022.

Content creators whose missions were accepted for use in the event were awarded the Auspicious Automaton Assembler's Accolade medal.

The Participation Trophy and Galvanized Goblet player medals reuse the Rust Starter and Iron canteen medals from Operation Canteen Crasher, while the remaining medals reuse models from Operation Madness vs Machines. The Soul-Binding Star reuses the model for the Pinnacle of Ingenuity, while the Caregiving Corundum, Heroistic Heart, and Dastardly Diamond reuse the models for the Grandiose Garnet, Hopeful Heart, and Chaotic Crystal, respectively. However, the latter four medals initially drop with special custom painted colors that are not otherwise available in-game. The Soul-Binding Star is painted dark purple, while the remaining three are painted with special team colors: the Heroistic Heart is painted purple on RED, and light blue on BLU, while the Caregiving Corundum and Dastardly Diamond are both painted different shades of red on RED, and blue on BLU.

The Soul-Binding Star, Caregiving Corundum, Heroistic Heart, and Dastardly Diamond each have two styles, named "Normal" and "Gem Only". The "Gem Only" style displays only the gemstones, without the surrounding metal frames.

The Participation Trophy and Galvanized Goblet were contributed to the Steam Workshop by Colteh, Rev, Swordstone, Wave, Nuke, kratos , Benoist3012, Pelipoika, sigsegv, Hyperion, Hydrogen , sedisocks, Sntr, NeoDement, Star Bright, and Interrobang .

The Soul-Binding Star, Caregiving Corundum, Heroistic Heart, and Dastardly Diamond were contributed to the Steam Workshop by NeoDement , Sntr , Erikku , sigsegv , Jakapoa , Pelipoika , Interrobang , Rev , Benoist3012 , kratos , Nuke , Hydrogen , Hyperion , Pineapple Medals Bot , DaanBox , Swordstone , and a whole thing of candy beans .

Genuine Anniversary Annihilation Participation Trophy 2022 Level 1 Community Medal We would congratulate you on your efforts, but you didn't exactly do much to get a pat on the back. So instead, try to enjoy this rusted metal on that scrawny chest of yours. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's summer charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Anniversary Annihilation Galvanized Goblet 2022 Level 1 Community Medal You didn't think we'd send you into an army of robots without a reward, would you? Just for you, we have some spare galvanized beauties that were definitely not taken off dead mercs who failed before you. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's summer charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Anniversary Annihilation Soul-Binding Star 2022 Level 1 Community Medal Many have tried to capture the soul of a mission in the form of a gemstone, but the stone always breaks upon capturing a single mission. This star-shaped stone, however, is capable of holding the souls of every mission in this event. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's summer charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )
Genuine Anniversary Annihilation Caregiving Corundum 2022 Level 1 Community Medal While we don't give credit, you came back when you were richer and gave some of that wealth to help out animals in need. Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's summer charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Anniversary Annihilation Heroistic Heart 2022 Level 1 Community Medal Your bottomless heart has assisted many animals in need, and while we couldn't revive the yetis Hale punched into extinction, you did your part for the remaining animals. Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's summer charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Anniversary Annihilation Dastardly Diamond 2022 Level 1 Community Medal The legendary accursed diamond is the subject of countless mythologies. This isn't that diamond; it's just something our specially trained truffle hogs sniffed out of a diamond mine in Arkansas. Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's summer charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Styles

Main article: Styles

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• Soul-Binding Star
• Caregiving Corundum
• Heroistic Heart
• Dastardly Diamond

Styles
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Normal	Gem Only

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Update history

July 7, 2022 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Anniversary Annihilation medals were added to the game.

External links

• Announcement on the Official Team Fortress 2 Blog
• Official Steam event for Operation Anniversary Annihilation
• Operation Anniversary Annihilation is now in open beta!
• International Fund for Animal Welfare