Bear Necessities
This article is about the Heavy cosmetic item. For the Sniper cosmetic item, see Bare Necessities.
| Bear Necessities | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Worn by: | Heavy |
| Slot: | Cosmetic |
| Equip region: | Hat |
| Contributed by: | Rain↯ |
| Released: | July 10, 2013 Patch (Summer Event 2013) |
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #68, Uncrate (Unusual), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or Unlocked Cosmetic Crate (Unique, Strange and Unusual) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Paintable: | No |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | Yes |
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 The Bear Necessities |
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| “ | H-He's like a bear! He's like a big shaved bear that hates people!
Click to listen
— The Scout witnessing the Heavy's rampage
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The Bear Necessities are a community-created cosmetic item for the Heavy. It is a brown bear's head and forepaws draped upon the Heavy's head.
The Bear Necessities were contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Update history
July 10, 2013 Patch (Summer Event 2013)
- The Bear Necessities were added to the game.
- [Undocumented] Added the Bear Necessities to the Mann Co. Store.
July 7, 2016 Patch 1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
December 9, 2025 Patch (Smissmas 2025)
- Fixed Bear Necessities not using its normal map (community fix from Churkinator).
Trivia
- "Bare necessities" is an idiom that means "only the sufficient things and nothing more."
Gallery
Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Bear Necessities.
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