Ghastly Gibus

Ghastly Gibus
Basic Information
Worn by:	All classes
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Head
Released:	October 29, 2009 Patch; (Haunted Hallowe'en Special)
Availability:	Limited
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Available Qualities
	Unique Strange
Loadout Stats
	Ghastly Gibus; Level 10 Hat; This is a special Halloween 2011 item; Elegant simplicity and old-world charm combined with the heady aromas of mould and grave dust.; ; ( Achievement Item: Not Tradable or Marketable )

Not to be confused with Ghostly Gibus.

“

Dude, you'd get a closed casket at the ugly cemetery!

Click to listen

— The Scout on Zepheniah Mann

”

The Ghastly Gibus (/'gæstli ˈdʒaɪbəs/ gast-lee jahy-buhs) is a cosmetic item for all classes. It is a damaged, black gibus hat with the top nearly detached.

The item's description was written by Esquilax for the Hat Describing Contest.

This item was originally awarded to the first 10,319 players who visited a hidden page on the Haunted Hallowe'en Special website. It could also be obtained by earning the Ghastly Gibus Grab achievement by dominating a player with the item equipped; however, after October 26, 2012, this achievement now rewards the player with a Ghostly Gibus.

Players that had earned the Ghastly Gibus before the Scream Fortress Update in 2010 or the Very Scary Halloween Special update in 2011 had their Ghastly Gibus upgraded to a Ghastlier Gibus.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can

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Single colors

An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey

A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour

Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants

Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet

A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green

The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors

Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)

Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)

The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)

Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Styles

Main article: Styles

Styles

Ghastly	Ghostly

Related achievements

Scarechievements

Ghastly Gibus Grab
Dominate a player wearing any achievement Gibus hat to earn your own Ghastly Gibus.

Update history

October 29, 2009 Patch (Haunted Hallowe'en Special)

The Ghastly Gibus was added to the game.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

The stripe of the Ghastly Gibus was made paintable.
[Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Ghastly Gibus.

October 8, 2010 Patch

The Ghastly Gibus was made nameable.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

[Undocumented] Updated the description to now say "This is a special Halloween 2010 item".
[Undocumented] Changed Ghastly Gibuses that were obtained before the Scream Fortress to Ghastlier Gibuses.

December 2, 2010 Patch #1

The Ghastly Gibus' painting texture was improved.
- Painting now colors the entire hat. Previously coloring only affected the band near the brim.

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

[Undocumented] Updated the description to now say "This is a special Halloween 2011 item".
[Undocumented] Changed Ghastly Gibuses that were obtained before the Very Scary Halloween Special to Ghastlier Gibuses.

April 18, 2012 Patch

Added LODs for all classes.
Fixed the position on the Sniper.

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)

[Undocumented] Added "Ghostly" style.

October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress 2014)

[Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Bugs

When equipping the Ghastly Gibus from the loadout screen, the classes appear to have a second, upside-down Ghastly Gibus coming from their chest. This only affects the loadout screen and does not affect character appearance in matches, and affects all classes but the Sniper.

Notes

The Ghastly Gibus' original description was "Embroidered initials say 'Z.M.'", a reference to Zepheniah Mann.
The number of original Gibuses, 10,319, is a reference to the date they were given out, 10/31/09.
Although there were 10,319 original Gibuses, the items do not include a number indicating the order in which they were acquired.

Trivia

On the menu screen, the image displayed for the Halloween 2014 game mode depicts a Scout wearing what appears to be a Ghastly Gibus.
The Ghastly Gibus was once owned by Zepheniah Mann before he died and is wearing it in his ghost form.