Hibernating Bear

The Hibernating Bear
Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Contributed by:	Ruskeydoo
Released:	December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
Items:	Brass Beast, Buffalo Steak Sandvich, Warrior's Spirit, Big Chief
Effect:	None

“

H-He's like a bear! He's like a big shaved bear that hates people! Click to listen — The Scout

”

The Hibernating Bear is a community-created item set for the Heavy.

The set includes the following items:

The Hibernating Bear
	Brass Beast Buffalo Steak Sandvich Warrior's Spirit Big Chief
Effect	No effect

The Hibernating Bear was contributed as part of the Polycount contest and was later added to the game by Valve.

Weapons

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Craft Brass Beast		200	N/A	Base: 10.8 / bullet Crit: 32.4 / bullet	+20% damage bonus.  20% damage resistance when spun up and below 50% max health.  50% slower spin up time.  60% slower move speed while deployed.
Craft Buffalo Steak Sandvich	N/A	1	∞	N/A	Speed is increased for duration of use.  The Heavy gains mini crits for duration of use.  Weapons are restricted to melee weapons only for duration of use.  +20% damage taken from all sources for duration of use.  Effect duration is 15 seconds.  With secondary fire, throws it for another player to restore 50% health.  It takes 4.3 seconds for Heavy to eat the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.  The item has a 30-second recharge time.
Craft Warrior's Spirit		N/A	N/A	Base: 85 Crit: 254	+30% damage bonus.   On Kill: Gain up to +50 health.  +30% Damage vulnerability on wearer.

Update history

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• The Hibernating Bear was added to the game.

July 10, 2013 Patch

• Changed attribute:
  • Removed +5% crit resistance on wearer.

September 16, 2013 Patch

• Fixed The Hibernating Bear set not listing its associated hat.

Trivia

• A Peyote cactus was originally intended to be in the set instead of the Buffalo Steak Sandvich, but playtesters thought that a man in a Native American headdress eating peyote and going on a killing spree was offensive.