Jarate
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Sniper |
| Slot: | Secondary |
| Released: | May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update) |
| Availability: | Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #27 (Strange), Uncrate #57 (Strange), Uncrate #78 (Festive) or Chemistry Set (Collector's) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Reload type: | Recharge (20 Seconds) |
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| “ | Wreak havoc on your opponent's mental state, psychological well-being and trust in the inherent goodness of his fellow man!
— Jarate publicity blurb
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Jarate, the "Jar-based Karate", is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Sniper. It is a standard glass mason jar filled above half-way with the Sniper's urine, capped with a screw-on lid. In the Festive version, the jar is replaced with a corked glass bottle, labeled with a holiday-themed sticker upon which "Merry Smissmas Mate!" is written in cursive font, and the bottleneck wrapped with a team-colored bow.
The item is a thrown weapon; the jar breaks and the liquid is splashed over a short distance, either upon immediate contact with the world or another player. Enemies caught within the 200 Hammer units splash radius are soaked in the contents of the jar for 10 seconds. During this period, all incoming damage is registered as mini-crits. The victim's view is tinted a watery yellow, and they shed yellow droplet particle effects. The effect duration can be reduced through continuous healing, or can be removed instantly by jumping into water or touching a resupply cabinet. This weapon normally has a 20-second cooldown before it can be used again as indicated in the HUD, and a ding plays to alert the player it has regenerated.
The Jarate also has several other abilities that are not found in its in-game description. It can be used to reveal enemy Spies and short out their cloaking devices, resulting in an automated voice response; a Spy who attempts to Cloak while under the effects of Jarate is visible as a team-colored silhouette that reveals his current disguise, if any. Jarate-covered enemies take mini-crits from afterburn, bleeding, Sentry Guns, and other sources of damage that normally cannot crit. Additionally, the weapon is not limited to offensive use, as it can be used to extinguish afterburn on oneself and teammates; the user and teammates are immune to the negative effects of Jarate, whereas enemies cannot benefit from its positive effects. If a Sniper successfully extinguishes a teammate with the Jarate, its cooldown is lowered by 20%, to 16 seconds instead of the normal 20-second cooldown. As a projectile, the Jarate can be deflected by an enemy Pyro. Like other hand-thrown projectiles, the Jarate cannot be thrown underwater.
When playing in Colorblind mode, a translucent Jarate icon is shown above any player who is currently sodden with the weapon.
Jarate is automatically given to any player who obtains 11 Sniper achievements.
Contents
Function times
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| Effect | Any damage deal mini-crits to affected enemies. | |
| Recharge time | 20 s / 16 s | |
| Effect duration | 10 s / 5 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Strange variant
Related achievements
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Update history
May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)
- Jarate was added to the game.
- Fixed server crash related to the Jarate.
- Fixed attackers seeing the Mini-Crit particle effect for full crits if the victim has the Jarate effect enabled.
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- Added a color blind option to add a Jarate icon above enemies who are busy accepting a terrifying existence where they have no dignity.
- Removed self-inflicted Mini-Crits. Fixes Jarate'd Soldiers/Demomen having ineffective rocket/grenade jumps.
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Added recharge sound to abilities with a recharge bar.
- Updated the Jarate's HUD indicator to stay on screen when full.
- [Undocumented] The Jarate was added in the crafting blueprint for the Scotsman's Skullcutter.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] The Jarate was added to the crafting blueprint for Mad Milk.
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- Throwing the Jarate now returns you to your previous weapon, instead of your primary.
May 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- Updated the Jarate's model with optimizations and LODs.
- Added community contributed voice responses for Scout, Engineer, and Sniper when hit by Jarate.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Added additional Jarate hit responses.
- Refined Jarate throw force.
- [Undocumented] The Jarate was added to the crafting recipe for the Cozy Camper.
- Fixed a bug that would prevent Jarate and Mad Milk from applying to all targets within range.
- Added Collector's quality.
December 20, 2013 Patch (Smissmas 2013)
- [Undocumented] Added Festive variant.
October 6, 2015 Patch (Invasion Community Update)
- Throwables (Jarate, Mad Milk, Flying Guillotine) will now pass through friendly targets at close range. This is the same behavior as rockets and grenades.
- Jarate and Mad Milk will collide with friendly teammates that are on fire at close range.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Changed attribute:
- Extinguishing an ally now reduces the cooldown by 20%.
- Changed attribute:
- [Undocumented] Updated Jarate 20% cooldown reduction when used to extinguish a burning teammate from neutral attribute to positive attribute.
December 21, 2016 Patch (Smissmas 2016)
- Fixed not being able to transfer Strange stats between versions of Jarate.
Bugs
- When thrown at a Sentry Buster, the "bomb" part of the model is not tinted yellow; only the legs are tinted.
Trivia
- Jarate's first appearance in the Team Fortress 2 universe was in the Meet the Sniper video of June 7, 2008, appearing as a seemingly incidental background object, although attention is drawn to it and the purpose of that time-lapse scene is to show the camping, coffee-drinking Sniper filling urine jars.
- On April 1, 2009 (April Fool's Day), Jarate was revealed in a Sneak Preview as an unlockable weapon for the Sniper.
- Jarate was then visible in the May 18 Meet the Spy video in the background of the brawl between the Sniper and the Spy.
- On Day 7 of the Sniper vs. Spy Update, the final day of announcements, May 21, Jarate was revealed as the last Sniper unlockable, accompanied by the Comic The Insult That Made a "Jarate Master" Out of Sniper, a parody of Charles Atlas advertisements.
- The word "Piss" and its variants in tense are swear-filtered to "Jarate" on the Steam Users Forums.
- Jarate is frequently implied to be a jar of urine, although it is only ever explicitly proclaimed to be in the April Fools sneak preview.
- In the time-lapse scene of Meet the Sniper, at 0:56, the Sniper grimaces in lower abdominal discomfort, after which the next frames show Sniper placing the first of several jars filling with urine.
- The Insult states that Sniper's kidneys grew triple their normal size from Saxton Hale's Jarate pills and shows Sniper with his Jarate jars in a bathroom.
- The second Charles Atlas parody, Hey Sniper, states that the fluid comes from his body.
Gallery
First-person view.
BLU Festive variant.
Icon shown above Jarate-coated players in Colorblind mode.
A Spy soaked in Jarate.
A cloaked Spy soaked in Jarate.
The original April Fool's Jarate announcement.
The Insult
Jarate ad.
April 20, 2009
Hey Sniper
High Five! ad.
October 13, 2011
See also
External links
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