Item quality

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Quality is an item property represented in-game by the color of an item's name and (in most cases) by a corresponding title prefix. A dropped item can only have one quality, whereas an unboxed item can have 1 or 2 qualities. Extra qualities can only be added through the use of strangifiers or unusualifiers — excluding rare exceptions from glitches (e.g. "Strange Normal" items) or forced creations by Valve employees.

Quality is a purely cosmetic property. Even visual changes beyond the colored title text are limited to aesthetic changes like particle effects from Self-Made and Community items (which had a since-removed 10% hidden damage boost), Decorated weapon patterns, and some additional on-screen messages (these messages usually relay succeeded operations with an item).

Qualities

Color	Name	Example
#B2B2B2	Normal	Scattergun
#FFD700	Unique	Degreaser
#476291	Vintage	Natascha
#4D7455	Genuine	Sun-on-a-Stick
#CF6A32	Strange	Shotgun
#8650AC	Unusual	Napper's Respite
#38F3AB	Haunted	Wrap Battler
#AA0000	Collector's	Original
#FAFAFA	Decorated	Rocket Launcher
#70B04A	Community	Wrench
	Self-Made	Dalokohs Bar
#A50F79	Valve	Rocket Launcher

Possible weapon qualities

Please see this table.

Possible cosmetic item qualities

• Scout item qualities
• Soldier item qualities
• Pyro item qualities
• Demoman item qualities
• Heavy item qualities
• Engineer item qualities
• Medic item qualities
• Sniper item qualities
• Spy item qualities
• All-class item qualities

Update history

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Unique quality.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• [Undocumented] Added the Community quality.

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Self-Made quality.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Vintage quality.
• [Undocumented] Added Unusual quality.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Genuine quality.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

August 18, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added string for potential new item quality called "Completed".

September 2, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Strange quality color from gold (#CD9B1D) to orange (#CF6A32).
• [Undocumented] Updated the Rarity3 quality color from orange (#CF6A32) to brown (#70550F).

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added Haunted quality.

June 11, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added "tobor_a" quality.

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Updated Haunted quality color from #8650AC to #38F3AB.

March 19, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Removed "tobor_a" quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• Added "Collector's" item quality. "Collector's" items are created by completing special Chemistry Sets.

November 26, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated Collector's quality color from #830000 to #AA0000.

September 17, 2014 Patch

• [Undocumented] Corrected the name of Community items on the web.

May 28, 2015 [Item schema update]

• Added "restriction" and "map" quality.

July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Decorated quality.

Unused content

• Two unused item qualities referred to as Rarity2 (mentioned as Customized) and Rarity3 (mentioned as Well-Designed and Artisan) are specified in the game's files. Their colors are two shades of brown; #8D834B and #70550F respectively.
• The "Completed" quality is specified in the game's files, and its color is the same as the Unusual quality: #8650AC.
• The source code contains a mention to a possible variant or sub-type of Self-Made quality, called "SelfMadeCustomized".

See also

• Color themes:
  • Color Palette
  • Decorated
  • Item quality
  • Paint Can
  • Wiki Color schemes
• Grade
• Item levels
• Item drop system
• Limited Quantity