Scream Fortress 2020

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see October 1, 2020 Patch.

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First they gave us trains, then they gave us ghosts. Now, we give you GHOST TRAINS!! Fight over a HALLOWED TRAIN STATION for NO GOOD REASON!!!

— Megalo publicity blurb

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Scream Fortress 2020 or Scream Fortress XII was the Halloween event that started October 1, 2020, with the in-game announcement of activation of the Halloween map menus and holiday-restricted cosmetics. Later in the day, the major seasonal update October 1, 2020 Patch added 4 new community Halloween maps, 22 new community cosmetic items, 6 new community holiday-restricted cosmetic items, 15 new War Paints, and 19 new Unusual effects. The free Halloween Contracts were also reactivated in the ConTracker for the event with 4 new contracts added to cover the new Halloween maps. The update also added support to the Steam Text Filtering.

Timeline

On October 1st, 2020, holiday-restricted cosmetics were activated, and Soul Gargoyles began collecting souls. The Special Event menu for past Halloween maps was also added to the Casual mode selection. Halloween Contracts were activated and the Special Event menu for the featured new Halloween maps was added. Soul Gargoyles were given out during this time to players who launched the game and did not yet have one.

The event ended on November 7th, 2020.

Additions

Maps

Main article: List of maps

Name	Game mode	File name
Megalo	King of the Hill	`koth_megalo`
Bloodwater	Payload	`pl_bloodwater`
Hassle Castle	Payload	`pl_hasslecastle`
Moldergrove	King of the Hill	`koth_undergrove_event`

Cosmetic items

Main article: Cosmetic items

Scout		Grounded Flyboy
Soldier		Calamitous Cauldron
		Semi-Tame Trapper's Hat
		War Blunder
Pyro		Fire Tooth
		Flavorful Baggies
		Seared Sorcerer
		Treehugger
Heavy		Mannvich
Engineer		Ghoul Box
		Goblineer
		Pug Mug
		Wavefinder
Medic		Rolfe Copter
Sniper		Glow from Below
Scout Pyro Demoman Heavy Engineer		Boom Boxers
All classes		A Handsome Handy Thing
		All Hallows' Hatte
		Balloonicorpse
		Eye-See-You
		Gourd Grin
		Handsome Devil
		Hollowed Helm
		Impish Ears
		King Cardbeard
		Misfortune Fedora
		Sir Pumpkinton
		Wrap-A-Khamon

War Paints

Main article: War Paint

Scream Fortress XII Collection

Spectrum Splattered
Pumpkin Pied
Mummified Mimic
Helldriver
Sweet Toothed
Crawlspace Critters
Raving Dead
Spider's Cluster
Candy Coated
Portal Plastered
Death Deluxe
Eyestalker
Gourdy Green
Spider Season
Organ-ically Hellraised

Tools

Main article: Tools

	Wicked Windfall Case
	Wicked Windfall Key
	Scream Fortress XII War Paint Case
	Scream Fortress XII War Paint Key

Unusual effects

Main article: Unusual

Scream Fortress XII Unusual effects
Cosmetic effects
	Green Giggler	Laugh-O-Lantern	Plum Prankster	Pyroland Nightmare	Gravelly Ghoul	Vexed Volcanics

	Gourdian Angel	Pumpkin Party
Taunt effects
	Spectral Escort	Astral Presence	RED	BLU	Emerald Allurement	Pyrophoric Personality
	Spectral Escort	Astral Presence	Arcane Assistance		Emerald Allurement	Pyrophoric Personality

	Spellbound Aspect	Static Shock	Veno Shock	Toxic Terrors	Arachnid Assault	Creepy Crawlies