Soul Gargoyle

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“
A Gargoyle is somewhere on the map!
Click to listen
— Merasmus
 ”

The Soul Gargoyle is a tool item. It is an eldritch idol of ancient evil that hungers for souls in the form of a gargoyle statue, with its right front claw on top of an object.

The Soul Gargoyle is a free Campaign access tool that counts souls collected by players when the soul collecting is activated during Scream Fortress events. It allows players to use the Halloween Transmute feature and count Halloween Contracts (Merasmissions) completed during the same events.

The Soul Gargoyle was first available during the Scream Fortress 2015 event and returned for the following Scream Fortress events. In recent events, new players who did not yet own a Soul Gargoyle have received one by launching Team Fortress 2 during an event, but after the annual Scream Fortress content patch has started the Halloween Contract Campaign, which can occur days after activation of soul collecting.

This backpack item collects souls that represent kills and other points the player scores. All year long on Halloween maps, these collected souls appear as spooky white traces flying to the player from the bodies of slain victims, captured points, pushed carts, or other sources. During Halloween events only, the same soul collecting animations appear on all maps, and all souls collected in all games during the event are added to the Soul Gargoyle's Souls Collected count.

In Scream Fortress 2015 and 2016, this item granted access to Merasmissions, a Halloween Contracts set that was replaced in Scream Fortress 2017 by Halloween Contracts that operate under the ConTracker. Halloween Contracts completed during the Contract Campaign increase the Merasmissions Completed count.

Translucent green pickup versions (sometimes referred to as Ghost Gargoyles) randomly spawn on most Halloween maps (replacing Halloween Gift pickups, spawning in the same locations, if the map originally had them). They are announced by Merasmus for individual players, who can then find and pick up their own Soul Gargoyle, only visible to them. Picking up a Soul Gargoyle produces a swarm of animations and during Halloween scores the player 10 additional souls all at once. Despite the Soul Gargoyles only being visible to the individual, the animations of a player picking one up are not. These souls also contribute to the Halloween contracts.

Soul collection

While the Soul Gargoyles are activated by Valve, as a player performs certain actions in the game, souls are collected by their Soul Gargoyle. For the most part, the number of souls collected for each action correspond to those seen scored against Contract Primary Objectives, including:

  • 1 soul is collected for each kill or assist, including while waiting for players to join and during Humiliation.
  • 1 soul is collected by each member of the team that captures a Point.
  • 4 additional souls are collected by each team member that actually Capture the Point.
  • 1 soul is collected for pushing the Cart through a given distance (also for the Doomsday/Carnival of Carnage platform)
  • 10 souls are collected when picking up a Ghost Gargoyle.
  • 25 souls are collected when defeating a Halloween boss.[1]

Ranks

During Halloween events only, the collected souls are counted by the backpack item, similar to Strange Weapons; thus, the Soul Gargoyle in the backpack has a range of ranks that increase as the player collects souls.

Rank Souls Collected Name
0 0 Sad
1 666 Silly
2 1337 Sneering
3 2000 Happy
4 4000 Pleased
5 6000 Delighted
6 8000 Cheerful
7 10000 Joyous
8 12000 Dignified
9 14000 Proud
10 16000 Noble
11 18000 Honored
12 20000 Exalted
13 22000 Breathtaking
14 24000 Outrageous
15 26000 Spectacular
16 28000 Majestic
17 30000 Epic
18 32000 Legendary
19 34000 Australian
20 36000 Merasmus's Own

Leveling Up

The backpack model of the Soul Gargoyle improves as its rank increases through the first 4 ranks; the Soul Gargoyle starts at Stone quality and levels up with the following ranks:

Level 1
(0 Souls)
 Soul Gargoyle The Stone Sad Soul Gargoyle holds a skullcap.
Level 2
(666 Souls)
 Soul Gargoyle Bronze The Bronze Silly Soul Gargoyle holds a twelve-sided die. The sides consist of a Swan emblem, the nine class emblems, a Saxton Hale emblem, and a cigarette emblem (signifying the Administrator).
Level 3
(1337 Souls)
 Soul Gargoyle Silver The Silver Sneering Soul Gargoyle holds the talking pumpkin from the Gargoyles & Gravel comic.
Level 4
(2000 Souls)
 Soul Gargoyle Gold The Australium Happy Soul Gargoyle holds a pile of "Gargoyles and Gravel" books, with the topmost one being the Gravel Master's Handbook.
Note After the 4th level, only the name of the item changes; the icon remains the same.

Halloween Transmuting

Main article: Halloween Transmute

The Halloween Transmute feature allows players to trade in three qualifying items in exchange for an untradable, uncraftable cosmetic item from previous Scream Fortress events.

Every ten transmutes results in the player receiving an additional bonus item, guaranteed to be of Haunted quality.

Strategy

Main article: Community Halloween maps strategy: Soul Gargoyles

Ghost Gargoyle spawn locations

[hide]Ghost Gargoyle spawn locations
  • Mann Manor
  • Eyeaduct
  • Eyeaduct (Underworld)
  • Ghost Fort
  • Moonshine Event
  • Gravestone
  • Crasher
  • Helltrain
  • Bonesaw
  • Soul-Mill
Spawn locations on Mann Manor.
Spawn locations on Eyeaduct.
Spawn locations in the Underworld on Eyeaduct.
Spawn locations on Ghost Fort.
Spawn locations on Moonshine Event.
The single Gargoyle on Gravestone.
Spawn locations on Crasher.
Spawn locations on Helltrain.
Spawn locations on Bonesaw.
Spawn locations on Soul-Mill.
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Related achievements

Ghostchievements icon.png Ghostchievements

Masked Mann
 Masked Mann
Collect a Soul Gargoyle in Mann Manor.

Update history

October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)

November 11, 2015 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated the description of the Soul Gargoyle.

November 13, 2015 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated the description of the Soul Gargoyle.

October 21, 2016 Patch #1 (Scream Fortress 2016)

  • The Soul Gargoyle was made available.
  • [Undocumented] Updated the description for the Soul Gargoyle.

October 25, 2016 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added new ranks for the Soul Gargoyle.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

  • [Undocumented] Updated the description for the Soul Gargoyle.

October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)

  • The Soul Gargoyle was made available.

October 10, 2019 Patch (Scream Fortress 2019)

  • The Soul Gargoyle was made available.

November 21, 2019 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Fixed the Spooky Spoils Collection not appearing on the Soul Gargoyle's list of Scream Fortress Collections.

October 1, 2020 Patch (Scream Fortress 2020)

  • The Soul Gargoyle was made available.

October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)

  • The Soul Gargoyle was made available.

October 10, 2024 Patch (Scream Fortress 2024)

  • The Soul Gargoyle was made available.

Trivia

  • The level up milestone '666' is a reference to the Number of the Beast in the New Testament Bible.
  • The level up milestone '1337' (leet) is a reference to Leet-Speak.

Gallery

  • Stone Gargoyle.

  • Bronze Gargoyle.

  • Silver Gargoyle.

  • Gold Gargoyle.

  • The ghostly Gargoyle Pickup that appears on maps.

  • The message informing the player that the Gargoyle has appeared on the map.

  • The message informing the player that the Gargoyle has disappeared from the map.

See also

References

  1. ↑ game\server\tf\halloween\halloween_base_bosss.cpp:L189-190
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