Seal Mask

Seal Mask
RED	BLU
	Demoman
	Demoman
	Other classes
	Other classes
Basic Information
Worn by:	All classes
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Face
Released:	October 27, 2011 Patch; (Very Scary Halloween Special)
Availability:	Antique Halloween Goodie Cauldron (limited)
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	No
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Available Qualities
	Unique
Loadout Stats
	The Seal Mask; Level 31 Mask; Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon; Turn routine melee attacks into environmental hate crimes with this adorable mask.; ; ( Not Tradable or Marketable )

“

Dominated! By the great seal of the United States of My Head!

Click to listen

— The Soldier

”

The Seal Mask is a cosmetic item for all classes. It is a paper mask depicting a seal's face with crudely taped-on whiskers. When worn by the Demoman, the seal's left eye is taped out.

This item can only be worn around Halloween or during a Full Moon; at other times of the year, it does not appear in gameplay, unless the server has Halloween mode enabled. However, it can be equipped at any time and can still be viewed on the loadout screen even when it is not visible during games.

Update history

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

[Undocumented] The Seal Mask was added to the game.

December 15, 2011 Patch #1 (Australian Christmas 2011)

Removed "Hat" equip region.

Trivia

The item's description refers to the clubbing of seal pups to death, a controversial poaching method performed in several countries and commonly cited by animal rights organizations.
The mask is based on a post on Steam Users' Forums^[1] regarding the Summer Camp Sale. The post said, "the SUMMER SEAL ,WILL BEGIN soon????" From this post, seals made appearances in several of the promotional images for the sale. One of the mascots for the Steam Halloween Sale is seen wearing the Seal Mask as a nod to the thread.
Like several other Halloween hats, the Seal Mask's level references Halloween, which happens on October 31.