Ullapool Caber
“ | There's a long tradition of brave, kilted men running into battle with naught but a large stick and dangerous amounts of alcohol in their bloodstreams. Now you can keep this glorious custom alive and add a modern twist by attaching explosives to your improvised weaponry!
— Ullapool Caber publicity blurb
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The Ullapool Caber, also known as simply Caber, is a community-created melee weapon for the Demoman. It is a stick hand grenade, with a white Mann Co. logo stamped on the head and black wrapping tape around the stick.
With this weapon, the first hit on any solid object or enemy (including a disguised Spy) causes the explosives in the head to detonate, dealing explosive damage to both the Demoman and surrounding enemies, with rampup applied, and melee damage dealt to the main target in addition to the explosion. The Demoman is propelled directly upwards by the explosion, likely suffering fall damage upon landing. This weapon does not explode if struck against allies or friendly buildings.
After the Caber explodes, the Demoman is left with only the remains of the grenade stick, which deals less damage and has a slower attack speed than other Demoman melee weapons. Respawning or visiting a Resupply locker are the only ways to restore the grenade to its original state. This weapon deploys 100% slower, has a 20% less firing speed penalty, and a hidden 15% damage penalty.
While holding the Caber, any sort of damage caused by the Caber automatically causes the Demoman to voice "Ka-boooom!", "Kablooie!", or "And that's what ya' get for touching that!". This includes the detonation of the weapon itself.
The kill icons for the Ullapool Caber were contributed by Psyke .
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[hide]Damage and function times
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Damage type | Melee hit is melee Explosion is explosive | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee hit is melee Explosion is ranged | |
Damage | ||
Maximum ramp-up | 110% | Explosion: 83 |
Base damage | 100% | Melee: 55 Explosion: 75 |
Critical | Melee: 165 Explosion: 225 | |
Mini-crit | Melee: 74 Explosion: 111 | |
Splash damage | ||
Minimum splash | 75% | 1.95 m |
Self-damage | 52-56 | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.96 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Item set
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Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
Scrap Metal | Pain Train | Ullapool Caber | ||
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As a crafting ingredient
Ullapool Caber | Reclaimed Metal | Sticky Jumper | ||
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Strange variant
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Related achievements
Demoman
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Update history
- The Ullapool Caber was added to the game.
- The Ullapool Caber was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.
- The Ullapool Caber was given two unique kill icons.
- [Undocumented] The Ullapool Caber's kill icons were updated.[1]
- [Undocumented] If the player suicides with the Ullapool Caber it displays the Caber's kill icon.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
- The crafting cost of the Ullapool Caber was changed from 2 Reclaimed metal and a Sandman to 2 Scrap Metal and a Pain Train.
- All Ullapool Cabers crafted before this patch were upgraded to Vintage quality.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Changed attribute:
- Replaced the no-Crit attribute with -25% damage on the Ullapool Caber.
- Changed attribute:
- [Undocumented] Replaced the -25% damage attribute with no-Crit.
- Added community contributed response rules to the Ullapool Caber.
- [Undocumented] Added an explosion sound effect for a successful hit.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Added a taunt for The Ullapool Caber.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- Fixed some cases where strange Ullapool Cabers would fail to correctly count kills.
- [Undocumented] The Ullapool Caber was added to the crafting blueprint for the Sticky Jumper.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.
- Changed attributes:
- Reduced explosion base damage from 100 to 75.
- Reduced damage ramp up bonus for close range attacks. Now is the same as other explosive weapons.
- Fixed weapon pickups resetting the Ullapool Caber.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Base melee damage increased from 35 to 55.
- Added 20% fire rate penalty.
- Added 100% switch-to time penalty.
Bugs
- The Ullapool Caber may sometimes appear detonated when it is not. This can occur after hitting a friendly building, a Pumpkin bomb, the JACK, an enemy, or the Resupply doors as they open. It sometimes does not deliver the explosive damage to the enemy, but still deals full explosion damage to the user. Additionally, switching to another weapon after detonating the Ullapool Caber may result in it appearing undetonated.
- The weapon does not Mini-Crit when used with the Demoman shields.
- While explosive jumping with the Ullapool Caber as the active weapon, the Demoman says voice lines which should normally be played when scoring an explosive hit.
- Taunting with any action taunts that use props (Shred Alert, for example) while using the Ullapool Caber causes the taunt to use the Ullapool Caber instead.
- Picking up an exploded Ullapool Caber from a fallen player will cause it to appear as undetonated. However, it will correct itself after landing a successful hit.
Trivia
- Ullapool is a town in the Ross and Cromarty area in the Scottish Highlands where the Demoman was born.
- A caber is a long wooden pole (usually a section from the trunk of a tree) that is thrown as a feat of strength during the caber toss event of the Scottish Highland Games.
- The description "High-yield Scottish face removal" was taken directly from the promotional artwork that Swizzle created for his entry in the Polycount contest.
- The taunt used for the Ullapool Caber was present in game files and unused since the WAR! Update. This taunt was originally for the Bottle.
Gallery
See also
References
- Jump up ↑ The Caber's old explosion and non-explosive icons, and the new explosion and non-explosive kill icons.
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