Frontier Justice

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“

You done incurred my wrath, son!  Click to listen — The Engineer on revenge

”

The Frontier Justice is an unlockable primary weapon for the Engineer. It is a large pump-action coach gun-style shotgun with a wooden stock and ornate engravings on the metal receiver, to which a team-colored cylindrical capacitor with an antenna is attached.

This weapon cannot randomly deal critical hits and has half the shell capacity of the regular Shotgun. It does, however, have the ability to deal "Revenge Crits"; for every kill acquired by the Engineer's Sentry Gun, two Revenge Crits are stored, while a kill assist stores one. Spies feigning death with the Dead Ringer do not count towards the Revenge Crit count. Upon the machine's destruction, the Frontier Justice is granted with all of the Revenge Crits to use as actual critical attacks. This applies even if the Engineer destroys his own Sentry Gun with the PDA. The Frontier Justice is only able to store up to 35 of these crits at one time, which is the maximum ammo the weapon can have: three shots stored in the magazine and 32 stored in reserve. If the Engineer has not respawned when his Sentry Gun is destroyed, no Revenge Crits will be given to the Engineer. Furthermore, should the Engineer die, he will lose all Revenge Crits currently stored in the Frontier Justice; those still stored in the Sentry Gun will remain, however, until its own destruction. The Revenge Crits are retained even when switching weapons and do not expire based on time. If the Engineer has Revenge Crits and is crit-boosted from another source, firing the Frontier Justice will still spend the Revenge Crits.

Like other Shotguns, the first shell will fire at least one pellet straight down the crosshair before "bullet spread" takes effect. When random spread is disabled the pellets will land forming a three by three grid pattern.

Taunting with the Frontier Justice equipped will perform the Dischord kill taunt.

The Frontier Justice is automatically given to any player who obtains 5 Engineer achievements.

Contents 1 Damage and function times 2 Demonstration 3 Crafting 3.1 Blueprint 3.2 As a crafting ingredient 4 Strange variant 5 Related achievements 5.1  Engineer 6 Update history 7 Bugs 8 Trivia 9 Gallery 10 See also

Damage and function times

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	9 / pellet
Base damage	100%	6 / pellet
Maximum fall-off	50%	3 / pellet
Pellet count		10
Point blank		80-90
Medium range		10-30
Long range		3-10
Critical		18 / pellet
Mini-crit		8.1-12.15 / pellet
Function times
Attack interval		0.625 s
Reload (first)		1.0 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Engineer		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Frontier Justice		Homewrecker		Family Business
	+		+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Frontier Justice		Reserve Shooter
x2	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Frontier Justice		Dead Ringer		Diamondback
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange Variant Information
Strange Frontier Justice Strange Shotgun - Kills: 0 When your sentry is destroyed you gain revenge crits for every sentry kill -50% clip size No random critical hits Available as a strange festive.
	Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Defender Kills

Related achievements

 Engineer

Honky Tonk Man Smash an enemy player's head in with your guitar. Revengineering Use a revenge crit to kill the enemy player that destroyed your sentry gun. Texas Two-Step Use your shotgun to finish off an enemy recently damaged by your sentry gun.

Six-String Stinger Provide an enemy player with a freeze cam of your guitar playing skills. Unforgiven Kill 3 enemies with revenge crits without dying. How the Pests Was Gunned Destroy 50 enemy stickybombs lying in range of friendly buildings.

Update history

Bugs

• When dying while having revenge crits, occasionally the crit sound will continuously loop until the map changes or the player reconnects to the server.
• While performing the Thriller taunt, the guitar gibs still spawn in front of the Engineer.

Trivia

• The Frontier Justice was first shown in the Mac update trailer, held by the RED Engineer before being officially announced on July 5, 2010.
• The Frontier Justice, along with the Wrangler, the Gunslinger, and the Southern Hospitality, appears to have been designed by Radigan Conagher, the Engineer's grandfather. This is shown via a hidden link in the Engineer Update.
• Frontier justice is a form of vigilantism, namely punishing those who evaded or were lightly treated by law and order.

Gallery

RED first-person view.	RED first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.	BLU first-person view.	BLU first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.
RED Festive variant first-person view	RED Festive variant first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped	BLU Festive variant first-person view	BLU Festive variant first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped

See also

• Frontier Justice strategy

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	unlock	Force-A-Nature	Direct Hit	Backburner	—	Natascha	Frontier Justice	Blutsauger	Huntsman	Ambassador
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Slot 2
	stock	Pistol	Shotgun	Shotgun	Stickybomb Launcher	Shotgun	Pistol	Medi Gun	Submachine Gun	Sapper
	unlock	Bonk! Atomic Punch	Buff Banner	Flare Gun	Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance	Sandvich	Wrangler	Kritzkrieg	Jarate Razorback	—
	craft	Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine	Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison	Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot	Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen	Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Family Business	Short Circuit	Quick-Fix Vaccinator	Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine	Red-Tape Recorder
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	stock	Bat	Shovel	Fire Axe	Bottle	Fists	Wrench	Bonesaw	Kukri	Knife
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	promotion	Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank	Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank	Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank	Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank	Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank	Golden Wrench Saxxy	Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank	Frying Pan Saxxy Freedom Staff Memory Maker Ham Shank	Saxxy Black Rose
PDA
	stock	—	—	—	—	—	Construction PDA	—	—	Disguise Kit
PDA 2
	stock	—	—	—	—	—	Destruction PDA	—	—	Invis Watch
	unlock	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer
	promotion	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt
Taunt
	various	Home Run (Sandman/Atomizer)	Kamikaze (Equalizer/Escape Plan)	Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare Gun/Detonator/Reserve Shooter) Armageddon (Rainblower) Execution (Scorch Shot)	Decapitation (Eyelander/HHHH/Claidheamh Mòr/Half-Zatoichi/Persian Persuader/Nessie's Nine Iron)	Showdown (Fists/Saxxy/Apoco-Fists/Holiday Punch)	Dischord (Frontier Justice) Organ Grinder (Gunslinger)	Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Medicating Melody (Amputator) Spinal Tap (Übersaw)	Skewer (Huntsman)	Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose)

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