Alien Swarm Parasite

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The Alien Swarm Parasite is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is a stylized version of an enemy parasite from the game Alien Swarm. The creature attaches to each class's head differently, and sports a limp tail.

The Alien Swarm Parasite is obtained by earning the "Hat Trick" achievement in the game Alien Swarm. The achievement is earned via completing 2 co-op missions online, regardless of difficulty setting.

The hat description was written by Grug for the Hat Describing Contest, and was slightly edited by Valve.

Related Achievements

Alien Swarm.png Alien Swarm

Hat Trick
Hat Trick
Complete 2 co-op missions online. Earns a Team Fortress 2 parasite hat.


Painted variants

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Single colors
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite E6E6E6.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite D8BED8.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite C5AF91.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 141414.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 2D2D24.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 694D3A.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite A57545.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite CF7336.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite E7B53B.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite E9967A.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite FF69B4.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 7D4071.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 2F4F4F.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 424F3B.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 808000.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 32CD32.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite A89A8C.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 839FA3.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 3B1F23.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite B8383B.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 5885A2.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 483838.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 803020.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 256D8D.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 654740.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Alien Swarm Parasite C36C2D.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite B88035.png Painted Alien Swarm Parasite UNPAINTED.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

Update history

July 19, 2010 Patch

  • Alien Swarm Parasite was added to the game.

July 21, 2010 Patch

  • Fixed this hat not being posed correctly on class loadout panels.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.

December 2, 2010 Patch

Bugs

  • While some Alien Swarm Parasite hats are tradable, a number of them are not. What determines tradability is currently unknown.

Trivia

  • If the parasite is shot after falling off its owner, it will bleed.
  • When clicked in the backpack, the hat makes the sound of the parasite from Alien Swarm.

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Gallery

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  1. * Though the Alien Swarm Parasite must require a host if a Sniper taunts with a Sniper Rifle it will still be pulled off of the Sniper's head which would kill it.
    • The Alien Swarm Parasite does not fit the spy.