Halloween mode
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Halloween mode is a server-wide mode which enables visibility of Halloween-restricted cosmetics. The Halloween mode is enabled on official Valve servers and community servers during the yearly Halloween event that takes place between October and early November.
It can manually be enabled by server operators with the console variable tf_forced_holiday 2 in the server.cfg file.
It can also be democratically enabled by using the server enchantment "Eternaween".
Contents
Changes
- Players are allowed to equip Full Moon/Halloween restricted items.
- When a player taunts, they may do the Thriller taunt at random.
- Health pickups are replaced with Halloween versions.
Update history
October 29, 2009 Patch (Haunted Hallowe'en Special)
- Added a Halloween edition called Harvest Event
- Contains a variety of Halloween related features: New hats, achievements, exploding pumpkins, ghosts, and more!
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)
- Mann Manor is haunted by the Horseless Headless Horsemann.
- Random gift drop in Mann Manor.
- 4 new Halloween achievements.
- Added new Halloween hats. (Halloween Masks, Saxton Hale Mask, Ghastlier Gibus, Voodoo Juju, Spine-Chilling Skull, Horrific Headsplitter, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head, Cadaver's Cranium)
October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)
- Viaduct has been haunted and is now... Eyeaduct!
- One full multi-piece costume set has been added for each class
- Random gifts containing costume pieces drop in Eyeaduct on registered servers
- 2 new Halloween 2011 achievements
- Any unusual hats uncrated during the event will be Halloween-themed
- New Halloween-themed items are available in the Mann Co. store, but only for a limited time!
October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
- Mann vs. Machine
- Added the map
Mvm_coaltown_event(Ghost Town) with a special Halloween mission.
- Added the map
October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)
- On Hightower Help settle the score in one of the longest running feuds in Mann history on the new hellish map Helltower!
- Added Enchantment: Eternaween
- Granting Spellbook Magazine to all players who launch TF2 during Scream Fortress
- Added Spooky Crate and Spooky Key to drop list and Mann co. Store respectively
- Added over 100 Halloween tagged items from the TF2 Steam workshop
- Added class Transmogrifier's to covert Scream Fortress 2013 items of one type to another
- Haunted Quality Items can now be listed on the Steam Market place
October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress 2014)
- Help Merasmus with his carnival on the new map Carnival of Carnage
- 50 new Halloween-themed cosmetics from the Steam workshop
- Added 6 new achievements
- All Unusual hats and taunts that are unboxed during the event will receive Halloween-themed Unusual effects
- Added Halloween crates to the Mann Co. Store. These crates do not require a key to open
- Added a new comic to the Team Fortress 2 website
October 28, 2015 Patch (Scream Fortress 2015)
- Featured 4 community maps: Gorge Event, Sinshine, Moonshine Event, and Hellstone
- Added the Gargoyle Case
- Added two new community-made taunts to the Mann Co. Store: Soldier's Requiem and Zoomin' Broom
- All players who launch the game during this event received a Gargoyle
October 21, 2016 Patch (Scream Fortress 2016)
- Featured 3 new community maps: Brimstone, Pit of Death, and Maple Ridge Event
- Added the Creepy Crawly Case
- Added a taunt Unusualifier
- Added two new taunts to the Mann Co. Store, The Victory Lap, and Second Rate Sorcery
- Added 8 new community-created Unusual effects
October 26, 2017 Patch (Scream Fortress 2017)
- Free Halloween contracts and rewards added to the ConTracker
October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)
- Featured 5 new community maps: Cauldron, Gravestone, Monster Bash, Slasher, and Cursed Cove
- Added the Violet Vermin Case and Scream Fortress X War Paint Case
- Added two new official taunts to the Mann Co. Store: Panzer Pants, and The Scooty Scoot
- Added 17 new community-created Unusual effects
- Added 5 new Contracts to the ConTracker
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
October 10, 2019 Patch (Scream Fortress 2019)
- Featured 2 new community maps: Laughter and Precipice
- Added the Spooky Spoils Case
- Added 20 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
October 1, 2020 Patch (Scream Fortress 2020)
- Featured 4 new community maps: Megalo, Bloodwater, Hassle Castle and Moldergrove
- Added the Wicked Windfall Case with 22 new community-created items and 6 Halloween-restricted items, along with Scream Fortress XII War Paint Case that has 15 new war-paints
- Added 19 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
- 4 new contracts were added into the ConTracker
October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)
- Featured 6 new community maps: Erebus, Farmageddon, Graveyard, Los Muertos, Sinthetic and Terror
- Added the Crimson Cache Case with 19 new community-created items and 6 Halloween-restricted items, along with Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case that has 13 new war-paints
- Added 5 new community-created Taunts
- Added 28 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
- 6 new contracts were added into the ConTracker
October 5, 2022 Patch (Scream Fortress 2022)
- Featured 6 new community maps: Bonesaw, Crasher, Ghoulpit, Helltrain, Soul-Mill and Spookeyridge
- Added the Ghoulish Gains Case with 22 new community-created items and 5 Halloween-restricted items, along with Scream Fortress XIV War Paint Case that has 11 new war-paints
- Added 5 new community-created Taunts
- Added 25 new community-created Unusual effects
- All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
- 6 new contracts were added into the ConTracker
Notes
- The console variable
tf_forced_holiday 2should be enabled via theserver.cfgfile or before changing to a Halloween event map. Enabling Halloween mode whilst the map is running may cause the server to crash from a non-pre-loaded model.
Gallery
Halloween Pumpkin
A pumpkin bomb
Small Health Pickup
Medium Health Pickup
Large Health Pickup
