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{{Map infobox
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   | game-type                   = Player Destruction
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   | map-status                  = community
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   | file-name                   = pd_monster_bash
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  | map-game-type               = Player Destruction
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   | map-file-name               = pd_monster_bash
 
   | map-image                  = Monster Bash Point.jpg
 
   | map-image                  = Monster Bash Point.jpg
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   | release-date               = October 19th, 2018
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   | map-released               = {{Patch name|10|19|2018}}
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  | developer                  = {{steamid|76561197994150794|Aeon "Void" Bollig}}<br/>{{steamid|76561198047350168|Fuzzymellow}}<br/>{{steamid|76561197999091748|PEAR}}<br/>{{steamid|76561197972106255|Donhonk}}<br/>{{steamid|76561197960948593|Harlen "UEAKCrash" Linke}}<br/>{{steamid|76561198047437575|Tim "SediSocks" BL}}<br/>{{steamid|76561198072146551|Liam "Diva Dan" Moffitt}}<br/>{{steamid|76561197972481083|Jennifer "NeoDement" Burnett}}<br/>{{steamid|76561198060934132|Erik Colteh}}
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  | map-released-major          = Scream Fortress 2018
 
   | map-environment            = Haunted Castle
 
   | map-environment            = Haunted Castle
 
   | map-setting                = Night
 
   | map-setting                = Night
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   | map-hazards                 = [[Environmental_death#Pitfalls|Pitfall]], [[Environmental death#Pendulum Blades|Pendulum Blades]], [[Underworld]]
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   | map-hazards-underworld      = [[Environmental_death#Health_drain|Health drain]], [[Environmental_death#Pitfalls|Pitfall]],<br/>[[Environmental death#Pendulum Blades|Pendulum Blades]]
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   | map-health-pickups-small    = 5
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   | map-stamp-link              = https://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/3036449
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   | map-health-pickups-medium  = 6
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  | map-pickups-health-small    = 5
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   | map-health-pickups-large    = 1
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   | map-pickups-health-medium  = 6
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   | map-ammo-pickups-small      = 6
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   | map-pickups-health-large    = 1
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   | map-ammo-pickups-medium    = 1
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   | map-special-pickups-pumpkin = yes
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{{Quotation|[[:File:TheNakedandtheDead098.png|'''''The TFC Heavy''''']]|'''''FRANKENSTEIN'''''}}
 
  
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'''Monster Bash''' is a community-made [[Player Destruction]] [[Halloween map]] released during the [[Scream Fortress 2018]] update. It is set in a [[Rottenburg|Bavarian]]<!-- Mary Shelly set the Frankenstein story in Bavaria; the architecture of Rottenburg referencing Bavarian Rothenburg. --> Gothic castle, centered around a large reanimator machine.
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{{Quotation|'''The Medic'''|Every doctor needs a cadaver or two for his experiments.}}
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'''Monster Bash''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Player Destruction]] [[Halloween map]] released during the [[Scream Fortress 2018]] update. It is set in a [[w:Gothic architecture|Gothic]] castle, centered around a large reanimator machine. A portrait of Dr. Cadaverus Hale is set in the Grand Foyer.
  
 
The objective for this map is to gather buckets of gibs to bring to the reanimator in the middle of the castle. A team wins upon successful delivery of a set number of gibs.
 
The objective for this map is to gather buckets of gibs to bring to the reanimator in the middle of the castle. A team wins upon successful delivery of a set number of gibs.
  
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Monster Bash was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1171267245 contributed] to the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Monster Mash".
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Monster Bash was [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1171267245 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
  
 
== Features ==
 
== Features ==
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The delivery point is surrounded by a shield for a set period of time. After a set amount of time, the shield disappears, and it is possible to step onto the point and Gibs may be delivered. Once the delivery period is over, players are forced off the point and the forcefield goes back up.
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The delivery point is surrounded by a shield for a set period of time. After a set amount of time, the shield disappears, and it is possible to step onto the point and Gibs may be delivered by the team controlling the Delivery Zone. Once the delivery period is over, players are forced off the point and the forcefield goes back up.
  
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The Pit is in the center of the map, under the delivery point in The Lab. Rather than killing players, it leads to a secret area. In this area, players perpetually take damage and must jump through a hallway of Pendulum blades to escape. If they can manage to escape, they are placed at the top of the pit and are granted with temporary crits and a spell.
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The Pit is in the center of the map, under the delivery point in The Lab. Rather than [[Environmental death|killing players]], it leads to a secret area. In this area, players perpetually take damage and must jump through a hallway of Pendulum blades to escape. If they can manage to escape, they are placed at the top of the pit and are granted with temporary crits and a spell.
  
 
Like several other [[Halloween map]]s, this map features [[Magic spells]] for the players to pick up, in the form of filled flasks.
 
Like several other [[Halloween map]]s, this map features [[Magic spells]] for the players to pick up, in the form of filled flasks.
  
 
== Locations ==
 
== Locations ==
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;RED Side
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===RED Side===
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* '''Chapel''', RED Spawn.
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* '''Chapel''': RED Spawn.
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* '''Causeway''', low exit from RED Spawn, an open walk in the rain.
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* '''Causeway''': low exit from RED Spawn, an open walk in the rain.
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* '''Courtyard''', high left exit from RED Spawn.
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* '''Courtyard''': high left exit from RED Spawn.
 
* Right exit: Spiral stairs down to the '''Chemicals'''.
 
* Right exit: Spiral stairs down to the '''Chemicals'''.
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<gallery>
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File:Monster Bash red spawn.png|RED spawn room.
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;Battlements
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File:Monster Bash causeway.png|The Causeway.
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* '''Grand Foyer'''. Portrait of Dr. Cadaverous Hale.
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File:Monster Bash courtyard.png|The Courtyard.
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* '''The Lab'''. (What's on the slab?) Beneath that is the '''Pit''' and the '''Pendulums'''.
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File:Monster Bash chemicals.png|The Chemical room.
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* '''Ballroom''', behind The Lab.  
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</gallery>
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===Battlements===
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* '''Grand Foyer'''
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* '''The Lab''': <!--(What's on the slab?) --> Beneath that is the '''Pit''' and the '''Pendulums'''.
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* '''Ballroom''': behind The Lab.  
 
** Stairs up to high '''Overlooks''' to The Lab.
 
** Stairs up to high '''Overlooks''' to The Lab.
 
** Doorway to the '''Balcony'''.  
 
** Doorway to the '''Balcony'''.  
 
** A '''Hole in the Floor''' drop down and two spiral stairways down to the flooded '''Dungeon''' and the lower Lab.
 
** A '''Hole in the Floor''' drop down and two spiral stairways down to the flooded '''Dungeon''' and the lower Lab.
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<gallery>
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File:Monster Bash foyer.png|The Grand Foyer.
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;BLU Side
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File:Monster Bash ballroom.png|The Ballroom.
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* '''Conservatory''', BLU Spawn.
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File:Monster Bash dungeon.png|The flooded dungeon.
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* '''Gallery''', low exit from BLU Spawn, paintings of the later Hales.
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</gallery>
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* '''Library''', high right exit from BLU Spawn.
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===BLU Side===
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* '''Conservatory''': BLU Spawn.
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* '''Gallery''': low exit from BLU Spawn, paintings of the later Hales.
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* '''Library''': high right exit from BLU Spawn.
 
* Left exit: Spiral stairs down to the open '''Patio'''.
 
* Left exit: Spiral stairs down to the open '''Patio'''.
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<gallery>
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File:Monster Bash blu spawn.png|BLU spawn room.
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File:Monster Bash gallery.png|The Gallery.
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File:Monster Bash libary.png|The Libary.
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File:Monster Bash patio.png|The Patio.
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</gallery>
 
== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
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{{Community strategy stub link}}
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{{map strategy link|Monster Bash|main=yes|stub=yes}}
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{{main|Community Monster Bash strategy}}
 
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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* Fixed a kill trigger not always killing players in the dungeon.
 
* Fixed a kill trigger not always killing players in the dungeon.
 
* Fixed players taking fall damage when passing through the pit to the dungeon.
 
* Fixed players taking fall damage when passing through the pit to the dungeon.
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'''{{Patch name|12|19|2018}}''' ([[Smissmas 2018]])
 
'''{{Patch name|12|19|2018}}''' ([[Smissmas 2018]])
 
* Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit in RED's courtyard.
 
* Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit in RED's courtyard.
  
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== Trivia ==
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== Bugs ==
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* The map makes a number of references to the Horror genre:
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* Pendulum blades hitboxes often do not match with their visuals.
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** The opening notes to [[w:Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|''Toccata and Fugue'']] (a cinematic cliché to illustrate horror and villainy) [[w:Toccata et Fugue BWV565.ogg|play]] at the beginning of a match.
 
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** The electrical reanimation of surgically assembled body parts refers to the franchise of Mary Shelley's [[w:Frankenstein|''Frankenstein'']].
 
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** The Pit and Pendulums Underworld refers to Edgar Allen Poe's short story [[w:The Pit and the Pendulum|''The Pit and the Pendulum'']].
 
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** The large carnivorous plant in the BLU spawn, named "Elizabeth II", references the movie [[w:Little Shop of Horrors (film)|''Little Shop of Horrors'']].
 
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** The Latin motto, ''Mors Solum Initium'' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDax2eMTmtA Death is only the beginning.]) refers to the 1999 movie [[w:The Mummy (1999 film)|''The Mummy'']].
 
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** On the Balcony outside the Ballroom (past the Hole in the Floor), lying on top of the railing on the right, there's a wilted rose left as a reference to the {{botignore|classic}} story of the [[w:Beauty and the Beast|Beauty and the Beast]].
 
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** Through the windows of the Grand Foyer, barely visible though the front gate, is seen an angry mob of villagers with [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TorchesAndPitchforks torches and pitchforks].  (This mob is made up of cutouts of the Spy.)
 
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* The Castle appears to have been owned by generations of [[Saxton Hale|Hales]] (or recently purchased by a Hale). There are signs of [[Storyline#1971|distressed ownership]]:
 
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** The Castle has been recently sold, along with the [[Coal Town|Coal Mine]], [[Gravel Pit]], and [[Granary]] (Realtors: [[RED|Reliable Excavation Demolition]]).
 
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** The painting of Gravel Pit has been taken down (or is about to be put up) from the Gallery and flipped to face the wall.
 
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** Saxton Hale's portrait is crooked.
 
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** Deceased in [[Storyline#1971|1971]], Redmond's version of the Mann Brother's portrait is not hung up (or has just been taken down).
 
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*As the male lead in ''Little Shop of Horrors'' named the plant "Audrey II" after his girl friend, naming the plant in this map Elizabeth II suggests that one of the Hales had (has) a romantic interest in [[Non-player characters#Elizabeth|Elizabeth]]; incidentally, a woman with a [[Wikipedia:Bride of Frankenstein (character)#/media/File:Brideoffrankenstein.jpg|cinematic]] [[w:Poliosis#Popular culture|Mallen Streak]].
 
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** However, it should be noted that Victor Frankenstein's fiancé was also named [[w:Elizabeth Lavenza|Elizabeth]].
 
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* The map references the Medic's repeated association with the [[:File:TheNakedandtheDead098.png|Frankenstein]] theme of [[:File:Oldwounds64.jpg|Reanimation of corpses]], with the resemblance of the village below the gate to [[Rottenburg]] (with its Frankenstein references) and the chalkboard of Medics' study of the [[Reanimator]] seen in the Chemicals room.
 
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* Resurrection: Literal [[w:Easter|Easter]] Eggs are hidden in a crate. [[:File:Enclosure_even_plywood_cutout_life.png|''"Life will find a way."'']]
 
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* There is a book in the Library with Scout's cap and the [[Tipped Lid]] resting on top of it. This is a reference to [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1867910/ Nathan Vetterlein,] the Scout's voice actor, complimenting the Library while playing on Monster Bash during [[Tip of the Hats]].
 
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* Originally called [[w:Monster Mash|Monster Mash]] on the Steam Workshop, the map was renamed to Monster Bash upon release to avoid copyright issues.
 
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* The Underworld section resembles parts of Lights Out and Fumbling in the dark from Crash Bandicoot.
 
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Image:Monster Bash Shield Down.jpg|The center point while its shield is down.
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File:Monster Bash Shield Down.jpg|The center point while its shield is down.
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Image:Monster Bash Pit.jpg|The bottom of the pit.
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File:Monster Bash Pit.jpg|The bottom of the pit.
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Image:Dr. Cadaverus Hale.jpg|Portrait of Cadaverus Hale.
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File:Dr. Cadaverus Hale.png|Portrait of Cadaverus Hale.
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Image:Elizabeth II.jpg|Elizabeth II
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File:Rottenburg Blackboard.png | In a side room is Medic's blackboard seen in [[Rottenburg]].
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Image:Elizabeth II Nameplate.jpg|A closeup on Elizabeth II's nameplate.
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File:Elizabeth II.jpg|Elizabeth II
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Image:Angry Mob.jpg|The "mob" outside of the gates.
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File:Elizabeth II Nameplate.png|A closeup on Elizabeth II's nameplate.
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Image:Monster Bash Scout Hat.jpg|The Scout hat and [[Tipped Lid]] hidden in the Library.
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File:Angry Mob.jpg|The "mob" outside of the gates.
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File:Monster Bash Scout Hat.jpg|The Scout hat and [[Tipped Lid]] hidden in the Library.
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File:Monster Bash Workshop image.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for Monster Bash.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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== See also ==
 
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* [[Rottenburg]]
 
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* [[Storyline#Medic's research|Medic's research]]
 
  
 
{{Scream Fortress 2018 Nav}}
 
{{Scream Fortress 2018 Nav}}
 
{{Halloween Map Nav}}
 
{{Halloween Map Nav}}
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{{Maps nav}}
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{{Maps Nav}}
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[[Category:Halloween maps]]
 

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Monster Bash
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Basic Information
Map type: Player Destruction
File name: pd_monster_bash
Released: October 19, 2018 Patch
(Scream Fortress X)
Developer(s): Aeon "Void" Bollig
Fuzzymellow
PEAR
donhonk
Harlen "UEAKCrash" Linke
Tim "SediSocks" Brown Lees
Liam "Diva Dan" Moffitt
Jennifer "NeoDement" Burnett
Erik "Colteh" Coltey
Map Info
Environment: Haunted Castle
Setting: Night
Hazards (Underworld): Health drain, Pitfall,
Pendulum Blades
Map Items
Healthico.png Health Kits: Healthbar.png ×5  •  Healthpie.png ×6  •  
Health Cauldron.png ×1
Ammoico.png Ammo Boxes: Smallammo.png ×6   •   Mediumammo.png ×1
TF2 crosshair.png Special: Pumpkin.png
Map Photos
Loading screen photos.
Map Overview
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“
Every doctor needs a cadaver or two for his experiments.
— The Medic
 ”

Monster Bash is a community-created Player Destruction Halloween map released during the Scream Fortress 2018 update. It is set in a Gothic castle, centered around a large reanimator machine. A portrait of Dr. Cadaverus Hale is set in the Grand Foyer.

The objective for this map is to gather buckets of gibs to bring to the reanimator in the middle of the castle. A team wins upon successful delivery of a set number of gibs.

Monster Bash was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Features

The delivery point is surrounded by a shield for a set period of time. After a set amount of time, the shield disappears, and it is possible to step onto the point and Gibs may be delivered by the team controlling the Delivery Zone. Once the delivery period is over, players are forced off the point and the forcefield goes back up.

The Pit is in the center of the map, under the delivery point in The Lab. Rather than killing players, it leads to a secret area. In this area, players perpetually take damage and must jump through a hallway of Pendulum blades to escape. If they can manage to escape, they are placed at the top of the pit and are granted with temporary crits and a spell.

Like several other Halloween maps, this map features Magic spells for the players to pick up, in the form of filled flasks.

Locations

RED Side

  • Chapel: RED Spawn.
  • Causeway: low exit from RED Spawn, an open walk in the rain.
  • Courtyard: high left exit from RED Spawn.
  • Right exit: Spiral stairs down to the Chemicals.

  • RED spawn room.

  • The Causeway.

  • The Courtyard.

  • The Chemical room.

Battlements

  • Grand Foyer
  • The Lab: Beneath that is the Pit and the Pendulums.
  • Ballroom: behind The Lab.
    • Stairs up to high Overlooks to The Lab.
    • Doorway to the Balcony.
    • A Hole in the Floor drop down and two spiral stairways down to the flooded Dungeon and the lower Lab.

  • The Grand Foyer.

  • The Ballroom.

  • The flooded dungeon.

BLU Side

  • Conservatory: BLU Spawn.
  • Gallery: low exit from BLU Spawn, paintings of the later Hales.
  • Library: high right exit from BLU Spawn.
  • Left exit: Spiral stairs down to the open Patio.

  • BLU spawn room.

  • The Gallery.

  • The Libary.

  • The Patio.

Strategy

Main article: Community Monster Bash strategy
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Update history

October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)

  • Added Monster Bash to the game.

October 25, 2018 Patch

  • Fixed a gap in the spiral stairs that players could slip through when using the tiny spell.
  • Fixed a kill trigger not always killing players in the dungeon.
  • Fixed players taking fall damage when passing through the pit to the dungeon.

December 19, 2018 Patch (Smissmas 2018)

  • Fixed an out-of-bounds exploit in RED's courtyard.

Bugs

  • Pendulum blades hitboxes often do not match with their visuals.

Gallery

  • The center point while its shield is down.

  • The bottom of the pit.

  • Portrait of Cadaverus Hale.

  • In a side room is Medic's blackboard seen in Rottenburg.

  • Elizabeth II

  • A closeup on Elizabeth II's nameplate.

  • The "mob" outside of the gates.

  • The Scout hat and Tipped Lid hidden in the Library.

  • Steam Workshop thumbnail for Monster Bash.

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