Rescue Ranger
| Rescue Ranger | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Engineer |
| Slot: | Primary |
| Contributed by: | Commie |
| Released: | December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update) |
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #77 (Strange), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 4 |
| Ammo carried: | 16 |
| Reload type: | Single |
| Available Qualities | |
| Loadout Stats | |
 The Rescue Ranger |
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The Rescue Ranger is a community-created primary weapon for the Engineer. It resembles the normal Shotgun, but with a different style magazine tube and barrel (which is not sawed off) and a small, permanently turned on monitor showing a moving sine wave where a scope is typically found. The monitor is connected to an either yellow or orange box at the end of the barrel with a team-colored light on its end.
While the Rescue Ranger is the Engineer's active weapon, it is able to pick up any of his buildings that are in his direct line of sight from a range, at the cost of 100 Metal. Hauling a building in this way immediately teleports the building into the Engineer's possession with a team-colored flash, and leaves a tracer beam that temporarily notifies others of the user's location. The weapon also fires unique bolts instead of bullets, which repair 60 health to friendly buildings that cost metal at a 4:1 (health:metal) ratio (in effect, healing 4 health consumes 1 unit of metal). Note that these shots only repair the building, and do not restock ammo, apply upgrades, or damage attached enemy Sappers.
As the downside to these perks, the weapon carries much less ammo than its stock counterpart, with only a capacity of 4 and a reserve stock of 16. In addition, possessing the Rescue Ranger means the Engineer becomes marked for death whenever he hauls a building, causing him to take mini-crits from any incoming damage, for as long as he hauls the building and for a few seconds after redeploying it. This effect applies whether the building was picked up via the Rescue Ranger's ability or not.
The Rescue Ranger has an added cosmetic effect; enemies killed with a bolt, if near a map object, are pinned to it via the bolt. The bolts can also clash with hostile projectiles or throwable items.
As with most projectiles, the Rescue Ranger's bolts can be reflected by the Pyro's compression blast. Reflected bolts deal regular damage to enemy buildings, but cannot repair friendly buildings, and simply have no effect.
The Rescue Ranger was contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Shot type | Projectile | |
| Damage type | Bullet | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 60 |
| Base damage | 100% | 40 |
| Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 21 |
| Point blank | 60 | |
| Medium range | 27 | |
| Long range | 21 | |
| Critical | 120 | |
| Mini-crit | 54-81 | |
| 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
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Strange variant
Related achievements
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Update history
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- The Rescue Ranger was added to the game.
- Fixed Rescue Ranger bolts using incorrect hit boxes.
- Fixed missing text in the recipe description for the Rescue Ranger.
- Updated the Rescue Ranger so it can be used as a crafting ingredient.
- Changed attributes:
- Increased in damage per bolt by 14%.
- Increased building healing from 50 to 75 per bolt.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- [Undocumented] Fixed crit boosted glow not showing.
- Updated the Rescue Ranger so players no longer block its ability to pick-up buildings from a distance.
- Fixed the Rescue Ranger being able pick-up buildings through walls.
[Unknown Date]
- Fixed Rescue Ranger bolts dealing headshot damage when reflected.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Changed attribute:
- Decreased cost of long range building pick up from 130 metal to 100 metal
- Rescue Ranger bolts now properly heal friendly Combat Mini-Sentry Guns.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Changed attribute:
- Healing per bolt reduced from 75 to 60.
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Ranged repairs now consume metal at a 4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio (previously consumed no metal).
- [Undocumented] Changed weapon description.
- Fixed the Rescue Ranger not drawing its attached screen properly.
- Fixed the Rescue Ranger not counting towards the Engineer achievement "Texas Two-Step".
December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)
- Added Festivized variant.
- Fixed missing display attribute for the Rescue Ranger (client display issue only).
Unused content
- There is a set of unused sounds for this weapon associated with buildings teleporting and some kind of charging.
- Some of the sounds are named
rescue_ranger_teleport_send_01andrescue_ranger_teleport_receive_01, which hint that this weapon could have been able to both pick up buildings from a distance and place them from a distance.
- Some of the sounds are named
- Unused text and an unused attribute suggests that this weapon initially did not allowed users to freely teleport their buildings as long they had metal, instead it required the user to deal damage to fill up "Rescue Energy" before they could teleport their own buildings.
- The string for the text in the language files is
TF_Rescueand contains the textENERGYwhile the attribute's description isGenerate building rescue energy on damage.
- The string for the text in the language files is
Bugs
- The Engineer achievement Circle the Wagons cannot be earned with the Rescue Ranger, despite it being able to repair friendly buildings.
- Reflected bolts from Pyros do not heal buildings.
- Bolts appear to repair redeployed buildings even when they cannot yet be repaired due to not having finished reconstruction.
- If the Engineer picks up a building when a Spy just sapped that building, the Engineer successfully packs it up, however, before placing the building, the Sapper model appears on the blueprint and constantly damages the building, but since it is impossible to damage the building while hauled, the building health keeps regenerating as well. If the player deploys the building, the Sapper cannot be destroyed, but the building still works normally.
- Rescue Ranger kills count as Sentry Gun kills in Engineer contracts.
- The bolts' particle effect appear at the back of the weapon instead of the shotgun's tip.
Trivia
- The amplitude of the sine wave in the monitor is based on the user's Metal count: having full Metal causes the wave to be at maximum height, while lacking enough Metal to long-range haul a building makes it significantly flatter and having no Metal renders the wave almost completely flat.
- The effect is done using a dedicated material proxy.
- The Rescue Ranger is a left-handed shotgun (as shown by the ejection port being visible on the left hand side of the gun), despite this Engineer holds it right-handed. A right-handed shotgun has the ejection port on its right side to prevent ejected shells from striking the user.
Gallery
BLU variant of the weapon.
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 Festivized variant.
BLU Festivized variant.
RED Festivized variant with the Gunslinger equipped.
BLU Festivized variant with the Gunslinger equipped.
RED projectile.
BLU projectile.
Destroyed projectile.
Flat view of the scope.
Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Rescue Ranger.
See also
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| Weapons | ||||||||||
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| Slot 1 | stock | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | Revolver |
| unlock | Force-A-Nature | Direct Hit | Backburner | — | Natascha | Frontier Justice | Blutsauger | Huntsman | Ambassador | |
| craft/Drop | Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter |
Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike |
Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower |
Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber |
Brass Beast Tomislav |
Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack |
Crusader's Crossbow Overdose |
Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Hitman's Heatmaker Classic |
L'Etranger Enforcer | |
| promotion | — | Original | Nostromo Napalmer | — | Iron Curtain Huo-Long Heater |
Widowmaker | — | Machina AWPer Hand Fortified Compound |
Big Kill Diamondback | |
| Uncrate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shooting Star | — | |
| Contract | — | — | Dragon's Fury | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Slot 2 | stock | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | SMG | Sapper |
| unlock | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Buff Banner | Flare Gun | Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance |
Sandvich | Wrangler | Kritzkrieg | Jarate Razorback |
— | |
| craft/Drop | Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol |
Gunboats Battalion's Backup Mantreads Reserve Shooter B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack |
Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack |
Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher |
Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Family Business Panic Attack |
— | Quick-Fix Vaccinator |
Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine |
— | |
| promotion | Lugermorph Flying Guillotine |
Concheror Righteous Bison |
— | — | Fishcake Robo-Sandvich |
Lugermorph Short Circuit |
— | — | Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap | |
| Uncrate | Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R |
— | — | — | — | Giger Counter C.A.P.P.E.R |
— | Self-Aware Beauty Mark | Snack Attack | |
| Contract | — | — | Gas Passer Thermal Thruster |
— | Second Banana | — | — | — | — | |
| Melee | stock | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife |
| unlock | Sandman Necro Smasher |
Equalizer Necro Smasher |
Axtinguisher Necro Smasher |
Eyelander Necro Smasher |
Killing Gloves of Boxing Necro Smasher |
Gunslinger Necro Smasher |
Übersaw Necro Smasher |
Necro Smasher | — | |
| craft/Drop | Holy Mackerel Candy Cane Boston Basher Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Bat Outta Hell |
Homewrecker Powerjack Back Scratcher Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Scottish Handshake Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Gloves of Running Urgently Warrior's Spirit Fists of Steel Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Holiday Punch Bat Outta Hell |
Southern Hospitality Jag Eureka Effect |
Vita-Saw Amputator Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Your Eternal Reward Big Earner Wanga Prick Spy-cicle | |
| promotion | Frying Pan Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Apoco-Fists Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Prinny Machete | Frying Pan Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Frying Pan Freedom Staff Ham Shank Prinny Machete |
Conniver's Kunai Sharp Dresser Black Rose Prinny Machete | |
| Distributed | Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Golden Wrench Saxxy Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Golden Frying Pan | |
| Uncrate | Crossing Guard Batsaber |
Crossing Guard | Crossing Guard | Crossing Guard | Bread Bite Crossing Guard |
— | Crossing Guard | Crossing Guard | — | |
| Contract | — | — | Hot Hand | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | Grand Slam (Sandman/Atomizer) |
Grenade (Equalizer/Escape Plan) |
Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare Gun/Detonator/Reserve Shooter/Manmelter/Panic Attack/Gas Passer/Hot Hand) Armageddon (Rainblower) Execution (Scorch Shot) Gas Blast (Thermal Thruster) |
Barbarian Swing (Eyelander/HHHH/Claidheamh Mòr/Half-Zatoichi/Persian Persuader/Nessie's Nine Iron) |
High Noon (Fists/Saxxy/Apoco-Fists/Holiday Punch) |
Guitar Smash (Frontier Justice) Arm Blender (Gunslinger) |
Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Uberslice (Übersaw) Medicating Melody (Amputator) |
Arrow Stab (Huntsman/Fortified Compound) |
Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose/Golden Frying Pan) |
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