Hats
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| “ | "Throughout history, men have worn hats as a way of showing how much better they are than other men. “I buy hats,” a behatted man seems to say. “I am better than you.”
In wartime, hats were a useful way of conferring rank, and ensuring that casualties were confined to the lower classes — Hats: The Ultimate Status Symbol.[1]
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Hats (or Headwear) are items of equipment with their own 'head' section in the loadout screen. They have no effect on gameplay and exist for cosmetic purposes. Most available hats are unlocked at random during in-game playtime, with a notably rarer drop rate and higher crafting cost than unlockable weapons. As such, they tend to be highly sought after.
In total, there are 53 unlockable hats as well as 3 unlockable 'hatless' models. These 'hatless' hats, available only for the Scout, Engineer and Sniper remove the player's standard hat and display their hair (or lack thereof) underneath. While most hats are class-specific, a number of hats exist which can be equipped by any class.
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A Brief History of Hats
The first nine hats are introduced into the game, announced at the end of the update as an added surprise bonus.
The next set of hats is patched into the game, including 18 new hats and three 'hatless' models, (with a noticably higher polygon count than the first hat generation.)
September 2, 2009
Since the release of the first hats, third-party programs emerge which simulate a normal game server in which players can "idle", thus increasing their playing time and their chances of receiving a hat. Valve takes a stance against this and implements a policy against the use of all external idling applications, and removing items and hats obtained via them.[2] The players who did not use such programs were awarded with the first special all-class hat, the Cheater's lament.
The Halloween event update saw the release of two more special, all-class hats; the Ghastly Gibus, and the Mildly disturbing Halloween mask. The Gibus was first announced on the Team Fortress 2 Blog and was offered to the first 10,319 users to access a hidden web page. The hat was subsequently made available to all, along with the Halloween mask by obtaining special Halloween achievements. The Gibus can still be worn by players today, however, the Halloween mask was limited to the event only and cannot be worn except during the appropriate event.
November 2, 2009
Bill's hat is added, another special, all-class hat, given to all players who pre-ordered the Valve game Left 4 Dead 2.
Three new hats are added: The Towering pillar of hats, the Noble amassment of hats, and the Modest pile of hat. Special versions of these hats are awarded to the three winners of the Propaganda fanart contest, with first, second, and third placed ribbons attached.
The first set of community hats from Valve's Contribute! site are patched in.
All players who bought Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse within the first week of its release were rewarded with a special hat, Max's Severed Head, which is wearable by all nine classes.
The second set of community hats from Valve's Contribute! site are patched in.
The "Parasite Hat" was patched in to celebrate the release of Alien Swarm. Getting the Alien Swarm "Hat Trick" achievement allows you to use the hat in Team Fortress 2.
List of Hats
Crafting
Blueprints
| Blueprint | Requires | Produces |
|---|---|---|
| Fabricate Headgear | 3 Refined Metal | 1 Random Headgear |
| Fabricate Class Headgear | 4 Refined Metal + 1 Class Token | 1 Class Headgear |
| Rebuild Headgear | 2 Headgear | 1 Random Headgear |
Cost summary table
| Item | Total crafting cost | Smelt value |
|---|---|---|
| Random Headgear | 2 headgear or 2 misc (Camera Beard, Physician's Procedural Mask, Whiskered Gentleman) or 54 weapons = 27 Scrap Metal = 9 Reclaimed Metal = 3 Refined Metal | 54 weapons |
| Class-specific Headgear | 72 weapons = (36 Scrap metal = 12 Reclaimed Metal = 4 Refined Metal) + 3 weapons (1 Class Token) | 75 weapons |
Note: Both hats and Miscellaneous items are considered headgear for crafting purposes.
Note: Event hats and other hats of limited availability do not count toward the Rebuild Headgear recipe. These include Bill's hat, the Ghastly gibus, the Mildly disturbing Halloween mask, the Cheater's lament, Max's severed head and the Apple earbuds.
Trivia
- Sam's hat, resembling the eponymous character's hat from the Sam & Max series, was to have been included with Max's severed head, the Lugermorph, and the Big kill as part of the week-long cross promotion for purchasing Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse via Steam. It was eventually cut from the game because the modelling team had trouble getting the hat to properly fit each class, though team-specific textures remain in the game files.
- Currently, the only hat that can be specifically crafted and reliably acquired is the Bonk helm, made by crafting together two Bonk! Atomic Punches and a Batter's helmet.
- Coincidentally, both former hats that are now miscellaneous items are fake facial hair.
See also
References
External links
- Interview: Valve's Robin Walker on Item Drops and the Future of Team Fortress 2
- Sniper vs. Spy Update Bonus Day
- Classless Update- Official Hat Announcement.
- Classless Update- An Editorial Cartoon of Some Insighte
- Classless Update- Barbary
- TF2 Official Blog- Incoming!
- TF2 Official Blog- Nice goin', pardner
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