Description Tag

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She weighs one hundred fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar, custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute.
It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon... for twelve seconds.
The Heavy describing his Minigun

The Description Tag is a tool item. It is two name or address tags on a piece of yellow string.

Using this tool in conjunction with an item in the backpack allows the player to bestow a customized description of 80 or less characters. Doing so will consume the Description Tag and remove it from the player's backpack. Items with custom descriptions can be reverted to their original state only if they have also had a Name Tag used on them. This can be done in the backpack by clicking on the item in question and then clicking the Restore button. In doing so, however, the Description Tag will not be returned to the player.

Applying a custom description to an item will place quotation marks around the new description, and replace the default description if there is one. Any extra effects on the item (such as +25% max health) will be displayed below the new description, while the kill counter on any strange weapons will appear above the new description. Description Tags can still be used on an item which has already had a custom description applied.

If a Description Tag is used on a stock item, the item becomes a unique item and the player will subsequently find a new original one as an item drop. The newly described item will exist separate to the original stock item. The player can then choose which item to equip through the loadout menu. As of the Über Update, re-named or described Stock weapons can be used in crafting to make Scrap Metal.

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Example

Backpack Bushwacka.png
The Bushwacka
Level 5 Kukri
Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit
20% fire damage vulnerability on wearer
 
""Now THAT'S a Knife.""

Demonstration

Update history

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

December 2, 2010 Patch

December 23, 2011 Patch

February 14, 2011 Patch

July 23, 2012 Patch

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Notes

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