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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 (hence the famous command of “Don't fire till you see the tops of their heads” at the Battle of Bunker Hill by William Prescott, a general renowned for only shooting enemy combatants who were poor). During peacetime, hats have been instrumental for men to let the non-hatted know just who is wearing the hat around here.

Hats, or headwear, are items that can be equipped in the head slot of the loadout screen. Valve introduced the first set of nine hats with the Sniper vs. Spy Update update on May 21, 2009 Patch, with one hat for each class. The nine hats introduced were the Batter's Helmet, Soldier's Stash, Pyro's Beanie, Demoman's Fro, Football Helmet, Mining Light, Prussian Pickelhaube, Trophy Belt, and Fancy Fedora. Several updates have since added additional hats, including those designed by members of the Team Fortress 2 community through the Steam Workshop or the former contribution page on the TF2 Official Website.

There is currently a total of 235 hats (excluding the 120 Miscellaneous items). 106 can be obtained in Vintage quality, 64 can be obtained in Genuine quality (see item quality distribution), and 182 of the hats can be painted 29 colors using different varieties of Paint Cans.

While most hats can be obtained through crafting, the item drop system, or bought from the Mann Co. Store, some hats are only available to players via other means. Multiple hats can only be obtained by completing in-game achievements. Other hats have been added as promotions for various Steam games and events in the Steam Store. While it is possible to obtain most of these hats via trading with other players, there is no option to buy these hats from the Mann Co. Store (aside from those released with Total War: SHOGUN 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and the QUAKECON Pack). Only players with the premium account type can receive hats randomly through the item drop system.

With the release of the Mann-Conomy Update, Unusual quality versions of hats have a 1% chance of being "uncrated" when the player opens a Mann Co. Supply Crate. These hats function in exactly the same way as Unique hats except for the addition of 1 of 26 unusual particle effects, chosen at random when the hat is obtained.

Hats are purely cosmetic with the exception of those which are part of the Polycount Pack, which provide bonuses when worn with their associated item sets. Additionally, the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head and the Saxton Hale Mask make the wearer immune to the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Boo taunt.

Contents

List of hats

All classes

Crafting

See Headgear recipes in Crafting.

Paint

Main articles: Paint Can, List of paintable items

Update history

A mock magazine, Hat-Wearing Man, appeared at the end of the Sniper vs. Spy Update announcing the first hats as a bonus.
May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

September 2, 2009 Patch

October 29, 2009 Patch (Haunted Halloween Special)

November 2, 2009 Patch

January 27, 2010 Patch

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

April 15, 2010 Patch

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

July 19, 2010 Patch

August 25, 2010 Patch

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

November 3, 2010 Patch

December 2, 2010 Patch

December 7, 2010 Patch

December 13, 2010 Patch

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

December 21, 2010 Patch

December 22, 2010 Patch

  • The "Fabricate Class Headgear" recipe no longer has a chance of creating all-class hats.
  • Made the Blighted Beak a misc slot item.

January 24, 2011 Patch

February 28, 2011 Patch

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

March 23, 2011 Patch (Japan Charity Bundle)

April 5, 2011 Patch

April 7, 2011 Patch (Third Community Contribution Update)

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

April 20, 2011 Patch

April 28, 2011 Patch

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

May 31, 2011 Patch

June 3, 2011 Patch

June 10, 2011 Patch

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

July 1, 2011 Patch (Summer Camp Sale)

July 20, 2011 Patch

July 29, 2011 Patch

August 2, 2011 Patch

August 3, 2011 Patch

August 9, 2011 Patch

August 18, 2011 Patch

August 23, 2011 Patch

August 30, 2011 Patch

September 15, 2011 Patch

October 13, 2011 Patch

October 17, 2011 Patch

October 18, 2011 Patch

October 25, 2011 Patch

October 27, 2011 Patch

November 2, 2011 Patch

  • Added a Robot taunt for the Soldier which plays when wearing the Tin Soldier set.

November 16, 2011 Patch

November 23, 2011 Patch

November 29, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Fixed certain all-class hats not showing up until the player touches a resupply cabinet.
  • [Undocumented] Fixed the Capo's Capper backpack icon not being consistent between out of game backpack viewers and in-game.

December 9, 2011 Patch

December 15, 2011 Patch

December 21, 2011 Patch

December 23, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added "glasses" equip region to the Brain Bucket.
  • [Undocumented] Removed Scout's headset when equipped with the Brown Bomber.

January 11, 2012 Patch

  • Added The Lucky Shot helmet.
  • Added Mask of the Shaman to the item drop list.
  • Updated the Desert Marauder and the Villain's Veil so they can be equipped together.
  • Ellis' Cap can now be used as a crafting reagent.
  • [Undocumented] The Killer Exclusive is now craftable.
  • [Undocumented] Bill's Hat can now be used as a crafting ingredient.

January 17, 2012 Patch

February 2, 2012 Patch

March 28, 2012 Patch

April 17, 2012 Patch

April 18, 2012 Patch

Hat release dates

Main article: Item timeline

Trivia

See also

References

  1. "The Mac Update!", Teamfortress.com, June 10, 2010
  2. "History", Teamfortress.com, retrieved Feb. 13, 2012

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