Headshot

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Sniper 
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 Heavy
Headshot2.png
Boom. Headshot.
The Sniper

A headshot is a successful attack to the head of an enemy with a scoped shot from the Sniper Rifle, Bazaar Bargain, Sydney Sleeper, Machina, Hitman's Heatmaker, AWPer Hand, and Shooting Star, as well as a fully charged shot from the Classic (scoped or unscoped). A Huntsman/Fortified Compound arrow or an Ambassador bullet can also deal headshots. Headshots deal guaranteed Critical hits; unless a damage reducing effect is active, a fully charged headshot from the Sniper Rifle instantly kills any class regardless of overheal, except a Dead Ringer Spy, which requires a fully charged Machina headshot. The hitbox for the head of any class always remains centered on the Y-axis of rotation, no matter what the onscreen appearance may dictate.

In contrast, a bodyshot is a successful attack to any part of the enemy's body outside of the head, scoped or unscoped.

Killing an enemy with a headshot yields an extra half-point, for a total of 1.5 points per headshot kill. Scoring a lethal headshot with a Huntsman arrow yields an additional half-point, for a total of 2 points. Headshots with the Ambassador yield 2 points on the scoreboard.

Items related to headshot

List of items related to headshots
Primary Sniper Rifle AWPer Hand
  • Can only perform headshots after waiting 200 milliseconds while scoped in.
Sniper Rifle AWPer Hand
Machina Shooting Star
Machina Shooting Star
Bazaar Bargain Hitman's Heatmaker
Bazaar Bargain Hitman's Heatmaker
Huntsman Fortified Compound
Huntsman Fortified Compound
Classic
  • Can only perform headshots when fully charged.
Classic
Sydney Sleeper
Sydney Sleeper
Secondary Ambassador
  • Can only perform headshot when at full accuracy.
  • After every shot, the Ambassador is unable to deal headshots for 0.95 seconds.
  • Headshots beyond 1200 Hammer units deal normal damage instead of a critical hit.
Ambassador
Action Grappling Hook
  • Headshots with this item deal 2 damage, while regular hits only deal 1 damage.
Grappling Hook
Note

Related achievements

Achieved.png General achievements

Grey Matter
Grey Matter
Get 25 Headshots as a Sniper.


Leaderboard class sniper.png Sniper

Parting Shot
Parting Shot
Headshot an enemy player the moment his invulnerability wears off.


Socket to Him
Socket to Him
Headshot an enemy Demoman.
Self-destruct Sequence
Self-destruct Sequence
Headshot 10 enemy Snipers.


Leaderboard class spy.png Spy

Skullpluggery
Skullpluggery
While using the Ambassador, kill 20 Snipers with a headshot.
Who's Your Daddy?
Who's Your Daddy?
Headshot 3 Scouts with the Ambassador.

Kill icons

Unused kill icons

Update history

October 2, 2007 Patch

  • Fixed headshots not always registering for crouched players.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

  • Added headshot death animations.

Bugs

  • If a player is crit boosted (such as a Kritzkrieg Übercharge) and hits a headshot in circumstances that normally don't result in a headshot (such as a Classic shot that isn't fully charged), the kill icon still displays it as a headshot.

Trivia

  • There is a 25% chance that a player killed by a headshot will enter a special death animation[1] unique to that class.
    • Any sword or axe for the Demoman and Half-Zatoichi for the Soldier also has a 25% chance for players killed to enter the special death animation, since these weapons remove the enemy's head after a successful kill.

References