Jag
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The Jag is a community-made melee weapon for the Engineer. It is a combination monkey and pipe wrench or a combination pipe and nut wrench, with a brown taped grip.
This weapon speeds up the construction of any building, whether on initial setup or redeployment, upon being struck by the Engineer. As a downside, the weapon also has a 25% damage reduction, making this wrench less suitable for Engineers who frequently attack with their melee weapon.
The Jag's construction speed bonus when hitting a building means that an Engineer can deploy a Sentry Gun 0.75 seconds faster, or a Dispenser 1.5 seconds faster, when compared to buildings being struck by the stock Wrench. The Jag's 30% increase in construction rate adds onto the 90% increase in construction rate that is applied when hitting a building with the stock Wrench, so hitting a building with the Jag increases the building's construction rate by 120%. As a result, the construction rate of any building being hit by the Jag is only increased by 15.79%, not 30%.
Switching from this weapon to a different melee weapon will destroy all existing buildings.
The kill icon for the Jag was contributed by [HoV] Psyke.
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Damage and function times
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| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 49 |
| Point blank | 41-56 | |
| Critical hit | 146 | |
| Mini-crit | 56-76 | |
| Damage repaired per hit | 105 | |
| Upgrade amount per hit | 25 | |
| Metal cost per repairing hit | 1 + damage / 5 | |
| Metal cost for reloading ammo | 1 / bullet 2 / rocket salvo |
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| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
| Scrap Metal | Southern Hospitality | Jag | ||
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| Class Token - Engineer | Slot Token - Melee | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | ||||||||||||
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As a crafting ingredient
| Reclaimed Metal | Jag | Eureka Effect | ||
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Strange variant
| Strange Variant Information | |
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Strange Jag Strange Wrench - Sentry Kills: 0 (Kills: 0) 30% faster construction rate -25% damage penalty Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank. | Any strange parts added to this weapon will only count actions with the wrench itself, not any built sentry guns. |
Related achievements
Engineer
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Update history
- [Undocumented] Materials for the Jag were added to the game.
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- The Jag was added to the game.
- The item was added to the Mann Co. Store, made craftable, and included in random drops.
- Updated the material for the Jag. (The texture was updated)
- The Jag was given a unique kill icon.
- Made the Jag gift wrappable.
- Engineers who hit teammate Sentry Guns with their Wrench now get kill assists from that Sentry Gun.
- Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- [Undocumented] Crafting cost for the weapon was reduced from two Scrap Metals + Southern Hospitality to one Scrap Metal + Southern Hospitality.
- [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "-25% damage done" to "-25% damage penalty".
- [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.
- Fixed some cases where strange wrenches would fail to correctly count kills.
- [Undocumented] This item was added to the crafting blueprint for the Eureka Effect.
Bugs
- In certain instances, the weapon will not remove the Sapper at the other end of a Teleporter.
- The Jag's kill icon displays it upside down.
Trivia
- A Jag, or cleaning Jag, is a tool used to clean firearms and thereby improve their efficiency.
- The Jag was first found fully textured in the Team Fortress 2 game files after the Mann-Conomy Update, and was displayed in the Steam Update image for the Mann-Conomy Update. According to Robin Walker in an email to community author Jman, the Jag was originally intended to be a part of the Engineer Update, and was eventually cut when Valve couldn't figure out attributes for it. The Jag was later added to the game as part of the Australian Christmas update.
- The Jag was submitted as part of Jman's submission into the Polycount Pack contest, the Jag Pack.
- The Jag's animations use the prefix
pdq_. The P.D.Q. was a new Wrench tested in the closed beta that also increased the construction rate for buildings.
Gallery
See also
| Weapons | ||||||||||
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| Slot 1 | stock | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | — |
| unlock | Force-A-Nature | Direct Hit | Backburner | — | Natascha | Frontier Justice | Blutsauger | Huntsman | — | |
| craft | Shortstop Soda Popper | Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original | Degreaser Phlogistinator | Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger | Brass Beast Tomislav | Widowmaker Pomson 6000 | Crusader's Crossbow Overdose | Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina | — | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | Iron Curtain | — | — | — | — | |
| Slot 2 | stock | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | Submachine Gun | Revolver |
| unlock | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Buff Banner | Flare Gun | Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance | Sandvich | Wrangler | Kritzkrieg | Jarate Razorback | Ambassador | |
| craft | Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger | Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison | Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter | Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen | Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Family Business | Short Circuit | Quick-Fix | Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper | L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback | |
| promotion | Lugermorph | — | — | — | Fishcake | Lugermorph | — | — | Big Kill | |
| Melee | stock | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife |
| unlock | Sandman | Equalizer | Axtinguisher | Eyelander | Killing Gloves of Boxing | Gunslinger | Übersaw | — | — | |
| craft | Holy Mackerel Candy Cane Boston Basher Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin | Pain Train Half-Zatoichi Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector | Homewrecker Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree | Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Ullapool Caber Claidheamh Mòr Half-Zatoichi Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Scottish Handshake Conscientious Objector | Gloves of Running Urgently Warrior's Spirit Fists of Steel Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch | Southern Hospitality Jag Eureka Effect | Vita-Saw Amputator Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector | Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Shahanshah Conscientious Objector | Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle | |
| promotion | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Golden Wrench Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Frying Pan Saxxy | Saxxy Black Rose | |
| PDA | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Build Tool | — | — | Disguise Kit |
| PDA 2 | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Demolish Tool | — | — | Invisibility Watch |
| unlock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer | |
| promotion | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Enthusiast's Timepiece | |
| Building | stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sapper |
| Taunt | various | Home Run (Sandman/Atomizer) | Kamikaze (Equalizer) | Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare Gun/Detonator/Reserve Shooter) Mmmph (Phlogistinator) | Decapitation (Eyelander/HHHH/Claidheamh Mòr/Half-Zatoichi/Persian Persuader/Nessie's Nine Iron) | Showdown (Fists/Saxxy/Apoco-Fists/Holiday Punch) | Dischord (Frontier Justice) Organ Grinder (Gunslinger) Eureka Effect Taunt (Eureka Effect) | Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Medicating Melody (Amputator) Spinal Tap (Übersaw) | Skewer (Huntsman) | Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose) |
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