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{{Quotation|'''The Medic''', proclaiming his favorite holiday. |Oktoberfest!|sound=Medic_cheers06.wav}}
 
 
 
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{{Backpack item
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| style           = float: right; width: 350px; margin: 0.5em 0.5em 1em 1em;
| item-name = Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask
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| item-name       = Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask
| quality    = Unique
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| item-level      = 10
| item-level = Level 10 Holiday Hat<br />Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
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| item-kind        = {{item kind|Holiday Hat}}
| item-description = Brown paper never looked so mildly disturbing.
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| att-1-negative  = {{attribute|holiday restriction halloween or fullmoon}}
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| item-description = {{item description|Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask}}
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| item-flags      = {{attribute|AchievementItem}}
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Medic'''|Oktoberfest!|sound=Medic_cheers06.wav}}
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'''Holidays''' are special events in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', usually automatically set within the game to coincide with a cultural holiday, birthday celebration, or other commemorations. '''Holiday restrictions''' are sometimes placed on [[items]] to restrict players to only use or view them during a specific holiday period. Holiday-restricted [[cosmetic items]] and [[Noise Maker]]s can be equipped at any time, but they are not visible or cannot be used respectively outside of the holiday.
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Items with holiday restrictions have the restriction denoted in their attributes as "Holiday Restriction: [name]". The restricting of items was first implemented with the [[Haunted Hallowe'en Special]] Update in 2009.
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== Major holidays ==
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=== TF Birthday ===
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TF Birthday is an annual holiday that runs from August 23rd to 25th,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L307</ref> celebrating the original release of the ''[[Team Fortress]]'' mod. This holiday activates [[Birthday mode]], automatically grants the [[Party Hat]] and [[Noise Maker#TF Birthday|Noise Maker - TF Birthday]], and allows the Noise Maker - TF Birthday to be used. It was the first holiday introduced to ''Team Fortress 2'' in August 2009. The message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Happy Birthday TF!".<!--TF_Welcome_birthday-->
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The TF Birthday holiday can be manually enabled by servers setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|1}}. Birthday mode can also be enabled by setting {{code|tf_birthday}} to {{code|1}}.
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==== TF Birthday holiday dates ====
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{{TF Birthday dates}}
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==== Restricted items ====
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{|class="wikitable collapsible {{{state|uncollapsed}}}" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
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| style="background:#ffbd7e;" rowspan=2 | '''{{Class link|All classes|br=yes}}'''
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| style="background:#ffbd7e;" rowspan=2 | {{item name|Action items}}
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| class="gold" | {{icon item|Noise Maker - TF Birthday|64px}}
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|-
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| class="nameplate" | {{Item link|Noise Maker - TF Birthday}}
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|}
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=== Halloween ===
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Halloween is an annual holiday that runs from October 1st to November 8th,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L309</ref> enabling the use of Halloween and Full Moon restricted items and allowing the [[Soul Gargoyle]] to collect souls from killed players and objectives. The message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Happy Halloween!".<!--TF_Welcome_halloween-->
  
'''Holiday''' restrictions are used on [[items]] to enable players to equip them only for a specific holiday period. Holidays are special events in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', commonly coinciding with a cultural holiday or birthday celebration.
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Starting in October 2009, the Halloween holiday originally started a few days before [[w:Halloween|Halloween]], lasting a week or two into early November. Originally, Halloween items were obtained by picking up [[Haunted Halloween Gift]]s that spawned on [[Mann Manor]], [[Eyeaduct]], [[Ghost Fort]], and [[Helltower]]. In [[Scream Fortress 2015]] and [[Scream Fortress 2016]], these items were obtainable only by completing [[Merasmissions]]. From [[Scream Fortress 2017]] onward, these items can be obtained by opening [[Halloween Package]]s rewarded for completing [[Halloween Contracts]] (also called Merasmissions) that are activated alongside the seasonal update.
  
Items with holiday restrictions will have the restriction denoted in their attributes as "Holiday Restriction: [name]". The restricting of items was first implemented with the [[Haunted Halloween Special]] Update in 2009.  
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The Halloween holiday can be manually enabled by servers setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|2}}.
  
== Halloween ==  
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==== Halloween holiday dates ====
The first holiday introduced to ''Team Fortress 2'', the Halloween Holiday has historically taken place in the last two weeks of October and the first week of November. When the Halloween Holiday is in effect, [[Haunted Halloween Gift]]s will spawn on [[Mann Manor]] and [[Eyeaduct]].
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{{Halloween dates}}
  
=== Halloween Historical Dates ===
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==== {{anchor|Halloween restricted items|Halloween and Full Moon restricted items|Restricted items 2}} Restricted items ====
*2009: October 29 - November 9
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{{Halloween-Full Moon restricted items}}
*2010: October 27 - November 8
 
*2011: October 27 - November 6
 
  
==== Full Moon ====
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=== Smissmas ===
{{Main|Full Moon}}
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Smissmas is an annual holiday introduced in {{update link|Australian Christmas 2011}} that runs from December 1st to January 8th,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L311</ref> enabling use of the [[Noise Maker#Winter Holiday|Noise Maker - Winter Holiday]]. The message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Happy Holidays!".<!--TF_Welcome_christmas-->
The Full Moon restriction was introduced with the [[Very Scary Halloween Special|2011 Very Scary Halloween Special]]. All previous items that were restricted to just Halloween were updated to be equippable during both Halloween and Full Moon. The items will be available for use during [[Full Moon]]s according to a formula that closely approximates the lunar calendar.
 
  
=== Items restricted to Halloween and Full Moon ===
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The Smissmas holiday can be manually enabled by servers setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|3}}.
  
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
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==== Smissmas holiday dates ====
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{{Smissmas dates}}
| width="70px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|scout|br=yes}}'''
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Wrap Battler|75px}}
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==== {{anchor|Smissmas-restricted items|Restricted items 3}} Restricted items ====
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Wrap Battler]]'''
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{|class="wikitable collapsible {{{state|uncollapsed}}}" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
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| style="background:#ffbd7e;" rowspan=2 | '''{{Class link|All classes|br=yes}}'''
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|B-ankh!|75px}}
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| style="background:#ffbd7e;" rowspan=2 | {{item name|Action items}}
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[B-ankh!]]'''
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| class="gold" | {{icon item|Noise Maker - Winter Holiday|64px}}
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Futankhamun|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Futankhamun]]'''
 
|-
 
| width="70px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|soldier|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Idiot Box|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Idiot Box]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Steel Pipes|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Steel Pipes]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Shoestring Budget|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Shoestring Budget]]'''
 
|-
 
| width="70px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|pyro|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Blazing Bull|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Blazing Bull]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Fallen Angel|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Fallen Angel]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Tail From the Crypt|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Tail From the Crypt]]'''
 
|-
 
| width="70px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|demoman|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Hair of the Dog|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Hair of the Dog]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Scottish Snarl|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Scottish Snarl]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Pickled Paws|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Pickled Paws]]'''
 
|-
 
| width="70px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|heavy|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Can Opener|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Can Opener]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Soviet Stitch-Up|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Soviet Stitch-Up]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Steel-Toed Stompers|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Steel-Toed Stompers]]'''
 
|-
 
| width="70px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|engineer|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Buzz Killer|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Buzz Killer]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Frontier Flyboy|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Frontier Flyboy]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Legend of Bugfoot|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Legend of Bugfoot]]'''
 
|-
 
| style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|medic|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Einstein|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Einstein]]'''
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Dr. Gogglestache|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Dr. Gogglestache]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Emerald Jarate|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Emerald Jarate]]'''
 
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| width="70px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|sniper|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Holy Hunter|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Holy Hunter]]'''
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Silver Bullets|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Silver Bullets]]'''
 
|-
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Garlic Flank Stake|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Garlic Flank Stake]]'''
 
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| style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan="3" | '''{{Class link|spy|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Under Cover|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Under Cover]]'''
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Griffin's Gog|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Griffin's Gog]]'''
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Intangible Ascot|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Intangible Ascot]]'''
 
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| width="60px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan=5 | '''{{Class link|All Classes|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask]]'''
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Spy Mask|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Halloween Masks]]
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head]]
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Seal Mask|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Seal Mask]]
 
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| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|MONOCULUS!|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[MONOCULUS!]]
 
 
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| class="nameplate" | {{Item link|Noise Maker - Winter Holiday}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
== TF Birthday ==
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== Minor holidays ==
The TF [[Birthday]] celebrates the original release of the [[Team Fortress]] mod, and is activated on August 24th of every year. This Holiday can be enabled on other days on a per server basis by setting <code>tf_birthday 1</code> in the [[Dedicated server configuration|server.cfg]] file.
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* Between February 13th and 15th,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L315</ref> the message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Enjoy [[w:Valentine's Day|Valentine's Day]]!".<!--TF_Welcome_valentines--> This holiday can be manually enabled setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|6}}.
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* Between March 31st and April 2nd,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L325</ref> there is a chance players do the [[Schadenfreude]] instead of the default taunts and the message of the day is changed to "Welcome and [[w:April Fools' Day|April Fools]]!".<!--TF_Welcome_april_fools--> This holiday can be manually enabled setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|11}}.
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* Between April 12th and 14th,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L331</ref> the [[Tribute to Rick May|Soldier statue]] in [[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]] appears in most other Valve-made maps, as well as some community-created ones, in memory of [[Rick May]], the Soldier's original voice actor whom died in April of 2020. This holiday can be manually enabled setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|12}}.
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* During Summer update events, the main menu image is replaced with one of two team-colored [[Main menu#Other|grills]] for the duration of the event. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|13}}.
  
=== Restricted items ===
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== Internal holidays ==
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
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* Between June 26th and July 5th, 2012,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L317</ref> an internal holiday for the [[Pyromania Update]] ran. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|7}}.
| width="60px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan=3 | '''{{Class link|All Classes|br=yes}}'''
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* Between December 3rd, 2014 and January 5th, 2015,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L327</ref> an internal holiday for the [[End of the Line Update]] ran. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|4}}.
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Noise_Maker_-_TF_Birthday|75px}}
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* Between September 1st and November 5th, 2015,<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L329</ref> an internal holiday for the [[Invasion Community Update]] ran under the generic label of {{code|CommunityUpdate}}. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled by setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|5}}.
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Noise Maker - TF Birthday]]'''
 
|}
 
  
== Winter ==
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== Notes ==
The [[Australian Christmas 2011]] Update introduced the Winter holiday restriction.
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* The holiday restriction "Halloween" is only used by the [[Eerie Crate]], where it is purely cosmetic. Every other Halloween-restricted item in the game specifies "Halloween / Full Moon".
  
===Winter Historical Dates:===
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== Unused content ==
*2011: December 15th - December 31
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* There is an unused holiday combination, {{code|HalloweenOrFullMoonOrValentines}},<ref>game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L323</ref> which would enable the use of any items with the holiday restriction "Halloween / Full Moon / Valentine's Day". It can still be enabled setting {{code|tf_forced_holiday}} to {{code|10}}.
  
=== Restricted items ===
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== {{heading|References}} ==
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2" style="text-align:center;"
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<references/>
| width="60px" style="background:#F3A957;" rowspan=3 | '''{{Class link|All Classes|br=yes}}'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#F9D483;" | {{icon item|Noise_Maker_-_Winter_Holiday|75px}}
 
| style="background:#FEF5E0;" | '''[[Noise Maker - Winter Holiday]]'''
 
|}
 
  
 
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[[Category:Items]]

Latest revision as of 04:15, 24 August 2025

Backpack Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask.png

Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask
Level 10 Holiday Hat
Holiday Restriction: Halloween / Full Moon
Brown paper never looked so mildly disturbing.

( Achievement Item: Not Tradable or Marketable )

Oktoberfest!
The Medic

Holidays are special events in Team Fortress 2, usually automatically set within the game to coincide with a cultural holiday, birthday celebration, or other commemorations. Holiday restrictions are sometimes placed on items to restrict players to only use or view them during a specific holiday period. Holiday-restricted cosmetic items and Noise Makers can be equipped at any time, but they are not visible or cannot be used respectively outside of the holiday.

Items with holiday restrictions have the restriction denoted in their attributes as "Holiday Restriction: [name]". The restricting of items was first implemented with the Haunted Hallowe'en Special Update in 2009.

Major holidays

TF Birthday

TF Birthday is an annual holiday that runs from August 23rd to 25th,[1] celebrating the original release of the Team Fortress mod. This holiday activates Birthday mode, automatically grants the Party Hat and Noise Maker - TF Birthday, and allows the Noise Maker - TF Birthday to be used. It was the first holiday introduced to Team Fortress 2 in August 2009. The message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Happy Birthday TF!".

The TF Birthday holiday can be manually enabled by servers setting tf_forced_holiday to 1. Birthday mode can also be enabled by setting tf_birthday to 1.

TF Birthday holiday dates

Restricted items

Action items Noise Maker - TF Birthday
Noise Maker - TF Birthday

Halloween

Halloween is an annual holiday that runs from October 1st to November 8th,[2] enabling the use of Halloween and Full Moon restricted items and allowing the Soul Gargoyle to collect souls from killed players and objectives. The message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Happy Halloween!".

Starting in October 2009, the Halloween holiday originally started a few days before Halloween, lasting a week or two into early November. Originally, Halloween items were obtained by picking up Haunted Halloween Gifts that spawned on Mann Manor, Eyeaduct, Ghost Fort, and Helltower. In Scream Fortress 2015 and Scream Fortress 2016, these items were obtainable only by completing Merasmissions. From Scream Fortress 2017 onward, these items can be obtained by opening Halloween Packages rewarded for completing Halloween Contracts (also called Merasmissions) that are activated alongside the seasonal update.

The Halloween holiday can be manually enabled by servers setting tf_forced_holiday to 2.

Halloween holiday dates

Restricted items

Smissmas

Smissmas is an annual holiday introduced in Australian Christmas 2011 that runs from December 1st to January 8th,[3] enabling use of the Noise Maker - Winter Holiday. The message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Happy Holidays!".

The Smissmas holiday can be manually enabled by servers setting tf_forced_holiday to 3.

Smissmas holiday dates

Restricted items

Action items Noise Maker - Winter Holiday
Noise Maker - Winter Holiday

Minor holidays

  • Between February 13th and 15th,[4] the message of the day is changed to "Welcome and Enjoy Valentine's Day!". This holiday can be manually enabled setting tf_forced_holiday to 6.
  • Between March 31st and April 2nd,[5] there is a chance players do the Schadenfreude instead of the default taunts and the message of the day is changed to "Welcome and April Fools!". This holiday can be manually enabled setting tf_forced_holiday to 11.
  • Between April 12th and 14th,[6] the Soldier statue in Granary appears in most other Valve-made maps, as well as some community-created ones, in memory of Rick May, the Soldier's original voice actor whom died in April of 2020. This holiday can be manually enabled setting tf_forced_holiday to 12.
  • During Summer update events, the main menu image is replaced with one of two team-colored grills for the duration of the event. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled setting tf_forced_holiday to 13.

Internal holidays

  • Between June 26th and July 5th, 2012,[7] an internal holiday for the Pyromania Update ran. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled setting tf_forced_holiday to 7.
  • Between December 3rd, 2014 and January 5th, 2015,[8] an internal holiday for the End of the Line Update ran. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled setting tf_forced_holiday to 4.
  • Between September 1st and November 5th, 2015,[9] an internal holiday for the Invasion Community Update ran under the generic label of CommunityUpdate. Though otherwise functionless, this holiday can be manually enabled by setting tf_forced_holiday to 5.

Notes

  • The holiday restriction "Halloween" is only used by the Eerie Crate, where it is purely cosmetic. Every other Halloween-restricted item in the game specifies "Halloween / Full Moon".

Unused content

  • There is an unused holiday combination, HalloweenOrFullMoonOrValentines,[10] which would enable the use of any items with the holiday restriction "Halloween / Full Moon / Valentine's Day". It can still be enabled setting tf_forced_holiday to 10.

References

  1. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L307
  2. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L309
  3. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L311
  4. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L315
  5. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L325
  6. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L331
  7. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L317
  8. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L327
  9. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L329
  10. game\shared\econ\econ_holiday.cpp:L323