Engineer

Engineer
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Defensive
Health:	125 /185 (See Health below for further details)
Speed:	100% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Engineer

“

Hey look, buddy. I'm an engineer — that means I solve problems. Not problems like 'What is beauty?' because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems. Click to listen — The Engineer on his profession

”

The Engineer is a soft-spoken, amiable Texan from Bee Cave, Texas, USA with an interest in all mechanical things. He specializes in constructing and maintaining Buildings that provide support to his team, rather than fighting at the front lines, making him the most suitable for defense. The Engineer's various gadgets include the Sentry Gun, an automated turret that fires at any enemy in range, the Dispenser, a device that restores the health and ammunition of nearby teammates, and Teleporters that quickly transport players from point A to point B.

Because the Engineer's ingenious devices are under constant threat from explosives and devious enemy Spies, a good Engineer must keep his gear under a watchful eye and under repair with his Wrench at all times. When the Engineer needs to get his hands dirty, his trio of generic yet capable weapons, along with the assistance of his helpful hardware, make him more than capable of holding his own in a fight. If need be, the Engineer can even pick up and haul constructed buildings to redeploy them in more favorable locations. While usually viewed as a defensive class, the Engineer has a selection of high-tech weapons that allow him to destroy projectiles or to build faster-deploying, less damaging Sentry Guns, which give him great utility at the front lines too. His Teleporters are also a key point to both the offensive and defensive team's success, allowing slower, heavier classes to reach the front-lines quicker.

The Engineer is voiced by Grant Goodeve in the game, and by Nolan North in the short film Expiration Date.

Bio

Name: Dell Conagher Location of origin: Bee Cave, Texas, USA Job: Area Denial Motto: "I like to make things". Favourite equation: Emblems:    Description: This amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy from tiny Bee Cave, Texas loves barbeque, guns, and higher education. Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.

Health

Main articles: Health, Overheal

Class	Health	Overheal	Quick-Fix Overheal
Engineer	125	185	158
With the Gunslinger equipped	150	225	189

Speed

Main article: Speed

Condition	Normal	Backward	Crouched	Swimming
Engineer	100 %	90 %	33 %	80 %
Hauling a building	90 %	81 %	30 %	72 %

Basic strategy

Main articles: Engineer tips, Basic Engineer strategy, Community Engineer strategy

• Use the construction PDA to construct Sentry Guns, Dispensers, and Teleporters in places that are beneficial to your team.
• You need metal to build, repair, and upgrade your Buildings. Collect fallen ammo boxes or remains of buildings to get more metal.
• Hit your Sentry Gun with your Wrench to upgrade it with metal. Each level adds more health and firepower.
• Build Dispensers to provide your teammates with health and ammo. They also generate metal for you to use.
• Build Teleporters to help your team get to key locations with ease.
• Keep an eye out for enemy Spies attaching Sappers to your Buildings. Use your Wrench to remove Sappers.
• Press E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]
Unlock Frontier Justice		3	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]	Stores 2 guaranteed critical shots for every Sentry Gun kill.  Stores 1 guaranteed critical shot for every Sentry Gun kill assist.  Stored critical shots (up to 35) are granted only upon Sentry Gun destruction/demolition.  Has half the normal clip size.  No random Critical hits.  Revenge crits are lost on death.
Promotional / Craft Widowmaker		∞ / 6	6	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]	On hit: damage dealt is returned as ammo.  +10% damage to the same target as your sentry.  No reload necessary.  Uses metal as ammo.  Per Shot: -30 metal.
Craft Pomson 6000		4	∞	Base: 60 Crit: 180	Shoots an electric projectile instead of shotgun pellets.  Does not require ammo (replaced with an ammo meter).  Projectile cannot be deflected.  On Hit: Victim loses up to 10% Medigun charge.  On Hit: Victim loses up to 20% cloak.  Deals only 20% damage to buildings.  Has a 33% smaller clip size.
Craft Rescue Ranger		4	16	Base: 40 Crit: 120	Alt-Fire: Use 100 metal to pick up buildings from long range.  Fires a special bolt that can repair friendly buildings.  -34% clip size.  -50% max primary ammo on wearer.  Self mark for death on building pick up, and a few seconds after redeployment.  4-to-1 health-to-metal ratio when repairing buildings.
Craft Panic Attack		6	32	Base: 72 Crit: 216 [4.8 damage × 15 pellets]	+50% bullets per shot.  +50% faster weapon deploy time.  Fires a fixed shot pattern.  -20% damage penalty.  Successive shots become less accurate.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Pistol		12	200	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]
Promotional Lugermorph
Uncrate C.A.P.P.E.R					Killed enemies suffer a distinctive death by incineration.
Unlock Wrangler		N/A	N/A	N/A	Enables manual control of own Sentry Gun.  The Sentry Gun gains double firing rate and a laser pointer to assist in aiming.  The Sentry Gun gains a shield which blocks 66% of incoming damage.  Ammo and repair given to the Sentry Gun is reduced by 66% while shield is active.  Upon switching to another weapon or death, the Sentry Gun remains shielded but deactivated for 3 seconds.
Uncrate Giger Counter
Promotional / Craft Short Circuit		5	200	Base: 10 Crit: N/A	No reload necessary.  Uses metal as ammo.  Per Shot: –5 metal.  No random critical hits.  Cannot pick up buildings when active.  Cannot be crit-boosted.  -93% damage to enemy buildings.  Alt-Fire:  Launches a projectile-consuming energy ball.  -65 metal per shot

Melee

Note that all the Engineer's melee weapons are capable of building, repairing and upgrading buildings, as well as removing Sappers.

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Wrench		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Unlock Necro Smasher
Promotional Prinny Machete
Distributed Golden Wrench					Limited item from the Engineer Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Gunslinger		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Replaces standard Sentry Gun with Combat Mini-Sentry Gun. Compared to a level one Sentry:  Build speed increased by 150%.  Metal cost is reduced by 23% (total cost of 100 metal).  +35% faster rotation.  +50% faster firing speed.  -33% health.  -50% damage.  For more information, go here.  Increases maximum health by 25 points.  Guarantees a Critical hit on a third consecutive punch.  No random Critical hits.
Craft Southern Hospitality		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195 Bleeding: 8 / sec. × 5 secs.	On hit: causes opponent to bleed for 5 seconds.  +20% fire vulnerability.  No random Critical hits.
Craft Jag		N/A	N/A	Base: 49 Crit: 146	Construction hit speed boost increased by 30%.  +15% faster firing speed.  -20% slower repair rate.  –25% damage penalty.  –33% damage penalty vs buildings.
Craft Eureka Effect		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Press reload key to either teleport to your spawn area or teleporter exit.  -50% metal cost when constructing or upgrading teleporters.  Construction hit speed boost decreased by 50%.  20% less metal from Dispensers and Pickups.

PDA

Weapon	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Construction PDA	Allows the player to place the Sentry, Dispenser, and both Teleporters in the world.
Stock Destruction PDA	Allows the player to destroy his Sentry, Dispenser, and both Teleporters.

Taunt attacks

	Associated item	Description	Kill icon
	Frontier Justice	Main article: Guitar Smash The Engineer takes out his trusty guitar, plays a chord, and then smashes the area in front of him with it. (Smash sound 1) (Smash sound 2) (Smash sound 3)

	Associated item	Description	Kill icon
	Gunslinger	Main article: Arm Blender The Engineer pulls the cord of his Gunslinger, thereby making it spin, and thrusts it forward. Upon being hit, the enemy player is stunned and takes slight damage, and then is gibbed.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Brundle Bundle
	Buzz Killer Frontier Flyboy Legend of Bugfoot
Effect	Engineer's vocalizations are 145% higher pitch.

Dr. Grordbort's Brainiac Pack
	Pomson 6000 Eureka Effect Brainiac Goggles Brainiac Hairpiece
Effect	No effect

The Texas Tech-hand
	Level Three Chin Egghead's Overalls Lonesome Loafers
Effect	No effect

The Builder's Basics Kit
	Tools of the Trade Joe-on-the-Go
Effect	No effect

Buildings

Main article: Buildings

Image	Building	Level	Cost	Health	Damage Per Second/Replenish/Recharge
Slot one	Sentry Gun	One	130	150	Average damage per second (bullets): 71-84 No rockets
		Two	330	180	Average damage per second (bullets): 119-141 No rockets
		Three	530	216	Average damage per second (bullets): 119-141 Rocket damage per salvo: 53-150
Slot one (With Gunslinger equipped)	Combat Mini-Sentry Gun	N/A	100	100	Average damage per second: 44-56
Slot two	Dispenser	One	100	150	Health: 10/sec Ammo: 20%/sec Metal: 40/5 sec
		Two	300	180	Health: 15/sec Ammo: 30%/sec Metal: 50/5 sec
		Three	500	216	Health: 20/sec Ammo: 40%/sec Metal: 60/5 sec
Slots three and four	Teleporter Entrance Teleporter Exit	One	50	150	Recharge: 10 sec
		Two	250	180	Recharge: 5 sec
		Three	450	216	Recharge: 3 sec

Cosmetic items

Main articles: Cosmetic items, List of Engineer cosmetics, List of All class cosmetics

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Engineer achievements Engineer pack: 38 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement.

Update history

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• [Undocumented] Added hat bodygroups to the Engineer.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Added backstab death animation.

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• Added 35 Engineer achievements.
• Engineers can now pickup & move their buildings.
• [Undocumented] Added several Engineer responses, including domination lines.
• [Undocumented] Added a unique switching animation for the Engineer's Shotgun.
• [Undocumented] Added a arm bodygroup to the Engineer model.

July 9, 2010 Patch

• Engineers can no longer pick up buildings while stunned or in loser state.

July 13, 2010 Patch

• Fixed an exploit where Engineers could create level 3 mini-sentries.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Added training for the Engineer.

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added new voice filter, and sped up idle animations for the Engineer when equipped with the Brundle Bundle set.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• [Undocumented] Added unused vomiting animation.

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine)

• [Undocumented] Added MvM voice lines to Engineer.

February 7, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Engineer’s belt and pocket equip_regions conflicting for some items.

June 11, 2014 Patch #2

• Fixed the Engineer's build menu staying open after changing class.

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

• Sentry bullets are now affected by damage falloff outside of sentry scan range.
• Sentry bullet damage has been changed so it calculates damage based on the sentry's position, not the Engineer's.

February 18, 2015 Patch

• Updated trigger_hurt entities to allow Engineers building in them when they are set for zero or negative damage.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Construction boosts (wrench hits, redeploys) from multiple sources is now additive instead of multiplicative. Calculations are based around a 1x base building speed.
• Increased base wrench construction speed on hit boost by 50%. Buildings now build 2.5x faster instead of just 2x (additive of 1.5x + base speed).
• Teleporters and Dispensers redeploy +50% faster (2.5x without wrench boost, 5.5x with wrench boost).
• Building pick up speed penalty reduced from 25% to 10%.
• On Wrench equip change, buildings no longer self-destruct unless the building type is changed (i.e. Only Sentry explodes when switching from Wrench to Gunslinger).
• Building repair costs increased from 20 metal to 33 metal to repair 100hp per wrench hit (from 5HP per metal to 3HP per metal).
• Level 2 and Level 3 Sentries have less passive damage resistance against Heavy miniguns. Level 2 Sentry Minigun resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

• Fixed a bug where the Engineer couldn't remove the Sapper from a linked teleporter it was building (not active).
• Fixed a bug where the Engineer was able to heal a linked teleporter while it was building. This now matches the behavior for the other buildings.
• Fixed the Engineer's missing pelvis hitbox.
• Level 1 teleporters now cost 50 metal (previously 125).

July 8, 2016 Patch

• Changed how much metal destroyed objects drop and fixed destroyed teleporters dropping more metal than intended.

July 28, 2016 Patch

• Fixed Engineer teleporter exits sometimes detonating when used due to invisible geometry.

December 2, 2021 Patch (Smissmas 2021)

• Fixed Engineer losing metal when hitting damaged buildings while they are being re-deployed after pick-up

July 12, 2023 Patch #1 (Summer 2023 Update)

• Fixed the Engineer not being able to move for a short period of time after doing The High Five taunt.

Trivia

• The Engineer was added to the original Team Fortress mod to appeal to players who lacked traditional skills required to perform well in first-person shooters.
  • The Engineer was also added due to the developers of Team Fortress being inspired by the construction mechanics of the real-time strategy game Command & Conquer.
• The Engineer wears his default helmet backwards; however, this is not an uncommon practice among construction workers.
• The Engineer seldom removes his welding goggles. To date, the only instances in which the Engineer has his goggles off are in the Loose Canon and True Meaning comics.
• The Engineer built the Sentry Gun under contract from TF Industries in 1965. The PDF manual for the game that is listed in Steam shows a blueprint and promotional guide to using the Sentry Gun.
• The Engineer's favorite equation is, in fact, part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game, known as Phong. Furthermore, the equation can be referenced in page five of Illustrative Rendering in TF2.
• The first BLU team Engineer resembled Nikola Tesla, armed with a bag of blueprints instead of a PDA.
• Just like the rest of the classes, the Engineer makes an appearance in Saints Row: The Third in the form of a wearable head mask.
• The song the Engineer plays during Meet the Engineer is titled "More Gun". More Gun is based on "Someone Else's Song", which was originally written by Jeff Tweedy and performed by the American Country band Wilco.
• A photograph on the Engineer update page displays a young boy (presumably the Engineer) trying on his first pair of goggles, as an adult Engineer (preumably Dell's father) looks on proudly and pats him on the shoulder.
• A large cutout of the Engineer makes an appearance in Worms Reloaded as part of a playable stage. Additionally, his hardhat and goggles are selectable hats for the player's worms.
• The Engineer's hardhat is wearable by the Support class of Monday Night Combat.
• In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Engineer's disguise mask can be seen on the lower half of the Spy Jack of Diamonds cards in the "Poker Night" and the "Poker Night Alternative" decks, respectively.
• The Engineer, alongside the Pyro, Heavy, and Medic, is one of four Team Fortress 2-based Familiars in Dungeon Defenders.
• The Engineer's uniform is wearable by the Combat Girl in Super Monday Night Combat.
• The Engineer's uniform makes an appearance in Tiny Tower.
• The Engineer's surname is a tribute to the novel Conagher by Louis L'Amour, an author of whom Valve writers Erik Wolpaw and Jay Pinkerton are fans.
• The Engineer was listed in the 2010 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records (Gamers Edition) as the most popular class in Team Fortress 2, with 15% choosing to play as him.
• Barik, a playable character in Paladins, has a skin based on the Engineer, which also adds new voice responses performed by Grant Goodeve.

Gallery

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  Engineer concept art

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  Ditto.

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  Ditto.

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  Silhouette of an early Engineer concept, compared to the present classes.

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  Trading card front.

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  Ditto, back side

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  Photograph of boy receiving his first goggles sourced from Engineer Update page

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  Engineer as seen in the Loose Canon comic.

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  Steam trading card

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  Steam profile background

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  Updated class portrait

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  Ditto, BLU team variant

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  Main menu appearance

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  Ditto, during Halloween

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  Class card

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  Arsenal

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  Contract drawer photo

Related merchandise

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  Engineer Portrait Poster

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  Engineer Class Patches

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  Dispenser Talking Plush

See also

• Metal
• Engineer match-ups
• Anti-Engineer strategy
• Engineer taunts
• Engineer responses
• Engineer voice commands
• Basic Engineer strategy
• Community Engineer strategy
• Engineer (Classic)

External links

• Engineer page on the Official TF2 Website
• The Engineer Update
  • Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Achievements, Wrench Log
• TF2 Official Blog - Loose Canon
  • Comic: Loose Canon
• 119th Update! - Coming soon teaser