Camera Beard
“ | Is it a beard? Or is it a camera? No one will guess that it is both! Great for infiltrating lumber yards, Canada, and strongmen competitions.
— Dapper Rogue Catalogue for the Gentleman Scoundrel
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The Camera Beard is a miscellaneous item for the Spy. It is a bushy, brown, fake beard, covering the Spy's face from the nostrils down, with a film camera cleverly hidden within with tape.
Painted variants
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Update history
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- The Camera Beard was added to the game.
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Moved to the Misc loadout slot so this miscellaneous item can be equipped with a hat.
- Changed so this miscellaneous item can be smelted into scrap metal.
- Changed to be treated as a hat in crafting, allowing this item to be used as an ingredient in the "Rebuild Headgear" crafting recipe.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this miscellaneous item.
- This miscellaneous item was made paintable.
- [Undocumented] In items_game.txt item_type_name was changed from "TF_Wearable_Hat" to "TF_Wearable_FacialHair".
Notes
- The item description was written by Codo for the Hat Describing Contest and was slightly edited by Valve.
Trivia
- This item is a tongue-in-cheek reference to real-world spy micro-cameras, which are disguised as innocuous articles of clothing such as shirt buttons or wristwatches, or in this case, a fake beard.
- Initially, the Spy had rejected the Camera Beard for being "ridiculous" on Day 4 of the Sniper vs. Spy Update, and elected to purchase the Cloak and Dagger and Dead Ringer instead.
- When the Camera Beard was changed from a headwear item to a miscellaneous item, they were dropped at an abnormally high rate, on par with weapons. A blueprint was soon added, so players could craft three of them into one scrap metal, until the drop rate of miscellaneous items was placed on par with that of hats.
See also
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