Item quality
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Item rarity is a "quality" of items in Team Fortress 2.
Contents
Normal items
Also called 'stock' items, these are the standard non-unlockable weapons that first shipped with the game, e.g. the Scattergun and the Rocket Launcher. These weapons are available to all players. Since the Polycount Update, unique variants of these items can be made by using a Name Tag with a normal weapon, which are seen by checking the "Show Stock Items" box in the backpack view.
Unique items
Also known as unlockables. These items can be purchased from the Mann. Co Store, dropped randomly through gameplay, obtained through achievements, crafted, or traded. As of the Mann-Conomy Update, all unique items gained before the update were changed to vintage status (see below).
Vintage items
Vintage items are items that were obtained before the release of the Mann-Conomy Update. Most existing Unique items were changed to Vintage items in order to increase their appeal in trading. However, they bear no difference other than their blue name and new "Vintage" prefix. Some items were excluded and not changed to Vintage, such as badges, promotional items such as Bill's Hat, and Holiday items such as the Ghastly Gibus. Other items such as the Vintage Tyrolean keep both their original name and the new prefix, resulting in the muddled title "Vintage Vintage Tyrolean". It remains to be seen if this will be fixed by Valve.
As the number of Vintage items decreases over time by crafting and trading, their individual value will increase. Renamed vintage items keep their original name color.
Unusual items
Unusual items are items with special attributes or qualities attached to them.
Scream Fortress Update
Two new Unusual items were introduced with this update: the Haunted Metal Scrap and the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker. Besides having the Unusual quality attached to them these two items have no discerning attributes from Scrap Metal and the Eyelander, respectively.
Hats
Unusual hats are hats with particle effects attached to them.
Currently, the only way to obtain an unusual hat is by unlocking a Mann Co. Supply Crate with its corresponding key, or by trading for one. There are 896 possible combinations between hats and unusual item particle effects (14 Effects * 64 Current 'Unusual Able' Hats). The different particle effects are viewable in this animation, and below as they appear in-game. Two unusual hats cannot be crafted into another unusual hat. The result of two combined unusual hats will produce a normal hat.
Originally, the majority of the particle effects were bound to the feet
until the October 6, 2010 Patch.
Gallery
Effects in Particle Editor
Backpack examples
Colors
Colour | Rarity Name | Example |
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B4B4B4 | Normal | Rocket Launcher |
FFD800 | Unique | The Backburner |
456292 | Vintage | Vintage Axtinguisher |
874FAD | Unusual | Unusual Safe'n'Sound |
71B149 | Community | Community Wrench |
Self-made | Self-Made Dalokohs Bar | |
A50F79 | Developer | Valve Equalizer |