Description Tag

Description Tag
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Basic Information
Released:	Scream Fortress
Availability:	Drop, Purchase, Uncrate #3 or Uncrate #7
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	No
Craftable:	No
Available Qualities
Unique
Loadout Stats
Description Tag 1 - 100 Changes the description of an item in your backpack. This is a limited use item. Uses: 1

“

Spot on! Click to listen — The Sniper on a nicely worded description

”

The Description Tag is a tool item. It appears as two name or address tags on a piece of yellow string.

Using this tool in conjunction with an item in the backpack allows the player to bestow a customized description of 80 characters or less. Doing so will consume the Description Tag and remove it from the player's backpack. Items with custom descriptions can be reverted to their original state only if they have also had a Name Tag used on them. This can be done in the backpack by clicking on the item in question and then clicking the Restore button. In doing so, however, the Description Tag will not be returned to the player.

Applying a custom description to an item will place quotation marks around the new description, and replace the default description if there is one. Any extra effects on the item (such as +25% max health) will be displayed below the new description, while the kill counter on any strange weapons will appear above the new description. Description Tags can still be used on an item which has already had a custom description applied.

If a Description Tag is used on a stock item, the item becomes a unique item and the player will subsequently find a new original one as an item drop. The newly described item will exist separate to the original stock item. The player can then choose which item to equip through the loadout menu. As of the Über Update, re-named or described Stock weapons can be used in crafting to make Scrap Metal.

Example

Vintage Triboniophorus Tyrannus
Level 67 Hat
"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy."

Eligibility

Items that cannot be described include:

• Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum dueling badges.
• Any Tool items.
• Any Action items.
• Any Metal or Tokens.

Update history

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

• This item was added to the game.

December 2, 2010 Patch

• Added check to prevent control characters from user-provided item names and descriptions (replaced with spaces).

February 14, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Grenade Launchers, Pistols, and Shotguns using Name or Description Tags now properly use the c_model equivalent.

Bugs

• Description Tags used on weapons that became vintage following the March 15, 2011 Patch cannot be removed.
• Descriptions can only be removed from items that have custom names.

Gallery

• File-Strange with tags.png

  In-game screenshot of a Description Tag used on a player's Strange Knife.

See also

• Name Tag