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| type              = tools
 
| type              = tools
 
| image              = Backpack Description Tag.png
 
| image              = Backpack Description Tag.png
| released          = [[Scream Fortress]]
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| released          = {{Patch name|10|27|2010}}<br />([[Scream Fortress Update]])
| availability      = [[item drop system|Drop]], [[mann co. store|Purchase]], [[Mann Co. Supply Crate|Uncrate]] ([[Mann Co. Supply Crate#Series .233|#3]], [[Mann Co. Supply Crate#Series .237|#7]])
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|purchase|crate3|crate7}}
 
| trade              = yes
 
| trade              = yes
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| gift              = no
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| marketable        = yes
 
| craft              = no
 
| craft              = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
   | level            = Level 1 Tool
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  | item-kind        = Tool
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   | level            = 1
 
   | item-description = Changes the description of an item in your backpack.
 
   | item-description = Changes the description of an item in your backpack.
 
   | item-uses        = 1
 
   | item-uses        = 1
 
}}
 
}}
{{Quotation|'''The Sniper''' on a nicely worded description|Spot on!|sound=Sniper_goodjob01.wav}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Heavy''' describing his Minigun|She weighs one hundred fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar, custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute.<br>It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon... for twelve seconds.|sound=Meet_Heavy_Sasha.wav}}
  
The '''Description Tag''' is a [[Tools|tool]] item. It appears as two name or address tags on a piece of yellow string.
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The '''Description Tag''' is a [[Tools|tool]] item, represented 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.
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Using this tool in conjunction with an item in the backpack allows the player to bestow a customized description of 80 or fewer characters.  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 '''<font color="#557C83">+25% max health</font>''') will be displayed below the new description, while the kill counter on any [[Item quality#Strange items|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.  
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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 '''<font color="#557C83">+25% max health</font>''') will be displayed below the new description, while the counters on any [[Strange|strange items]] 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 [[Rarity#Unique items|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.
 
If a Description Tag is used on a stock item, the item becomes a [[Rarity#Unique items|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.
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== Example ==
 
== Example ==
 
{{Backpack item
 
{{Backpack item
| item-name = Triboniophorus Tyrannus
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| item-name = Bushwacka
| quality = vintage
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| item-level = 5
| item-level = Level 67
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| item-kind = Kukri
| item-description = "I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy."
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| att-1-neutral  = When weapon is active:
| width = 25%
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| att-2-positive = Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit
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| att-3-negative = No random critical hits
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| att-4-negative = 20% damage vulnerability on wearer
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| custom-description = Now THIS is a Knife!
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| width = 25%
 
}}
 
}}
  
== Eligibility ==
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{{Weapon Demonstration}}
Items that cannot be described include:
 
 
 
* [[Bronze Dueling Badge|Bronze]], [[Silver Dueling Badge|Silver]], [[Gold Dueling Badge|Gold]], and [[Platinum Dueling Badge|Platinum]] dueling badges.
 
* Any [[Tool]] items.
 
* Any [[Action items]].
 
* Any [[Crafting|Metal]] or [[Crafting|Tokens]].
 
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
  
'''[[October 27, 2010 Patch]]''' ([[Scream Fortress|Scream Fortress Update]])
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'''{{Patch name|10|27|2010}}''' ([[Scream Fortress Update]])
 
* This item was added to the game.
 
* This item was added to the game.
  
'''[[December 2, 2010 Patch]]'''
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'''{{Patch name|12|2|2010}}'''
 
* Added check to prevent control characters from user-provided item names and descriptions (replaced with spaces).
 
* Added check to prevent control characters from user-provided item names and descriptions (replaced with spaces).
  
'''[[February 14, 2011 Patch]]'''
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'''{{patch name|12|23|2011}}'''
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* Edited item [[Name Tag|names]] and descriptions that contained grave accents (’) to use single quotation marks (').
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'''{{Patch name|2|14|2011}}'''
 
* {{Undocumented}} Grenade Launchers, Pistols, and Shotguns using Name or Description Tags now properly use the c_model equivalent.
 
* {{Undocumented}} Grenade Launchers, Pistols, and Shotguns using Name or Description Tags now properly use the c_model equivalent.
  
==Bugs==
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'''{{Patch name|7|23|2012}}'''
*Description Tags used on weapons that became vintage following the [[March 15, 2011 Patch]] cannot be removed.
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* {{undocumented}} Lowered the price of Description Tags.
*Descriptions can only be removed from items that have custom [[Name Tag|names]].
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== Bugs ==
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* Description Tags used on weapons that became vintage following the {{Patch name|3|15|2011}} cannot be removed.
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== Notes ==
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* Description Tag cannot be used on [[Craft items]] like Reclaimed Metal, any edition of [[Mann Co. Supply Crates]], [[Dueling Badges]], [[Noise Makers]], [[Strange Parts]], weapons being used on a test run from the [[Mann Co. Store]], all five [[Tour of Duty Badge]]s, [[Dueling Mini-Game]]s, other Description Tags, [[Stock]] [[Disguise Kit]]s, Stock [[Destruction PDA]]s, nor [[Mann Co. Supply Crate Keys]].
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 12:15, 29 May 2019

The Description Tag is a tool item, represented 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 or fewer characters. 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 counters on any strange items 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

Backpack Bushwacka.png

Bushwacka
Level 5 Kukri
When weapon is active:
Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit
No random critical hits
20% damage vulnerability on wearer
"Now THIS is a Knife!"

Demonstration

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).

December 23, 2011 Patch

  • Edited item names and descriptions that contained grave accents (’) to use single quotation marks (').

February 14, 2011 Patch

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

July 23, 2012 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Lowered the price of Description Tags.

Bugs

  • Description Tags used on weapons that became vintage following the March 15, 2011 Patch cannot be removed.

Notes

See also