Description Tag

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Look at this, just caved in your skull- my Bat's still dry. No clumps a' hair, nothin'.
The Scout, describing his trusted Bat

The Description Tag allows a player to give an item of their choice a customized description of up to 80 characters (including spaces), with some exceptions. Doing so will destroy the Description Tag, consuming it after a single use. Like the Name Tag, if it's used on a stock weapon it becomes a unique item and the player will "find" a new version of the stock item which will replace the renamed stock item. If applied on any other item it will not create a new version. A custom description will be in quotations such as "Example Description". Changing the item's description does not affect its ability to be traded.

Any eligible item (including those traded) can have a Description Tag applied, even if there is one already applied. To return the item to its original state select the item and use the button within the backpack normally marked "Use with...". Restoring an item to its original state will not refund the Description Tag.

Description Tags can be dropped randomly, found when unboxing a Series #3 or #7 Mann Co. Supply Crate, or purchased from the Mann Co. Store. It was added on the October 27, 2010 Patch.

Eligibility

Items that cannot be described include:

Example

Backpack Triboniophorus Tyrannus.png

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

 

Backpack Frontier Justice.png

Vintage Frontier Justice
Level 5
"Some justice is better than no justice at all."

Previous changes

October 20, 2010 Patch

  • Added the item’s original name to the item description.

December 2, 2010 Patch

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