Engineer

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Engineer
Engineer.png
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Engineer.png
Basic Information
Icon: Leaderboard class engineer.png
Type: Defensive
Health: 125
(150 with the Gunslinger equipped)
(185 when buffed by a Medic)
(225 with the Gunslinger when buffed by medic)
Speed: 100%
(75% while Hauling a Building)
Meet the Engineer
EngineerVidSplash.png
Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer; that means I solve problems.
Not problems like 'What is beauty?', because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.
I solve practical problems.
The Engineer on his profession

A soft-spoken, amiable Texan with a knack for all things mechanical, the Engineer (real name Dell Conagher) chooses to build and maintain Buildings that benefit the team rather than engage in much direct combat. The Engineer's various gadgets include the Sentry Gun, an automated turret that fires at any enemy in range, the Dispenser, a device that replenishes the health and ammo of nearby teammates and Teleporters that quickly transport his teammates to the fray.

However, the Engineer's ingenious devices are under constant threat from explosives and devious enemy Spies; a good Engineer must keep his gear under a watchful eye and in good repair at all times. When the Engineer needs to get his hands dirty, his trio of generic, yet capable weapons combined with the assistance of his helpful hardware make him more than capable of holding his own in a fight.

Strategically, the Engineer can transport Buildings he has already built and deploy them elsewhere, at the cost of slower running speed while carrying them. Buildings also need a few seconds to re-deploy, and are vulnerable while deploying.

Bio

Basic Strategy

Main articles: Engineer tips, Engineer strategy
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  • Use the build tool to place Sentry Guns, dispensers, and Teleporters.
  • You need metal to build, repair, and upgrade your Buildings. Collect fallen weapons to get more metal.
  • Hit your Sentry Gun with your Wrench to upgrade it with metal. Each level adds more health and firepower.
  • Build dispensers to provide your teammates with health and ammo. They also generate metal for you to use.
  • Build Teleporters to help your team reach the front line faster.
  • Keep an eye out for enemy Spies attaching sappers to your Buildings. Use your Wrench to remove sappers.

Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon Ammo Damage Notes
Item icon Shotgun.png
Standard
Shotgun Loaded: 6
Carried: 32
Base: 80–90
Crit: 180
Slow reload
None
Item icon Frontier Justice.png
Unlock
Frontier Justice Loaded: 3
Carried: 32
Base: 80–90
Crit: 180
Slow reload
  • Earns 2 guaranteed critical shots for every Sentry Gun kill and 1 critical shot for every Sentry Gun assist
  • Bonus crits only granted upon Sentry Gun destruction
  • Cannot random Crit
  • Can only store up to 35 critical hits at one time

Secondary

Weapon Ammo Damage Notes
Item icon Pistol.png
Standard
Pistol Loaded: 12
Carried: 200
Base: 15
Crit: 45
Fast reload
None
Item icon Lugermorph.png
Sam & Max variant
Lugermorph Loaded:12
Carried: 200
Base: 15
Crit: 45
6 rounds/sec
Same specs as Pistol.
Item icon Wrangler.png
Unlock
Wrangler None None
  • Allows Engineer to directly aim and shoot with their own Sentry Gun
  • The buffed Sentry Gun gains a laser pointer to assist aiming
  • The Sentry Gun gains a shield which blocks 66% less damage taken

Melee

Weapon Damage Notes
Item icon Wrench.png
Standard
Wrench Base: 43–87
Crit: 195
A little more than 1 hit per second
Item icon Golden Wrench.png
Promotional
Golden Wrench Base: 43–87
Crit: 195
A little more than 1 hit per second
Item icon Gunslinger.png
Unlock
Gunslinger Base: 43–87
Crit: 195
A little more than 1 hit per second
  • Adds +25 maximum health to Engineer
  • Replaces standard Sentry Guns with Combat Mini-Sentry Guns
  • Critical hit for every three successive punches
  • Cannot random Crit.
Item icon Southern Hospitality.png
Craft
Southern Hospitality Base: 59–72
Crit: 195
A little more than 1 hit per second
  • On successful hit, target Bleeds for 5 seconds
  • +20% fire damage vulnerability to Engineer
  • Cannot random Crit

PDA

Weapon Notes
File:Item icon Builder.png Build Tool Allows the Engineer to build his Buildings
File:Item icon Destroy.png Demolish Tool Allows the Engineer to demolish his Buildings

Taunt attacks

Attack Weapon Duration Damage
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Primary
Dischord Frontier Justice 4 Seconds 500 (Instant kill).
EngyGrinder.png
Melee
Organ Grinder Gunslinger 4 Seconds A series of hits dealing 1 and stun, then last blast dealing 500 (Instant kill).


Buildings

Main article: Buildings
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Building Level Cost Health Damage/Replenish/Recharge values
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Slot one
Sentry Gun One 130 150 Average DPS: 64
Two 330 180 Average DPS: 128
Three 530 216 Bullets average DPS: 128
Rockets (direct hit): 100
Red Mini Sentry.png
Slot one
Combat Mini-Sentry Guns N/A 100 100 Average DPS: 48
Dispensers.png
Slot two
Dispenser One 100 150 Health: 10/sec
Ammo: 20%/sec
Metal: 40/5 sec
Two 300 180 Health: 15/sec
Ammo: 30%/sec
Metal: 50/5 sec
Three 500 216 Health: 20/sec
Ammo: 40%/sec
Metal: 60/5 sec
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Slot three & four
Teleporter Entrance
Teleporter Exit
One 125 150 Recharge: 10 sec
Two 325 180 Recharge: 5 sec
Three 525 216 Recharge: 3 sec

Hats

Main article: Hats
Original Classless Update Community Hatless
Mining Light Texas Ten Gallon Engineer's Cap Hotrod Safe'n'Sound Texas Slim's Dome Shine
Backpack Mining Light.png
Backpack Texas Ten Gallon.png
Backpack Engineer's Cap.png
Backpack Hotrod.png
Backpack Safe'n'Sound.png
Backpack Texas Slim's Dome Shine.png


Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set RED ÜberCharged set BLU ÜberCharged set
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Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Engineer achievements

Engineer pack: 35 Achievements, 3 milestones.

1 General Achievement.

Sentry Gunner Sentry Gunner

Accumulate 10 Sentry Gun kills with a single turret.

Trivia

  • The Engineer is the shortest class in the game.
  • The Engineer rarely removes his welding goggles. In fact the only official time his naked eyes were revealed was in the "Loose Canon" comic.
  • The Engineer designed and built the Sentry Gun under contract from 'TF Industries' in 1965. The PDF manual for the game that is listed in Steam shows a blueprint and promotional guide to using the Sentry Gun.
  • The Engineer drinks 'BLU Streak' brand beer, as seen in Meet the Engineer.
  • The Engineer's favorite equation is in fact part of the equation that governs character lighting in-game.
  • The BLU Engineer's name appears to be Dell Conagher. The name was revealed in the "Loose Canon" comic, along with his grandfather's name, Radigan Conagher.
  • Radigan Conagher's uniform bears a striking resemblance to the Engineer's, complete with goggles, hardhat and dungarees suitably styled to fit in with the time of his appearance (1890).
The Engineer holding the Frontier Justice
  • The Engineer's grandfather built three life-extending machines: one for Blutarch Mann (CEO of Builders League United), one for Redmond Mann (CEO of Reliable Excavation Demolition), and one for a currently unidentified person (their name on the list of patrons is obscured). [1]
  • The Engineer's equivalent in the original team of mercenaries BLU hired was supposedly Nikola Tesla, armed with a bag of blueprints instead of a PDA.
The Team Fortress Classic Engineer overlooking a small boy wearing his first pair of goggles, the boy is assumed to be Team Fortress 2's Engineer.
  • The Engineer is the only class whose default primary weapon, the Shotgun, is not unique to its class.
  • The Engineer and Spy are the only two classes to use the PDA slots.
  • The Engineer is the only class to get weapon unlocks before his initial update: the Lugermorph and the Golden Wrench.
  • The Engineer is the only class to possess two fatal taunts: his Dischord and Organ Grinder taunts.
  • In the trailer for the Mac update, the Engineer is seen holding the Frontier Justice, long before it was officialy released.
  • The Engineer is voiced by Grant Goodeve.
  • By playing the guitar, the Engineer is the only class thus far to have displayed any real musical talent (if the Soldier's bugle, the Heavy's singing, the Medic's air-violin, and the Pyro's air-guitar skills are all ignored).
  • The song the Engineer plays during Meet the Engineer is titled 'More Gun', which is based on Someone Else's Song and was originally written by Jeff Tweedy of the American Country band Wilco.
  • The Engineer appeared on the cover of The Teufort Times for his part in the creation of crafting.
  • The Soldier calls the Engineer a "cowardin' Canadian" in his domination lines, which may add suspicion towards the Engineer's Texan heritage. He also accuses the Engineer of being a 'Draft-dodger': Americans who did not want to enlist moved to Canada to avoid being drafted. However, the Engineer may in turn call a dominated Soldier a "damn Yankee". This may either add further suspicion to his true American roots, or instead may simply be animosity of a resident of a former Confederate state towards one of a Union state. If this is the case, it may be a clue as to where the Soldier precisely comes from.
  • A photograph on the Engineer update page displays a young boy (presumably the Engineer) trying on his first pair of goggles, as the Engineer from Team Fortress Classic looks on proudly and pats him on the shoulder. If the child is indeed the Engineer, it can be implied that the Engineer from Team Fortress Classic is in fact his father. If the photo is confirmed as canon, this would mean that the events of Team Fortress Classic might be set between the beginning of the century and the World Wars. This is unlikely however, as most of TFC's design is much more futuristic than TF2's.
  • The Engineer was the last class of the 9 to receive his own Class specific update.

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