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{{Item infobox
| type              = hat
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| type              = cosmetic
 
| image              = Full Head of Steam.png
 
| image              = Full Head of Steam.png
| used-by            = [[Classes|All]]
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| used-by            = [[Classes|All classes]]
| equip-region      = Hat
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| equip-region      = hat
| released          = {{update link|Australian Christmas 2011}}
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| released          = {{Patch name|12|15|2011}}<br>([[Australian Christmas 2011]])
| availability      = {{avail|Unlock}}
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| availability      = {{avail|unlock}}
 
| trade              = no
 
| trade              = no
| gift              = yes
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| gift              = no
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| craft              = no
 
| paint              = no
 
| paint              = no
 
| rename            = yes
 
| rename            = yes
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
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  | prefix          = The
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  | item-kind        = Hat
 
   | item-description = You never took a break from cp_foundry, and now you can prove it with the actual steam whistle used to call the breaks you never took!
 
   | item-description = You never took a break from cp_foundry, and now you can prove it with the actual steam whistle used to call the breaks you never took!
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  | item-flags      = Achievement Item: Not Tradable or Marketable
 
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The '''Full Head of Steam''' is a [[Hats|headwear]] item wearable by [[Classes|all classes]]. It is a [[w:Top hat|top hat]], similar to the one on the [[Noble Amassment of Hats]] and [[Towering Pillar of Hats]], that has three steam pipes and a steam pressure gauge protruding from the brim.
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{{Quotation|'''The Engineer'''|Weren't no thing...|sound=Engineer autocappedintelligence03.wav}}
  
This hat is awarded to players who have earned seven of the twelve map-specific achievements for the [[Foundry]] map.
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The '''Full Head of Steam''' is an unlockable [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for [[Classes|all classes]]. It is a [[w:Top hat|top hat]] with three steam pipes and a steam pressure gauge protruding from the brim, which [[Jiggle bones|wobble]] as the player moves.
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This item is awarded to players who have earned seven of the eleven map-specific [[Foundry achievements|achievements]] (not counting the Milestone earned for doing so) for the [[Foundry (Control Point)|Foundry]] map.
  
 
== Related achievements ==
 
== Related achievements ==
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=== {{Achiev type link|foundry}} ===
 
{{Achievement table
 
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Foundry|Classassin}}
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| 1 = {{Show achievement|Foundry|Foundry Milestone}}
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Real Steal}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Terminated, Too}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Cap Trap}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Claim Jumper}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|The Crucible}}
 
| 2 = {{Show achievement|Foundry|Raze the Roof}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Foundry Milestone}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Dead Heat}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Foundry Force Five}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Two Minute Warring}}
 
      {{Show achievement|Foundry|Five the Fast Way}}
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|12|15|2011}} #1''' ([[Australian Christmas 2011]])
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* The Full Head Of Steam was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|12|15|2011|no-link=yes}} #2'''
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* {{Undocumented}} The Full Head Of Steam now appears as a proper name with "The" prefixed.
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'''{{Patch name|3|2|2021}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Renamed the "Full Head Of Steam" to "Full Head of Steam".
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== Bugs ==
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* When the [[Sniper]] [[taunt]]s with a [[Weapons#snipermelee|melee weapon]] while wearing this item, he does not take off the hat.
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* When the [[Spy]] uses [[Your Eternal Reward]] to backstab a player wearing this hat, the disguise does not wear the hat.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* This hat's name is based on the idiom "full steam ahead," which describes something done with as much enthusiasm as possible.
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* The name of this hat references the practice of preparing a steam engine for operation. It was necessary to exceed a certain threshold of pressure in the boiler before the engine could be operated. This procedure was referred to as building a "full head of steam." The phrase has also come to describe any significant amount of driving force or momentum.
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* According to the museum at [[Coal Town]], the Full Head of Steam (referred to as a "Steam-Powered Hat Prototype") was first introduced in 1921 at the Paris World Fashion Expo by [[Bilious Hale]] in an effort to reinvigorate the nation's waning interest in all things that are powered by coal, and requires 50 pounds of coal a day to run.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow="3">
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File:Scout Full Head of Steam.png|[[Scout]]
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File:Soldier Full Head of Steam.png|[[Soldier]]
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File:Pyro Full Head of Steam.png|[[Pyro]]
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File:Demo Full Head of Steam.png|[[Demoman]]
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File:Heavy Full Head of Steam.png|[[Heavy]]
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File:Engi Full Head of Steam.png|[[Engineer]]
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File:Medic Full Head of Steam.png|[[Medic]]
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File:Sniper Full Head of Steam.png|[[Sniper]]
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File:Spy Full Head of Steam.png|[[Spy]]
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</gallery>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[Foundry]]
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* [[Foundry (Control Point)|Foundry]]
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* [[Gentle Munitionne of Leisure]]
  
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{{Australian Christmas 2011 Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
  
{{AustralianChristmas2011 Nav}}
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[[Category:Jiggleboned]]
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[[Category:Achievement Items]]

Latest revision as of 22:10, 5 May 2022

Weren't no thing...
The Engineer

The Full Head of Steam is an unlockable cosmetic item for all classes. It is a top hat with three steam pipes and a steam pressure gauge protruding from the brim, which wobble as the player moves.

This item is awarded to players who have earned seven of the eleven map-specific achievements (not counting the Milestone earned for doing so) for the Foundry map.

Related achievements

Controlpoint.png Foundry achievements

Foundry Milestone
Foundry Milestone
Achieve 7 of the achievements in the Foundry pack.

Reward: Full Head of Steam

Update history

December 15, 2011 Patch #1 (Australian Christmas 2011)

  • The Full Head Of Steam was added to the game.

December 15, 2011 Patch #2

  • [Undocumented] The Full Head Of Steam now appears as a proper name with "The" prefixed.

March 2, 2021 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Renamed the "Full Head Of Steam" to "Full Head of Steam".

Bugs

Trivia

  • The name of this hat references the practice of preparing a steam engine for operation. It was necessary to exceed a certain threshold of pressure in the boiler before the engine could be operated. This procedure was referred to as building a "full head of steam." The phrase has also come to describe any significant amount of driving force or momentum.
  • According to the museum at Coal Town, the Full Head of Steam (referred to as a "Steam-Powered Hat Prototype") was first introduced in 1921 at the Paris World Fashion Expo by Bilious Hale in an effort to reinvigorate the nation's waning interest in all things that are powered by coal, and requires 50 pounds of coal a day to run.

Gallery

See also