Squash Rockets (halloween spell)

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Squash Rockets is a tool item. When applied to a weapon, it gives each rocket fired by the weapon a purple trail and an orange explosion. It can be applied to most of Soldier's primary weapons; exceptions:

  • This item cannot be applied to stock Rocket Launcher, but may be applied to the strange variants.
  • This item cannot be applied to the Rocket Jumper.
  • This item can be applied to the Cow Mangler 5000, but will not cause any Squash Rockets effect.

Equipping with a weapon enchanted with Squash Rockets causes similar effects in certain Magic Spells cast by the player, specifically changes to the projectile and explosion effects of those spells; examples: Fireball, Tesla Bolt, and Meteor Storm projectiles gain a purple trail and MONOCULUS explosions become orange.

Prior to Scream Fortress 2015, it could be found during Halloween events inside of Haunted Halloween Gifts on Ghost Fort, or from a Pile Of Curses.

Update history

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)

  • Halloween Spell: Squash Rockets was added to the game.

October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)

  • Enabled Halloween Spell Potions

November 11, 2013 Patch

  • Effects will only be visible during Halloween/Full Moon events.

October 22, 2014 Patch

  • Enabled Halloween Spell Potions

October 23, 2014 Patch

  • Updated Halloween Spells to be tradable

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

  • [Undocumented] Halloween spells are no longer tradable.

Bugs

  • The backpack icon shown in the Steam inventory (and trading screen) incorrectly uses the coloring overlay intended for paint cans.

Notes

  • When this item is applied, the text will appear as "Halloween: Pumpkin Bombs" in the loadout.
  • Any unused Halloween Spell items are removed at the end of a Halloween event.