Frontier Justice
“ | You done incurred my wrath, son!
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— The Engineer on revenge
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The Frontier Justice is an unlockable primary weapon for the Engineer. It is a large, vintage pump-action shotgun with ornate engravings on its sides, along with a large wooden stock. A team-colored cylindrical capacitor with an antenna is attached to the right side.
This weapon cannot deal random critical hits and has half the clip size of the regular Shotgun. However, when the Engineer's Sentry Gun is destroyed, he is granted Revenge Crits based on how many kills the Sentry Gun had at the time of its destruction; two Revenge Crits for every kill, and one for every kill assist. Each Revenge Crit provides the Frontier Justice with one crit-boosted shot. Revenge Crits are granted no matter how the Sentry Gun is destroyed, including if the Engineer intentionally destroys it with the PDA. Spies feigning death with the Dead Ringer do not grant Revenge Crits.
The Frontier Justice is only able to store up to 35 Revenge Crits at once. Furthermore, should the Engineer die, he loses all Revenge Crits currently stored. If the Engineer's Sentry Gun is destroyed while the Engineer is dead, no Revenge Crits are given. If the Engineer has Revenge Crits, but is crit-boosted from another source (such as the Kritzkrieg), firing the Frontier Justice still spends Revenge Crits.
Like other bullet-based weaponry, the Frontier Justice's first shell fires at least one pellet straight down the crosshair before "bullet spread" takes effect. When random bullet spread is disabled, the pellets spread in a fixed three by three grid pattern, with two pellets overlapping in the center of the grid.
Taunting with the Frontier Justice equipped results in the Guitar Smash kill taunt.
The Frontier Justice is automatically given to any player who obtains 5 Engineer achievements.
Contents
Damage and function times
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Shot type | Hitscan | |
Damage type | Bullet | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
Damage | ||
Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 9 / pellet |
Base damage | 100% | 6 / pellet |
Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 3.168 / pellet |
Pellet count | 10 | |
Point blank | 9-90 | |
Medium range | 6-60 | |
Long range | 3-32 | |
Pellet spread | 30:1 | |
Critical | 18 / pellet | |
Mini-crit | 8.1 - 12.2 / pellet | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.625 s | |
Reload (first) | 1.0 s | |
Reload (consecutive) | 0.5 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
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As a crafting ingredient
Reclaimed Metal | Frontier Justice | Homewrecker | Family Business | |||
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Reclaimed Metal | Frontier Justice | Reserve Shooter | ||
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Reclaimed Metal | Frontier Justice | Dead Ringer | Diamondback | |||
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Strange Variant
Related achievements
Engineer
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Update history
- The Frontier Justice was added to the game.
- The amount of revenge crits a player can have at one time is now capped at 35.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] The Frontier Justice now works correctly with critical boosts.
- [Undocumented] Removed the Frontier Justice's normal map.
- Fixed a Frontier Justice exploit that let Engineers have infinite crits for their current life/round.
- Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.
- Fixed the revenge crit label not being localized correctly.
- [Undocumented] The Frontier Justice was added to the crafting blueprint for the Family Business and the Reserve Shooter.
- [Undocumented] The Frontier Justice was added to the crafting blueprint for the Diamondback.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- Fixed the Frontier Justice getting infinite crits.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- Added Festive variant.
- Fixed the Festive Frontier Justice using the incorrect skin for the Blue team.
- Added Collector's quality.
November 21, 2013 Patch (Two Cities Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Australium variant.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.
- Updated the Frontier Justice so the "Revenge crits are lost on death" attribute is displayed as a negative.
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Added new sounds for the Frontier Justice.
Bugs
- When dying while having revenge crits, occasionally the crit sound continuously loops until the map changes or the player reconnects to the server.
- Revenge crits are able to be carried over from the warm up stage to the beginning of the round in Competitive Mode and Casual Mode.
Trivia

- The Frontier Justice, along with the Wrangler, the Gunslinger, and the Southern Hospitality, appears to have been designed by Radigan Conagher, the Engineer's grandfather. This is shown via a hidden link on the Engineer Update page.
- Frontier justice is a form of vigilantism where citizens literally take justice into their own hands and exact punishment on those who have done them wrong (see Revengineer).
- The Frontier Justice was first shown in the Mac Update trailer, held by the RED Engineer before being officially announced on July 5, 2010.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
RED first-person view with the Gunslinger equipped.
BLU first-person view.
RED Festive variant.
The gibs made after the Guitar Smash taunt.
See also
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Unlock | Force-A-Nature | Direct Hit | Backburner | — | Natascha | Frontier Justice | Blutsauger | Huntsman | Ambassador | |
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Unlock | Bonk! Atomic Punch | Buff Banner | Flare Gun | Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance |
Sandvich | Wrangler | Kritzkrieg | Jarate Razorback |
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Unlock | Sandman Necro Smasher |
Equalizer Necro Smasher |
Axtinguisher Necro Smasher |
Eyelander Necro Smasher |
Killing Gloves of Boxing Necro Smasher |
Gunslinger Necro Smasher |
Ubersaw Necro Smasher |
Necro Smasher | — | |
Craft/Drop | Holy Mackerel Candy Cane Boston Basher Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Bat Outta Hell |
Homewrecker Powerjack Back Scratcher Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Bat Outta Hell |
Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Scottish Handshake Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
Gloves of Running Urgently Warrior's Spirit Fists of Steel Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Holiday Punch Bat Outta Hell |
Southern Hospitality Jag Eureka Effect |
Vita-Saw Amputator Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Bat Outta Hell |
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Conniver's Kunai Sharp Dresser Black Rose Prinny Machete | |
Distributed | Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
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Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
Saxxy Memory Maker Golden Frying Pan |
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Contract | — | — | Hot Hand | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
PDA | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit |
PDA 2 | stock | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch |
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Guitar Smash (Frontier Justice) Arm Blender (Gunslinger) |
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Fencing (Knife/Your Eternal Reward/Conniver's Kunai/Saxxy/Big Earner/Wanga Prick/Black Rose/Golden Frying Pan) |
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