Chromatic Corruption (halloween spell)

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Chromatic Corruption was a tool item. It could be used on any paintable cosmetic item. The paint on such item resembles A Deep Commitment to Purple color, but shifts subtly between various shades and hues, from pinkish-purple to a nearly hueless deep purple.

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. Since Scream Fortress 2015, Halloween Spells are no longer obtainable, as Haunted Halloween Gifts were replaced with the Soul Gargoyle, which does not distribute spells nor the Voodoo-Cursed Items needed to craft the Pile of Curses. All remaining Halloween Spells persisting in players' backpacks remain visible in them as long as they do not launch the game; if they do, the spells are deleted. Any spells applied to items remain on them.

This effect is only active around Halloween or during a Full Moon; at other times of the year, it does not activate in gameplay, unless the server has Halloween mode enabled. However, items with the spell applied can be equipped at any time and their effect becomes active on the loadout screen, even when it is not activate during matches.

Update history

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
  • Halloween Spell: Chromatic Corruption was added to the game.

October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress V)

  • Enabled Halloween Spell Potions.

November 11, 2013 Patch

  • Effects will only be visible during Halloween/Full Moon events.
  • All Halloween event items have automatically expired.
  • [Undocumented] Halloween spells are no longer tradable.

October 22, 2014 Patch

  • Enabled Halloween Spell Potions.

October 23, 2014 Patch

  • Updated Halloween Spells to be tradable.
  • Fixed not being able to apply Halloween Spells to cosmetic items.

November 9, 2015 Patch

  • Fixed Halloween spell effects not cycling the colors.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

  • [Undocumented] Halloween spells are no longer tradable.

Bugs

  • The backpack icon incorrectly uses the coloring overlay intended for paint cans.

Notes

  • This item did not erase paint, and could be used with other spells at the same time.

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