Operation Magnetic Mayhem

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It’s a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. But it is never time to rest! A cloud cover has blocked out the sun, and a blight has overtaken our facilities. But by facilities, we mean Gray Gravel Co. and by blight, we mean massive hordes of robots! — Operation Magnetic Mayhem publicity blurb

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Operation Magnetic Mayhem was a Mann vs. Machine charity tour event organized by Moonlight MvM, which entered open beta on February 4, 2024, initially consisting of only the Intermediate difficulty missions. The beta was later expanded to include the rest of the tour on May 18, before the official launch of the campaign on June 3. The tour concluded on June 17, having moved up from the original end date of June 30th.

Tour

On February 4, 2024, Operation Magnetic Mayhem went into public beta, which concluded at the end of the month. Unlike previous community campaign betas, only the intermediate missions were included. The beta expanded to include the rest of the tour on May 18. The tour officially launched on June 3, and concluded on June 17.

The tour featured 21 missions, across 19 maps, including the official maps Coal Town, Decoy, Mannworks, and Rottenburg, as well as returning maps from previous community campaigns, and a newly featured map, Flower Field.

Featured Missions

This table shows the missions that were available during the event.

Intermediate Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Coal Town	Trouble in Mann Town	6	Spectλtor™
Hoovydam	Dizzying Drill		randomguy
Mannworks	Mathematical Miscalculation	5	Pasta
Silentsky	Fresh Dose of Nausea	6	PDA Expert
Tensai	Sushi Sunrise		Retrowave (cashing out)
Waterfront	Diode Charge	3	✪ Mo_ #killtf2

Advanced Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Coastrock	Plunder Panic	7	randomguy
Cyberia	Rusty Rapture	1	Retrowave (cashing out)
Decoy	Grutesque Getaway	6	Floro
Doppler	Metallic Madness		Retrowave (cashing out)
Flower Field	Flower Power	8	PDA Expert
Nox	Noxibility	7	➶★Lyney★➷ (Rin-ni)
Oxidize	Grass Run	6	Skin King
Powerplant	Industrial Incline	7	Conjo
Rottenburg	Windy Windup	6

Expert Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Hurricane	Robotic Typhoon	5	randomguy
Mannworks	Monster Maneuvers	7	Floro
Meltdown	Encode Error	5	GlueSmeller43
Oilrig	Oil Overflow	7	✪ FraHtcy3 #killtf2
Production	Paramagnetism	8	colonel
Silentsky	Subchronic Sufferance	5	✪ Mo_ #killtf2

Rewards

RED	BLU
Megalomaniacal Mastodon
Barely Benign Bismutotantalite - Gem Only
Barely Benign Bismutotantalite - Normal
Treasured Tourmaline - Gem Only
Treasured Tourmaline - Normal

This event had five medals which were able to be earned by players: two as a reward for participation in the tour, and three for donations to a charity drive, benefiting the National Brain Tumor Society. Clearing any five Intermediate or Expert difficulty missions earned the player the Fiendish Fuchsite medal, and clearing any eight Advanced or Expert difficulty missions earned the player the Megalomaniac Mastodon medal.

In addition, players were able to donate varying amounts through item or monetary donations to receive donor medals. Donating at least $5 USD earned the player the Humanitarian Hiddenite medal, donating at least $15 USD earned the player both the Humanitarian Hiddenite and Barely Benign Bismutotantalite medals, and donating $25 USD earned the player the Humanitarian Hiddenite, Barely Benign Bismutotantalite, and Treasured Tourmaline medals. The charity drive closed on June 30th, 2024, having raised $25,743.26 USD in total.

Content creators whose missions were accepted for use in the event were awarded the Supreme Strategist's Sigil of Status medal.

Each of the gemstone medals reuse models from medals awarded during Operation Madness vs Machines: the Fiendish Fuchsite and Treasured Tourmaline medals reuse models for the Chaotic Crystal, the Humanitarian Hiddenite reuses the model for the Royal Rhodonite, and the Barely Benign Bismutotantalite reuses the model for the Burnished Beryl. The Megalomaniac Mastodon medal reuses the model for the Titanium Tank Participant Medal, initially awarded during Operation Titanium Tank.

The gemstone medals initially drop with custom painted colors which are not otherwise available in-game: the Fiendish Fuchsite medal drops with a lavender color, the Humanitarian Hiddenite medal drops with a bright green color, the Barely Benign Bismutotantalite medal drops with a special team color featuring dark orange on RED, and navy blue on BLU, and the Treasured Tourmaline medal drops with a special team color featuring a bright pink on RED, and light blue on BLU. The Megalomaniac Mastodon medal drops pre-painted with Cream Spirit.

Each of the gemstone medals have two styles, named "Normal" and "Gem Only". The "Gem Only" style displays only the gemstone, without the metal frame.

The Megalomaniac Mastodon was contributed to the Steam Workshop by NeoDement, Sntr, sedisocks, Star Bright, and Hydrogen .

The Fiendish Fuchsite, Humanitarian Hiddenite, Barely Benign Bismutotantalite, and Treasured Tourmaline medals were contributed to the Steam Workshop by NeoDement , Sntr , Erikku , sigsegv , Jakapoa , Pelipoika , Interrobang , Rev , Benoist3012 , kratos , Nuke , Hydrogen , Hyperion , Pineapple Medals Bot , DaanBox , Swordstone , and a whole thing of candy beans .

Genuine Magnetic Mayhem Fiendish Fuchsite 2024 Level 1 Community Medal Gravel Co. must be running out of capital; robots have started dropping these rather than the money they usually run on. So many of them have been found, but we don't think corporate would notice if you kept one. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's spring charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Magnetic Mayhem Megalomaniacal Mastodon 2024 Level 1 Community Medal You set a trap for those fishy businessmen at Gray Gravel Co., and they fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Intel says they're still reeling at the news of their failure. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's spring charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Magnetic Mayhem Humanitarian Hiddenite 2024 Level 1 Community Medal With a name like "Hiddenite" you might think this gem is particularly rare. But in reality, it is not: the name comes from someone with a last name Hidden. It's still a highly sought after gem, so you should probably keep it hidden. Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's spring charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )
Genuine Magnetic Mayhem Barely Benign Bismutotantalite 2024 Level 1 Community Medal Our scientists couldn't agree on how to pronounce the name of this gemstone. They called linguists to help them, but their disagreements were only louder. They did agree on one thing; they've never seen a gem quite like this one. Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's spring charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Magnetic Mayhem Treasured Tourmaline 2024 Level 1 Community Medal As you affix the gem that shines bright hues, A power flows through you from head to shoes. Your generosity will know no bounds, The thankfulness of those you helped impounds! Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's spring charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Styles

Main article: Styles

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• Fiendish Fuchsite
• Humanitarian Hiddenite
• Barely Benign Bismutotantalite
• Treasured Tourmaline

Styles
Normal	Gem Only

Styles
Gem Only	Normal

Styles
Gem Only	Normal

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Gem Only	Normal

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Update history

July 18, 2024 Patch #1 (Summer 2024 Update)

• [Undocumented] The Magnetic Mayhem medals were added to the game.

External links

• Official Announcement on the Team Fortress 2 Blog
• Official Steam event for Operation Magnetic Mayhem