Player ghost
Player ghost refers to any ghostly form that a player may control on some maps.
The following maps contain player-controlled ghosts:
- Helltower: when players killed are in Hell. A stalemate occurs if all players are turned into ghosts at once, before any player is able to make it to the Bombinomicon goal.
- Carnival of Carnage: when killed during a Bumper Car minigame. Bumping into an alive teammate results in the ghost being turned back into a player.
- Gravestone: when killed during the Bumper Car race.
- Graveyard: when killed, players turn into Dispenser ghosts.
- Bonesaw: when players killed are in the Underworld.
- Freaky Fair: when using the Ghost Potion canteen. This is temporary and lasts ten seconds.
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Gameplay
Players may maneuver these forms using the standard movement keys (W to move forward, A to move left, S to move backward, and D to move right), as well as mouse controls. Ghosts can ascend by pressing the Jump key ((default key: Space)). Players may also use their attack key or voice commands to emit harmless "BOO!" sounds, which do not stun or damage other players. While in ghost form, players cannot interact with objectives, such as capturing control points, retrieving the Bombinomicon, or interact with pickups.
Ghosts in bumper car minigames can only be revived by being struck with a bumper car from an alive teammate; enemy bumper cars launch the ghost a short distance into the air. Dispenser ghosts are smaller than regular player ghosts and can heal nearby teammates at a very slow rate. Their voice lines are pitched 25% higher than those of regular ghosts. Dispenser ghosts only appear on Graveyard.
Related achievements
Merasmachievements
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Update history
October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress V)
- Player ghosts were added to the game.
- Fixed players being able to issue the "boo" command when they are not ghosts
- Fixed a dedicated server crash related to players becoming ghosts in hell
- Fixed being able to instantly respawn by changing teams while a ghost
October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress XIII)
- Dispenser ghosts were added to the game.
December 9, 2025 Patch (Smissmas 2025)
- Fixed
disguise_on_backstabnot functioning for stab targets that become ghosts (community fix from FlaminSarge)
Notes
- If a player has any of the Voices From Below Spells applied to any of their cosmetic items, their ghostly moans also become deeper sounding.
- If a player is killed by Critical explosive damage, their ghost respawns elsewhere on the map.
- If
sv_cheatsis set to1, the console commandaddcond 77turns the player into a ghost.
Gallery
RED ghost player.
BLU ghost player.
RED dispenser ghost.
BLU dispenser ghost.
See also
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