Squash Rockets (halloween spell)
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Squash Rockets was a tool item. It could be used on any of the Soldier's primary weapons (except Rocket Jumper). With such equipped weapon, fired rocket gain a purple trail and explode orange in a similar manner to pumpkin bombs.
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.
Casting certain magic spells while equipping a weapon enchanted with this item causes the effects of the weapon's spell to carry over to the magic spells (specifically the changes in projectile and explosion effects). The projectiles of the Magic spells Fireball, Ball O' Lightning, and Meteor Shower gain a purple smoke trail, while the explosions of projectiles from the Magic spell Summon MONOCULUS become orange pumpkin bomb effects.
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.
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Update history
- Halloween Spell: Squash Rockets was added to the game.
October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress V)
- Enabled Halloween Spell Potions.
- Effects will only be visible during Halloween/Full Moon events.
- All Halloween event items have automatically expired.
- [Undocumented] Halloween spells are no longer tradable.
- Enabled Halloween Spell Potions.
- Updated Halloween Spells to be tradable.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- [Undocumented] Halloween spells are no longer tradable.
Notes
- Similar to Gourd Grenades and Sentry Quad-Pumpkins, the spell applied to items is listed as "Pumpkin Bombs" rather than the actual name of the spell. The spell only limited which weapons they can be applied to.
Bugs
- The backpack icon incorrectly uses the coloring overlay intended for paint cans.
- The spell couldn't be applied to the stock Rocket Launcher (except its Strange variant) and the Rocket Jumper. The player was able to select a spell from the backpack and a confirmation message would appear, but the effect was not applied and the spell was not consumed.
- The spell could be applied to the Cow Mangler 5000, despite the fact that the Cow Mangler 5000 does not fire rockets.
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