Team Fortress 2 Update from October 1, 2026

A fresh patch for Team Fortress 2 is now live and will install automatically upon restarting the game. The headline features comprise:

Scream Fortress XVIII is officially underway!

• Introduces 5 community-built battlegrounds: HolyHell, Scarypass, Trainsawlaser, Medi-Evil, and Scaredy-Cat
• Introduced the Haunted Hoard Case
  • Houses 23 community-designed cosmetic pieces forming the Haunted Hoard Assortment
  • Includes a rare chance to drop an Unusualifier taunt modifier
• Added 5 fresh community-made taunts to the Mann Co. Catalog
  • Taunt: Hippocratic Hypocrite
  • Taunt: Showrunner’s Spirit
  • Taunt: Barrel Roll
  • Taunt: One-Eyed Punt!
  • Taunt: Sear You Later
• Introduced 21 novel community-crafted Unusual phenomena
  • 11 fresh animations for Unusual headwear
  • 10 fresh animations for Unusual taunts
• Every player booting up the game gets a Soul Gargoyle, provided they lack one already
  • Unlocks access to Merasmissions and spooky item conversions
  • Monitors completed Merasmissions alongside harvested souls
• All Spooky Contracts have been wiped clean, enabling players to tackle them afresh
• Added bespoke Contracts covering this season’s highlighted community battlegrounds
• Finishing a Spooky Contract yields a traditional Halloween reward alongside a shot at a Haunted Hoard Case
• Resume last year’s tradition by harvesting the essences of fallen foes via elimination, objective progress, or collecting Soul Gargoyles spawning across the terrain
• Every cosmetic and taunt container will dispense Halloween 2026 Unusual properties instead of their standard variants throughout the celebration (Crates are excluded)
• Queue up for Spooky matches via the Special Events filter within Casual matchmaking
• Scream Fortress XVIII remains active through November 7th, 2026

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