Strange

Strange quality is an item quality found on weapons obtained from unlocking Mann Co. Supply Crates of certain series, or receiving a botkiller weapon from Mann Up mode. Introduced in the Über Update on June 23, 2011 Patch, Strange weapons track kills and record them as an item attribute, allowing the count to be viewed by players. The weapon is then awarded a rank as the recorded count increases, with the rank affixed to the beginning of the item's name. Some Strange weapons track another action instead of kills, such as kill assists (see Notes below for exceptions). Additionally, some weapons have a second count to track other associated actions, such as Sentry Gun kills; however, the secondary count does not contribute toward rank progress. Each time the player achieves a new rank, it is announced to all players on the server with a message in the chat box; A notification pop-up also appears only for the player the weapon belongs to.

Strange Weapon Ranks

• Generic
• Holiday Punch
• Invis Watch
• Mantreads
• Sapper
• Spirit Of Giving
• Cosmetic

Rank	Kills	Name
0	0	STRANGE
1	10	UNREMARKABLE
2	25	SCARCELY LETHAL
3	45	MILDLY MENANCING
4	70	SOMEWHAT THREATENING
5	100	UNCHARITABLE
6	135	NOTABLY DANGEROUS
7	175	SUFFICIENTLY LETHAL
8	225	TRULY FEARED
9	275	SPECTACULARLY LETHAL
10	350	GORE-SPATTERED
11	500	WICKED NASTY
12	750	POSITIVELY INHUMANE
13	999	TOTALLY ORDINARY
14	1000	FACE-MELTING
15	1500	RAGE-INDUCING
16	2500	SERVER-CLEARING
17	5000	EPIC
18	7500	LEGENDARY
19	7616	AUSTRALIAN
20	8500	HALE'S OWN

Rank	Tickle Fights Won	Name
0	0	STRANGE
1	10	UNREMARKABLE
2	25	ALMOST AMUSING
3	45	MILDLY MIRTHFUL
4	70	SOMEWHAT DROLL
5	100	THIGH-SLAPPING
6	135	NOTABLY CHEERY
7	175	SUFFICIENTLY WRY
8	225	TRULY FEARED
9	275	SPECTACULARLY JOCULAR
10	350	RIOTOUS
11	500	WICKED FUNNY
12	749	TOTALLY UNAMUSING
13	750	POSITIVELY PERSIFLAGIOUS
14	1000	FROWN-ANNIHILATING
15	1500	GRIN-INDUCING
16	2500	SERVER-CLEARING
17	5000	EPIC
18	7500	LEGENDARY
19	7923	AUSTRALIAN
20	8500	MANN CO. SELECT

Rank	Seconds Cloaked	Name
0	0	STRANGE
1	200	UNREMARKABLE
2	500	SCARCELY SHOCKING
3	900	MILDLY MAGNETIZING
4	1337	SOMEWHAT INDUCTING
5	2000	UNFORTUNATE
6	2700	NOTABLY DELETERIOUS
7	3500	SUFFICIENTLY RUINOUS
8	4500	TRULY CONDUCTING
9	5500	SPECTACULARLY PSEUDOFUL
10	7000	ION-SPATTERED
11	9000	WICKEDLY DYNAMIZING
12	12000	POSITIVELY PLASMATIC
13	16000	TOTALLY ORDINARY
14	21337	CIRCUIT-MELTING
15	35000	NULLITY-INDUCING
16	58007	SERVER-CLEARING
17	90000	EPIC
18	120000	LEGENDARY
19	140000	AUSTRALIAN
20	160000	MANN CO. SELECT

Rank	Kills	Name
0	0	STRANGE
1	1	BROKEN-IN
2	3	SCARCELY WORN
3	5	MILDLY MINATORY
4	7	CRUSHINGLY CRUSHING
5	10	INAUSPICIOUS
6	14	PROFOUNDLY PENUMBRIC
7	18	SUFFICIENTLY ECLIPSING
8	23	TRULY TENEBRIFIC
9	28	SPECTACULARLY FELL
10	35	FASHION-SPLATTERED
11	50	WICKED STINKY
12	75	POSITIVELY PLANAR
13	99	TOTALLY COMFORTABLE
14	100	FACE-FLATTENING
15	150	RAGE-INDUCING
16	250	SERVER-CLEARING
17	500	EPIC
18	750	LEGENDARY
19	784	AUSTRALIAN
20	850	HALE'S CUSTOM

Rank	Buildings Sapped	Name
0	0	STRANGE
1	3	UNREMARKABLE
2	9	SCARCELY SHOCKING
3	15	MILDLY MAGNETIZING
4	21	SOMEWHAT INDUCTING
5	30	UNFORTUNATE
6	42	NOTABLY DELETERIOUS
7	54	SUFFICIENTLY RUINOUS
8	69	TRULY CONDUCTING
9	84	SPECTACULARLY PSEUDOFUL
10	105	ION-SPATTERED
11	150	WICKEDLY DYNAMIZING
12	225	POSITIVELY PLASMATIC
13	299	TOTALLY ORDINARY
14	300	CIRCUIT-MELTING
15	450	NULLITY-INDUCING
16	750	SERVER-CLEARING
17	1500	EPIC
18	2250	LEGENDARY
19	2345	AUSTRALIAN
20	2550	MANN CO. SELECT

Rank	Gifts Given	Name
0	0	THE
1	1	THE BASELINE BENEFACTOR'S
2	3	THE COMPETENT CONTRIBUTOR'S
3	7	THE ADEQUATE ALTRUIST'S
4	12	THE SATISFACTORY SANTA'S
5	20	THE SUFFICIENT SAMARITAN'S
6	28	THE DISTINGUISHED DONATOR'S
7	37	THE DYNAMIC DO-GOODER'S
8	47	THE CONSUMATE CONTRIBUTOR'S
9	57	THE BARON OF BEQUEATHMENT'S
10	68	THE LORD OF LARGESSE'S
11	79	THE CHIEFTAIN OF CHARITY'S
12	91	THE GENERALISSIMO OF GENOEROSITY'S
13	104	THE BIGSHOT BENEFACTOR'S
14	120	THE CAESAR OF PLEASER'S
15	138	THE FIRST-CLASS PHILANTHROPIST'S
16	158	THE HUMANITARIAN HOTSHOT'S
17	179	THE SELFLESS SAMARITAN'S
18	210	THE UBER-ALTRUIST'S
19	250	SAXTON'S OWN

Rank	Points Scored	Name
0	0	STRANGE
1	15	RAGGED
2	30	TACKY
3	50	SECONDHAND
4	75	ODIOUS
5	100	GARISH
6	135	COMFORTABLE
7	175	DAPPER
8	250	SHARP
9	375	FANCY
10	500	FANCY SHMANCY
11	725	FASHIONABLE
12	1000	GLAMOROUS
13	1500	POSH
14	2000	FABULOUS
15	2750	STUNNING
16	4000	EPIC
17	5500	LEGENDARY
18	7500	AUSTRALIAN
19	10000	MANN CO. SELECT
20	15000	MANNCEAUX SIGNATURE COLLECTION

Notes

• The following Strange items do not track kills, instead:
  • Mad Milk and Jarate track and rank up based on the number of coated enemies, or "Sodden Victims".
  • The Wrench, Gunslinger, and Jag track Sentry Gun kills, whether Wrangled or not, and standard melee kills, and rank up based on Sentry Gun kills.
    • The Southern Hospitality only tracks standard melee kills.
  • The Medi Gun, Quick-Fix, Vaccinator and Kritzkrieg track ÜberCharges and kill assists;
    • The Medi Gun, Quick-Fix and Vaccinator rank up based on ÜberCharges deployed.
    • The Kritzkrieg ranks up based on kill assists.
  • The Razorback tracks and ranks up based on the number of Spies shocked by backstabbing it, or "Spies Shocked".
  • The Sapper counts how many buildings have been destroyed by sapping them.
  • The Dead Ringer tracks and ranks up based on number of feigned deaths.
  • The Holiday Punch tracks how many people you have tickled along with amount of kills, and ranks up based on people you have tickled.
  • The Festive Sandvich  tracks and ranks up based on food items eaten and will only increase if the Sandvich is used to heal damage.
  • The Festive Buff Banner and Battalion's Backup tracks and ranks up based on banners deployed.
  • The Invis Watch tracks and ranks up based on seconds cloaked upon decloak.
  • The Construction PDA tracks Sentry Gun kills, the amount of health points restored to teammates with a Dispenser and the number of allies Teleported and ranks up based on Sentry Gun kills.
  • Cosmetics rank up based on points earned while wearing the item.
• The Eyelander levels up only on kills, rather than totaly heads collected. Therefore killing someone with heads, such as another Demoman with the Eyelander (and all variants) or a Sniper with the Bazaar Bargain will only yield one kill.
• Killing a teammate while friendly fire is enabled will increase your kill total with that weapon by one, as though it were a normal kill.
• The following actions do not increase the total kill count for strange weapons:
  • Activating the Cloak of a Spy who is using the Dead Ringer.
  • Any action involving bots (including Mann vs. Machine bots).
  • Strange weapons owned by a steam user with inventory privacy settings set to Friends only or Private will hide the number of kills and the name of the rank on the weapon to other players on servers.
  • Killing yourself with a Strange weapon.
  • Killing an enemy with a airblast.
  • Killing an enemy with a taunt. The Fencing , Skewer , Decapitation and Organ Grinder taunts are exceptions to this.
  • Activating the Dead Ringer via environmental damage, such as fall damage.
• Kills are counted together for classes that share the same Strange weapon.
• Using a Name Tag will change the name of the Strange weapon, but the weapon will still retain its rank and counter. Its current rank is displayed under the name of the weapon in light grey text.
• Resetting a Strange weapon that has one or more Strange Parts applied will reset to 0 the kill counters for both the weapon and any strange parts that may be applied. It is not possible to reset the counter for a Strange weapon's kills without also resetting the counters for any strange parts that may be applied.
• Listing a Botkiller or a Strange Festive Weapon on the Steam Community Market will reset its kill counters.
• Strange Hats will keep count of overall score achieved at the ends of games while wearing said hat.

Item Qualities