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The Goldrush Update, also referred to as the Medic Update, is a patch for the Medic, the first class to have a major content pack released, as well as the release of the Payload gamemode and the release of the Team Fortress 2 Character Info and Loadout system, allowing players to equip different Primary, Secondary, and Melee weapons. The update was released on April 29th, 2008.
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Background
Golden Wrench
The Golden Wrench is a Wrench replacement for the Engineer. It has the same damage and capabilities as the regular Wrench, but turns all the enemies it kills to solid golden statues.
The Golden Wrench is allegedly made of Australium. It could only be obtained through Crafting, having a very small chance to appear as the result of any crafting attempt. Only 100 Golden Wrenches exist as of now. While the Golden Wrench has been in the game's items since July 1, 2010, Golden Wrenches only started dropping on July 4th, 2010. The last Golden Wrench was found on July 8th, and it is unknown whether it will be possible to obtain any later. A listing of everyone who found a Golden Wrench may be found here.
Announcements
The Engineer Update page officially begun on July 5, 2010, as announced on the TF2 Official Blog post "Engineer Update: Day One". The update was released on July 8th.
- Day one: The Golden Wrenches and the Frontier Justice were announced.
- Day two: The Wrangler and the map Upward were announced. The Engineer achievements were also later added to the update page.
- Day three: The map Hightower was announced. The Southern Hospitality was mentioned, but with no details. Also, the Gunslinger and the ability to move buildings were both teased through hidden pages.
- Day four: The Gunslinger and the map Thunder Mountain were announced.
The community-made map Coldfront was also added in the patch, but not mentioned by Valve.
Pre-announcement references
While officially announced on July 5, 2010, numerous references have been made by Valve prior to the release.
Repair Node (scrapped)
On March 2, 2010, Valve published a post on the TF2 Official Blog, Dammit dammit dammit dammit!, describing an idea for a new Engineer building, the Repair Node. The idea was rejected after playtesting.
The Repair Node reappeared in the video which accompanied the 119th update.
A blueprint of the Repair Node appears on the Engineer Update site, with the text "...R WORK" visibly written over it, and then a different view of the same blueprint, on the hidden Radigan page, saying "..LL NEVER W...". It seems likely the full text reads "WILL NEVER WORK" or "IT'LL NEVER WORK".
119th Update
On May 5, 2010, as part of the 119th update, Valve released a 27-second teaser for the Engineer update. The teaser contains many things that may be hints about the Engineer's unlockable weapons.
Instant teleport (scrapped)
In an interview, Robin Walker discussed a cut and unnamed Engineer building, referred to by the community as the Instant teleport, that would immediately teleport the Engineer back to his teleporter exit.
Mac Update
On June 11, 2010, Valve released the Mac Update, accompanied by a video showing the Engineer holding the Frontier Justice in the video, which had not yet been announced at the time.
Screenshot from Robin Walker
On June 27, 2010, Valve sent an in-game screenshot to the Apocalypse Gaming Community as a thank-you present for hosting the Battle of Both Worlds event. The screenshot was accompanied by the following message by Robin Walker: "We didn't give you a photo of us signing. After some conversation here, we decided that a more fun way to prove that you did get the shirts from us is to give you something about the upcoming Engineer Update that could only have come from us. Please find this something attached."
This picture teased what could be a new map, later revealed to be Upward. It also shows the Engineer with his toolcase on his shoulder, teasing the building-moving mechanic.
Golden Wrench
On July 1, 2010, Valve released a patch adding a new melee weapon for the Engineer: the Golden Wrench.
Loose Canon
On July 2, 2010, the Loose Canon comic was published, sparking speculation that the start of the Engineer Update had begun.
Trivia
- On July 5, 2010, moments before the update's official announcement, Shawn posted an announcement to the official Team Fortress 2 Steam group entitled "link". The announcement only consisted of random text linking to the official Engineer Update page.
- During the Engineer Update, the "Smelt Reclaimed metal" and "Smelt Refined metal" blueprints were disabled to prevent players from smelting and unsmelting metal rapidly in an attempt to find a Golden Wrench. They were re-enabled months later with the release of the Mann-Conomy Update
- All three Payload maps released with the Engineer Update have a vertical theme: Thunder Mountain, Upward, and Hightower.
Update progress
Initial update page
Release of the Frontier Justice
Release of Hightower, and the Southern Hospitality
Release of Thunder Mountain, and the Gunslinger
References
External links
Hidden links
- Radigan Conagher holding the Frontier Justice
- Radigan Conagher holding the Wrangler
- Radigan Conagher holding the new Wrench called "Southern Hospitality"
- Engineer moving his sentry
- Radigan Conagher with the Gunslinger
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