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The <span class="plainlinks">'''[http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ Engineer Update]'''</span> is a patch for the [[Engineer]], the last class to have a major content pack released. The update was announced on July 5, 2010, and was released on July 8, 2010.
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[[File:Engineer Update Logo.png|right|x200px|link=https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/]]
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{{Quotation|'''TF2 Official Blog'''|Say you have two things: a perfectly good hand, and a brilliant inventor for a grandfather. One day you stumble across a blueprint for an amazing-as-hell robot hand meant to replace an arm-stump. Wait, you have three things: the hand, the grandfather, and a saw.}}
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The <span class="plainlinks">'''[https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ Engineer Update]'''</span> was a [[Patches#MU|major content update]] focusing on the [[Engineer]]. The update was announced on July 5, 2010, and was released in the {{Patch name|7|8|2010}}.
  
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Rather than announcing new content for the update regularly, new content was released every time 25 [[Golden Wrench|Golden Wrenches]] were found<ref name="updaterate">http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4026</ref>. With 100 Wrenches to be found in total, there were 4 announcements prior to the final release.
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Rather than announcing new content for the update regularly, new content was announced every time 25 [[Golden Wrench]]es were found.<ref name="updaterate">https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4026</ref> With 100 Wrenches to be found in total, there were 4 announcements prior to the final release of the update.
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== Background ==
 
== Background ==
 
=== Golden Wrench ===
 
=== Golden Wrench ===
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[[Image:Golden_Wrench_IMG.png|100px|right|Golden Wrench]]
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[[File:Golden Wrench IMG.png|100px|right|{{item name|Golden Wrench}}]]
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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.
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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 into solid golden statues.
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The Golden Wrench is allegedly made of [[Australium]]. It can only be obtained through [[Crafting]], having a very small chance to appear as the result of any crafting attempt. Only 100 Golden Wrenches exist. While the Golden Wrench has been in the game's items since July 1, 2010, Golden Wrenches only started dropping on July 4th, 2010.
 
  
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A listing of everyone who has found a Golden Wrench may be found [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/wrenchlog/ here].
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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 were randomly awarded to players through crafting. Although the Golden Wrench has been in the [[item schema]] since July 1, 2010, Golden Wrenches did not start dropping until July 4, 2010. The last Golden Wrench was found on July 8, 2010, and the Wrench is no longer obtainable. A listing of everyone who found a Golden Wrench can be found [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/wrenchlog/ here].
  
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== Announcements ==
 
== Announcements ==
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The Engineer Update page officially begun on July 5, 2010, as announced on the [[TF2 Official Blog]] post "[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4026 Engineer Update: Day One]". After 25 Golden Wrenches were found, [[:File:Engineer_Update_Page1.jpg|Part One of the Engineer update]] was published.
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The Engineer Update page officially begun on July 5, 2010, as announced on the [[TF2 Official Blog]] post "[https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4026 Engineer Update: Day One]". The update was released on July 8.
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=== Frontier Justice ===
 
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[[Image:Engineer_Update_Frontier_Justice.png|100px|right|Frontier Justice]]
 
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The '''[[Frontier Justice]]''' is an unlockable [[Shotgun]] replacement for the Engineer. While it cannot Crit randomly and has a smaller clip size, it gets Revenge Crits: For every [[Sentry Gun]] kill or assist, the Frontier Justice will get additional guaranteed Crits when the Sentry is destroyed. When taunting with this weapon, the Engineer pulls a guitar from behind him and smashes it on the ground, killing anyone in front of him.
 
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This weapon could be seen before being announced, in the [[Mac update trailer]].
 
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=== Wrangler ===
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*'''Day 1''': The Golden Wrenches and the [[Frontier Justice]] were announced.
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[[File:Engineer Update Wrangler.png|100px|right|Wrangler]]
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*'''Day 2''': The [[Wrangler]] and the map [[Upward]] were announced. The [[Engineer achievements]] were also later added to the Update page.
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The '''[[Wrangler]]''' is an unlockable [[Pistol]] replacement for the Engineer. While selected, it allows the Engineer to take control of his [[Sentry Gun]]'s aim. When switching away from the Wrangler, the Sentry Gun is left defenseless for 3 seconds.
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*'''Day 3''': 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.
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*'''Day 4''': The [[Gunslinger]] and the map [[Thunder Mountain]] were announced.
  
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The Wrangler also gives the Sentry Gun a shield that absorbs 66% of incoming damage, and improves firing rate.
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The community-made map [[Coldfront]] was also added in the patch, but not mentioned by Valve.
  
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== Additions ==
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=== Maps ===
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{{main|List of maps}}
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{| class="wikitable" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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! class="header" style="background:#FAD60A;" | {{common string|Name}}
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! class="header" style="background:#FAD60A;" | {{common string|Picture}}
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! class="header" style="background:#FAD60A;" | {{common string|Game mode}}
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! class="header" style="background:#FAD60A;" | {{common string|File name}}
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | '''{{map link|Coldfront}}'''
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| width="220px" | [[File:Coldfront5.png|220px|link=Coldfront{{if lang}}]]
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| width="110px" | '''[[Control Point (game mode){{if lang}}|{{common string|Control Point}}]]'''<br>[[File:Controlpoint.png|50px|link=Control Point (game mode){{if lang}}]]
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| {{code|cp_coldfront}}
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | '''{{map link|Hightower}}'''
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| [[File:Hightower.png|220px|link=Hightower{{if lang}}]]
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| '''[[Payload Race{{if lang}}|{{common string|Payload Race}}]]'''<br>[[File:RED Bombcart.png|30px|link=Payload Race{{if lang}}]][[File:BLU Bombcart.png|30px|link=Payload Race{{if lang}}]]
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| {{code|plr_hightower}}
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | '''{{map link|Thunder Mountain}}'''
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| [[File:PL Thunder Mountain.png|220px|link=Thunder Mountain{{if lang}}]]
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| '''[[Payload{{if lang}}|{{common string|Payload}}]]'''<br>[[File:BLU Bombcart.png|50px|link=Payload{{if lang}}]]
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| {{code|pl_thundermountain}}
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | '''{{map link|Upward}}'''
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| [[File:Engineer Update Upward.png|220px|link=Upward{{if lang}}]]
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| '''[[Payload{{if lang}}|{{common string|Payload}}]]'''<br>[[File:BLU Bombcart.png|50px|link=Payload{{if lang}}]]
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| {{code|pl_upward}}
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|}
  
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=== Upward ===
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=== Weapons ===
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[[Image:Engineer_Update_Upward.png|100px|right|Upward]]
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{{main|Weapons}}
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'''[[Upward]]''' is an official [[Payload]] map built on top of a mountain.
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" cellpadding=2 style="text-align:center;"
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| width="60px" style="background:#FAD60A;" rowspan=5 | '''{{Class link|engineer|br=yes|color=black}}'''
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | {{Icon item|Frontier Justice|75px}}
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| width="125px" | '''{{item link|Frontier Justice}}'''
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | {{Icon item|Wrangler|75px}}
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| '''{{item link|Wrangler}}'''
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | {{Icon item|Southern Hospitality|75px}}
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| '''{{item link|Southern Hospitality}}'''
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | {{Icon item|Gunslinger|75px}}
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| '''{{item link|Gunslinger}}'''
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| style="background:#F2E079;" | {{Icon item|Golden Wrench|75px}}
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| '''{{item link|Golden Wrench}}'''<sup>†</sup>
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| height="30px" style="background:#FAD60A;" | '''{{common string|Notes}}'''
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| colspan="2" | <sup>†</sup>Actually added in the {{Patch name|7|1|2010}}.
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The map was previously teased in a [[#Screenshot from Robin Walker|screenshot sent by Robin Walker]].
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== Pre-announcement references ==
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While officially announced on July 5, 2010, numerous references had been made by Valve prior to the release.
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=== Engineer Achievements ===
 
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[[Image:Engineer progress2.jpg|100px|right|Engineer Milestone 2]]
 
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As part of Day 2 of the Engineer update, the Engineer's [[Engineer achievements|achievement pack]] was released. <ref name="achievements">http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/achievements/</ref>
 
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=== Hightower ===
 
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[[Image:Engineer_Update_Hightower.png|100px|right|Hightower]]
 
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[[Hightower]] is a new [[Payload Race]] map.
 
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===Southern Hospitality===
 
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[[Image:Engineer Update Southern Hospitality.png|100px|right|Hightower]]
 
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The [[Southern Hospitality]] was created by a user named [http://steamcommunity.com/id/watchmaker WatchMaker|], it will use the [[bleed]] mechanic in some way and has been confirmed to be called the "Southern Hospitality", a reference to the Engineer's Texan home.  
 
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===[[Gunslinger]]===
 
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[[Image:Engineer Update Gunslinger.png|100px|right|Gunslinger]]
 
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Melee slot item, drops mini-sentries and adds 25 hp. Every third punch is a Crit.
 
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[[Image:Engineer Update MiniSentries.png|100px|right|Mini-Sentries]]
 
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Only costs 100 metal, builds 4x faster cannot be repaired or upgraded. Deals half the damage.
 
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===Thunder Mountain===
 
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[[Image:Engineer Update Thunder Mountain.png|100px|right|Mini-Sentries]]
 
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Another Payload map. A really long track.
 
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===Packing and moving Buildings===
 
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[[Image:Sentry moving.jpg|100px|right|An Engineer moving his sentry]]
 
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As seen [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/engineer_photos/ here], the Engineer appears to be repackaging his level 2 Sentry Gun and moving it to a new spot. Any building of any level can be moved: picking up a building is instant and does not reduce its level, metal count, or death/assist counts, the engineer walks slower while carrying it, and when placed the building will re-assemble itself at a faster speed than normal, from level 1. Requiring longer to reassemble to level 3, than level 1.
 
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===Coldfront===
 
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[[Image:Cp coldfront0010.jpg|100px|right|Coldfront]]
 
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The communtiy control point map, [[Coldfront]] has been confirmed to be included in the Engineer Update<ref>[[User_talk:Icarus#Coldfront]]</ref>, the map was created by Eric "Icarus" Wong, who was helped by David "Selentic" Simon, Aeon "Void" Bollig and Tim "YM" Johnson.
 
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== Pre-announcement references ==
 
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While officially announced on July 5, 2010, numerous references have been made by Valve prior to the release.
 
 
=== Repair Node (scrapped) ===
 
=== Repair Node (scrapped) ===
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[[Image:Repnode.png|100px|right|Repair Node]]
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[[File:Repnode.png|100px|right|{{item name|Repair Node}}]]
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On March 2, 2010, Valve published a post on the [[TF2 Official Blog]], [http://www.tf2.com/post.php?id=3539 Dammit dammit dammit dammit!], describing an idea for a new Engineer building, the ''[[Repair Node]]''. The idea was rejected after playtesting.
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On March 2, 2010, Valve published a post on the [[TF2 Official Blog]], [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3539 Dammit dammit dammit dammit!], describing an idea for a new Engineer building, the ''[[Repair Node]]''. The idea was rejected after playtesting.
  
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The repair node reappeared in the video which accompanied the 119th update.
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The Repair Node reappeared in the video which accompanied the 119th update.
  
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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 [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/radigan/ Radigan] page, saying "..LL NEVER W...".  It seems likely the full text reads "WILL NEVER WORK" or "IT'LL NEVER WORK".
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A blueprint of the [[Repair Node]] appears on the [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/v00.php Engineer Update site], with the text "...R WORK" visibly written over it, and then a different view of the same blueprint, on the hidden [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/radigan/ Radigan] page, saying "..LL NEVER W...".  It seems likely the full text reads "WILL NEVER WORK" or "IT'LL NEVER WORK".
 
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=== 119th Update ===
 
=== 119th Update ===
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<div style="float:left">{{youtube tn|_5tM-eW1vDU}}</div>
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On May 5, 2010, as part of the [http://www.teamfortress.com/119/ 119th update], Valve released [http://www.teamfortress.com/119/comingsoon.html a 27-second teaser] for the Engineer update. [[Engineer update (teaser)|The teaser]] contains many things that may be hints about the Engineer's unlockable weapons.
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On May 5, 2010, as part of the [https://www.teamfortress.com/119/ 119th update], Valve released [https://www.teamfortress.com/119/comingsoon.html a 26-second teaser] for the Engineer update. [[Engineer update (teaser)|The teaser]] contains many things that may be hinting about the Engineer's unlockable weapons.
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(Info: This video has been re-uploaded by Valve due to them wanting to have all videos in one place.)
 
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=== Instant teleport (scrapped) ===
 
=== Instant teleport (scrapped) ===
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In an [http://www.kritzkast.com/?page_id=521 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.
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In an [https://www.kritzkast.com/robinwalker 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 ===
 
=== Mac Update ===
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[[File:Frontier Justice Mac Reveal.jpg|150px|right|thumb|The Engineer, holding the [[Frontier Justice]]]]
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[[Image:Newshotgun.jpg|150px|right|thumb|The Engineer, holding the [[Frontier Justice]]]]
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On June 11, 2010, Valve released the [[Mac Update]], accompanied by a video showing the Engineer holding the [[Frontier Justice]] in the [[Mac update trailer|video]], which had not yet been announced at the time.
 
On June 11, 2010, Valve released the [[Mac Update]], accompanied by a video showing the Engineer holding the [[Frontier Justice]] in the [[Mac update trailer|video]], which had not yet been announced at the time.
 
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=== Screenshot from Robin Walker ===
 
=== Screenshot from Robin Walker ===
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[[Image:Engineer_Update_Teaser_New_Map.jpg|150px|right|thumb|[[Upward]]]]
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[[File:Engineer Update Teaser New Map.jpg|150px|right|thumb|{{map link|Upward}}]]
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On June 27, 2010, [http://www.agcommunity.org/?q=node/508 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."
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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."
  
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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 Sentry moving mechanic.
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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 ===
 
=== Golden Wrench ===
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On July 1, 2010, Valve released [[July_1,_2010_Patch|a patch]] adding a new melee weapon for the Engineer: the [[Golden Wrench]].
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On July 1, 2010, Valve released [[July 1, 2010 Patch|a patch]] adding a new melee weapon for the Engineer: the [[Golden Wrench]].
  
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* On July 5, 2010, moments before the update's official announcement, [http://steamcommunity.com/id/sza/ 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 [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ Engineer Update page].
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* On July 5, 2010, moments before the Update's official announcement, [https://steamcommunity.com/id/sza/ Shawn] posted an announcement to the official Team Fortress 2 Steam group entitled "link" which consisted of random text linking to the official [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ Engineer Update page].
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* In the "Loose Canon" comic, during the scene starring the Announcer's ancestor, there are four blueprints on the background. Three of them show the different levels of standard sentries, while the one hidden mostly by the text balloons shows two barrels of a machine. The barrels bear a strong resemblance to those on level one sentries, but seem to be slightly bigger.
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* During the Engineer Update, the "Smelt Reclaimed Metal" and "Smelt Refined Metal" [[Crafting|blueprints]] were disabled to prevent players from smelting and unsmelting metal rapidly in an attempt to find a Golden Wrench.
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* Also in the "Loose Canon" comic, Alice, the possible ancestor of Helen, the current Administrator, tells Radigan Conagher, the ancestor of the Engineer that she has managed to amass only 100 pounds of the rare gold-colored "transformative new element" known as Australium and offers it to Radigan on the condition that he build build "life extender machines" for both Redmond and Blutarch Mann.  Presumably each of the 100 Golden Wrenches contains one pound of Radigan's original cache of Australium.
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** They were not re-enabled until the release of the [[Mann-Conomy Update]], nearly three months after the final Wrench was crafted.
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* During the Engineer Update, the "Smelt Reclaimed metal" and "Smelt Refined metal" [[Crafting|blueprints]] are disabled to prevent players from smelting and unsmelting metal rapidly in an attempt to find a Golden Wrench
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** Along with a gauge representing the number of Golden Wrenches found, a lightbulb would be lit for every milestone. On release day, all lightbulbs were lit.
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* In Day One of the Engineer Update, several yellowed photos from [[:File:Engineercomic13.jpg|Radigan Conagher's files]] referencing the [[Storyline]] of ''Team Fortress 2'' can be seen, such as a huge Australium nugget, several newspapers, the 1850s mercenaries, Radigan Conagher testing the old TFC Wrench, the assembled TFC Mercenaries, an 1850s Sentry Gun and Payload Cart, [[w:Electron shell|electron shell model]] of gold/Australium, boxing Kangaroos, several ideas to save Abraham Lincoln if he had not died, The [[Map of Badlands|Map of Mann's Land]], a crossed out picture of the Repair Node, several photos showing Top Hats and at the bottom, a picture showing the TFC Engineer and the young Engineer trying on his very first pair of goggles, as well as a newspaper from the WAR! Update.
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* A sketch of a Robo-Scout from the Mann vs. Machine game mode can be seen in the initial update page, based off the [[w:Vitruvian Man|Vitruvian Man]] as drawn by [[w:Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]].
  
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== Update progress ==
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== Update Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
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File:Engineer_Update_Page0.jpg|Initial update page
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File:Engineer_Update_Page0.jpg|'''Day 1.''' Initial update page
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File:Engineer_Update_Page1.jpg|Release of the [[Frontier Justice]]
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File:Engineer_Update_Page1.jpg|'''Day 2.''' The [[Frontier Justice]] was announced
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File:Engineer_Update_Page2.jpg|Release of the [[Wrangler]], [[Upward]], and Engineer achievements
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File:Engineer_Update_Page2.jpg|'''Day 3.''' The [[Wrangler]], [[Upward]], and [[Engineer achievements]] were announced
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File:Engineer_Update_Page3.jpg|Release of [[Hightower]], and a new Wrench
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File:Engineer_Update_Page3.jpg|'''Day 4.''' [[Hightower]] and the [[Southern Hospitality]] were announced
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File:Engineer_Update_Page4.jpg|Release of [[Thunder Mountain]], and the [[Gunslinger]]
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File:Engineer_Update_Page4.jpg|'''Day 5.''' [[Thunder Mountain]] and the [[Gunslinger]] were announced
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=== Hidden Pages ===
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File:Hidden-Pages_Radigan.png|Radigan Conagher with Frontier Justice hidden image
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File:Hidden-Pages_Wrangdigan.png|Radigan Conagher with Wrangler hidden image
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File:Hidden-Pages_Handyman.png|Radigan Conagher with Gunslinger hidden image
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File:Hidden-Pages_Evolutionaryman.png|Radigan Conagher with Southern Hospitality hidden image
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File:Hidden-Pages_Engineer-Photos.png| Engineer moving a building hidden image
 
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ Engineer Update page]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/ Engineer Update page]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/achievements Engineer achievements]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/achievements Engineer achievements]
  
 
=== Hidden links ===
 
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/radigan Radigan Conagher holding the Frontier Justice]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/radigan Radigan Conagher holding the Frontier Justice]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/wrangdigan/ Radigan Conagher holding the Wrangler]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/wrangdigan/ Radigan Conagher holding the Wrangler]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/evolutionaryman/ Radigan Conagher holding the new Wrench called "Southern Hospitality"]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/handyman/ Radigan Conagher with the Gunslinger]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/evolutionaryman/ Radigan Conagher holding the Southern Hospitality]
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/handyman/ Radigan Conagher with the Gunslinger]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/engineer_photos/ The Engineer moving a Sentry]
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{{Major Updates Nav}}
 
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Latest revision as of 19:00, 12 February 2024

This article is for content released in the update. For the patch itself, see July 8, 2010 Patch.
Engineer Update Logo.png
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Say you have two things: a perfectly good hand, and a brilliant inventor for a grandfather. One day you stumble across a blueprint for an amazing-as-hell robot hand meant to replace an arm-stump. Wait, you have three things: the hand, the grandfather, and a saw.
— TF2 Official Blog
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The Engineer Update was a major content update focusing on the Engineer. The update was announced on July 5, 2010, and was released in the July 8, 2010 Patch.

Rather than announcing new content for the update regularly, new content was announced every time 25 Golden Wrenches were found.[1] With 100 Wrenches to be found in total, there were 4 announcements prior to the final release of the update.

Background

Golden Wrench

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 into 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 were randomly awarded to players through crafting. Although the Golden Wrench has been in the item schema since July 1, 2010, Golden Wrenches did not start dropping until July 4, 2010. The last Golden Wrench was found on July 8, 2010, and the Wrench is no longer obtainable. A listing of everyone who found a Golden Wrench can 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 8.

The community-made map Coldfront was also added in the patch, but not mentioned by Valve.

Additions

Maps

Main article: List of maps
Name Picture Game mode File name
Coldfront Coldfront5.png Control Point
Controlpoint.png 		cp_coldfront
Hightower Hightower.png Payload Race
RED Bombcart.pngBLU Bombcart.png 		plr_hightower
Thunder Mountain PL Thunder Mountain.png Payload
BLU Bombcart.png 		pl_thundermountain
Upward Engineer Update Upward.png Payload
BLU Bombcart.png 		pl_upward

Weapons

Main article: Weapons
Frontier Justice Frontier Justice
Wrangler Wrangler
Southern Hospitality Southern Hospitality
Gunslinger Gunslinger
Golden Wrench Golden Wrench†
Notes †Actually added in the July 1, 2010 Patch.

Pre-announcement references

While officially announced on July 5, 2010, numerous references had been made by Valve prior to the release.

Repair Node (scrapped)

Repair Node

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 26-second teaser for the Engineer update. The teaser contains many things that may be hinting about the Engineer's unlockable weapons. (Info: This video has been re-uploaded by Valve due to them wanting to have all videos in one place.)

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

The Engineer, holding the Frontier Justice

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

Upward

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" which 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 not re-enabled until the release of the Mann-Conomy Update, nearly three months after the final Wrench was crafted.
  • The banner of the update page altered to indicate the update's progression.
    • Along with a gauge representing the number of Golden Wrenches found, a lightbulb would be lit for every milestone. On release day, all lightbulbs were lit.
  • In Day One of the Engineer Update, several yellowed photos from Radigan Conagher's files referencing the Storyline of Team Fortress 2 can be seen, such as a huge Australium nugget, several newspapers, the 1850s mercenaries, Radigan Conagher testing the old TFC Wrench, the assembled TFC Mercenaries, an 1850s Sentry Gun and Payload Cart, electron shell model of gold/Australium, boxing Kangaroos, several ideas to save Abraham Lincoln if he had not died, The Map of Mann's Land, a crossed out picture of the Repair Node, several photos showing Top Hats and at the bottom, a picture showing the TFC Engineer and the young Engineer trying on his very first pair of goggles, as well as a newspaper from the WAR! Update.
  • A sketch of a Robo-Scout from the Mann vs. Machine game mode can be seen in the initial update page, based off the Vitruvian Man as drawn by Leonardo da Vinci.

Update Gallery

Hidden Pages

  • Radigan Conagher with Frontier Justice hidden image

  • Radigan Conagher with Wrangler hidden image

  • Radigan Conagher with Gunslinger hidden image

  • Radigan Conagher with Southern Hospitality hidden image

  • Engineer moving a building hidden image

References

  1. ↑ https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4026

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