Halloween Contracts

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Halloween Contracts
ConTracker Halloween 2017.png
Root directory for the Halloween Contracts in the 2017 Event.

Halloween Contracts are a set of Contracts for use with the ConTracker during Halloween Events. The Contracts were introduced in the Scream Fortress 2017 Event and were expanded in the following Halloween Events. These contracts are free for every user, similar to the Pyroland Contracts, but are active only for a limited time during the Events. The Halloween Contracts can be contributed by friends through the Friendly-Fire system.

These contracts are navigated, selected, tracked, and turned in using the ConTracker. Every contract completed and turned in earns a Halloween Package, an Action Item that opens to give out any single Halloween-restricted item from the previous updates, similar to the Goodie Cauldron or the Gift Cauldron. The items granted will be non-tradable and non-marketable, meaning they cannot be sold on the Community Market, nor be Traded to others. Also, when completed and turned in, Halloween Contracts count as Merasmissions on the Soul Gargoyle.

From the starting Scream Fortress contract, players can unlock and choose from contracts for the bosses, official maps, and community maps. The boss contracts are unlocked in the order each boss was added to the game; Horseless Headless Horsemann, MONOCULUS, and Merasmus. From the first official map contract, Harvest Event, the three boss map contracts can be unlocked in order of their release into the game, while the contracts for the last two official release Halloween maps are unlocked from the first. The community maps are arranged in lines by year of release, and are unlocked in alphabetical order in each line.

Strategy

See also: Community Halloween maps strategy: Halloween pumpkins, Pumpkin bombs
See also: Bugs affecting and significantly accelerating Contract completion.
  • Be polite: Don't greedily pick up Crumpkins if some other player needs them for Contracts (or the Candy Coroner achievement) or can make better tactical use of them.
  • Be efficient: If there is a Bonus Objective that a player can accomplish reasonably quickly (there are several in the Halloween set), the souls collected while focusing on that Bonus first can simultaneously completely fulfill the Primary Objective.
  • Have a plan: It is possible to turn in all Halloween Contracts in the set by completing only one Objective per Halloween Contract; however, once a last Star has been used to activate a Halloween Contract, at least one Objective must be completed and turned on that Contract before activating any other. Turning in a few extra Bonus Objectives gives more flexibility in queuing up for maps.
  • I make it look easy! If the player's objective is to complete only a few easy Bonus Objectives with minimal effort, then
    • "Escape from Loot Island" (Eyeaduct) and "Stun Merasmus with a Bomb Head" (Ghost Fort) are high-scoring, easy actions that can be done many times in a round, rapidly completing both the Bonus and Primary Objective.
    • "Deposit Soul/Gib Objectives" can be easily completed before the Primary Objective is completed.
  • Mmph mmmph mph-mph mmph mmmmph! Several Halloween Contracts have a Bonus Objective of collecting Halloween pumpkins, with enough souls collectible in the effort to complete the Primary Objective at the same time.
    • The Spyro technique (augmented with the Powerjack for flanking) is particularly effective at this, both creating and immediately picking up the pumpkins.
    • Alternatively, discharging an Mmmph into an enemy crowd can easily drop one or more Crumpkins, which can be quickly picked up to continue the crit-kill spree (if you survive).
    • Follow the Boss around during a truce; Boss kills also has a chance of dropping Halloween pumpkins.
  • C'mere, Crumpkill! To score Crumpkin kills, the Spy, Scout, or Pyro can set up rear ambushes on multiple players that are close to each other, picking up any Halloween pumpkin that drops from the first kill to kill the others nearby. Look for narrow passages from the enemy spawn or for pushes on a KOTH Capture point for group ambushes.
  • Y'all know what, you're not scary, you're just weird. Completing Boss contracts can be as simple as showing up, setting the contract, damaging one of the Bosses during a truce, and finishing the round. As long the Boss you damaged is defeated and you finish the round, you get the completion. (You do not have to play the round from the start.)
  • And these bodies. Do they have to be under the circus? Picking up a Soul Gargoyle adds 10 Contract Points all at once to the Primary Objective of the active Halloween Contract!

List of contract objectives

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Name Prerequisites Objectives Reward
Scream Fortress 0xContract Star Scream Fortress
  • Primary: Collect a soul: 2 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/15) Crumpkin kill: 4 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/3) Pumpkin bomb kill: 10 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package

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Name Prerequisites Objectives Reward
Harvest Event 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Harvest Event
  • Primary: Collect souls on Harvest Event: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Harvest Event: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/10) Kill a scared enemy on Harvest Event: 3 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Helltower 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Harvest Event
Helltower
  • Primary: Collect souls on Helltower: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/12) Kill an enemy in Hell on Helltower: 5 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/2) Reach the Bombinomicon in Helltower: 15 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Carnival of Carnage 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Harvest Event
Carnival of Carnage
  • Primary: Collect souls on Carnival of Carnage: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/30) Revive a teammate during bumper cars: 2 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/10) Bump an enemy to death: 3 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Mann Manor 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Harvest Event
Mann Manor
  • Primary: Collect souls on Mann Manor: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Tag a player as 'IT' on Mann Manor: 10 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Capture or Defend an objective on Mann Manor: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Eyeaduct 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Mann Manor
Eyeaduct
  • Primary: Collect souls on Eyeaduct: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/12) Escape from Purgatory: 5 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill an enemy on Loot Island: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Ghost Fort 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Eyeaduct
Ghost Fort
  • Primary: Collect souls on Ghost Fort: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/12) Stun Merasmus with a bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/3) Escape Skull Island on Ghost Fort: 10 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package

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Name Prerequisites Objectives Reward
Brimstone 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Brimstone
  • Primary: Collect souls on Brimstone: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Cauldron 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Cauldron
  • Primary: Collect souls on Cauldron: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Cursed Cove 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Slasher
Cursed Cove
  • Primary: Collect souls on Cursed Cove: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/15) Deposit a soul in Davy Jones' Locker: 2 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Gorge Event 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Gorge Event
  • Primary: Collect souls on Gorge Event: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/12) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 5 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Gravestone 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Cauldron
Gravestone
  • Primary: Collect souls on Gravestone: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Hellstone 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Gorge Event
Hellstone
  • Primary: Collect souls on Hellstone: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Laughter 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Laughter
  • Primary: Collect souls on Laughter: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Laughter: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a TNT bomb on Laughter: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Maple Ridge Event 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Brimstone
Maple Ridge Event
  • Primary: Collect souls on Maple Ridge Event: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Monster Bash 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Gravestone
Monster Bash
  • Primary: Collect souls on Monster Bash: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/15) Deposit fallen body parts on Monster Bash: 2 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Moonshine Event 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Hellstone
Moonshine Event
  • Primary: Collect souls on Moonshine Event: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Precipice 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Laughter
Precipice
  • Primary: Collect souls on Precipice: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Precipice: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Precipice: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Sinshine 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Moonshine Event
Sinshine
  • Primary: Collect souls on Sinshine: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Slasher 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Monster Bash
Slasher
  • Primary: Collect souls on Slasher: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Pit of Death 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Maple Ridge Event
Pit of Death
  • Primary: Collect souls on Pit of Death: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/30) Collect haunted souls: 2 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/10) Deposit haunted souls in the Underworld: 3 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package

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Name Prerequisites Objectives Reward
Bloodwater 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Bloodwater
  • Primary: Collect souls on Bloodwater: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Bloodwater: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Bloodwater: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Erebus 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Los Muertos
Erebus
  • Primary: Collect souls on Erebus: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Erebus: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Erebus: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Farmageddon 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Graveyard
Farmageddon
  • Primary: Collect souls on Farmageddon: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Farmageddon: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/10) Deposit Weed Killer on Farmageddon: 3 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Graveyard 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Terror
Graveyard
  • Primary: Collect souls on Graveyard: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/3) Survive 500 damage in a single life on Graveyard: 20 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Graveyard: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Hassle Castle 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Megalo
Hassle Castle
  • Primary: Collect souls on Hassle Castle: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Hassle Castle: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Win a round on Hassle Castle: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Los Muertos 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Los Muertos
  • Primary: Collect souls on Los Muertos: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Los Muertos: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Los Muertos: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Megalo 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Bloodwater
Megalo
  • Primary: Collect souls on Megalo: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Megalo: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Megalo: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Moldergrove 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Hassle Castle
Moldergrove
  • Primary: Collect souls on Moldergrove: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Moldergrove: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Moldergrove: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Sinthetic 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Farmageddon
Sinthetic
  • Primary: Collect souls on Sinthetic: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Sinthetic: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/2) Kill the Toastmaster on Sinthetic: 20 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Terror 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Erebus
Terror
  • Primary: Collect souls on Terror: 1 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/20) Collect a Halloween Pumpkin on Terror: 3 CP Contract Star
  • Bonus: (x/6) Kill with a pumpkin bomb on Terror: 5 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package

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Name Prerequisites Objectives Reward
Horseless Headless Horsemann 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Scream Fortress
Horseless Headless Horsemann
  • Primary: Kill the Horseless Headless Horsemann on Mann Manor: 100 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Monoculus 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Horseless Headless Horsemann
Monoculus
  • Primary: Kill Monoculus on Eyeaduct: 100 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package
Merasmus 1xContract Star
Completed Contract(s):
Monoculus
Merasmus
  • Primary: Kill Merasmus on Ghost Fort: 100 CP Contract Star
Halloween Package
Halloween Package

Update history

October 26, 2017 Patch (Scream Fortress IX)
  • Free Halloween Contracts and rewards added to the ConTracker!

October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress X)

  • Added 5 new Contracts for the featured maps.

October 10, 2019 Patch (Scream Fortress XI)

  • All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again.
  • Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Spooky Spoils Case.
  • [Undocumented] Added 2 new Contracts for the featured maps.

October 1, 2020 Patch (Scream Fortress XII)

  • All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again.
  • Added new Contracts for this year's featured community maps.
  • Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Wicked Windfall Case or Scream Fortress XII War Paint Case.

October 8, 2020 Patch

  • Updated pl_hasslecastle
    • Updated the "Kill with a pumpkin bomb" bonus objective to be "Win a round".

October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress XIII)

  • All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again.
  • Added new Contracts for this year's featured community maps.
  • Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Crimson Cache Case or Scream Fortress XIII War Paint Case.

October 8, 2021 Patch

  • Updated the 2nd objective for the Graveyard contract to be "Survive 500 damage in a single life on Graveyard".

October 5, 2022 Patch (Scream Fortress XIV)

  • All Halloween Contracts have been reset, allowing them to be completed again.
  • Added new Contracts for this year's featured community maps.
  • Completing a Halloween Contract will give players a classic Halloween item and the chance for a Ghoulish Gains Case or Scream Fortress XIV War Paint Case.

October 7, 2022 Patch

  • Fixed Crasher's contract objective pointing to the wrong map.
  • Fixed the Escape Hell contract objective not triggering on some maps.

October 11, 2022 Patch

  • Fixed a client crash related to the Ghoulpit contract.
  • Fixed Sinthetic contract objective counting pumpkin bomb kills instead of killing the Toastmaster.

Bugs

  • In the Sinthetic Contract, the Kill the Toastmaster on Sinthetic Bonus incorrectly displays the progress as 1/2 when completed.

Bugs affecting and significantly accelerating Contract completion:

Note: Although not a Halloween Contract bug per se, the fact that repeats of Bonus Objectives are unlimited as long as the Contract's Primary Objective is incomplete can greatly speed the completion of Primary Objective.

  • In the Pit of Death Contract, dropping a soul counts identically to picking one up; so, dropping and picking up souls repeatedly counts rapidly towards the Collect haunted souls Bonus Objective.
  • In the Harvest Event Contract, killing a player with a weapon that causes stun (such as the Natascha, Loose Cannon) counts as killing a player scared by a ghost.
  • In the Eyeaduct Contract, the Kill an enemy on Loot Island Bonus can be completed by killing a player at the end of the round, when all alive players are teleported to the Underworld.
  • In the Helltower and Bonesaw Contracts, every player's touch of the Bombinomicon Point scores the contract points for the Reach the Bombinomicon Bonus Objective regardless of whether the player has already touched the point that round or completed that Bonus Objective. So, repeatedly touching and leaving the Bombinomicon Point in the same round can rapidly complete both the Bonus Objective and the Primary Objective (each tap of the Point adds 15 CP to the Primary Objective until completed or Humiliation time runs out).

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