Official patch notes for Team Fortress 2 from Valve, published on Steam on October 1, 2026.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include:
Scream Fortress XVIII has arrived!
- Featuring 5 new community maps: HolyHell, Scarypass, Trainsawlaser, Medi-Evil, and Scaredy-Cat
- Added the Haunted Hoard Case
- Contains 23 new community-created cosmetic items that make up the Haunted Hoard Collection
- Has a chance to give a taunt Unusualifier as a bonus item
[*]Added 5 new community-contributed taunts to the Mann Co. Store
- Taunt: Hippocratic Hypocrite
- Taunt: Showrunner's Spirit
- Taunt: Barrel Roll
- Taunt: One-Eyed Punt!
- Taunt: Sear You Later
[*]Added 21 new community-created Unusual effects
- 11 new effects for Unusual hats
- 10 new effects for Unusual taunts
[*]All players who launch the game will receive a Soul Gargoyle if they don't already have one
- Grants access to Merasmissions and Halloween item transmutations
- Tracks Merasmissions completed and souls collected
[]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 Haunted Hoard Case
[*]Continue last year's event by collecting the souls of dead players for your Soul Gargoyle by killing enemies, doing map objectives, or collecting the Soul Gargoyles that spawn in the maps
[]All cosmetic and taunt Cases will grant Halloween 2026 Unusual effects instead of their normal Unusual effects during the event. This does not include Crates.
[*]Join Halloween matches by using the Special Events category in Casual
[*]Scream Fortress XVIII runs through November 7th, 2026
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