"fOr hAlLOwEen cOsmEticS, dUh~"

Sure. But do you know that:


Here are some of those that can be worn all year long:

• Spooky Shoes (scout)
  
  
• Coffin Kit (Pyro)
  
  
• Wraith Cap (Pyro)
  
  
• Voodoo Juju (Demo)
  
  
• Sir Hootsalot (Sniper)
  
  
• Scarecrow (Spy)
  
  
• Rump O' Lantern (all class)
  
  
• Executioner (all class)
  
  
• Crone's Dome (all class)
  
  
• Spooky Sleeves (scout, demo, heavy, engie, sniper)
  
  
• Exorcizor (soldier, pyro, medic, spy)
  
  
• Bonedolier (soldier, pyro, demo)
  

Now, let's say you have gotten every single item on that 200+list, or simply have duplicates and or cosmetics that you absolutely hate from that list. What do you do? Well, this is where the crafting system come into play:

Introducing, the
Strangely enough, even though it said "HEADGEAR" as you can see here, it also allows you to put it other items like shoes and accesorries:



Of course, do remember that because halloween items are UNTRADEABLE & UNMARKETABLE, the items produced from this will also be UNTRADEABLE & UNMARKETABLE!



But hey, FREE SHI T, IS FREE SHI T! And it's shi t that you can use... again...


So yeah, everybody knows about halloween transmute (right click on soul gargoyle icon on backpack) to trade halloween item duplicates into ANOTHER HALLOWEEN ITEM.

But I guess not everybody knows that you can, in fact, turn HALLOWEEN ITEM ---> REGULAR COSMETIC.

Of course, there are many many other reasons why one would want to do these contracts:

• Side quest/wasting time/for fun
  
• Want a certain cosmetic, because they are iconic as seen in the comic/ popular reference/meme
  
• Want to complete a set, because SOME OF THEM GIVE UNIQUE VOICELINES (such as bird heads, haunted hat when equipped by scout, heavy princess tiara set, soldier robot set, engi fly set, magical mercenary, medic second opinion, etcetc.
  
• Collectionist want to get every single item
  
• etc. I'm not gonna go over all of them here.

This guide will try it's best to facilitate solo queing whenever possible, but playing with friends is just WAY TO GOOD because of the "friendly fire" system.

Weird-ass name, what the fk is friendly fire system?

Basically, whenever you que/PARTY together with friends, whenever you OR your friend complete ANY contract objective, it is being shared to ALL OF YOU. EXTREMELY EXPEDITING the whole completion process.

FOR EXAMPLE: Capturing a point grants WHOLE TEAM 5CP (5/100 for primary). Let's assume you que up with 2 other friends. When that point is capped, ALL THREE OF YOU will get 5x3 --> 15CP. (20 if you have 4 person party, 25 if 5, 30 if 6)

Another example: Some maps have win as bonus objectives (usually 15 pts). If you're in a party of 3, when your team wins, ALL THREE OF YOU will get 15x3 = 45(/100) CP.

With this being said, I think the best play is to party up 2-4 people. REMEMBER, if you party up TOO BIG, then que time will take FOREVER. Sometimes, less is more!

• Kritzkrieg
  Obvious. Sticky spam go boom boom. Pocket top power class on your team. (laser beam heavy tomislav OR sticky spam demo; soldier risky because airblast.)
  
• Letranger, Dead Ringer Spycicle
  Sometimes, a map contract is SO ASS that you have no other choice but to do the pumpkin bomb kill (looking at you Spookyridge & Helltrain!) In this case, these 2 weapons are your best friend.
  
  KILLING A DEAD RINGER SPY COUNT AS PUMPKIN BOMB KILL!
  
  The game plan is, find a friendly server, OR ask the chat to do contracts together, OR JUST STAY AFTER THE MATCH IS DONE, BECAUSE HALF FULL SERVER IS YOUR BEST FRIEND Then, take turns killing each other with pumpkin bomb.
  
  To accelerate the process:
  *) Have multiple DR SPY on a single pumpkin. (Especially on maps where pumpkin bomb is rare (looking at you again helltrain!!)
  *) Have dispenser or any other healing source so the spies can farm DR by letranger.
  
  
• Loose cannon/Direct Hit (for soldier if they spam engi), Chargin Targe, Pain Train
  On maps where you need to capture point, such as 5CP, KOTH, or even payload, this loadout can be a lifesaver.
  
  This loadout is nice because scout kinda only works when the server is friendly (125HP Frail).
  With this loadout, even if the server is not friendly, you can still get some of that juicy points by capping back and forth (while tanking hits and pushing people off it)
  
  
• Brass Beast, chocolate, fist of steel
  Works EXTREMELY WELL on Payload. Every capture (sitting on payload for 8 seconds), give you (and whole team??) 1 point. Every cap give you (and whole team??) 5 points.
  
  So go brass beast heavy and sit on cart. +20% damage bonus means you're gonna kill someone, = more points.
  
  
• Other counter picks by common sense | be flexible
  Gunslinger engi if enemy is stacking scouts. Jag level 2 sentry if theyre stacking pyros. Direct hit if they have 2+engineers. etc

With the new system (2025 update), you can now access any community maps contract anytime. Meaning all you have to do is hold your stars, check all the boxes when queing (tick off Ghost fort, eyeaduct, mann manor and carnival of carnage as the event begins, since you need to unlock Harvest event first), then unlock the contract on whatever map you land on.


Btw, those gold stars don't give you extra reward. PRIMARY IS ALL YOU CARE ABOUT.
After a certain time, you will have so many of them doing nothing.

Still it's good to have 2-3 extra stars JUST IN CASE the scenario described above happened to you!

• Crasher
  The bonus for this one is kill giant and win.
  
  Be giant heavy. That's it. Do whatever it takes to be one. Camping the giant laser beam spot should work most of the time. You can also time it strategically by seeing the outline of your current giant. If it's red, that means he's dying, and that's your time to snag the giant beam.
  
  
  Use tomislav for the extra accuracy for long range, GRU to run fast, and banana.
  
  Once you reach the enemy base, pay attention to what class their enemy giant is gonna spawn. If it's a weak one (scout, pyro, demo, engie, medic, sniper, spy, don't immediately cap the intel, farm them for the bonus objective. Do this until your health almost deplete and whenever you are threatened to die, cap the intel.
  
  
  
  
• Bonesaw.
  
  Bonesaw bonus are kill HHHH, and reach bombonomicon.
  
  Kill HHHH, is basically free. Sneeze at him for 1 damage, and when he's dead you got it.
  
  Reach bomb might be a little bit harder, BUT: if you do manage to reach it, do the TOUCH IT TOUCH IT. Touch it back and forth, again, and again, and again for multiple completion. (also works on helltower)
  
  
• Harvest Event
  The bonus for this one is collect crumpkin, and kill scared player.
  
  KILLING PLAYER WITH SLOWING WEAPON, (NATASCHA, LOOSE CANNON, sandman (?) etc) COUNT AS KILLING PLAYER SCARED BY GHOST.
  
  So there you go, just go natascha heavy and farm the scouts there, or loose cannon sticky jumper demo to farm the enemy sniper.
  
  
• All the Zombie Infection Maps
  Cause they all have the same bonus is also kinda good for getting those bonus stars early on! The bonus for all of them are the same. Kill a human as zombie, or survive uninfected.
  
  For the survive uninfected part, literally spam level 3 engie. That's it. If you party, then pybro, and medic. Uber and Quick fix work wonders here.
  
  Some maps have really broken high ground/hard to reach spot like:
  
  The house in atoll:
  
  
  Sanatorium rooftop:
  
  
  The roof above the lakeside house in Woods:
  
  To get there, jump on the barrel near the box (black kinda hidden),
  
  then build dispenser above crate.
  
  Jump on top of dispenser --> jump to get on the roof.
  
  blazehattan:
  
  
  Wrangler is your best friend here. With a little bit of luck, it's almost ez win/free contract.
  
  For the kill human part. zombie spy is nice. PERMA INVIS means you can jumpscare any light classes in 2 shot.
  
  Spam Zombie Heavy also very good.
  
  Sniper zombie can be surprisingly effective if they all camp on an enclosed space/the same area.
  
  
• Pit of Death, Circus, Mannsylvania (see below)
• Sandcastle, Corruption (see below)
• Sintethic (kill boss)
• Slime (kill "skeletons")
• Will add more if theres any I remember

• Harvest Event
  Again, use SLOW/STUN WEAPONS (Natascha, loose cannon) because it counts as GHOST KILL. So you can farm both primary AND bonus.
  
  
• Eyeaduct
  The bonus kill enemy on loot island, also works on humiliation if your team win, so make sure to spare no one.
  
  There is truce mechanic in this map, feel free to explore all the shenanigans:
  *) Level 3 sentry on enemy spawn
  *) Sticky spam on the floor/enemy spawn
  etc.
  
  Speaking of truce, when the whole server is ganging up on monoculus, stay close and get ready to enter the portal when it spawns! The bonus "escape underworld" can be spammed and gives quite a lot of points for your contract progression! Also remember that it still gives you points even after you hit the limit!
  
  
• TOUCH IT TOUCH IT | Pit of Death, Mannsylvania, Circus, Helltower, Bonesaw
  Some maps have bonus that requires you to touch/collect certain things repeatedly.
  In that case, you can spam it by repeatedly touching/ droppping picking up items.
  
  For example: on Pit of Death, Mannsylvania, and Circus, one of the bonus is for you to pick up soul/blood/whatever item is called.
  
  In that case, simply go pyro (powerjack prefer for extra speed), wm1 and kill someone. grab the soul, go to safe space, preferably your spawn, then press L to drop then pick it up again, and again and again.
  
  Another example as said before: Bonesaw & Helltower, Touch the book in hell repeatedly for multiple completion.
  
  
• Spam/"Camp" Underworld | Sandcastle, Corruption, Monster Bash, Slasher
  Some maps have bonus objectives that requires you to "escape underworld." In that case, spam it. It's important to note that:
  IT STILL GIVES YOU POINT TO PRIMARY EVEN IF YOU ALREADY MAXXED IT OUT
  
  For example: Sandcastle (x/5) escape underworld gives 6 points. EVEN AFTER YOU ESCAPE THE UNDERWORLD 5 TIMES, IT WILL STILL GIVE YOU 6 POINTS TO PRIMARY (the 100 one) IF YOU DO IT. Meaning this whole map you don't even have to fight, just go scout and parkour underworld.
  
  Sandcastle underworld: (OPEN AFTER A & B IS CAPPED)
  
  
  
  
  NOTE: ON CORRUPTION:
  You can see WHEN the underworld portal will open, by seeing the clocktower.
  
  
  
  When it reaches 12, that's when the portal open.
  
  
  
  Using this knowledge, you can sit near a place where the portal spawn (same fixed location I believe), then jump straight in when the portal open. This way it's more safe and secure because you avoid bloodbath from other people that arrive late.
  
  When unopened, the portal looks like steel double doors:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Monster Bash and Slasher
  are for a different reason. The underworld grants you PREMIUM (purple) spells, FAT OVERHEAL, Uber, and Crit (UPON EXITING). which are broken! On these 2 maps, my strategy usually just wm1 pyro, rush underworld (jetpack on slasher cause its big), spam spells, repeat. Again with friends, this will complete in no time.
  
  Monster bash underworld:
  
  
  YES IM TELLING YOU TO JUMP ON THAT HOLE
  
  
  Monster bash also have store drop on point bonus, snowballing the whole process.
  
  Now there's a thing you can do here: if you manage to snag any drops/body part, you can hide in the underworld until the point (green bubble) drops down for you to store body parts.
  Simply reach the end of the underworld near the green portal:
  
  
  Then, watch the timer on the HUD below, and when it reaches 0 and the point opens (you will know because of the spooky music playing), exit the underworld (walk into that green glowing circle), jetpack up to the point, kill or airblast anyone there to force cap your body part. With the aforementioned crit uber fat overheal, and purple spell, this should be very easy.
  Rinse and repeat, and monster bash is done in no time!
  
  Slasher Underworld:
  
  
  
  
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Will add more when I remember.

One of the worst, most painful contract. Erebus, Darkmarsh, Lava Pit, spookeyridge just sucks.

There's not much you can do here. Capping point is 5 CP for whole team. That's it. Defending team got NOTHING, since point is NOT RECAPABLE.

This is the game mode where you want to either party up, farm pumpkin kill with friendly enemy spy (
Helltrain.... can go to hell. Same strat as attack defense, but EVEN MORE PAINFUL due to big ass map and pumpkin is RARE AF. I wish you all luck on this one.

Devilcross surprisingly not too hard. Because purple spell in the middle, and the win bonus, this can go really fast. 15 cp per win means with just 2-3 other party you get 30-45 instantly!


Like attack defense, defending team (RED) got NOTHING, which sucks.

For attacking/BLU, again, brass beast heavy sit on cart. Sitting on cart gives you 1, and cap point gives 5. Killing gives you 1. Should be done fast enough

OHHH YESSS DADDYYY. THE. ABSOLUTE. BEST. GAME MODE. FOR. CONTRACT.

Anything with recappable point means one thing: ABUSE!

Cap that ♥♥♥♥ back and forth and you will be done in no time. It's basically free. 5 points for WHOLE TEAM (not just you) per cap, means literally all you do is CAP. THAT. POINT. BACK. AND. FORTH. Thats's it! No fighting needed, we can all move on to the next map!

Again, if server no friendly, or you failed to convince them when asking nicely, certain loadout like loose cannon charging targe, pyro airblast spam, engie short circuit spam, can help you ""force cap""" the point. (then let them cap so you can cap it back again obviously)

Varies by map. Cursed Cove is... CURSED, and so is Farmageddon. Not much you can do here, both are unfarmable. Your best hope is to party up. Good luck!

Pit of death, mannsylvania, circus, as mentioned before? basically free! Monster bash is in the middle.


Depends on the map:
Graveyard PAIN. This one you really need to either party stack, or convince the entire server to go friendly (or again, WAIT UNTIL ROUND ENDS FOR DEAD/HALF FULL SERVER!)

However, IF it does happen, finishing it is VERY easy. Medic, fist of steel heavy, dispenser, tap fire (DO NOT GO DEMO SOLDIER BECAUSE RANDOM CRIT MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY KILL). Done in no time.

Perks: Stand on the power up platform. it gives you souls for free. With some friends, this will be done in no time. Plus the win bonus you might get for free if your team is good. with just 1 other party member that becomes 15x2 30. Almost instant completion.

Afterlife: The easiest of them all, 15 cp per resurrect, you're gonna get it eventually.

Very easy, pretty much anything I mentioned before.

Not too hard either. Win as bonus means almost instant completion.
Grab briefcase from mid, then run behind level 2/3 sentry. DO NOT CROSS THE GREEN LINE.
Then, just stall! Pyro airblast, short circuit, loose cannon, vaccinator, etc.

Free. Build sentry. done.

Will add more if I remember.

Finally, to check how many halloween package (cosmetic case) that you should have gotten on a year, the formula is X+4

X= number of maps selected when you check all the halloween maps.

+4 because scream fortress central node (1) + 3 halloween boss (mann manor HHHH eyeaduct monoculus, ghost fort merasmus)

For example in this 2025, there are 60 maps when you check them all. So, this year we should have 64 hallowen package.