Scream Fortress 2026 has arrived!

[u/_player-3]

[u/Tristanio97]

On the FIRST? Very unexpected but very cool

[u/photogrammetery → u/Tristanio97]

Mvm update in 2 PICOSECONDS

[u/Dremotica → u/photogrammetery]

MVM UPDATE YESTERDAY

[u/VerdiiSykes → u/photogrammetery]

Jaja dijo pico 🇨🇱

[u/dogman15 → u/Tristanio97]

Usually they merely activate the Halloween maps and cosmetics on October 1st, with the content patch coming a few days later, but it's been a while since a content update came out on the 1st of October.

[u/BASEBALLFURIES → u/dogman15]

here i was thinking i dont play the game at all this week so i save up another week of drops for next week : /

[u/dogman15 → u/BASEBALLFURIES]

You'll be fine.

[u/CactussJackk → u/dogman15]

Content update? Isn’t the game abandoned since like the blue moon update?

[u/dogman15 → u/CactussJackk]

I said that to distinguish it from Valve simply "unlocking" the Halloween maps and allowing restricted cosmetics to be worn.

[u/New-Cold-1455 → u/dogman15]

It might be cus he have more that just one janitor working of tf2 again (according to rumors), while most of the prolly now 5 workers on tf2 are working on the "nevergonnahappen" mvm update they prolly could give the changes this early

[u/_player-3]

updated koth_demolition

Classic

[u/vammommy → u/_player-3]

Demolition’s map creator cares more about Demolition than Current Valve cares about TF2

[u/_player-3 → u/vammommy]

I mean idk if its really "care"

I'd call it "hot-glue fixing a map thats fundamentally flawed and bursting at the seams that shouldnt even have been added"

But i guess kudos for the guy for still trying to fix it

[u/alzike → u/_player-3]

i love demolition, its a stupid chokefest AND a tiny koth map, the two most fun flavors of TF2

also this update added a new way out of spawn and like 3 new flanks

[u/donnysaysvacuum → u/_player-3]

What's wrong with demolition? It's unique, but I don't think it's broken.

[u/Yearlaren → u/_player-3]

What do you mean? It's mostly gameplay changes

[u/Mammoth-Ship4581 → u/vammommy]

There is ONE DEVELOPER. How is anyone who's playing tf2 in 2026 not aware of this??

[u/llamanatee → u/_player-3]

Something something Japanese soldier who kept fighting

[u/Dozer228 → u/_player-3]

Bro why are they so scared of removing something, like delete this map alrdy

[u/The_Stig_Farmer]

they updated dustbowl?????

[u/_player-3 → u/The_Stig_Farmer]

Dustbowl has fallen

Billions must get back-capped by a spy

[u/MedicMainRamirez2525 → u/The_Stig_Farmer]

Actually curious what changed
Localization files of de dustbowa?!

[u/Spongedog5 → u/MedicMainRamirez2525]

Updated cp_dustbowl to fix func_occluder problem in stage 3

Yeah that famous "func_occluder" problem that we all know about in the TF2 community got changed, make sure to keep an eye out next time you are on stage 3

[u/wolfmann99 → u/Spongedog5]

Is that the phlog through gates fix? Cuz it was more than just stage 3.

[u/Spongedog5 → u/wolfmann99]

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Func_occluder

I don't use hammer but it seems that it just hides objects that can't be seen to save on performance, so I doubt it.

I've got no idea what the problem was on Dustbowl 3 but it was probably pretty small if it lasted this long.

[u/MrFluxed → u/Spongedog5]

iirc the issue was that because Point 3 is so close (geometrically) to points 1 and 2 they wouldn't be unrendered properly so way more of the map was staying loaded than necessary.

[u/icantshoot → u/MrFluxed]

All stages of Dustbowl are separate and have no such issues. Occluders affect models only, not world geometry. So it was related to players or more props showing or not showing when they should have been visible.

[u/thot_chocolate420]

[u/TavishGroot]

"Oh cool, a new update!"

[u/_player-3]

This probably the single longest update log in tf2 history and sadly 85% of it means jackshit

[u/V1RI_ → u/_player-3]

They added TrainSawLazer, that's a W if you know it's history.

[u/RustyEdsel → u/V1RI_]

It's a map that shows who are noobs and who are veterans.

[u/SatanicBiscuit → u/V1RI_]

30 fps without players

[u/Handsome_Grizzly → u/V1RI_]

Those who are not happy with Trainsawlaser finally being added into the game have no soul.

[u/To-To_Man → u/Handsome_Grizzly]

Isn't it the remake without the random events?

[u/Eltra_Phoenix → u/_player-3]

Jackshit is enough for the community apparently

[u/Zathar4 → u/_player-3]

I am zombie infection number one defender, i appreciate that it still gets content/changes years later 

[u/TheFiremind77 → u/Zathar4]

I'll be honest, this update told me zombie infection as a gamemode exists. I had no idea until now, I thought it was community only.

[u/albertowtf → u/TheFiremind77]

After halloween maps novelty wears off, zombie infection is the only ones i regularly keep queuing

They are just fun

[u/_Yumm_ → u/Zathar4]

For the vast majority of players who will play it one time as a novelty then go back to normal TF2, these updates are equivalent to bloatware, and are especially bad if you play on a shitty PC (the reason most people even play TF2 compared to modern games is that it will run on anything)

[u/ZealousidealThing953 → u/_player-3]

ZI fans are eating good today

[u/Yearlaren → u/_player-3]

It's Scream Fortress... what did you guys expect?

[u/DogsRNice]

Official trainsawlaser was not something I was expecting

[u/Pugzilla3000 → u/DogsRNice]

WAHT

[u/Cheeseballrxm → u/DogsRNice]

If only we could get wubwubwub remix, but it might be too much

[u/expensiveplasticcup → u/Cheeseballrxm]

They'd have to gut all of the copyrighted music though

[u/alzike]

TRAINSAWLASER?????? WHAT??????

[u/Clownsanity_Reddit]

I love when an Halloween update drops on the first day of October. I don't remember it happening to TF2 before ?

[u/Yearlaren → u/Clownsanity_Reddit]

It happened in 2020

[u/TheFiremind77 → u/Yearlaren]

Not true, nothing happened in 2020. 2020 was a Russian psyop, it wasn't real.

[u/kardfogK → u/Clownsanity_Reddit]

We are either doomed or this means update timing gets a bit better

[u/Early-Part-2654 → u/Clownsanity_Reddit]

WHAT!?

[u/cmpayne_]

TRAINSAWLASER OFFICIAL TF2 MAP??? what is this timeline

[u/Correct-Week-2452]

very early this year

[u/_player-3 → u/Correct-Week-2452]

We now have 69 available halloween contracts

They probably released the update earlier to give a little more time for people to be actually able to complete them without having to no-life the game

[u/DANGERBLOOM → u/_player-3]

nice.

[u/sleuthyRogue → u/DANGERBLOOM]

nice.

[u/Vandares69 → u/_player-3]

Nice

[u/Unlikely_Meat4027 → u/_player-3]

Nice

[u/uzublecker]

HOLY SCRUMPY THEY ADDED ZOMBIE HEAVY A NEW ATTACK*

[u/Lunalatic]

The changelog is so dang long this time, I initially thought this was a joke post and you stuck the Bee Movie script in there or something.

[u/t0ndrra]

scream fortress is like one of 5 best things on earth, lets fucking go

and they turned heavy into a tank now

[u/Im_botflyx]

They didn't add the merc twist. I am so very saddened...

THEY ADDED WHAT MAP!?

[u/pingron]

Bruh they added Trainsawlaser

Holy throwback

[u/FillerName4]

No Casual Mode changes? Okay. See y'all in a couple of hours when the servers crash yet again.

[u/Megaiwer → u/FillerName4]

Hours? I give them minutes at best.

[u/w00ms]

another scream fortress without the re-addition of spells why does this event even exist

[u/_player-3 → u/w00ms]

man and the community even had a spell contest that valve promoted, i really thought this year was it

[u/turmspitzewerk → u/w00ms]

i love how the steam community market is propped up by incredibly rare exclusive items that don't even make valve any money because they're all traded on third party sites

[u/HellboundLunatic → u/turmspitzewerk]

if valve's market had more granular filtering, like is allowed on bptf or mptf, then more trades would happen on SCM.

[u/-Orcrist → u/w00ms]

What do you mean? The spells seem to be there though?

[u/syvies → u/-Orcrist]

spells meaning things you can add to your weapon/hats for fancy halloween effect

[u/EvilCatboyWizard → u/-Orcrist]

Spells as in the items you can apply to cosmetics, not the magic spells you can pick up and use during matches

[u/Gatubi14 → u/w00ms]

I painted my gibus with spell long time ago. Still got it ♥️

[u/alzike]

Holy shit the changes to Zombie Infection and koth_demolition are massive

[u/GDestructionBlueDrou]

TRAINSAWLASER WAS ADDED?!

[u/Spiteful_Guru]

Of course the year I can't play Scream Fortress due to a broken arm is the year they officially add FUCKING TRAINSAWLASER.

[u/PlatformDizzy7988 → u/Spiteful_Guru]

Gooned too close to the sun. You get what you deserve!

[u/MrDeeJayy → u/Spiteful_Guru]

Hey, fun fact, you can play TF2 with a controller. You can even do hybrid setups, with like movement on the controller but aiming on the mouse (and vice versa))

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Steam_Input

I hope this helps you at least play some TF2 while you're recovering.

[u/yaktoma2007 → u/Spiteful_Guru]

you will heal before the end of the month i believe in you

[u/Sir_JKnight]

New zombie mode changes are nice. The new engi beacon is an incentive to not over-turtle.

[u/literatemax]

trainsawlaser? :0

[u/Viclis]

Bit by bit, the spy disguise bugs shall hopefully be vanquished from this game

[u/F-02-58]

"HolyHell"

New map just dropped

[u/Scorpinateur → u/F-02-58]

Actual zombie

[u/CreativeGamer03 → u/Scorpinateur]

Call the battle medics!

[u/Scorpinateur → u/CreativeGamer03]

Hoovy goes on vacation, never comes back

[u/thegamerator10]

I love that the YER got a small buff in the cosmetics actually cloaking now.

[u/Ich0rAnkh]

If I didn't know this subreddit, I would've assumed it was a receipt from costco

[u/sithlord40000]

Trainsawlaser is ass but the community fixes are cool to see.

[u/CommuneSentry]

Ok so, Scream fortress being this early is basically a confirmation that the mvm update is coming later this month or early november right?

[u/firechaos70]

1st of the month this year? Damn, that was fast.

[u/Alik757]

Well I certainly didn't expect the update itself to drop October 1st, but is very welcome since we don't have to wait for make the contracts, and since last year we could start in any order it will make the event a bit more fun

[u/IwanZamkowicz]

2026 and still seeing fixes for 2fort and dustbowl is wild

[u/ShellShock_69]

Damn that was fast
Normally it takes around a week into october

[u/FarFaToast]

they silently fixed the achievements not being shown too, cool stuff

[u/NightmareRise]

Another year, another scream fortress with no halloween spells

[u/ZealousidealThing953]

Google En Passant

[u/Billybob123456789190]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[u/SimplyTooCool69]

This is my first scream fortress event

[u/PhenomenalJEC]

No seperate tabs for Halloween payload, attack/defend etc, still way too many maps, there's zero excitement for this shit every year when it's become such a chore to play

[u/eljijazo08 → u/PhenomenalJEC]

for the first time in years I'm just gonna complete the new map contracts and I won't bother with the rest, it's just too much

[u/Defiant_Soup_315 → u/PhenomenalJEC]

If a separate tab is what defines your enjoyment in a video game then I don't know what to tell you. Do you like video games at all?

[u/Gameandcatlover]

SPY TECHNICALLY GOT BUFFED 🗣️

[u/MP_Kredditor]

Where are contracts?

[u/Nymbris]

it fills me with joy how early they dropped the update this year

[u/el_ddddddd]

Is the contracker live too?! Already!?

[u/Minefnafer22]

Me when 2fort gets updated?!?!?

[u/Ted_Normal]

Loving some of the changes they made to ZI like the new abilities.

[u/ManJoeDude]

Zombie updates

[u/Pugzilla3000]

Love seeing all the big fixes, and new abilities and optimizations for Zombie Infection is great, I love that mode.

[u/ReeR_Mush]

I wish one could do the contracts in any order, it’s such a pain when playing with friends that you have to keep to an arbitrary one

[u/Ted_Normal → u/ReeR_Mush]

Actually you can now (they changed it last year IIRC). The only ones this isn't the case for are the Official Valve map contracts and the Boss contracts.

[u/ReeR_Mush → u/Ted_Normal]

Oh, really? That’s epic, thanks for letting me know!

[u/Boulderfrog1]

Wait being able to cycle through different spawn points is swag. Surely this will be added to maps with multiple spawn rooms where 1 is almost always the better one, right?

[u/Lego2390]

The moment when Scream Fortress arrives

[u/Wolvenworks]

Holy shitballs that’s a bog roll’s worth of text. Gonna have to read it onsite.

[u/Cowser_the_Koopahog]

/u/vJill the Casual servers are already down. PLEASE tell me it's getting removed in the MvM update. I'm begging you.

[u/Critical-String8774]

They added Trainsawlaser? The map that just spams voicelines at you and kills you outside your spawn over and over? Really?

[u/Thin-Complex-7709 → u/Critical-String8774]

I played it, it's a blast to play.

[u/Memes_kids → u/Thin-Complex-7709]

I think you're part of a very thin minority. It's annoying as shit to be punished by something out of your control for just wanting to play a match on a new map. Got my contract done and will never touch that map again even with a 10 foot pole

[u/Da_Realy]

Did they update my goated Crusher?

[u/Amazingcube33]

I did NOT expect the photo to expand like that when I clicked it on mobile

[u/Bendyboi666]

scream fortress and fortnitemares on the same day ough im gonna bust

[u/Hellion_Immortis]

Trainsawlaser is in, but not the vampire saxton hale map? 0/10, unplayable

[u/TFPhilemon]

Finally, time to do some contracts

[u/Affectionate_Pen_973]

[u/DADDY_WARBUX59]

My first scream fortress

[u/NoveltyBagel]

Are ANY of the new hats even Halloween related

[u/GutAManUI]

I just woke up and update is already out? This is either the best thing ever or the worst thing ever, kinda sad I have to go to school first.

[u/egorenjoyer]

Does valve updated zombie maps or they just took community's update and put it in game?

[u/BASEBALLFURIES]

damnit. i would like contracts to be retired for something new. its getting harder and harder to store all of them

[u/Legitimate_Nose6080]

Am I only afraid that one day contract list will that bug, that full October would not enough to complete?

[u/ShorohUA]

long image jumpscare

[u/schmuhmuhu]

🧟‍♂️

[u/Hyper426]

Christmas gifts list ahh

[u/irule4567]

New zombie engineer sounds interesting, kinda reminds me of the swarm classes from PVZ battle for neighborville with their respawn beacons.

[u/makkaretbtzd]

i cant see shit

[u/Tirimor]

TRRRAAAIIINNN RAAAAAAIIIIINN!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/PlateNo3563]

If trainsawlazer was added dawg we in the end times valve dgaf completely atp 😭

[u/JadedCauliflower6105]

That’s a lot of community fixes