Strange

For other uses of Strange, see Strange (disambiguation).

Strange Market Gardener

Level 38 Shovel
Strange Market Gardener - Kills: 0
Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping
This weapon deploys and holsters 25% slower
50% more knockback vulnerability
-30% damage penalty
-20% firing speed
Dig up the brains of your enemies from the air with this!

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Nothin' but hard work. ―Mechanic looking at his Shotgun's kill count.

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Strange is a special quality that is given to weapons and cosmetics. Strange items track the player's kills/uses if the item is a weapon and points if the item is a cosmetic. These stats are not tracked in community servers.

Most Strange items are obtainable via random item drops. Additionally, items can be converted to a Strange variant by applying the respective Strangifier to them. A maximum of five Strange Parts can be added to Strange items but will not count towards rank progress.

When unboxing crates, there is an approximately 1 in 10 chance of the item unboxed being Strange, which can concur with the unboxed item being Unusual.

If a player owns five or more Strange's of the same item, selecting it offers the ability to combine five duplicates of the item into a Collector's-quality variant, destroying the other four and adding their strange counters.

Strange-quality weapons can be sold for 55 Funds while Strange cosmetics can be sold for 60 Funds.

They are distinguished by an orange name tag in the player's inventory. The hexadecimal color code for Strange items is #CF6A32.

Ranks

Upon completing certain actions with certain Strange items, they will receive a new rank. A list of ranks and the required thresholds can be found below. The server will announce when a player's weapon/cosmetic has reached a new rank.

Strange Item Ranks

ㅤGeneric ㅤHealing This table covers generic ranks given to most weapons. They generally track kills and other actions such as consuming lunchbox items such as the Brash Burger and the Bloxy Cola. Note that cosmetics also share this system of Strange ranks but require points instead of kills. This also goes for taunts. Rank Action(s) Required Label 1 10 Unremarkable 2 25 Scarcely Lethal 3 45 Mildly Menacing 4 70 Somewhat Threatening 5 100 Uncharitable 6 135 Notably Dangerous 7 175 Sufficiently Lethal 8 225 Truly Feared 9 275 Spectacularly Lethal 10 350 Gore-Spattered 11 500 Wicked Nasty 12 750 Positively Inhumane 13 999 Totally Ordinary 14 1000 Face-Melting 15 1500 Rage-Inducing 16 2500 Server-Clearing 17 5000 Epic 18 7000 Legendary 19 7419 American 20 8500 Fitten's Own This table covers healing ranks given to mediguns. Do note that only the amount of points to get ranks are different compared to the generic ones. Rank Health Healed Label 1 2,500 Unremarkable 2 5,000 Scarcely Lethal 3 10,000 Mildly Menacing 4 20,000 Somewhat Threatening 5 35,000 Uncharitable 6 50,000 Notably Dangerous 7 75,000 Sufficiently Lethal 8 100,000 Truly Feared 9 150,000 Spectacularly Lethal 10 200,000 Gore-Spattered 11 250,000 Wicked Nasty 12 300,000 Positively Inhumane 13 350,000 Totally Ordinary 14 500,000 Face-Melting 15 650,000 Rage-Inducing 16 800,000 Server-Clearing 17 1,000,000 Epic 18 1,250,000 American 19 1,500,000 Legendary 20 2,000,000 Fitten's Own 21 6,666,666 British

Items

Most items can be obtained in strange quality through either strangifiers or item drops. The few that are not obtainable as strange items are listed below:

• Super Sneakers
• Cozy Camper
• Razorback
• Turtle Rock
• Parabomber
• Gunboats
• Galway Greaves
• Squire Boots
• Sticky Jumper
• All Shields
• Friendly Fire Foiler
• Mantreads
• Heavy Metal
• Construct
• Demolish
• Mercy Kill
• Overdrive
• Invis-Watch
• Cloak and Dagger
• Dead Ringer

Update History

September 10, 2016

• Added Strange quality. (Undocumented)

September 17, 2017

• Strange items will now display how much the player gets when hovering over them.

November 1, 2021 (Typical Horrors)

• Strange items have been added to the new random item drop pool.

December 3, 2021 (#1)

• Added the following 16 Strange items:
  • Pistol
  • Market Gardener
  • Wrench
• Added Golden Frying Pan, Golden Wrench, and Golden Knife to the drop pool.

December 3, 2021 (#2)

• Decreased chances of obtaining the golden weapons from 1/15000 to 1/1000000. (Undocumented)

December 4, 2021

• Removed the golden weapons from the drop pool.

January 28, 2022 (Various Visuals)

• Added the following 18 Strange items: (Undocumented)
  • Lever Shotgun
  • Lupara DB
  • Holy Mackerel
  • Original
  • Maverick
  • Double Trouble
  • G-Bomb
  • Personal Death Ray
  • Crowbar
  • Mending Mallet
  • Grenade Launcher
  • Broken Sword
  • Blood Doctor
  • Model IV
  • Huntsman
  • Ambassador
  • Knife
  • Crankenstein

January 28, 2022 (#2)

• Added 1 more Strange item, Sniper Rifle.

March 6, 2022 (Item Schema)

• Added ranks for Strange quality.
• Added functionality for 18 Strange types.
• Added the following 9 Strange weapons:
  • Deathblow
  • Battalion's Backup
  • Iron Force
  • M249
  • Maxine
  • Battle Burrito
  • Dire Donut
  • Silenced Pistol
  • Sapper
• Added the cosmetics to the drop pool, starting with the following 9 Strange cosmetics:
  • Burger Boy
  • Last Bastion
  • Tough Metal
  • Broken Rank
  • Casual
  • Seasoned Surgeon Specs
  • Rifleman
  • Aces High
  • Trilby Thriller
• Strange items are now sellable. (Undocumented)

March 15, 2022

• Added 3 separated crates dedicated to Strange quality.
• Added the following 10 Strange weapons:
  • Boxing Gloves
  • Buff Banner
  • Classic
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Irish Guard
  • Katana
  • Kritzkrieg
  • Machete
  • Phlogistinator
  • Sandman
• Added the following 5 Strange cosmetics:
  • Big Bruncher
  • Builder's Brainguard
  • Football Helmet
  • Stainless Pot
  • Team Beret
• Added the following 7 Strange weapons: (Undocumented)
  • Bat
  • Fists
  • MAC-10
  • Revolver
  • Saw
  • Stickybomb Launcher
  • Syringe Crossbow

April 6, 2022

• Added the following 4 Strange weapons: (Undocumented)
  • Amputator
  • Gunslinger
  • Supersaw
  • Widowmaker
• Added the following 8 Strange cosmetics: (Undocumented)
  • Civil Custodian
  • Cold Treatment
  • Cowboy Hat
  • Death Doctor
  • Diver Goggles
  • Military Doctor
  • Trendsetter
  • Winter Woodsman

April 14, 2022

• Added 1 more Strange item, Interceptor. (Undocumented)

April 15, 2022

• Adjusted ranks for Strange medigun. (Undocumented)

June 9, 2022

• Added the following 3 Strange weapons:
  • Skullbuster
  • Rejuvenator
  • Sour Shots
• Temporarily added Infection Strange drops to the regular drop pool.

June 12, 2022

• Added 1 Strange item, Bullet-stormer.
• Any cosmetics in Strange/Strange Unusual-quality can now be unboxed from crates.

June 12, 2022 (#2)

• Strange Unusual cosmetics are no longer obtainable through crates.

July 7, 2022

• Added the following 3 Strange weapons: (Undocumented)
  • Cold Shoulder
  • Disaster Spellcaster
  • Vaccinator

July 12, 2022 (A "Heavy" Update)

• Any cosmetics in Strange/Strange Unusual-quality can now be unboxed from crates.
• Added the following 3 Strange weapons: (Undocumented)
  • Cow Mangler 5000
  • Direct Hit
  • Disciplinary Action
• Added 1 Strange cosmetic to the item drop pool, Classic Cut. (Undocumented)

July 14, 2022

• Fixed Strange hats/clothing gaining double Strange additions if equipped in both slots.

July 14, 2022 (#2)

• Strange rank-ups will show the full item name.

July 22, 2022

• Genuine & Vintage colors now show above Strange.

October 31, 2022 (Typical Horrors II)

• Added 1 Strange weapon to the item drop pool, Rising Sun Katana. (Undocumented)
• Added 1 rank for strange mediguns, British. (Undocumented)

July 14, 2023 (The Update with Patches And Content)

• Added 1 Strange weapon to the item drop pool, 50-AE. (Undocumented)

August 29, 2023

• Added "Reset Stranges" button for all stranges that resets the strange counter on the weapon.

September 8, 2023

• Added 1 Strange weapon to the item drop pool, Dentist's Delight. (Undocumented)

Trivia

• Several players have received Strange-quality versions of items not in the current item drop system, or before they were in the drop system, making them rare in their own way.
  • CookiesInOJ owns Strange-quality versions of the Rocket Jumper, Fire Extinguisher, Scythe for Sore Eyes, Sour Shots, and Aces High.
  • AstronomerJack was given a Strange-quality version of the Mantreads.
  • daviddkingstarman was given a Strange-quality version of the Market Gardener by DukeAunarky, before it was made public.
  • Infinitaph owned Strange-quality versions of the Wrench and the Crankenstein, before they were made public.
  • 2ndRandom_Guy534 owns Strange-quality versions of 1/4th of all the weapons in the game just to spite the Wiki editors, including a joke weapon, the Big Boris.
  • siematunoki owned a Strange-quality version of the Aces High, before it was made public.
  • TrueEm owned a Strange-quality version of the Cold Shoulder, before it was made public.
  • JONAFINNNNNNNNNNN was given a Strange-quality version of the Tomislav, before it was made public.
• Stranges have existed long before the Typical Horrors update, as with many other item rarities, but were not released to the public until said update.
• There was originally going to be a crate filled with Strange weapons in the Typical Horrors update, but it was scrapped in favor of the item drop system.
  • However, Strange crates were released on March 15, 2022 as three separate crates; Strange Weapon Crate of Offense, the Strange Weapon Crate of Defense, and the Strange Weapon Crate of Support.
• The Holy Mackerel was the first reskin to get a Strange variant before its original counterpart.
• Unlike Team Fortress 2, There are no different categories for rank names, rather every Strange item shares the generic rank names.

Gallery

Message broadcasted to the player after reaching a new strange rank.

Message broadcasted in the chat after a player reaches a new strange rank.