| [ | You sapped my buildings, I sapped your life. ―A merciless Mechanic watching an Agent bleeding to death. 
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The Southern Hospitality is a melee weapon for the Mechanic. It is a spiked wrench that deals 5 seconds of bleed on hit, has a 25% faster repair rate and does 100% more damage to buildings in exchange for a 25% slower firing speed and the construction hit boost being decreased by 25%.
This weapon is great for Mechanics who prefer to play defensively. The faster repair rate allowing to keep the sentry up and the bleed on hit allows to easily track Agents trying to sap the sentry makes it great for this playstyle.
However, for an offensive Mechanic, the reduced construction speed boost can be a problem as offensive sentries tend to go down quicker and that downside will just make it harder to get the sentry back up again.
Damage and Function Times
| Damage and function times | ||
|---|---|---|
| Damage type | Melee | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | Players / 65 Buildings / 130 |
| Critical | 195 | |
| Mini-crit | 88 | |
| Bleeding | 4 / tick 40 total damage | |
| Mini-crit bleeding | 5 / tick 50 total damage | |
| Damage repaired per hit | 127 | |
| Upgrade amount per hit | 25 | |
| Metal cost per repairing hit | 1 + damage / 3 | |
| Metal cost for reloading ammo | 1 / bullet 2 / rocket | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 1.06s | |
| Bleeding duration | 5s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Tips
- Despite the faster repair rate, the slower firing speed actually reduces the wrench's healing per second, giving it 120 HP/sec, compared to the Stock Wrench's 125 HP/sec.
- This is more like a wrench to counter Agents as the bleed on hit can make it easier to track cloaked players and the increased building damage allows you to instantly destroy sappers.
- This wrench is essentially a diet Homewrecker, as the 100% damage against buildings can be helpful if your team can't deal with sentries. However, as a Mechanic, it is not often worth chasing a sentry gun without the assistance of your team, more notably a friendly Doctor.
Related Achievements
See also: Achievements
General
Mechanic
Doctor
Update History
- Added Southern Hospitality.
September 21, 2017
- Removed Southern Hospitality. (Undocumented)
August 16, 2018
- Re-added back Southern Hospitality.
August 29, 2018
- Increased bleed duration from 5 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Removed fire vulnerability for 20% bullet vulnerability.
- Now deals +60% damage towards buildings and sappers.
September 15, 2018
- Reduced bleed duration from 8 seconds to 5 seconds.
- Re-added back fire vulnerability for 20% bullet vulnerability penalty.
- Removed 60% more damage vs buildings and sappers bonus.
- Fixed a bug where it gives health that were in the decimal places.
August 31, 2019
- Added +15% faster firing speed bonus.
- Added -50% damage vs players penalty.
- New model by CookiesInOJ. (Undocumented)
February 8, 2021
- New model by CookiesInOJ.
- Adjusted backpack icon.
February 22, 2021
- Added +100 damage vs buildings bonus.
- Reduced firing speed from +15% to -25%.
- Added construction hit speed boost decreased by 25% penalty.
July 13, 2024 (Summer FM)
- Now have a 0.2s delay before the hitbox comes out, hitbox lasts for 0.18s.
- Updated viewmodel animation.
April 1, 2025
- Renamed to The Hospital.
April 2, 2025
- Reverted the name change.
Trivia
- The rework for this weapon is most likely based on the Old Reliable, a Team Fortress 2 workshop weapon for the Engineer.
Gallery
Past Designs
Viewmodels
Miscellaneous
