Huntsman

The Huntsman is an alternative primary weapon for the Sniper. It is a simple recurve bow made from wood and metal, its riser held on with black tape, and with additional asymmetrical tape on the limbs. When equipped, the Sniper's quiver will have three arrows sticking out of it, regardless of whether the Huntsman is the active weapon. Its arrows leave behind a team-colored trail when fired. Enemies killed by the Huntsman may have their corpses pinned to nearby walls.

Huntsman
Kill Icons
Basic Information
Used by	Sniper
Slot	Primary
Ammo
Ammo loaded	1
Ammo carried	12
Reload type	Passive
Loadout Stats
The Huntsman Bow "Whatever happened to chivalry?"

The Huntsman shoots a large arrow projectile that travels through the air, impacting the first enemy it comes into contact with. While holding down the primary fire button, the arrow can be charged for up to one second, significantly increasing its damage and velocity. While charging, the Sniper is slowed and he cannot jump, but will still charge and can be fired in midair or underwater. The arrows deal 50 damage uncharged and 120 damage at maximum charge.

In addition, the Huntsman can headshot enemies at any charge and any range, dealing 150 damage uncharged and 360 damage fully charged. The headshot hitbox is different from that of the Sniper Rifle and Hunting Revolver, meaning that headshots can succeed or fail in non-intuitive ways. The user can also cancel the charge by pressing the alternative fire key, causing the Sniper to lower his bow, not firing his arrow, and delay his next shot. Switching weapons will also cancel the charge without firing the arrow. If the user charges for more than five seconds, their charge meter will turn red, and their current shot will become extremely inaccurate when fired.

The Huntsman arrow can be lit on fire by a friendly Pyro's Flame Thrower, certain map geometry (those with trigger_ignite_arrows triggers) like the torches on DeGroot Keep, or if it travels through the flames of either an allied or enemy Pyro. Impacted enemies will suffer afterburn, lasting for 10 seconds and dealing 3 damage every 0.5 seconds for a total of 60 damage. Going underwater will extinguish the burning arrow, and enemies that are underwater will not suffer afterburn at all. In any case, the friendly Pyro will not receive assist credit for the kill, and the Sniper will receive full credit.

The Huntsman has the Arrow Stab kill taunt, in which the Sniper will twirl an arrow with his hand, stab it into the first enemy in front of his crosshair (vertically and horizontally), then pull it out. Doing this will stun the enemy (including invulnerable enemies) and deal 1 damage on the stab, then deal 500 damage to them on the pullout. If the arrow is on fire, it will set the enemy on fire. The pullout and stab are separate actions, meaning an enemy can get stunned without dying, or die without being stunned. The taunt effect extends significantly beyond the animation's apparent range. The user's crosshair position influences where the taunt will stab, meaning they can hit an enemy above or below them, even though the animation always faces forwards. The taunt will not penetrate multiple enemies, and will not damage buildings. It also cannot deal critical hits, but it can deal mini-crits. Unlike in Team Fortress 2, taunting with an arrow charged will fire the arrow before taunting.

Properties

Properties
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee?		Ranged
Taunt		Arrow Stab
Damage
Base damage	100%	50
Charged damage	240%	120
Critical		150
Critical (charged)		360
Mini-crit		68
Mini-crit (charged)		162
Bullet count		1
Status Effects
Effect		Afterburn
Afterburn		3 / tick
Afterburn (mini-crit)		4 / tick
Afterburn duration		10 s
Ammo
Loaded		1
Carried		12
Reload type		Passive
Function Times
Attack interval		1.94 s 0.97 s
Charge fill speed		100% / s 200% / s
Charge fill time		1 s 0.5 s
Aim fatigue		5 s
All values are approximate.

Strategy

The Hunstman v. Stock Sniper Rifle

➕ Is available on Medieval mode ➕ Charges faster ➕ Registers a hit using player's larger collision box instead of the hitbox ➕ Arc-trajectory arrow is effective on uphill terrain and blind spots ➕ Sniper moves faster when the weapon was drawn ➕ Arrows can be lit on fire to deal afterburn damage

➖ Deals less damage per shot ➖ Deals less damage per second ➖ Has less clip size ➖ Has slower attack speed ➖ Has slower projectile speed ➖ Needs to be fully charged to travel at an almost-straight trajectory ➖ Does not have scope nor laser pointer ➖ Can be airblasted }} Related achievements Achievement Description Shrimp on the Barbie Pin an enemy to a wall with a flaming arrow. Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Bulgarian Ловецът Huntsman Spanish Cazador Huntsman English Huntsman - French Huntsman - German Huntsman - Italian Arco da cacciatore Huntsman's Bow Brazilian Portuguese Caçador Huntsman Romanian Huntsman - Russian Охотник Huntsman Ukrainian Мисливець Huntsman Update history 2.0.0 (Death & Taxes Update) Added The Huntsman Updated Rockets, Arrows, Syringes and Flares to pass through Teammates. (tf2c_projectile_ally_collide 1 to re-enable) Added special Class Select animations for the Nailgun,(sic) Huntsman and Hunting Revolver. Updated the Sniper to be able to gesture while holding the Sniper Rifle and Huntsman. Improved Arrows to be ignited mid-air, both by triggers and the Pyro's flames. Improved the Snipers(sic) Huntsman animations to be right-handed properly. 2.0.2 Fixed an exploit where Huntsman arrows could be used to give players large health pools 2.1.0 (Fight or Flight Update) Added tf2c_experimental_huntsman_enable (off by default), for bounding box-based collision for Huntsman headshots 2.1.2 Fixed Huntsman fire arrows not applying afterburn on taunt kill Fixed Huntsman not respecting mod_sniper_zoom_while_jumping value Fixed burning arrows not getting extinguished underwater 3.0.0 Reworked hit detection Instead of pinning to the nearest hitbox, the arrow will check in a radius around its path to determine a headshot This hit detection uses a new projectile: tf2c_projectile_arrow Updated the drawing animation to sync with the charge meter Trivia The Sniper will still have three arrows sticking out of his quiver even if the Huntsman has less than three arrows remaining. An arrow launched while taunting will not play its firing sound effect. The Huntsman is one of five non-Stock weapons ported from live Team Fortress 2 with others being the Gunboats, Flare Gun, Sandvich and Kritzkrieg. Comparison from Team Fortress 2 There are general and quality-of-life changes related to the Huntsman that is unique to Team Fortress 2 Classic: The Huntsman's viewmodel animation was reworked in TF2 Classic and now mirrors the worldmodel animation, obstructing the player's vision less when not aiming. The TF2 Classic's Sniper was given a proper class selection animation which is just the default animation but holding the Hunstman and a different right arm position. the Huntsman in now have 6 max arrows while equipped in Medieval Mode. According to current developer and former lead developer (2022–2023)  Trotim the Hunstman can now be ignited mid-air.