Happy April, and thanks for sticking around for two months so far! It's been real. For a limited time, official servers (as well as any servers using the ConVar tf2c_special_beta 1) will be running a public playtest, enabling a number of brand new, in-development weapons.)

2026 Public Playtest Steam announcement

The April Fools 2026 update, also known as 3.0.8, was the first April Fools update for Team Fortress 2 Classified, released on April 1st, 2026.

Weapons

Little Boy
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Basic Information
Used by	Scout
Slot	Primary
Loadout Stats
	The Little Boy Portable Scout

Hare Trigger
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Kill Icons
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Basic Information
Used by	Scout
Slot	Primary
Ammo
Ammo loaded	6
Ammo carried	32
Loadout Stats
	The Hare Trigger Scattergun Wearer can automatically jump by holding the jump button Up to 75% more accurate based on current speed +25% faster firing speed Disables double jump 150% less accurate "Eh, what's up Doc?"

April Fools 2026 added 15 weapons to the game, consisting of new concepts, reworks of the Mine Layer and Team Fortress 2's Jarate.

These weapons could be enabled by inputting the convar tf_special_beta 1 into the developer console. After their removal in 3.0.11, the weapons were made available to download as part of an official weapons pack, which also removed their April Fools event restriction.

Hare Trigger

Little Boy