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Haste or haste boost is a beneficial effect that is granted by the Civilian wielding the Derby Cane. Players with a haste boost have faster movement speed, firing speed, reload speed, weapon switch speed, Minigun and Anti-Aircraft Cannon rev-up speed, Coilgun charge speed, buildings' redeploy and build speed, Medigun and Kritzkrieg heal speed, Shock Therapy charge speed and Sniper Rifle and huntsman charge speed. Haste does not increase projectile speed, HEAT meter build rate, Stickybomb and Mine priming speed, the Dynamite Pack's fuse, any Engineer devices, Ubercharge build speed, cloak recharge rate, and other Civilians' boost recharge rate.
More specifically, Haste increases reload speed, on average by 50%, and firing speed, on average, by 25%. Items that need to recharge, such as the Sandvich or Dynamite Pack, as well as weapons that can charge attacks, like the Coilgun or Sniper Rifle, each have their charge times reduced by 66% if the charge time can be evenly divided by 3, otherwise, charge time is halved.
When a player is hastened, a team coloured symbol of two derby canes crossing over the haste chevrons will appear on their HUD and motion lines will appear around the screen, and to other players the class will gain a team-coloured aura and emit upwards-chevron particle effects and speed lines while moving. Voicelines will also be sped and pitched up.
Speed Comparison
All measured in Hammer Units per second.
| Class | Original Speed |
Boosted Speed |
Percent Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scout | 400 | 505 | 26.3% |
| Soldier | 240 | 336 | 40% |
| Pyro | 300 | 405 | 35% |
| Demoman | 280 | 385 | 37.5% |
| Heavy | 230 | 322 | 40% |
| Heavy (revved up) | 110 | 154 | 40% |
| Engineer | 300 | 405 | 35% |
| Engineer (hauling) | 270 | 365 | 35% |
| Medic | 320 | 425 | 32.8% |
| Sniper | 300 | 405 | 35% |
| Sniper (Scoped with Sniper Rifle) | 80 | 108 | 35% |
| Sniper (Scoped with Hunting Revolver) | 120 | 162 | 35% |
| Sniper (Huntsman drawn) | 160 | 216 | 35% |
| Spy | 320 | 432 | 35% |
| Civilian | 280 | 385 | 37.5% |
- L'Escampette does not stack with haste.
Weapons that grant Haste
The following weapons grant haste to another player.
| Name | Picture | Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Cane | 
|
Civilian | The Derby Cane grants 8 seconds of Haste on alt-fire. |
Strategy
Currently the only weapon to grant haste is the Derby Cane, used by the Civilian. Use the speed boost to its maximum effect by using it on Heavies or Soldiers, as their low speed will be very nicely boosted.