Team Fortress 2 Heavy Update: First Unlockable Weapon, Achievements Revealed

An update on Valve Software's Team Fortress 2 blog has unveiled more of the content planned for the Heavy update, scheduled to hit the multiplayer shooter next Tuesday.

The first of three unlockable weapons planned for the Heavy are Killing Gloves of Boxing (or K.G.B.), which replace the Heavy's bare fists as his melee attack. When landing a killing blow with the K.G.B., the Heavy receives five full seconds of guaranteed critical hits, which can be used to kill more foes and further extend the remaining time.

The crit bonus can also be used with the Heavy's other weapons—the shotgun and the minigun—allowing the class to lay waste to enemies at a distance. The gloves offer a slower swing speed than the Heavy's uncovered fists, making use of the item somewhat riskier than the standard equipment roll-out.

Along with two yet-unannounced unlockable weapons, the K.G.B. will be obtainable via a total of 35 class-specific achievements. The Heavy's new weaponry will likely see a similar structure as the previously released Pyro update, which granted unlockable weapons at 10, 16, and 22 earned achievements.

While the requirements for the achievements have not yet been specified, their names and iconography—paired with the image file names—offer a few clues as to what those requirements might be.

The achievements and their corresponding file names are as follows:

1. Iron Kurtain - heavy_damage_taken

2. Party Loyalty - heavy_defend_medic.png

3. Division of Labor - heavy_assist_medic_large

4. Red Oktoberfest - heavy_earn_medic_domination

5. Show Trial - heavy_kill_taunt
   
   

6. Crime and Punishment - heavy_kill_flag_carriers

7. Class Struggle - heavy_kill_medic_pair

8. Soviet Block - heavy_block_invuln_heavy

9. Stalin the Kart - heavy_block_cart

10. Supreme Soviet - heavy_receive_uber_grind
    
    

11. Factory Worker - heavy_stand_near_dispenser

12. Soviet Union - heavy_assist_heavy_grind

13. 0wn The Means of Production - heavy_clear_stickybombs

14. Krazy Ivan - heavy_kill_underwater

15. Rasputin - heavy_take_multi_damage
    
    

16. Icing on the Cake - heavy_kill_dominated

17. Crock Block - heavy_survive_crocket

18. Kollectivization - heavy_assist_grind

19. Spyalectical Materialism - heavy_uncover_spies

20. Permanent Revolution - heavy_kill_while_spinup
    
    

21. Heavy Industry - heavy_fire_lots

22. Communist Mani-Fisto - heavy_kill_crit_punch

23. Redistribution of Health - heavy_heal_medkits

24. Rationing - heavy_kill_shotgun

25. Vanguard Party - heavy_first_to_cap
    
    

26. Pushkin the Kart - heavy_payload_cap_grind

27. Marxman - heavy_kill_midair_minigun

28. Gorky Parked - heavy_defend_control_point

29. Purge - heavy_kill_capping_enemies

30. Lenin a Hand - heavy_revenge_assist
    
    

31. Five Second Plan - heavy_teleport_fast_kill

32. Photostroika - heavy_freezecam_taunt

33. Konspicuous Konsumption - heavy_eat_sandwiches

34. Don't Touch Sandvich - heavy_kill_scouts

35. Borscht Belt - heavy_kill_heavies_gloves