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— The Soldier If I have to crack some skulls, I will. ”

The Spine Chilling Skull 2011 is a cosmetic item for all classes. It is fashioned after the Spine-Chilling Skull, but it is slightly darker, has a slightly less menacing appearance, and has buck teeth instead of the Spine-Chilling Skull's pointed teeth. The Skull has 3 styles:

Tingling , which has small horns positioned on the forehead area facing upward

, which has small horns positioned on the forehead area facing upward Cooling , similar to the Spine-Chilling Skull with curved ram horns, but the horns are slightly smaller

, similar to the Spine-Chilling Skull with curved ram horns, but the horns are slightly smaller Twisting, similar to the Spine-Chilling Skull, but the horns are larger and have a more prominent curve

The Spine-Chilling Skull 2011 hat was only available for purchase from the Mann Co. Store during the Very Scary Halloween Special event, which ran from October 27 until November 6, 2011.

There are also three separate but distinct versions of this hat, which each permanently take the form of just one of the three styles. All three variants are only available by crafting using the Fabricate Haunted Headgear recipe.

Crafting

Blueprint

When crafting using the Fabricate Haunted Headgear recipe, the player will receive a version of the Spine-Chilling Skull 2011 hat that only has one of the three possible styles. The style of the skull cannot be changed to the other styles. Only hats purchased through the Mann Co. Store have the option of switching between the three styles.

Craftable hats

The Spine-Tingling Skull Level 31 Hat

This is a special Halloween 2011 item



Express your dislike for the living.



( Not Tradable or Marketable ) The Spine-Cooling Skull Level 31 Hat

This is a special Halloween 2011 item



Express your disdain for the living.



( Not Tradable or Marketable ) The Spine-Twisting Skull Level 31 Hat

This is a special Halloween 2011 item



Express your discontent with the living.



( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Painted variants

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Spine-Tingling Single colors An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint Team colors Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU) The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU) Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

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Spine-Cooling Single colors An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint Team colors Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU) The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU) Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

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Spine-Twisting Single colors An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint Team colors Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU) The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU) Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

Styles

Styles Spine-Tingling Spine-Cooling Spine-Twisting

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

Added the Spine-Chilling Skull 2011 to the Mann Co. Store.

November 7, 2011 Patch

The Spine-Chilling Skull 2011 was removed from the Mann Co. Store.

October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress 2014)

[Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Added Strange quality. [Undocumented] Added the Limited attribute to the Spine-Chilling Skull 2011.

November 10, 2016 Patch

[Undocumented] Updated the equip region for the styles of the Spine-Chilling Skull 2011.

Trivia

Bay Raitt mentioned the various styles of this item in the blog post Making of a Skull Hat.

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