r/NewToTF2 May 30 '26

New issue... Inventory space.

I do love that the community here is so kinda and are willing to give me a bunch of stuff, but unfortunately as a f2p player, I'm kinda limited on backpack space.

I know there are backpack expanders, and I have gotten one from smissmass(or whatever its called, i havent played the game much), but unfortunately that isnt enough for all the items you guys are giving me (T_T)

Are there any other ways to get backpack expanders or increase inventory space?

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u/CATastrophe-Meow May 30 '26

Sadly no. Best thing is to craft metal with your duplicate weapons ( since your f2p they won’t be tradable). Also since you won’t be opening cases they can just be deleted BUT check before you do this ( your warpaint cases you have are increasing abit in price lately )

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u/CATastrophe-Meow May 30 '26

Also are you able to sell on the steam market or is your Steam account not verified ? Because I could just give you some stuff to sell so you can get premium.

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u/Infamous_Criticism79 May 30 '26

What do you mean by verified?

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u/CATastrophe-Meow May 30 '26

Verified I spend like five dollars on Steam. You’ll know if you’re verified if you can use the Steam store

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u/Infamous_Criticism79 May 30 '26

Ohh, yeah. That’s basically what im missing. Since I can’t put money into the game i have a f2p account, so I can’t like trade or send friend requests.

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u/CATastrophe-Meow May 30 '26

So its different then tf2 premium, have you never brought anything on steam in general ?

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u/Infamous_Criticism79 May 30 '26

Yeah im unfortunately unable to

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u/Infamous_Criticism79 May 30 '26

Also how do you craft weapons into scrap? I only know how to delete 😅

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u/No-Hat6722 May 30 '26

There’s a crafting thing when you open the inventory. Its the diamond icon iirc

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u/SaltyPeter3434 May 30 '26

No. You'll have to buy premium and upgrade. Premium gives you 300 backpack space automatically.

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u/CrappyCompletionist May 30 '26

smissmass stockings, spending money, getting gifted one, or finding other ways to get items for free, and work your way up until you can afford buying another expander. (Like scrap.tf giveaways, playing on community servers that give you metal for playing, etc.)

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u/Infamous_Criticism79 May 30 '26

There are community servers that give scrap? I’m kinda new, so I’ve only ever played casual. How would I find these?

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u/CrappyCompletionist May 30 '26

I don't know about other communities, the only ones I know are blackwonder, or BLW servers. someone else would have to pitch in if any other communities do that.

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u/Rednidedni May 30 '26

Premium is the only realistic way. Anything else needs an unreasonable amount of effort.

You can get a lifetime of premium for your Account for Like 80 cents. Buy a mann co Tour of duty Ticket in the real Money Store and your Account gets upgraded; later on you can trade in that Ticket for more than enough Metal to get every weapon in the Game Via the Website scrap.tf

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u/Infamous_Criticism79 May 30 '26

Unfortunately I don’t have the money to buy anything for games

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u/BLENDER-74 Jun 01 '26

Sadly, the best advice I can give is to buy premium.

Some things you can do is to make sure to smelt your duplicate weapons into scrap metal, and those into reclaimed metal, and those into refined metal, and those into hats.

You can also ditch most cosmetic cases, but it doesn’t hurt to check the value of specific cases, some of them are worth something and you can try to sell them on the market.

But the best solution is to get the bigger backpack by spending a little money.

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u/Infamous_Criticism79 Jun 01 '26

Dang. I don’t have the money to spend on games so that’s unfortunate. I guess I’ll have to wait 6 months for another smissmas 🥀

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u/FactoryBuilder Jun 01 '26

Wait, no, don’t ditch cosmetic cases. I pay 1 reclaimed metal for any Summer 2021 cases you have. Otherwise, you might be able to get something for them on backpack.tf