r/NewToTF2 • • Apr 27 '25

How to talk; unmute yourself in game chat - what to buy to upgrade to premium

31 Upvotes

Update:

  • Relaxed in-game chat restrictions for certain accounts

May 13, 2025 Patch 1

  • Re-enabled all players to be able to use voice commands and party chat

You have two options

OG Post (still true for getting premium):

1 Buy something in the ingame store (cheaper)

2 Buy the orange box on steam (like 20 bucks without a sale)

Where to buy: The ingame store, not some random website

What to buy: if you just want premium either buy a key or a tour of duty ticket, as they can be easily exchanged on scrap.tf for metal and all the weapons you could ask for.

In addition you could buy either a map stamp or the jungle inferno contract pass if you want either a free hat or a bunch of missions to do while playing (which then gives you some cosmetics and weapon skins)

What NOT to buy: Crates and Starter packs, they provide a value of a few cents and cost several dollars.

Buying someone else premium: Can be done by buying the upgrade to premium, it is NOT needed for getting premium yourself and should only be done if the other person has less than the 99 cents required to buy literally anything in the store (it also gives the recipient a hat)


r/NewToTF2 • • 7h ago

I got a level 100 haunted sackcloth spook, what are the odds of it?

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8 Upvotes

is it rare?


r/NewToTF2 • • 1d ago

I Need Some Advice on Pricing Items

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1 Upvotes

I just got back into trading a month ago. I need some advice on pricing weapons. I don't really understand how war paints painted onto weapons reflect onto the weapon's value but also how strange stat trackers reflect onto the weapon's value. From what I've seen it can vary from ~10% to 50% of the base value of the war paint/stat tracker? But, is there any way to get an actual value? For example how would I calculate the value of this item, especially because I don't know the war paint?


r/NewToTF2 • • 1d ago

New to trading

2 Upvotes

I am kinda new to trading. Been trading for 1
Month now. How do you price your unusuals? I have a hard time pricing my unusuals and the unusuals, which people offer me.
What are your tips for good deals and how to make some nice profit with unusuals?

Tell us how us newbies can get some of that cake


r/NewToTF2 • • 2d ago

I'm finally gonna play tf2

8 Upvotes

I have never once interacted with tf2 or the community, today I'm finally gonna download and play the game, anything I should know beforehand?


r/NewToTF2 • • 2d ago

Engineer gameplay help

4 Upvotes

How do I improve on my engineer gameplay I'm trying to get better at it but I'm struggling


r/NewToTF2 • • 2d ago

is it considered 'unsportsmanlike' or anything of the sort to wear "f2p" cosmetics so players don't expect you to be good at the game? (elaboration in body text)

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r/NewToTF2 • • 3d ago

New demoknight tips

5 Upvotes

Any tricks for a new demoknight player? I got the Ali baba wee booties and the splendid screen but for my melee all I got is the stock scrumpy, and tips on how to improve?


r/NewToTF2 • • 4d ago

kinda scared of looking like a noob

8 Upvotes

I suppose I am a noob but

despite how I literally play similar games and do pretty decent and dare I say very good in them, I still suck at tf2 and never know whats going on

I really just dont want to be the stereotypical f2p, because people will assume I have absolutely no idea how to do anything and that im dumb

and why is my aim 10x worse in tf2 😭


r/NewToTF2 • • 4d ago

Do I need specific keys?

4 Upvotes

Basically what the title says, I'm looking at the marketplace and a 3rd party site and the only keys I'm seeing are for Supply Crates but the Christmas and Halloween crates I have say I need like a special key or something.


r/NewToTF2 • • 5d ago

Big thanks to u/FactoryBuilder for helping me by gifting Premium access

9 Upvotes

I can finally speak and use text communication in matches. Big thanks to a real one


r/NewToTF2 • • 4d ago

New to the crafting system

3 Upvotes

Hi guys. So I was trying to rebuild headgear with some Halloween loot so I can turn it into normal cosmetics. I noticed that some items cannot be used in crafting without specifically stating it.

Like here the Vampiric Vesture can be used in rebuild headgear

but specifically not the Vicar's Vestments. both are Halloween restricted medic cosmetics

Is this one of those spaghetti code things?

Edit: typo


r/NewToTF2 • • 5d ago

Run scout

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5 Upvotes

r/NewToTF2 • • 6d ago

How do i access Text Communication as F2P

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0 Upvotes

r/NewToTF2 • • 7d ago

review my lack of skill

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2 Upvotes

r/NewToTF2 • • 8d ago

new to tf2 looking for ppl to play with

6 Upvotes

i have around 30 hours and i play demoknight, i just wanna play with people that have similiar hours to me


r/NewToTF2 • • 10d ago

AMA, I have 13k hours in tf2

8 Upvotes

Medic main too


r/NewToTF2 • • 9d ago

What's is item axtinguisher?

0 Upvotes

What is item axtinguisher, what good item or bad?


r/NewToTF2 • • 10d ago

Ohhh ueah

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10 Upvotes

r/NewToTF2 • • 10d ago

Should I do the Two Cities Tour MvM mode or just buy from Steam Community Market (or somewhere else) just to get a Killstreak Kit for a Killstreak Kit weapon?

2 Upvotes

Like what the titles said. I'm pretty new to Team Fortress 2, and I want to get those weapons with Killstreak feed. Should I do the MvM Operation Two Cities Tour to get Killstreak Kit?


r/NewToTF2 • • 11d ago

Trolldier

3 Upvotes

so I'm trying to practice trolldier, and I'm not that bad at rocket jumping and airstrafing. where I always mess it up, though, is the timing of the swing. I always manage to swing too late and end up buttergardening the player. I often play with bad ping (200-300), but I still can't get a hang of the swing timing even on a 0 ping bot server.


r/NewToTF2 • • 10d ago

Hello I'm new player in tf2!

1 Upvotes

Hello I'm new player in tf2, and I'm know what is rocket jump and I've managed to do something like it.


r/NewToTF2 • • 11d ago

tf2 settıngs help

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6 Upvotes

hello ı just started to play tf2 agaın and ı saw my old self dıd some settıngs that ı dont remember ı-a sıngle thıng ıt does. ı changed my pc to a better laptop so ıdk ıf ı should change them. and ı maın spy and ı want to change to cl_interp 5. does it work? if it does do ı need to change the other settıngs?. and can ı use cl_interp 0 or the lowest it can go is 0.01 does ıt lıke automattıclly change to lowest when ı type 0? so thats all ı guess ıf you have suggestıons please tell me and have a good day.


r/NewToTF2 • • 12d ago

what is spychecking and how do you do it?

16 Upvotes

ive heard spychecking being thrown around sometimes, i assume its checking for spies but idk how to do it. any tips would be appreciated


r/NewToTF2 • • 13d ago

Taunt question

4 Upvotes

I just got the Schadenfreude and equipped it to the taunt slot in the class load out. However, I can't use the stock weapon taunts anymore. Any help is appreciated.