Welcome to the Balance Mod!

The Balance Mod is a Mod for Team Fortress 2 that introduces new features and re-balances all of the unbalanced weapons in the game.

Certain weapons have been completely reworked and function very differently from the vanilla game.

This mod has quick update cycles, which allows us to test small changes often. Drop by our discord if you have ideas, we'd love to hear'em!

This page contains information to everything that is new and vastly different than the official game.

For a a full comprehensive list of all the changes see the

Balance Update Notes or check the Modded weapons page.

To see servers running this mod, see the

Teamwork.tf balance mod page

New Stuff

Engipads

When normal teleporters are of no use, engipads steps in!

Use +attack3 to change between Engipad and teleporter mode

Rotate teleporter to change between speed and jump configuration

Mix and match jump pad and speed pad as you see fit on the fly!

Spy Sprint

Spy Sprint is a new mechanic that allows spy to run at spy speed regardless of disguise. How to use Spy Sprint:

Bind +attack3 to a key via console or options
Holding key to run at max spy speed regardless of disguise.
Works great with Your Eternal Reward
Will override any speed boost from taking effect while held

Throw-able Red-Tape Recorder

You can now throw the red-tape recorder like in Meet the Spy!

Removed:

~~Sapper deconstructs buildings~~

Added:

Press reload to throw the sapper!
Thrown Red-Tape Recorder only disables buildings and deals 0 damage
Attached Red-Tape recorder no longer deconstructs
Attached Red-Tape deals -80% damage to buildings
Attached Red-Tape is removed in one hit

New Medic Unlock Meta

The official medic unlock meta is locked to always using the crossbow and ubersaw.
With the changes below to various medic items, there's no longer a "best" all-purpose item combination.

Vita-saw Rework

Crossbow melee version

Removed:

~~Keeping ubercharge when you die~~

Added:

On hit: Heal Teammate for 50 hp (can overheal). Gain 1% uber
Removes: jarate, madmilk, fan'o war, gas and afterburn
Increased melee range 70%
-25% damage done
-20% swing speed

Why?

The crossbow remains the best burst heal option in the game for medic. However it also perma locks the primary weapon slot. With the other changes to medic, the vita-saw now serves as a more powerful and potent melee burst heal and anti-debuff option. However it does leave the medic in vulnerable range if used within combat, and susceptible to splash damage.

Amputator Buff

Viable AOE healing tool

Added:

While active: Cancel healing taunt by pressing taunt or jump key

Why?

The amputator taunt left you too vulnerable and wasted heals when teammates reached max health, adding canceling ability makes it more versitile and an equal contender to the other melee unlocks.

Syringe Guns Overhaul

Syringe Gun

Ranged Ubersaw

Added:

On hit: Gain 1% uber pr needle hit
Passive reload

Why?

With the crossbow being as is there's no reason to use this ever.

Now that it gives uber on hit, there is an actual reward for hitting enemies with the syringes.

This is still a defense tool, so don't expect great results if you use it offensively.

Catching enemies off guard or shooting a sandwich eating heavy will yield a lot of uber

Don't forget to heal, if you go crazy with the needles, your team will suffer and you will lose.

Overdose

More Speed

Added:

While active: 10% faster move speed
Passive reload

Changed:

Reduced the base of speed received by uber by 10%

Why?

The speed boost it yielded was not worth changing out the crossbow.

When re-spawning by yourself you can now more quickly catch up to your team.

Synergises well with the new Vita-saw.

Blutsauger

No longer shit

Removed:

~~Passive health drain~~

Added:

On enemy hit: Overheal
On teammate hit: Heal yourself and teammate for 1 HP pr needle
Passive reload

Why?

The passive health regen penalty was too much compared to what you got when actively using it.

This weapon made you have less sustain as medic when you were doing medic things. (healing)

Having a teammate nearby will be useful to heal yourself when you are wounded or on fire and about to die.

As loading a full clip will serve as a small health kit in controled situations.

Now this is truly the best combat-survival tool for the medic.

Stock Melee Weapon Buffs

Some unlocks functions as straight upgrades over stock, but not anymore!

Shovel

Applies to all-class re skins for Soldier

Added:

On hit: Slow enemies a little
While Active: 20% push force reduction

Why?

With the arsenal that soldier has, the shovel is easily overshadowed by the options he has.

This current design allows the soldier to get more melee kills if he gets the first hit.

As the slowed enemy on hit and less push force allows to keep up with your target easier.

This weapon pairs really well with the buffed mantreads.

Bonesaw

Applies to all-class re skins for Medic

Added:

On hit: Apply bleed for 4 seconds
On kill: Enemy drops a small healthkit
+50% health from packs on wearer

Why?

With the Ubersaw being as is there's no reason to use this ever.

This makes it a good passive secondary where you goet more value out of healthpacks.

Works great for tracking spies while they bleed.

Fists

Applies to all-class re skins for Heavy

Added:

40% faster global weapon switch speed
20% faster reload time to all secondary weapons except Lunch Box items

Why?

With the Gloves of Running Urgently and Fists of Steel,

there's really no reason to use the fists ever.

With the faster weapon switch speed and reload speed, it allows for more shotgun play.

Works really well with lunch box items too for throwing to teammates.

Fire Axe

Applies to all-class re skins for Pyro

Added:

Reveals disguised spies on hit
40% faster global weapon switch speed

Why?

With all the other utility the pyro has for melee. Doing 65 damage is not that appealing

The faster global weapon switch speed, allows you to run stock flame thrower.

When you would have ran perma-degreaser.

Major changes for Pyro

Powerjack Stat Split - The Hot Hand now viable

Powerjack

Removed:

~~Faster run speed~~
~~Damage vulnerability~~

Added:

50% of base health restored on kill
20% slower firing speed
225% more healing from all healbeam sources
Only when active

Hot Hand

Added:

While weapon is active:
+15% move speed on wearer
Gain a speed boost when you hit an enemy player
-20% Damage done
+20% More damage taken

Run faster -> Slap -> Run fasterer

Sharpened Volcano Fragment Rework

Nuke on a stick

Removed:

~~-20% damage penalty~~

Added:

On hit: lights target on fire, deals 30 damage
On burning target hit: Causes small armor piercing explosion dealing 80 damage and lights nearby enemies on fire for 3 seconds

The "Forest Fire" Pyro Update

Since all the weapons from the Jungle Inferno Pyro Update were not that great, we've given Pyro a new update.

Click here here to see some of the buffs and changes to the Pyro's arsenal.

The "Worth the Weight" Heavy Update

Heavy lost the poll, and only got a banana in the Jungle Inferno update. Nobody knows if we'll ever see a Heavy Update. That's why we've included our own reworks of some weapons for the Heavy.

Click here to see the changes.