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Soul Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:22am
Is hat crafting with refined metal worth it?
Trading and crafting go way over my head even though I've read/watched tutorials on how to do both. I feel like just hat-crafting is way easier but when I go to watch videos about that, everyone who is doing it is practically crying with every subsequent craft.

I've only got 56 scrap-able items right now so if I did turn them all to metal I'd only be able to try for one hat. I'm just looking for advice on if that's a wise choice or if there are better ways to go about getting hats.
Last edited by Soul; Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:26am
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Bush Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:37am 
Your body, your choice.

It's easier to just buy the cosmetics you want through trading websites like scrap.tf or stn trading but if you wanna challenge yourself you can try to craft and see if you'll get something like a dead of night but don't get your hopes up too much.
Last edited by Bush; Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:39am
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MineFurryLPs Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:38am 
It is very rare to get something worth it but it can be wroth it
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Scally Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:45am 
If you have no idea what you'd like to buy and just want to leave it to chance then go for it. If you end up with items you really don't like then you can craft them together for something else. You also get your name on the item if that means anything to you. I wouldn't advise paying the extra refined to chose the class.
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Joe Papa Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:46am 
No
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Mushy M005e🍁 Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:50am 
yeh definitely better ways to go about getting hats. Its cheaper and makes more sense to buy/trade for the specific hats you want. When you craft it is totally random and most likely will be a loss and/or a hat you dont like/want.
If you do craft it is cheaper to use two scrap hats (1-1.33 ref each) than it is to use 3 ref to make a hat.
Trading for cheaper (non unusual) hats is fairly quick and easy. backpack.tf is a good trading site to check out. Its basically a classified where people advertise buying and selling items. All you have to do is offer what they are asking, most trades are accepted automatically/instantly. Best part is you dont have to talk/negotiate with anyone.
Hope that helps a little. Good luck.
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Spartykins Aug 10, 2019 @ 8:35am 
no, there's a reason why we have a surplus of refined
Last edited by Spartykins; Aug 10, 2019 @ 8:35am
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