What does "strange item of the same base type" mean? (Strange Count Transfer Tool)

[Raylen 13]

Context, on the tf2 wiki the description of a strange count transfer tool is "The Strange Count Transfer Tool is an item which allows the user to transfer stat counts between two Strange-quality items of the same base type." What does same base type supposed to mean here? More specifically, does it have to be the same weapon / cosmetic? Do things like warpaint, unusual effects, botkillers, or being australium change whether I can transfer data? I really just want to avoid putting a ton of kills on an item and then finding a better version of that item and not being able to transfer that stats.

[twunny phaiv]

Warpaints, Australiums, Festives etc. do not have an effect on whether or not you can transfer strange count from one to another.

I'm unsure if being a reskin of a weapon allows strange transfer though (transferring kills from Machina to Shooting Star, for example)

[Cee]

Originally posted by twunny phaiv:

Warpaints, Australiums, Festives etc. do not have an effect on whether or not you can transfer strange count from one to another.

I'm unsure if being a reskin of a weapon allows strange transfer though (transferring kills from Machina to Shooting Star, for example)

since the sniper rifle and awp cant switch kills it's probably not possible for machina and shooting star

[twunny phaiv]

something I just remembered in the last patch:

Originally posted by TF2 Blog:

>Fixed the Strange Count Transfer Tool not being able to transfer stats between Mad Milk and Mutated Milk

evidently reskins are meant to have strange counts transferable between them, but it's unclear which ones actually can or not.

[duracell]

Originally posted by twunny phaiv:

I'm unsure if being a reskin of a weapon allows strange transfer though (transferring kills from Machina to Shooting Star, for example)

Reskins doesn't apply if there is any difference. You can't transfer counts from rainblower to stock flamethrower. When it comes to gameplay, the difference is taunt.

[Raylen 13]

But just to be clear, does it have to be the same weapon or cosmetic? Like, Can I transfer kills from a rocket launcher to a blackbox or from graybanns to summer shades?

[twunny phaiv]

Originally posted by Raylen 13:

But just to be clear, does it have to be the same weapon or cosmetic? Like, Can I transfer kills from a rocket launcher to a blackbox or from graybanns to summer shades?

it has to be the exact same weapon in terms of stats. So no, rocket launcher -> black box is invalid.

[Raylen 13]

Thanks, I'm going to get myself a bot killer scattergun. They are surprisingly cheap for a decent skull.