Tough Break Skins: Stickers and Textures

Unlike Gun Mettle skins, the Tough Break update includes 'Stickers' that are applied to some skins. The stickers are always applied to the same location on the skin (or sometimes not at all), and in some instances a 'rare' sticker may be applied. This guide attempts to document the usage of stickers in the Tough Break skins and identify instances where 'rare' stickers may be applied. I have also tried to identify cases where a texture can be applied to create significantly different effects on the look of the weapon.

Rare Stickers

On some skins, one of several stickers has a chance to be applied, and on the weapons listed in this section there are some stickers that appear less frequently than others. These are 'rare' stickers.

Balloonicorn Sniper Rifle

- Has a Balloonicorn sticker on the lens cap and a pair of eyes on the end of the sight. The sticker on the lens cap is always present, but the eyes can vary.

• Black: ~83%
  
• Lollipop: ~8%
  
• Blue Sparkle: ~8%
  
• X: ~1%

Common 'Black Eyes' Sticker	Rare 'Lollipop Eyes' Sticker
Rare 'Blue Sparkle Eyes' Sticker	Unvarying 'Balloonicorn' Sticker

Warhawk Flame Thrower

- Has a Balloonicorn sticker on the nozzle. Other decorations on this weapon are part of the skin and not stickers. The Balloonicorn is usually the 'green tiger' variant, but is rarely a regular balloonicorn.

• Balloonicorn: ~5%
  
• Tiger: ~95%

Common 'Tiger' Sticker

Rare 'Balloonicorn' Sticker

High Roller's Rocket Launcher

The Balloonicorn Crest (Very Rare)

- The 'Soldier Crest' sticker is on the left side of the weapon, but rarely it can be a 'Balloonicorn Crest' sticker.

• Balloonicorn: ~1%
  
• Soldier: ~99%

Soldier Crest Sticker In-Game	Balloonicorn Crest Sticker In-Game
Soldier Crest Sticker	Balloonicorn Crest Sticker

Poker Chips

- The 'betting table' can contain 1-5 chips (stickers), which can be black, purple, green, or yellow soldier icons, or occasionally a pink balloonicorn. Probabilities for each chip are as follows:

Chip 1, 2, & 4:

• Balloonicorn: ~5%
  
• Black/Green/Purple/Yellow: (~12% each)
  
• No chip: ~48%

Chip 3:

• Balloonicorn: ~9%
  
• Black/Green/Purple/Yellow: (~23% each)

Chip 5:

• Balloonicorn: ~3%
  
• Black/Green/Purple/Yellow: (~8% each)
  
• No chip: ~65%

Other Stickers

- The weapon also has a 'Pin Up Female Soldier' on the right side. The roulette ball and diamonds are also stickers. These stickers are always in the same place and are always the same.

Soldier Pin-up Sticker	Full Sticker
Ball/Diamond Stickers	Chip Stickers

Chips and roulette wheel

Common & Variable Stickers

Some skins can have more than one possible sticker applied, but unlike the rare stickers above, all possibile stickers have the same chance of being applied. These are 'variable' stickers.

Mister Cuddles Minigun

- Has a sticker on the back of the motor and a cat face on the front. The sticker can be a 'puppy' , 'kitteh', or 'hamster' with equal probability. The face can be 'surprised' (kitteh_crazy), 'happy' (kitteh_default), 'angry' (kitteh_mad), 'winking' (kitteh_wink), or 'tongue poke' (kitteh_tongue) with equal probability.

Cat faces and an in-game example

Stickers and an in-game example

Blue Mew Pistol

- Has a sticker on the side of the clip. The sticker can be a 'puppy' , 'kitteh', or 'hamster' with equal probability. It is only visible during reloading or 'Inspecting' in-game.

Hamster Sticker

Brain Candy Minigun

- Has a sticker on the back of the motor. The sticker can be 'lillipops', or a 'rainbow' with equal probability.

Lollipops Sticker

Rainbow Sticker

Brain Candy Rocket Launcher

- Has a sticker on the back of the barrel. The sticker can be 'lillipops', or a 'rainbow' with equal probability.

Lollipops Sticker

Rainbow Sticker

Brain Candy Pistol

- Has a sticker on the side of the clip. The sticker can be a 'rainbow', or 'lollipops' with equal probability. It is only visible during reloading or 'Inspecting' in-game.

Lollipops Sticker

Flower Power Scattergun

- Has a sticker near the handle. The sticker can be a flower or a rainbow with equal probability.

Flower Sticker

Rainbow Sticker

Killer Bee Scattergun

- Has 5 stickers! The first is the 'Killer Bee Logo' sticker on the barrel. The second is the words 'Killer Bee' on the stock. The third and forth are 'RAF' insignias located on either side of the stock near the barrel. The fifth is a variable sticker located on the right side of the barrel, it includes 1-10 'bombs' akin to nose art markings used on RAF planes to indicate number of successful operations.

Text, RAF logo, and 1-Operation stickers	A 10-Operation sticker
Example of WWII nose art	Killer Bee logo and RAF stickers

Airwolf Wrench

- Can have a white spiral sticker on the left and/or right side of the hook jaw (or no sticker at all). Each sticker seems to have about a 50% chance of being applied, therefore there is a 1 in 4 chance of having both stickers applied.

Spiral Sticker

No Sticker

Unvarying Stickers

Sometimes, the same sticker is always applied to the same spot.

Balloonicorn Flame Thrower

- Has a Balloonicorn sticker on the nozzle and a pair of eyes near the handle. There appears to be no variation in these stickers.

Balloonicorn eye stickers are always black

Balloonicorn sticker

Corsair Medi Gun

- Has a US Star sticker on the top side. There appears to be no variation in this sticker.

'US Star' sticker in-game

Details of sticker

Butcher Bird Minigun

- Has a Sau (German for 'sow', as in pig) sticker on the motor housing. There appears to be no variation in this sticker.

'Sau' sticker

Details of sticker

Butcher Bird Grenade Launcher

- Has 2 Sau stickers, one on each side of the barrel. There appears to be no variation in these stickers.

'Sau' sticker on right side

Mirrored sau sticker on left side

Blitzkrieg Stickybomb Launcher

- Has a stylized TF2 logo on the right side of the cannister, the sticker is always present and does not vary.

TF2 Logo Sticker

Boneyard Sniper Rifle

- Has a 'Gargoyle' sticker on both sides of the stock.

Gargoyle Sticker

Sticker Detail

Boneyard Revolver

- Has a tiny 'Gargoyle' sticker on both sides of the handle.

Gargoyle Sticker

Boneyard Knife

- Has a 'Gargoyle' sticker on the handle.

Gargoyle Sticker

Nutcracker Wrench

- Has an 'Acorn Bomb' sticker on the hook jaw.

Acorn Bomb Sticker

Nutcracker Minigun

- Has an 'Acorn Bomb' sticker on the motor housing.

Acorn Bomb Sticker

Nutcracker Scattergun

- Has an 'Acorn Bomb' sticker on the barrel.

Acorn Bomb Sticker

Nutcracker Flamethrower

- Has an 'Acorn Bomb' sticker.

Acorn Bomb Sticker

Nutcracker Pistol

- Has an 'Acorn Bomb' sticker on the side of the clip, visible only during reloading or inspecting.

Acorn Bomb Sticker

Top Shelf Minigun

- Has a 'Heavy Crest' sticker on the front of the motor. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Heavy Crest Sticker

Full Sticker

Top Shelf Revolver

- Has a 'Spy Crest' sticker on the left side of the frame. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Spy Crest Sticker

Full Sticker

Top Shelf Wrench

- Has a 'Engineer Crest' sticker on both sides of the hook jaw. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Engineer Crest Sticker

Full Sticker

High Roller's SMG

- Has a 'Sniper Crest' sticker on the left side of the barrel. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Sniper Crest Sticker

Full Sticker

High Roller's Medigun

- Has a 'Medic Crest' sticker on the top. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Medic Crest Sticker

Full Sticker

Coffin Nail Rocket Launcher

- Has a 'Soldier Crest' sticker on the left side. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Soldier Crest Sticker

Sticker Detail

Coffin Nail Stickybomb Launcher

- Has a 'Demoman Filigree' sticker on the left side. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Demoman Filigree Sticker

Sticker details

Unvarying Stickers ...continued

Coffin Nail Minigun

- Has a 'Heavy Crest' sticker on the left side of the motor. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Heavy Crest Sticker

Coffin Nail Scattergun

- Has a 'Scout Crest' sticker on the left side. The sticker is always in the same place and is always the same.

Scout Crest Sticker

Sticker Details

Pseudo-Stickers

Sometimes it looks like a sticker is applied when it is actually part of the skin texture itself.

Warhawk Rocket Launcher

- Appears to have a 'Flying Tiger' sticker on the barrel

Flying Tiger pseudosticker

Warhawk Grenade Launcher

- Appears to have a 'Parrot holding Grenade and Broken Bottle' sticker on the barrel. Also appears to have a 'Smiley Face' Sticker on the underside.

Parrot pseudosticker

Smiley pseudosticker

Mister Cuddles Minigun

- Appears to have 'Cat Paw Prints' stickers on the barrel. These are part of the underlying texture for the weapon.

Paw Prints pseudosticker

Variable Textures

Rainbow Grenade Launcher

- Has 2 variable textures.

The Handle

The color can vary based on which part of the texture is applied. A few examples are shown below.

Green handle	Blue handle
Purple handle	Yellow handle

The raw texture

The Barrel

The position and rotation of the rainbow texture can give a different appearance to the weapon. For example, the rainbow stripes could be vertical, horizontal, or most often diagonal. The same effect can be found on the Rainbow Flame Thrower and Rainbow Sniper Rifle. Of note here: another texture layer is applied over the rainbow stripes called 'sparkles'. It adds little shimmering stars all over the texture for a subtle but very pleasing finish.

The rainbow texture

Rainbow Sniper Rifle

- Like the handle of the Rainbow Grenade Launcher, the barrel of this weapon can vary in color based on which part of the texture is applied.

Blue barrel

Pink barrel

Sweet Dreams Stickybomb Launcher

- The position and rotation of the pink/white stripes texture can give a different appearance to the weapon. For example, the stripes could be vertical, horizontal, or most often diagonal. The same effect can be found on the Sweet Dream Grenade Launcher.

Diagonal stripes	Almost vertical stripes
Horizontal stripes	The raw texture

...To Hell Weapons

- The colors of these weapons can vary based on which part of the texture is applied. The color can be any from dark red, through orange, to yellow.

Deep Red Pistol	Orange Knife
Red Scattergun	Yellow Wrench

The raw texture

Boneyard Weapons

- The colors of these weapons can vary based on which part of the texture is applied. The color can be brown (common), purple (uncommon), or blue (uncommon).

Brown	Purple
Blue	The raw texture

Pumpkin Patch Weapons

- The colors of these weapons can vary based on which part of the texture is applied. The color can vary from dark green, through green, yellow, and blue.

Dark Green	Blue
Yellow	Green/Yellow
Yellow/Blue	Green

The raw texture

Macabre Web Weapons

- The colors of these weapons can vary based on which part of the texture is applied. The color can vary from light blue, through light green, to yellow.

Light Blue Minigun	Light Green Minigun
Light Blue Pistol	Light Green Pistol
Light Blue Scattergun	Light Green Scattergun
Light Blue Stickybomb Launcher	Blue Grenade Launcher
Blue Revolver	Raw Texture

Variable Textures ...continued

Autumn Weapons

- The colors of these weapons can vary based on which part of the texture is applied. The color can vary from dark brown (common), through light brown, orange (uncommon), and violet (rare). Some examples are shown below. On the Flamethrower only the straps and tubes have the texture so it's not as noticeable.

Dark Brown Grenade Launcher	Light Brown Grenade Launcher
Violet Grenade Launcher	Orange Rocket Launcher
Light Brown Stickybomb Launcher	Orange Wrench
Brown Shotgun	Orange-Violet Fade Shotgun

The Raw Texture

Wildwood Weapons

- The twisted wood texture on these weapons can contain a green blight.

Unblemished SMG

SMG with blight on barrel

The Raw Texture

High Roller's Weapons

- The walnut texture has a chance of containing a small skull pattern.

The Raw Texture

Coffin Nail Weapons

- The cigarette texture gets 'smoked' with increasing wear levels, and starting from Minimal Wear glowing embers can be seen at the end of the 'cigarette'.

The Shotgun being smoked

Brain Candy Pistol

- The color of the trigger guard can vary from green to blue to purple.

Some example colors

[Martian Mandalorian]

How cool never knew they existed

[Floof]

as a balloonicorn enthusiast and collector

this widens my goals and makes me feel like its gonna take alot longer to end my collecting journey

[Lormeet]

Interested in buying balloonicorn crest coffin nail and top shelf miniguns

[phil_holes48]

balloonicorn crest has a 1% chance of appearing on basically any gentlemanne's skin in my experience, even on the top shelf revolver

[Sam☺]

I have Factory New High Roller medi-gun if anyone interested

[ANÃOPUNK-]

Thanks for the guide! Amazing stuff.

[Oujni]

0.00055968% for factory new high roller rocket launcher with 5 coints - one balloonicorn

[Gen]

Tf2 has so much undocumented depth it's amazing

Too bad most skins still look trash

[Toxins' Extended Collections]

Well this is a blast from the past

[Wo'oh Melon]

Decorated weapons have more charm than warpaints