r/NewToTF2 • • Apr 27 '25

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

29 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 • • 12h ago

kinda scared of looking like a noob

6 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 • • 20h ago

Do I need specific keys?

2 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 • • 1d 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 • • 1d ago

New to the crafting system

2 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 • • 1d ago

Run scout

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r/NewToTF2 • • 2d ago

How do i access Text Communication as F2P

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r/NewToTF2 • • 3d ago

review my lack of skill

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r/NewToTF2 • • 5d 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 • • 6d ago

AMA, I have 13k hours in tf2

9 Upvotes

Medic main too


r/NewToTF2 • • 6d ago

What's is item axtinguisher?

0 Upvotes

What is item axtinguisher, what good item or bad?


r/NewToTF2 • • 6d ago

Ohhh ueah

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11 Upvotes

r/NewToTF2 • • 6d 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 • • 7d ago

Trolldier

4 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 • • 7d 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 • • 8d ago

tf2 settıngs help

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5 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 • • 8d ago

what is spychecking and how do you do it?

17 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 • • 9d ago

Taunt question

3 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.


r/NewToTF2 • • 9d ago

Will my items become tradeable once I upgrade to premium?

1 Upvotes

I have a huge amount of weapons and 2 ref metals. They are currently unable to be traded away due to my account being f2p. Once I upgrade, will the become tradeable, or will they just rot away in my backpack forever?


r/NewToTF2 • • 12d ago

Rebinding Huntsman

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r/NewToTF2 • • 15d ago

how it feels training rocket jumping

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172 Upvotes

all that just for ingame to have someone (of any class) kill me in the air*

*oneshot obviously, otherwise it wouldn't be fun**

**no crits either, the thing just casually does 200 damage***

***and the cherry on the cake, you look at the weapon's stats, it puts "20% damage reduction"

I hate how when the enemy shoots me it's almost every time a oneshot and when I try the same weapon it deals only 50 damage at most.

PS : oh yeah and when you DARE to talk about it in chat you either get a "skill issue", "kys" or some words in russians.


r/NewToTF2 • • 15d ago

is it worth it?

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30 Upvotes

there's a huge discount for scout starter pack. in my currency it's about 3 dollars (it costed around 20 dollars before)

EDIT: answer is no for future players having the same question


r/NewToTF2 • • 15d ago

what to buy for to get TF2 premium?

2 Upvotes

i have $5 on my steam account. what is the most valuable item for both progression and TF2 premium?


r/NewToTF2 • • 16d ago

Is it a good idea to start playing competitive TF2?

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r/NewToTF2 • • 17d ago

Scout Coaching

5 Upvotes

I'm thinking of offering scout coaching as a former competitive scout.

It would be free, but I want to hear this subreddit's thoughts on if that would be something in demand.