- Old Fistful of Frags Pre-Steam "Mod" Event - 16 May 2026
Fistful of Frags (FoF) just hit its 12th anniversary on Steam. But, did you know FoF goes back way further than that? A group of Fistful of Frags enthusiasts have gotten together to have fun little revival for the older pre-Steam "mod" version - just for the fun of it! This version predates the Steam-native release, dating all the way back to (circa) 2007 (in its earliest incarnations). It was last updated (circa) 2013 - as version 3.9a. The client for this version was only ever released for Windows. However, with Steam's new "Proton" compatability layer, it is now possible to play it under Linux - likely including SteamOS! NOTE: While this version is no longer "supported", it is still playable for those interested in its older play-style and alternative modes. Several global meet-ups are planned for the weekend of Saturday-5/23 to Sunday-5/24, to showcase FoF 3.9a's various game-modes.…
- Community Art Showcase #3 - 17 February 2026
Howdy feller ! It's time for another round of whiskey community fan art. A HUGE thanks to everyone that keeps putting their heart into making the game and community thrive. Once again we're amazed by the originality and talent of our artists, let's dig in : Hat down to Bita for this excellent artwork Another badass oldschool fof movie poster imagined by Mallo Gmod ambush setup by Rellus A special convoy fanart by Drifter Halloween celebration gmod by Drifter And this time we're lucky to have a bonus music by Mr.Prep ! Make sure to like and reward these creations in the steam hub, for the love of FoF and whiskey ! Until next time ! ~~ Pass The Whiskey ~~
- Hand perks & Horse balance update - 26 December 2025
New year, new FoF ! Fistful of Frags is receiving its first gameplay update in 2 years, addressing some of the community feedback about hand perks and horse. Get ready to experience FoF like never before : Fanning handgun skill: +30% reload speed on handguns, -15% speed penalty while walking in fanning pose (before -38%), +5% faster transition to fanning pose. Cost decreased to 1 star Right handed handgun skill: +15% reload speed on handguns, -30% speed penalty while walking in revolver aim pose (before -38%), +5% faster transition to revolver aim pose Left handed handgun skill: +15% reload speed on handguns Dual wield handgun skill: cost increased to 2 stars Slide perk cost decreased to 2 stars Horse riding: decreased acceleration, takes some more time to reach full speed, critical hit to kill enemies requires a tad higher speed These changes are making the game more fast-paced and equ…
- Pass The Whiskmas !!! - 19 December 2025
A snow white mantle is spreading across the Wild West. How could this be possible ? With Christmas magic, of course !!! We invite you to discover the new Fistful of Snowball mod made by Scootyman It will turn every map of the game into a winter themed version. The perfect occasion to rediscover your favorite maps with a fresh twist : And for an even jollier vibe, you can discover the full Pass the eggnog! collection with christmas weapon skins, musics and more ! YEEEEEEHOHOHO ! ~~ PASS THE WHISKMAS ~~
- Come play the new fof_hammercult map on 31 night !!! - 29 October 2025
Howdy there wild west mongrels ! Halloween season is upon us, and with it the Ghost Town gamemode is making a comeback with it's explosive bows, magic potions and ghosts ːpaperdeathː But this years comes with a special surprise, a new halloween themed map will be playable : fof_hammercult created by Domm Havai ! fof_hammercult Hammercult features one of the most gloomy setting ever made for fistful of frags with death traps and magic bouncers. The lightning is ravaging. The voices are calling to me. The skies are red and you are knee-deep in the red too. How did the Westerfall Abbey come to this? Or was it a dark place from the very beginning? These are questions for later. Right now I just hope that hot lead and cold steel can put a stop to this madness. Where and when ? We give you rendez-vous on the night of the 31 at 8 P.M GMT+1 on : The Saloon -Ⓢ- Badass Gunslingers | Ghost Town -…
- Fistful of News #1 - New Gamemodes, Gif Contest, Server Whitelisting - 13 July 2025
Hooooowdy there cow boys and cow girls ! :deadmanshead: We're back with another update on our awesome community creations and the state of the game. We can't wait to share these with you so let's dive in directly, starting with new custom gamemodes : :brothersword: Knife Fight Club :brothersword: Go head to head in a melee arena with the NEW Knife Fight Club gamemode by Layton, with test servers hosted by Targz! Each player spawns with 3 knives Kill players to steal all thier knifes Throw your knifes to try for an instant kill ! Reach 16 knives to trigger a countdown Survive this countdown to reach victory ! Engage in epic 1 shot knife throwing duels You can find this gamemode on the Fister Sisters #3 server : "86.176.246.228:27017" :brotherskull: Fistful of Zombies 2.0 :brotherskull: The spookiest gamemode has received a HUGE update by Paralhama. All maps now have a night setting Zombi…
- Community Art Showcase #2 - 25 November 2024
Howdy fellers !!! The FoF community has outdone itself once again this year. It's time to showcase the mightiest creations of the west ! Tribute to the best multiplayer game ever - SourceEngineEnjoyer Rangers and Desperados - 95DCelsiusY Four Men For A Whiskey - Mallo Cold Blood - MadDrip Not cool man - Split Good job - Split Fistful of Pixels - Xhc Pass the whiskey - MadDrip 拥有完美下颌线的牛仔 - b5288558_2024 That's all for now, go show some love to the artist on the steam hub with likes and shares lads ! PASS THE WHISKEY ~~ Papa Pasda' ~~
- 10th Anniversary celebration - Community Art Showcase - 9 May 2024
Howdy partners !!! Today we are celebrating the 10th anniversary since Fistful of Frags released proper on Steam! Some members of the community have been very active in creating awesome art one could say goes beyond imagination. In the spirit of celebration the Fistful of Frags team decided to offer you a tour of our favorite creations to immortalise these amazing whiskey flavored fan arts. Every artwork is a work of love and passion and there are way more that one can view if they visit the artworks section, although these have been chosen out since they are "more recent". By Rattet Starting with a late but not less merrier christmas, a truce has been signed ! Back to business with a good'ol brawl Now with the perfect backgrounds compilation (click for original) By MadDrip Presenting the amazing Chadilante ! Infiltration misson for the "Walker Rat" DRAW !!! (ings) By Nimrod Hempel A me…
- Steam Master Server Issues - 11 January 2024
Steam Master Server issues Howdy there pardners From what you've surely noticed the game has been having server issues these past three days. The problem seems to lie with the Steam Master Server as this issue is noticed taking effect across the globe on Fistful of Frags as well as on other known source games. An attempt was made to contact Steam and get some solid answers on the matter but honestly, we were given a "boiler plate" answer that could've probably been adressed better by chat GPT. -------------------------- Update 12 / 01 / 2024 The issue that had the Steam Master server displaying false info onto the server browsers has been resolved seemingly. No issues detected in-game or on the Steam client itself. Thank you for bearing with it! Time to head in-game and pass the whiskey! -------------------------- A temporary solution From the game's title menu click on the option "FIND…
- Halloween Celebration : The Return of the terrifying BoomBows! - 15 October 2023
Howdy pardners. It's been some time since you've read from Firstful of Frags so we believe that it's high time to update you on the latest news but also present you with FoF's Halloween "GhostTown" game-mode once more! First things first though... some news. Lost but most certainly WANTED! We need to start by addressing the "elephant in the room" as they say, and that would be nothing other than sharing what some have probably suspected already. The main developer and the creator of this awesome game (Rebel_Y) has been missing for about six months now, the exact reason for this is unknown and only speculations can be made, but we will leave that aside for the time being, the truth of the matter is that Fistful of Frags needs him without a doubt. This of course has led to some issues when it comes to properly administrating the game in various ways; most notably it has left the "Highligh…
- Fistful of Frags: Retextured DLC is out, and more... - 7 April 2023
The stylized texture set is back, with more textures, some improvements and this time as an optional side download, check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1965120/Fistful_of_Frags_Retextured/ Tortuga map update Here's a new version of this level that already had a couple of major revisions before. Hoping this will be the definitive one. A bit of background: Tortuga was very open and lineal, quite different from some of our classic maps. While variation is welcomed sometimes, in this particular case I think most players didn't appreciate its unique layout and features. So here's a version more in line with what you would expect from a Fistful of Frags map: more connections, escape routes, tight gameplay and controlled line of sight.
- Fistful of Frags O.R.C.S. season 3! - 16 February 2023
Howdy there pardners! The whiskey never stops flowing in Fistful of Frags and as such we've prepared for you a competitive event to try your skills going against some of the very best players at the game at the moment. This event is something that happens only once or twice per year so don't miss out! The dates and times that the event will be taking place are as follow 25/2/23 7pm (London UK time) 26/2/23 4pm (PST) Update 27 / 2 / 23 Another night of absolute mayhem, this time on the US region! So many answered the "call of the whiskey" and came in to show their skill. Even making it into the Finals means a big deal when you're competing against some of the best players in the game and that stands true for both the and the . We're honoured to share with you the names of the Top5 and players! O.R.C.S season3 Top 5 (1st) Scamper9 Ⓢ (2nd) YAYOI Ⓢ (3rd) Spunty Ⓢ (4th) Fresho (5th) wojtusu…
- Horse Riding, new update out! - 24 December 2022
It only took 15 years?! It never was a big development milestone, in part because gameplay didn't really required vehicles of some sort, but this year came with lots of big changes and additions and... here we are. I'll save you the technical details, isn't really hard to add horses to Source engine if you go the simplest route, but there's a lot more. Riding horses probably wouldn't have happened without the superb animations made by Nimrod Hempel, community member that has helped FoF over the years. The main motivation source came from the sheer will, positiveness and insistence from another community member called Paralhama. Finally, also big thanks to The Saloon people that joined our playtests and helped with final touches. Concerns? The inclusion of horse riding into a game known by its small arms and silly footed combat could cause some scepticism at first. So let me clear someth…
- 15th Anniversary! and sneak peek of upcoming update - 21 December 2022
Fistful of Frags existed way before its Steam release in 2014, in fact, only half its existence has happened on this platform. It was the end of year 2007 when this adventure started. Those were other times for sure: YouTube or Facebook? two small start-ups. Smartphones? ha! Freemium exploitative games? Fortunately not. As a western modification for Half-Life 2, our first public beta was rather small, unpolished, yet engaging. Vigilantes, desperados, team based gameplay (way slower than it is now), 5 maps and a handful of weapons. Many more betas, weapons, maps, game modes and lots of changes came, and of course, a release on Steam that allowed us to be known and played by millions of persons. Ain't the subject of this modest reminder to talk about all those releases. Some FoF 'historians' around could tell you the positives and negatives of such lengthy development cycle. Beyond succes…
- The Saloon's Team Elimination Competitive Event 2022 - 6 June 2022
Howdy pardners This is a reminder, a singal boost one might call it for an event that is bound to take place really soon. This has already been mentioned in the previous news release but it seems people have missed it somehow. The Saloon's Team Elimination Competitive Event 2022 >>> Event forum thread
- A Highlight on the latest updates - 28 May 2022
Howdy pardners ! The summer is almost here but the whiskey never stops flowing in Fistful of Frags ! It's been a long time since we had a news release, we aim to rectify this and use this opportunity to fill you in with a surmise, a presentation of all the "latest" important updates the game has seen in the past few months. Map Updates A lot of maps have seen small changes, optimisations to make spawning safer but also to change/guide the playerflow in different ways thus making them play out in a new kind of way. A lot maps have even seen additions like secret rooms, secret spots with stationary Gatling guns and even Cannons creating new hilariously funny battle situations, so make sure not to miss out ! Some of these maps are fof_fistful, fof_sweetwater, fof_nest, fof_desperados, fof_impact and in the case of fof_tortuga, a full revamp by it's creator ! So make sure to check each of t…
- The Official Ranked Competitive Shootout season 2 [EU] stream - 4 December 2021
Today marks the start of the second season of the Official Ranked Competitive Shootout (O.R.C.S) Tonight we watch as players from the EU fight eachother for a chance at glory ! Come join us and have fun watching the stream, show your friends if you like... this how it is when the whiskey is passed ! countdown clock Here's the channel where you can join and enjoy the event. O.R.C.S Official Livestream Pass the whiskey !
- Official Ranked Competitive Shootout Season 2 - 24 November 2021
Howdy there ! We're proud to announce that the registrations for the second season of the competitve event have already begun ! In order to make sure that all players have been notified we're having this public announcement. Anyone who's interested in partaking in this event can find more info in the below linked thread ! Official Ranked Competitive Shootout season 2 registration thread Prizes await the top 3 and top 5 of each region, come and pass the whiskey for a shot at glory ! Register today !
- The Fistful of Frags community trailer 2021 release ! - 1 November 2021
Howdy pardners ! Having Halloween behind us and some cool updates coming in the next couple of months we wanted to take some time to present to you the great work being done by the Fistful of Frags community ! The Fistful of Frags 2021 community trailer by Kyeki As you can see a lot of effort and focus has been put into showcasing all of the different features of the game and highlight it's slow paced but also fast paced action ! It's always heartwarming to see how players can come together to create new content for Fistful of Frags, a game that still stands to this day as a testament to the power of the modding community . Bellow you will find a small Q&A section dedicated to the player who created the trailer and some of those who contributed to it's creation . Every one's voice matters when it comes to whiskey passing in Fistful of Frags so stay tuned for more exciting updates ! Pass…
- Halloween Update: A Storm of Boooom! - 15 October 2021
Howdy. It's this time of the year were spooky things happen. Speaking of spooky things, this Halloween Fistful of Frags has a delightful surprise for you all, here comes our timed limited Halloween themed game mode! Ghost Town: A Storm of Boom! Four TnT Bows will spawn at the start of each round, one for each team, they will be highlighted through all obstacles, if you decide to pick one up you will also be made visible to your enemies, but... with high risk, comes great reward. When you damage enemies with the TnT Bow you will also heal allies around you, making you the lifeblood of the party ! ːsteamhappyː A lot of strategies can be planned around this concept just beware not to blow your self up! If you get killed by an enemy blast, the TnT Bow will disappear and respawn elsewhere shortly after. If you die by regular damage, the bow will drop to the ground so your team mates can carr…
