
The Spy takes 75% less damage from the initial attack that activates the cloak. Certain in-game information (listed below) is also faked to make the Spy's "death" more convincing. If a player is disguised as one of their own teammates, the fake corpse appears to enemies as the player they were disguised as, and to their own team as a friendly Spy corpse wearing a disguise mask. Upon taking damage while the Dead Ringer is being held in hand, the Spy immediately and fully cloaks, leaving behind a fake corpse to deceive enemies. Pressing the alt-fire key again causes the Spy to put the Dead Ringer away. The Dead Ringer's cloak meter must be fully charged before it can be held, and holding the watch prevents the Spy from attacking or placing Sappers, as when cloaked. Instead, the Spy holds the Dead Ringer in his left hand. Unlike the Invis Watch, the Dead Ringer does not immediately cause the Spy to cloak when the alternate fire key is pressed.


It is an advanced cloaking device disguised as a gold-plated pocket watch with an engraving of a hummingbird on its lid. The Dead Ringer is an unlockable PDA weapon for the Spy.
