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{{hatnote|For other uses of "Mercenary Park", see [[Mercenary Park (disambiguation)]].}}
{{Map infobox
  | name                      = Mercenary Park
  | game-type                 = Control Point
  | file-name                 = cp_mercenarypark
  | map-image                 = Yetipark 5.png
  | release-date              = October 20, 2017
  | last-updated              = March 28, 2018
  | map-environment           = Jungle
  | map-setting               = Daylight, overcast
  | map-deep-water            = Yes
  | map-hazards               = [[Environmental death#Crocodiles|Crocodiles]], [[Pitfall]]s
  | map-health-pickups-small  = 2
  | map-health-pickups-medium = 14
  | map-ammo-pickups-small    = 1
  | map-ammo-pickups-medium   = 11
  | map-ammo-pickups-large    = 5
  | map-bots = 1
}}

{{Quotation|'''Saxton Hale'''|Welcome...to Mercenary Park!|}}
'''Mercenary Park''' is an [[Control Point (game mode)#Attack/Defend|Attack/Defend Control Point]] map released during the [[Jungle Inferno Update]] and featured in the [[Jungle Inferno (Video)|Jungle Inferno]] video. It is a biological research facility and weapons factory that was repurposed as "Yeti Park", but was changed hastily to just a fighting park after [[Saxton Hale]] killed the [[Non-player characters‎#Yeti|last Yeti in existence]].

Certain features of the map depict a bloody running battle with a large, escaped beast, the result of experimentation on large (and peaceful)<ref>[[A Fate Worse Than Chess]], [https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/File:AFateWorseThanChess1.jpg cover page].</ref> animals by the Yti-Hale corporation, enhancing them for strength, aggression,<ref>Barrels of [[w:Anabolic steroid#Neuropsychiatric|anabolic steroids]] in the Mann Co. warehouse building and elsewhere around the map.</ref> and escape. ''("That was the whole bloody point!")''<ref>[[Jungle Inferno (Video)]], 2:16.</ref>

== Locations ==
'''Note''': If you're having trouble with finding the locations listed here, you can scroll down to the ''[[#Helpful overview|Helpful overview]]'' section to see their exact position marked on the map.

=== Visitor Center ===
* Monorail station: First BLU spawn.
* Main Ticketing: interactive space, cafe, and a parrot. 
* Playground: The play equipment in this open space is kept to a minimum to encourage youthful guests to fight over it.
* [[Mercenary Park Gift Shop|Gift Shop]]: cover near right roll out.

=== Mann Co. building ===
* Supply warehouse for the park.
** Helipad: First advanced BLU Spawn, which opens when the Receiving Bay is captured. Located right before control point A.
** Steroid room: Steroid storage is on the other end of the warehouse from the first advanced BLU spawn.

=== Transfer crane === 
* Capture point A -- '''Receiving Bay''' -- Beneath the Transfer gantry crane. 
** Capture of this point closes access to the Playground and opens access to the Test Pit (C).
* Transfer gantry crane. Catwalks between the upper levels of the Mann Co. building and Processing. Operator station can view the point.
* Transport cages: Yti-Hale Shipping. Two-level flanking of the Capture point. The highest can be reached by jumping.
* Dock: [[Environmental death#Crocodiles|crocodile]]-infested water.
[[Image:Mercenary Park Crocodiles.png‎|thumb|Crocodiles on Mercenary Park]]

=== Processing ===
* BLU Second Forward Spawn : Located right before control point B. Unlocked when control point B is captured.
* Capture point B -- '''Lab''' -- (hidden beneath the point are three inaccessible stories of fluid tanks).
* Monorail station: First RED spawn, which closes when the Receiving Bay is captured.
* BLU Third Forward Spawn : Located before the staircases leading to the YTI room. Unlocked when control point B is captured. 
* Platform : a small elevated loading bay positioned right next to the point B
* Server Room : A compact room filled with servers located directly above the Platform. Leading out of the Server Room is a gate which leads out to a section of platforms positioned above the first point and attached to the wall next to it.

=== Research and Captivity ===
[[Image:Cp mercenaryparkglasshole.png‎|thumb|250px|The broken window in the elevator cage, which faces the control point C.]]
* YTI: Institute for Research and Development: Rally room for BLU pushes on final.
* Elevator shaft: (final choke) This elevator was used to transfer specimens between the ten cages, the Lab, and the Test Pit.
** The elevator cage is at the upper level (with the broken window); the grated floor is the lower level.
** Access to Research and Captivity is through the lower and upper-level elevator doors.
** These doors are blocked to both sides until the Receiving Bay (A) is captured.
* Cave: A flank through ventilation and a cave to the rear corner of both levels of the Test Pit.
* Rear Vents: A subtle sneak path back to the corner under RED's Spawn gates.
* Side Stairs: A relatively hidden flank between the two levels.
* Capture point C -- '''Test Pit''' -- Capture wins the round for BLU.
* Monorail station: Final RED spawn, which opens when the Receiving Bay is captured.

{{clear}}

==Helpful overview==
[[Image:Mercenary Park with lines.png|Mercenary Park's locations|left|850px]]
 <small>Yellow circle: Control point A and the Mann.Co building ('''Note''' that the Mann.Co building is split in two parts which are connected by a pair of catwalks)
 Blue circle: General location of the control point B (Not visible)
 Orange circle: Control point C and the pit

  Blue diagonal lines: Blu's spawn locations
  Red diagonal lines: Red's spawn room
  Black lines: Used for more clearer separation

 1.Visitors center (First Blu spawn)
 2.Gift shop
 3.Playground
 4.Helipad (Second Blu spawn)
 5.Transport cages
 6.Catwalks
 7.Docks
 8.General location of the first Red spawn room
 9.Cave
 10.Institute for Research and Development
 11.Elevator cage
 12.Side stairs
 13.Final Red spawnroom</small>

{{clear}}

== Strategy ==
{{main|Community Mercenary Park strategy}}

== Control Point timing ==
{| class="wikitable grid"
! class = "header" | Control Point
! class = "header" | Multiplier
! class = "header" | Seconds
|-
| align = "center" | 1
| align = "center" | &times;1
| align = "center" | 30
|-
| align = "center" | 2
| align = "center" | &times;1
| align = "center" | 20
|-
| align = "center" | 3
| align = "center" | &times;1
| align = "center" | 15
|}

== Update history ==
{{Update history | '''{{Patch name|10|20|2017}} #1''' ([[Jungle Inferno Update]])
* Added Mercenary Park to the game.

'''{{Patch name|10|23|2017}}'''
* Fixed enemy players being able to enter opposing spawn rooms.
* Fixed an area near cap B where {{botignore|engineers}} could build in an inaccessible area.
* Fixed spawn room doors sometimes becoming blocked.

'''{{Patch name|12|21|2017}} #1''' ([[Smissmas 2017]])
* Added a forward spawn for BLU when attacking the final control point.
* Added a connecting stairwell to the mid-structure of the final control point.
* Fixed area portal rendering issues between the first and second control points.

'''{{Patch name|3|28|2018}} #1'''
* Fixed RED being able to shoot through the roof of BLU's starting spawn.
* Changes to control point C
** BLU's spawn time has been slightly lowered.
** The upper-mid route window now has a small opening for attackers to use.
** Players can no longer build on the very top of the crate stack overlooking the control point.
** Increased cover next to the control point.
** Increased the size of the metal supply next to the cover stack.
** Added a vent route that exits behind the new cover.
** Bullets no longer go through the chain fence wall at the ramp connecting lower and upper.
}}
== Unused content ==
[[Image:Yeti fight selection.jpg‎|thumb|200px|right|"Pick your fight!" poster.]]
* There are two unused rooms in Mercenary Park:
** To the left of the first Control Point and behind the fence, there is a mostly empty, dimly lit room with two floors and a dropdown between the two.
** Directly underneath the second Control Point is a partially lit area that has walls lined with cages and cylindrical containers.
* Additionally, there are plenty of unused models and textures in the game files:
** This includes a speedboat, older variants of the atrium and alligator models, blue and yellow corroded metal, a low-quality white yeti cell, a poster which reads "pick your fight!", different sign letters that together read "Yeti Island", and other miscellaneous content.
*** One such unused model is a guard tower with a turret gun model mounted to it with improper texturing. The turret model is the model that the "[[:File:Turretguns.png|turretguns]]" texture is for. This was meant to be TF2's spawnroom turret before the idea was cut.

== Bugs ==
* Sentry Guns can be placed on BLU team's third spawn.
* Just above the first point is a clip brush that doesn't extend to the ceiling, allowing for players who can reach the invisible perch to output damage while being almost entirely hidden from view.
** It is not possible to build on this perch.
* On the third point, for a player with the ability to jump high enough, (Soldier with any of his primaries, Demoman with [[Stickybomb Launcher|stickies]], a Pyro with the [[Thermal Thruster]], or an Engineer using the [[Wrangler]]) on a certain part of the metal bars above, there is collision programmed, allowing the class to fire onto the control point while being mostly hidden from view. This is shown [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srAM4gOmh68 here].
** The texture for the metal bars are one-sided, allowing the player to see through them.

== Trivia ==
* The name Mercenary Park references the 1993 film [[w:Jurassic Park (film)|''Jurassic Park'']].
** Similarly, both plots revolve around the parks containing dangerous experimental animals for the public, which eventually escape.
* The [[:File:Mercenary Park H-34 01.png|park's helicopter]] has several unique characteristics of the [[w:Sikorsky H-34|Sikorsky H-34]] (albeit of much shortened length), which saw extensive naval and jungle service in the [[w:Vietnam War|Vietnam war]].<!--404 forced my hand on this, this is incomplete, as I want to work more on the images.-->

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Mercenary Park H-34 03.png|Scenery of Mercenary Park.
</gallery>
; Locations
<gallery>
File:Yetipark 5.png|Visitor Center.
File:Mercenary Park 05.png|Visitor Center, Playground, Mann Co. building, Receiving Bay
File:Mercenary Park Shack.png|Gift Shop.
File:Mercenary Park First Control Point.png| Overview of Control Point A.
File:Mercenary_Park_Second_Control_Point.png| Overview of Control Point B.
File:Mercenary Park Control Point C.png|Overview of Control Point C.
File:Mercenary Park BLU Spawn 1.jpg|BLU Team Starting Spawn located before Control Point A.
File:Mercenary Park Forward BLU Spawn 1.jpg|BLU Team 1st Forward Spawn located just before Control Point A.
File:Mercenary Park Forward BLU Spawn 2.jpg|BLU Team 2nd Forward Spawn located just before Control Point B.
File:Mercenary Park Forward BLU Spawn 3.jpg|BLU Team 3rd Forward Spawn located just ahead of Control Point B.
File:Mercenary Park RED Spawn 1.jpg|RED Team 1st Spawn located near Control Point B.
File:Mercenary Park RED Spawn 2.jpg|RED Team 2nd Spawn located behind Control Point C.
</gallery>

; Features and Signs
<gallery>
File:Mercenary Park H-34 01.png|[[:File:Mercenary Park H-34 01.png|Park helicopter, H-34]].
File:Yeti park fees.jpg|Park Pass fees sign in the first BLU Spawn.
File:Yeti park health warning.jpg|Health warning sign in the first BLU Spawn.
</gallery>

; Unused content
<gallery>
File:Mercenary Park Unused Room 1.png|The building with the unused room by Control Point A.
File:Mercenary Park Unused Room 2.png|The unused room inside the building.
File:Mercenary Park Unused Room 3.png|The unused room underneath Control Point B.
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

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