Respawn times

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The following information on Respawn Times is taken by information found in decompiled Valve maps, or by use of mp_showrespawntimes.

Respawn Waves

Team Fortress 2 manages its respawn times in waves. The default respawn wave is 10 seconds. This would mean that players are spawned every 10 seconds. However, when server population is high, you may have to wait for the wave after. In this case, the maximum respawn time any individual would have is 20 seconds.

Below are the respawn wave times set in Valve maps. ~5 seconds should be added to all respawn times to account for deathcams. Skipping the deathcam will not allow you to spawn faster.

Capture the Flag

All CTF maps have the same spawn times.

	Respawn Wave
Always	10

King of the Hill

All KOTH maps use the same spawn times.

Owner of CP?	Respawn Wave
Neutral	6
No	4
Yes	8

Control Point

Respawn times for RED. Note that these maps are symmetrical: If RED owns this many points, then these are the spawn times for BLU.

Map	Control points owned by BLU
	1	2	Neutral	3	4
5Gorge	5	10	10	10	7
Badlands	5	10	10	10	10
Coldfront	6	8	10	10	10
Fastlane	7	8	10	12	11
Foundry	3	5	5	8	8
Freight	5	7	10	10	10
Granary	7	10	10	10	10
Gullywash	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9
Powerhouse	6		6		3
Process	10	10	10	10	8
Snakewater	10	10	10	10	7
Well	4	7	10	10	10
Yukon	7	8	10	10	10

Attack/Defend

Snowplow Team respawn wave Blu CPs Owned 0 1 2 3 4 5 Red 4 5 6 4 2 7 Blu 2 1 2 2 4 1

Steel Team respawn wave Blu CPs Owned 0 1 2 3 4 Red 10 10 11 12 9 Blu 4 4 2 0 0

Gravel Pit and Junction Blu CPs Owned Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 10 10 1 10 7 2 10 4

Gorge Blu CPs Owned Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 7 2 1 8 3

Dustbowl, Egypt, Mountain Lab, Mann Manor Blu CPs Owned Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave Any 10 2

Degroot Keep has a unique set of spawns. After capturing both outer control points, and unlocking the gate, if the gate closes again, the Blue team gets an increased spawn timer. If both points are captured again, the Blue team's spawns are returned to 0.

Degroot Keep

Status	Red respawn wave	Blu respawn wave
Default	3	0
After gate closed	3	4
After gate reopened	3	0

Payload

These maps are all single-stage:

Frontier Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 7 0 2 4 2 3 4 4 4 6 2

Upward Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 9 4 2 & 3 10 2 4 9 2

Borneo Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 & 2 8 4 3 4 4 4 8 4

Badwater Basin Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0-3 8 4 4 10 4

Barnblitz Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 & 2 10 3 3 & 4 10 5

These maps are multi-stage:

Hoodoo Stage Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 11 2 2 6 2 3 4 2

Gold Rush Stage Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave Any 10 4

Thunder Mountain Stage Checkpoint Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 Map start 4 2 Once bridge rises 7 2 Once cart crosses bridge 8 1 2 Map start 7 2 Checkpoint 1 7 2 Down the hill 8 2 3 Map start 4 4 Through first tunnel 6 4 Checkpoint 2 4 4 On bridge 6 4 After bridge 2 4

Cactus Canyon Stage Checkpoint Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 Map start 8 4 Checkpoint 1 8 1 After final hill 10 1 2 Map start 8 7 Checkpoint 1 8 7 Checkpoint 2 6 9

Payload Race

Pipeline Map Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 & 2 8 8 3 5 5

Nightfall Map Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 & 2 8 8 3 3 3

Hightower and Helltower Map Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave Any 8 8

Special Delivery

All SD maps have the same spawn times.

	Respawn Wave
Always	6

Territorial Control

Hydro has a unique set of respawn times. For normal rounds, teams will spawn faster while they are capturing the enemy CP. For defense rounds, respawn times do not change throughout the round.

Normal Round Respawn Times Status Respawn Wave Default 10 Capturing Enemy CP 3

Defense Round Respawn Times Team Role Respawn Wave Defenders 10 Attackers 0

PASS Time

Brickyard has a unique set of spawns. The spawn timers are at 10, unless the jack is close to a team's goal, in which case their spawn timer is halved to 5.

Brickyard

Status	Red respawn wave	Blu respawn wave
Default	10	10
Jack is past BLU team's warehouse	10	5
Jack is past RED team's warehouse	5	10

Robot Destruction

All RD maps have the same spawn times.

	Respawn Wave
Always	5

Player Destruction

All PD maps have the same spawn times.

	Respawn Wave
Always	6

Mann Vs. Machine

Mann Vs. Machine has a unique set of spawn times as they are determined by the .pop file rather than the map and ramps up from 2 seconds to the max except the ones in italic which are already maxed.

Decoy, Coal Town Difficulty Max Red respawn wave Normal 5 Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert 7

Mannworks Difficulty Max Red respawn wave Normal 5 Intermediate and Expert 7 Advanced 10, 8

Ghost Town Difficulty Max Red respawn wave Nightmare 3

Bigrock Difficulty Max Red respawn wave All Missions 2

Mannhattan Difficulty Max Red respawn wave All Missions 8

Rottenburg Difficulty Max Red respawn wave All Missions 6, 7