2Fort

2Fort
Basic Information
Variants:	2Fort Invasion
Developer(s):	Unknown
Map Photos
Map Overview

2Fort is a Capture the Flag map, and is the subsequent remake of the Team Fortress Classic map of the same name. 2Fort was the first official CTF map for Team Fortress 2 and was one of the six initial maps included with the game's release.

Two similar forts oppose each other, separated by a water-filled moat. A covered bridge spans the moat, and battlements on each fort provide excellent positions to assault oncoming players, particularly for Snipers.

There are three entrances into each fort, not all of which are accessible to each class. The primary entrance is the two openings on ground level. There are short ramps leading up to each entrance, and the entrances converge under an open grate, allowing defenders to attack intruders from above. The second entrance is through the sewers that run underneath each base. The entryway between the sewers and the base features a stairway and a pool of water. This area is a viable chokepoint. The third entrance is the battlements of each base, which can only be accessed by Scouts, Soldiers, Demomen, and Engineers. Soldiers can rocket jump, Demomen can Sticky bomb jump, Scouts can run across the roof of the bridge and double jump onto the battlements, and Engineers can Sentry jump (albeit it's much more difficult).

2Fort's bases are the easiest to defend of all stock CTF maps due to the long, easily-blocked passages leading to and from the enemy's flag room. Every capture will require a substantial amount of team coordination, especially when the player count is high.

To win your team must capture the opposing team's Intelligence continuously until you reach the game's capture limit (default limit is 3) whilst preventing the enemy from achieving the same.

Locations

Bridge

The bridge connecting the two forts. In the TF2 incarnation, unlike in the previous renditions, the bridge is covered, allowing Scouts to double-jump from the top of the one deck, run across the bridge roof, and onto the opposing deck. The roof also provides cover for advancing players, and generally moves the action on the 2Fort's map into the bases.

Commonly, Scouts will have no problem jumping onto the bridge, but will falter on the second jump to the opposing Sniper deck, landing squat in front of one of the doors. The very edge of the bridge roof is bugged; If a Scout attempts to jump from the very edge, in terms of game mechanics, they will be "falling" and thus have only one jump to use, rather than two. Jumping a second or two earlier is enough to remedy this problem.

Entrance

After crossing the bridge, there are two ground floor entrances into the base. The "Entrance" extends from those two doorways into the base a short distance. There is a stairway down into the sewer on the left. There is a small room leading to the ramp room on the right. And there is a hallway straight ahead that provides an alternate route to the ramp room.

Battlements

The Battlements are on the front of the second floor of each base and have a center "bunker" section. This section has large glass-less windows and is a roofed structure. The windows allow almost unbroken line of sight into the area. In TF2, the battlements are also referred to as the "balcony," as well as the "Sniper ledge," or "Sniper deck," due to their main purpose as a platform for Snipers. Snipers generally camp the ledges, which give them an excellent view of most of the exterior of 2Fort, with the exception of the bridge and under the water beneath it.

The Sewers

The tunnels under each base, leading from the water beneath the bridge to the "Entrance" are generally referred to as "the sewers". They are severely dog-legged, creating numerous extra blind corners around which to fight. In each sewer there is a room recessed into a corner in such a way that it is impossible to gain line of sight to 100% of the room from inside the tunnels. On the water-side of the room the tunnel has two 90 degree bends, but on the base-side of the room there is one long unbroken stretch of tunnel. The rooms in the sewers are often camped by Engineers, who use Teleporters to allow their team quick access to the enemy base. Otherwise, the sewers are generally used as a way of entering the enemy base free from the attention of the Snipers above.

Ramp Room

Once you pass through the entrance, the ramp room is on your right. It's the room with two ramps leading up the second floor. This is a prime defensive point, and Engineers often build Sentry Guns here. It is also commonly referred to as "the courtyard".

Upstairs

The large room on the second floor, adjacent to the main resupply room. The upstairs has an exit to the Sniper deck, the "grate", the "top of the spiral", and the "ramp room" (as explained below). This room is heavily trafficked, but rarely occupied. This location is also commonly referred to as the "hay room" or "hayloft" (due to the large piles of hay on the floor) or "upstairs lobby".

Grate

This is the small room with the grated floor right above the entrance of each base. It has a square hole in the floor to allow defenders to shoot down, and talented Soldiers and Demomen to jump up.

Spiral

The spiral ramp that leads from the basement up and out of the base. This is one of only two egress routes for a stolen Intelligence.

Top of the Spiral

The small room at the top of the spiral ramp.

L-Shaft

This room is a long ramp running from the back of the ramp room into the basement. It is the other egress point for a stolen Intelligence. It is named the "L-Shaft" because it contained an elevator in previous incarnations of the 2Fort map. In teamspeak it is often called the "back stairs", "long stairs", "straight stairs" or simply just "straight".

Basement

The space downstairs between the spiral ramp and the L-shaft is the "Basement". It leads to the Intelligence room. There is a resupply point at the end nearest to the L-shaft. There is a Health pack and an Ammo box in the middle of the basement - added in April 29, 2008 Patch. The addition of these pickups has made camping the Intelligence harder, and attacking the Intelligence slightly easier.

Intelligence room

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BLU intel room

This is the room that has the Intelligence. It has two entrances from the basement. This is the primary defensive point of 2Fort, and as such it is frequently camped by Engineers, Demomen as well as other classes. To successfully capture your opposition's Intelligence, you must return it to the Intelligence room in your own base.

Strategy

See 2Fort (strategy)

Related Achievements

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Powerhouse Offense Win 2Fort with a shutout.

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World Traveler Play a complete game on 2Fort, Dustbowl, Granary, Gravel Pit, Hydro, and Well (CP).

Trivia

• 2Fort's Intelligence room was the scene featured in the Meet the Spy short.
• "The Teufort Times" is the title of the newspaper seen in Crafting, Saxton Hale part of the WAR! Update. "Teufort" is obviously a play on words with 2Fort.
• Teufort however is shown to be the real locational name of the map, as suggested by Mann's land map seen near the bottom of the Engineer Update.
• Until February 23, 2010, the BLU battlements were a single Hammer unit higher than the RED battlements. It is doubtful that this height difference had any impact on Snipers, and was patched solely for neatness's sake.
• 2Fort is one of the maps designed after existing Team Fortress Classic maps, the others being Well, Dustbowl, and Badlands. The original featured no covering on the bridge, and a side passageway with an entrance which could be opened by a Demoman.
• According to the Map of Mann's Land, 2Fort (again called Teufort) is north of Dustbowl and eastward from Badwater Basin.
• Players can jump in and out of the Sniper battlement window frames when playing 2Fort on the Xbox 360 version, however in the PC version of 2Fort this is not possible. This is most likely an oversight that has remained unnoticed during the conversion from the PC version to the console versions.

See also

• Category:2Fort images