Erebus

Erebus
Basic Information
Developer(s):	Unknown
Map Info
Environment:	Halloween
Setting:	Night
Hazards:	Pumpkin bombs, Pitfalls, Lava, Ghost, Skeletons
Map Photos
Map Overview

“

Ambush has been haunted and creepified. Welcome to your doom! — Erebus publicity blurb

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Erebus is a community-made Attack/Defend Control Point map released during the Scream Fortress 2021 update. It is set in a haunted mine at night, located somewhere in a forest. A nearby volcano and Hydro electric dam overflowing with lava have caused pits of lava to open up on the map. It is a Halloween version of Ambush.

In Erebus, the goal of the attackers, BLU, is to win through a series of stages in order to win the map. Within each stage, the attackers must capture two control points, A and B, which are held by the defenders, RED. Point A must be captured before the attackers can assault B.

Erebus was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Locations

The following locations are told from BLU's point of view

Stage 1, Point A

File:Cp ambush event0001.png

Stage 1

• Tree Stumps: A name given to an area right outside BLU's right spawn exit, containing multiple tree stumps.
• Lower area: This is a relatively small area found right outside BLU's left spawn exit. When compared to the Lumber Yard, the Lower Area is ever so slightly lower.
• Lumber yard: The location of the first point. It's filled with saws, logs and wooden planks.

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  Stage 1, Point A

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  Point A from a different angle

Stage 1, Point B

• Sawmill: The large wooden building used for separating point A from point B. It has many corridors and acts as a direct line of approach to the final point.
• Mineshafts: There are two mineshafts running underground. Both of them act as a flank route leading up to point B, and both of their entrances are at the Sawmill's sides.

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  Stage 1, Point B

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  Point B from a different angle

Stage 2, Point A

File:Cp ambush event0003.png

Stage 2

• Ravine: This is the long, depressed ditch which takes up a shape of the letter "L".
• Cliff: On the Ravine's left side is the Cliff, accessible by crossing a wooden bridge up to it.
• Cave: Another way to access the Cliff is from a cave on BLU's left side.

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  Stage 2, Point A

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  Point A from a different angle

Stage 2, Point B

• Sniper's deck: Right in front of the Point A would be the Sniper's deck, a tall building overviewing the next point.
• Shed: And just left of the Point A is a tiny shed imbedded into the surrounding terrain.
• Left Flank: Above the aforementioned Shed is flank route wrapping around the left side.
• Central area: In between the Church and the Sniper's deck is the Central area, a relatively open location filled with many platforms, bridges and other map geometry.
• Church: The Point B itself is in encased within a stone Church located on top of a hill-like structure.

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  Stage 2, Point B

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  Point B from a different angle

Stage 3, Point A

File:Cp ambush event0002.png

Stage 3

• Building 237: A building named after the sign displayed on it. It is located up on the left side, from which it slowly ascends up to the Point A on the right.
• Yard: Directly opposite of the Building 237, also on the right side, is the Yard.
• Elevation: This is the resting place of Point A. It is an elevated wooden platform connecting the Building 237 with the Computer room.

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  Stage 3, Point A

Stage 3, Point B

• Computer room: The room which serves as a direct path to the final point. As the name implies, it contains many servers and computers.
• Under Flank: Left of the Compute room is route which dips under the ground for a few moments before coming up on the Propane Tank's left side.
• Propane Yard: As the name implies, the Propane Yard is a large yard with a red propane tank in it, as well as the final capture point.
• Red Shed: In front of the Propane Yard is a medium sized house overlooking it.

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  Stage 3, Point B

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  Point B from a different angle

Strategy

Main article: Community Erebus strategy

Update history

October 5, 2021 Patch (Scream Fortress 2021)

• Added Erebus to the game.

October 8, 2021 Patch

• Fixed players being able to get out from playable area in underworld.
• Fixed players teleporting and getting stuck on each other when going through portal in underworld on stage 3.
• Fixed some stage 3 BLU spawn respawn visualizers looking odd.
• Slightly moved some underworld enter portals off from walls.
• Slightly decreased time added when capping last points of 1st and 2nd stage.
• Fixed some places where players could get out of the map.

October 14, 2021 Patch

• Fixed few exploits where players could get out of the map.
• Fixed control point 2 base plate in stage 1 not turning blue upon capture.
• Changed damage type from shock to bullet in underworld.

October 22, 2021 Patch

• Fixed an out of the map exploit
• RED team now respawns on stage 2 after the 1st point has been captured
• Improved clipping
• Nature & Wildlife preservation measures

October 28, 2021 Patch

• Fixed building inside wall exploit
• Fixed some lamps that were hovering in the air
• Fixed a few misaligned textures
• Improved clipping

Trivia

• This map is named after the HMS Erebus, a ship lost alongside the HMS Terror in the Franklin Expedition; the ship itself referenced a Greco-Roman god.

Gallery

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  Hell.

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  Hell from a different angle.

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  Steam Workshop image for Erebus.