Arena
| “ | I say this to you with the unvarnished factualism of plain talk: I love Arena Mode.
— Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865
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Arena maps are designed to keep the class diversity of Team Fortress 2 while focusing goals around combat between two teams. Whereas other game modes lean towards a broad, overall strategy for the team, Arena concentrates on the specific tactical choices the teams make in a single fight. Arena maps carry the arena_prefix.
Arena features smaller maps that play out for shorter periods of time. The round ends once one team has no players left in the arena, or when the central capture point has unlocked and been captured. The central capture point unlocks after one minute has passed in the current round. Rounds tend to be very fast and highly competitive, with an emphasis on your team's class makeup and your plan to counter the opposing team's class choices. Arena mode is suitable for smaller matches of three vs. three players, while still comfortably supporting huge knockdown twelve-on-twelve brawls. Arena works much like Sudden Death - respawning is disabled and there are no resupply lockers. There are usually very few health kits available, often located far from the main action and/or near high-risk hazards. This forces teams to rely more on Dispensers and Medics.
Players may have to sit out to balance keep team numbers equal if they were on the losing team, but players on the winning team never have to sit out the next round.
The First Blood Critical buff is unique to the Arena game mode.
Related achievements
Scout
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Arena maps
Arena maps carry the arena_ prefix.
| Map | File Name | |
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Badlands | arena_badlands |
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Granary | arena_granary |
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Lumberyard | arena_lumberyard |
| 100px | Nucleus | arena_nucleus |
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Offblast | arena_offblast_final |
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Ravine | arena_ravine |
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Sawmill | arena_sawmill |
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Watchtower | arena_watchtower |
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Well | arena_well |
