Respawn times

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The following information on Respawn Times is taken by information found in decompiled Valve maps.

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.

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

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Map	Team	Control points owned by BLU
		0	1	2	3	4
Well Respawn times/row
	Granary Respawn times/row
Badlands Respawn times/row
	Fastlane Respawn times/row
Yukon Respawn times/row
	Freight Respawn times/row
Coldfront Respawn times/row
	5Gorge Respawn times/row
Steel Respawn times/row

Attack/Defend

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

Egypt and Dustbowl Blu CPs Owned Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave Any 10 2

Degroot keep: Default is R=3 B=0 On Door open (both A/B capped) B=0 On Door close B=4

Payload

Hoodoo: 11/2 map 1 6/2 map 2 4/2 map 3

Gold Rush

RED Respawn Times

CPs Owned	Respawn Wave	Maximum Time
Always	10	20

BLU Respawn Times

CPs Owned	Respawn Wave	Maximum Time
Always	4	8

Badwater Basin

RED Respawn Times

CPs Owned	Respawn Wave	Maximum Time
2-4	8	16
1	10	20

BLU Respawn Times

CPs Owned	Respawn Wave	Maximum Time
Always	4	8

Hoodoo

RED Respawn Times

CPs Owned	Respawn Wave	Maximum Time

Pipeline

Both teams share the same respawn times

	Respawn Wave	Maximum Time
Rounds 1 & 2	8	16
Round 3	5	10

Territorial Control

Hydro

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