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 (with one partial exception).

Owner of CP?	Respawn Wave
Neutral	6, 10
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	7	10	10	10	5
Badlands	6	10	10	10	10
Coldfront	6	8	10	10	10
Fastlane	7	8	10	10	9
Foundry	2	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
Metalworks	7	10	10	10	10
Powerhouse	3		6		6
Process	8	10	10	10	10
Snakewater	6	10	10	10	10
Sunshine	7	10	10	10	10
Sinshine	7	10	10	10	10
Vanguard	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 and Gorge Event 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

Mercenary Park Blu CPs Owned Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 5 2 1 4 6 2 6 1 While contesting 3 6 3

Mossrock Blu CPs Owned Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave Any 6 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 0 7 0 1 4 2 2 4 4 3 6 2

Upward Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 9 4 1 & 2 10 2 3 9 2

Borneo Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 & 1 8 4 2 4 4 3 8 4

Badwater Basin Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0-2 8 4 3 10 4

Barnblitz Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 & 1 10 3 2 & 3 10 5

Hellstone Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 10 2 1 10 1 2 4 8 3 8 2 4 6 4

Snowycoast Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave All 9 3

Swiftwater Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 5 5 1 & 2 8 4 3 5 4 4 5 5

Brimstone Blu checkpoints passed Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 0 & 1 10 2 2 8 4 3 2 4 4 8 2

These maps are multi-stage:

Hoodoo Stage Status Red respawn wave Blu respawn wave 1 Any 11 2 2 Any 6 2 3 Map Start 4 2 Checkpoint 1 8 1 Nearing Final Checkpoint 9 1

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

Thunder Mountain Stage Status 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 Down the hill 8 2 3 Map start 4 4 Through first tunnel 6 4 Through second tunnel 4 4 On Checkpoint 2 bridge 6 4 Through forth tunnel 2 4

Cactus Canyon Stage Status 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 2 6 9

Enclosure

Stage	Red respawn wave	Blu respawn wave
1	9	3
2	8	3
3	8	5

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, Helltower and Banana Bay 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

All PASS Time maps have the same spawn times. The spawn timers are at 7.5, unless the jack is close to a team's goal, in which case their spawn timer is halved to 5.

Status	Red respawn wave	Blu respawn wave
Default	7.5	7.5
Jack is near BLU team's base	7.5	5
Jack is near RED team's base	5	7.5

Robot Destruction

All RD maps have the same spawn times.

	Respawn Wave
Always	5

Player Destruction

Watergate

Team respawn wave	Team Point Differences
	Blu Ahead >50%	Blu Ahead <50%	Equal	Red Ahead <50%	Red Ahead >50%
Red	0	4	6	8	12
Blu	12	8	6	4	0

Pit of Death

Team respawn wave	Team Point Differences
	Blu Ahead	Equal	Red Ahead
Red	4	6	8
Blu	8	6	4

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 starts at 2 seconds on the first wave, then adding 2 seconds on each consecutive wave up to the max, except for the italicized map names listed below 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

Mannpower

All Mannpower maps have the same spawn times.

	Respawn Wave
Always	0