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, players may have to wait for the wave after. In this case, the maximum respawn time any individual would have is 20 seconds.

If a command called mp_disable_respawn_times is set to 1, respawn time is fixed to exactly 7 seconds. No sooner, no later.

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 does not allow players 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, assuming the scalar value is always 1 (with a few exceptions).

Owner of CP?	Respawn Wave
Neutral	6, 10
No	4, 2
Yes	8, 9

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 (Control Point)	6	10	10	10	10
Coldfront	6	8	10	10	10
Fastlane	7	8	10	10	9
Foundry (Control Point)	2	5	5	8	8
Freight	5	7	10	10	10
Granary (Control Point)	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	8	10	10	10	10
Sunshine	7	10	10	10	10
Sinshine	7	10	10	10	10
Vanguard	10	10	10	10	7
Well (Control Point)	4	7	10	10	10
Yukon	7	8	10	10	10

Attack/Defend

Snowplow Team respawn wave Control points owned by BLU 0 1 2 3 4 5 RED 4 5 6 4 2 7 BLU 2 1 2 2 4 1

Steel Team respawn wave Control points owned by BLU 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 spawn times. After capturing both outer control points, and unlocking the gate, if the gate closes again, BLU gets an increased spawn timer. If both points are captured again, BLU'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

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 and 2 10 2 3 9 2

Borneo BLU checkpoints passed RED respawn wave BLU respawn wave 0 and 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 and 1 10 3 2 and 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 Any 9 3

Swiftwater BLU checkpoints passed RED respawn wave BLU respawn wave 0 5 5 1 and 2 8 4 3 5 4 4 5 5

Brimstone BLU checkpoints passed RED respawn wave BLU respawn wave 0 and 1 10 2 2 8 4 3 2 4 4 8 2

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 Stage RED respawn wave BLU respawn wave 1 and 2 8 8 3 5 5

Nightfall Stage RED respawn wave BLU respawn wave 1 and 2 8 8 3 3 3

Hightower, Helltower, 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 spawn times. For normal rounds, teams 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 reduced to 5.

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

Robot Destruction

All Robot Destruction 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 and 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 Any 2

Mannhattan Difficulty Max RED respawn wave Any 8

Rottenburg Difficulty Max RED respawn wave Any 6, 7

Mannpower

All Mannpower maps have the same spawn times.

	Respawn Wave
Always	0