Erebus

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Erebus
Cp ambush event.png
Basic Information
Map type: Attack/Defend
File name: cp_ambush_event
Released: October 5, 2021 Patch
(Scream Fortress XIII)
Developer(s): Tomi "ICS" Uurainen
Tony "Hakk1tus" Hakala
Map Info
No. of Stages: 3
Environment: Halloween
Setting: Night
Hazards: Pumpkin bombs, Pitfalls, Lava,
Ghost, Skeletons
Hazards (Underworld): Health drain
Magic spells: Yes
Map Items
Healthico.png Health Kits: Healthbar.png ×11  •  Healthpie.png ×16  •  
Health Cauldron.png ×5
Ammoico.png Ammo Boxes: Smallammo.png ×4   •   Mediumammo.png ×19   •  
Largeammo.png ×9
TF2 crosshair.png Special: Pumpkin.png
Map Photos
Loading screen photos.
Map Overview
Erebus overview.png
Map Stamp
Item icon Map Stamp - Erebus.png
Supporters Leaderboard
Ambush has been haunted and creepified. Welcome to your doom!
Erebus publicity blurb

Erebus is a community-created 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 hydroelectric 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

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.

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.

Stage 2, Point A

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.

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.

Stage 3, Point A

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.

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.

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.

October 10, 2024 Patch #1 (Scream Fortress 2024)

  • Fixed exploit where players were able to build into RED 1st base (Thanks MN!)
  • Improved lighting at RED base in stage3.
  • Fixed lantern being clipped into cliff wall in cavern at stage1.
  • Fixed odd shadows cast by some props.
  • Fixed coffin from being non-solid in stage2.
  • Fixed spawncamping spot in stage2 at RED indoor exit.
  • Fixed few hovering lamp props.
  • Fixed some prop(sic) fading too soon.
  • Fixed rare issue where players fell of directly to lava on underworld teleportation.
  • Clipped few crates to make it easier to jump on them.

Bugs

  • Players can build inside the RED spawn on the first stage of the map.

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.
  • Near Point A there is an out of bounds sign that reads "MAP BY ICS". Reffering to ICS, one of the map's creators.

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