CS2 Map Pool: Current Active Duty Maps and Every Change
What Active Duty means
Active Duty is Valve's list of seven competitive maps. It defines which maps are available in Premier matchmaking and which maps tournaments use for the map veto. The pool always has seven maps, so a new map always pushes another one out.
Maps that leave the pool are still in the game. They just stop appearing in Premier and pro matches.
Current pool at a glance
| Map | In the pool since | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Cache | July 2026 | newest map, a remake of the CS:GO classic |
| Anubis | January 2026 | returned after a break |
| Dust2 | 2024 | returned during CS2's first year |
| Ancient | CS2 launch | |
| Inferno | CS2 launch | |
| Mirage | CS2 launch | the only map never rotated out |
| Nuke | CS2 launch |
Every change since CS2 launched
| Date | Added | Removed |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Cache | Overpass |
| January 2026 | Anubis | Train |
| July 2025 | Overpass | Anubis |
| January 2025 | Train | Vertigo |
| 2024 | Dust2 | Overpass |
| September 2023 (launch) | Ancient, Anubis, Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, Vertigo |
Valve has tended to change the pool after Majors or at the start of a new Premier season, one map at a time. The latest change was announced like this:
Season Four of Premier ends on July 6th. You must have 25 Season Four Premier wins and a visible CSR when the Season concludes to earn your Premier Season Four medal. For the Season Five Active Duty map pool: - Overpass + Cache
Why the pool matters for pro matches
Teams cannot be equally strong on seven maps. Most top teams have three or four maps they are confident on and one they always ban. When the pool changes, teams that relied on the removed map have to learn a new one, and results can shift for a few months. Cache's arrival in July 2026 is a good example: teams that had mastered Overpass lost a comfort pick.
Maps no longer in Active Duty
They remain playable in casual modes and community servers.
FAQ
What maps are in the CS2 Active Duty pool?
Ancient, Anubis, Cache, Dust2, Inferno, Mirage and Nuke, since July 2026.
Is Overpass still in CS2?
Overpass is still playable in CS2, but it left the Active Duty pool in July 2026 when Cache replaced it. It is no longer used in Premier or pro tournaments.
How often does the CS2 map pool change?
Valve usually swaps one map at a time, often after a Major or at the start of a new Premier season. Recently that has meant roughly two changes a year.
How many maps are in the Active Duty pool?
Seven. When a map is added, another one is removed.
Related guides
Map Veto in CS2 Explained: How Teams Pick and Ban MapsBefore a CS2 series, teams remove and pick maps from the 7-map pool. How the veto works in BO1 and BO3, what a decider is and who chooses sides.
BO1 vs BO3 vs BO5: Match Formats in CS2BO1 is one map, BO3 is first to two maps, BO5 is first to three. What each CS2 format means, where tournaments use them and why upsets happen more in BO1.
CS2 Rules Explained: A Beginner's Guide to Competitive Counter-StrikeHow competitive CS2 works: two teams of five, T vs CT, 13 rounds to win a map, the bomb, the economy and how pro matches are played as BO1 or BO3.
Veto (map veto)The veto is the pick and ban process before a CS2 series: teams remove and choose maps from the 7-map pool. Bans, picks and the decider in a few lines.
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