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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 6 Oct 2026

What changed: Cache in, Overpass out (8 Jul 2026) · Mirage rows reviewed 6 Oct 2026 · wallbang rows still “verify in the current build”.

CS2 map guide · Mirage callouts, CT setup, retakes Mirage · Active Duty

Active Duty pool: Ancient · Anubis · Cache · Dust II · Inferno · Mirage · Nuke. Overpass is inactive (replaced by Cache — Valve update, 8 Jul 2026).

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Bombsite / plant
CT role
Retake lane (numbered)
Rotation
Wallbang line
CT sight line

Callouts

Rotation

MID

original schematic · zones, not to scale · not a Valve radar

Situation

A anchorCT side · pre-plant

Hold Ticket Booth with Stairs as your trade partner. Flash A Ramp and Palace early, then give ground toward CT instead of dying alone.

A Default

● sourced

Also called: Default · A · both sides

Boxes marked 'A' at the standard A plant spot.

Threatened by: Ticket Booth, CT
Retake route: CT, Jungle
Plant: standard plant on A — held from Palace, A Ramp
Wallbangs: Ticket Booth → A Default; CT → A Default

Practice quiz

5 questions

Five questions from the calls on the map. The highlighted marker is the question.

A site detail

T entry: A Ramp + Palace (Connector split); Stairs, Jungle and CT smoked

#	Clear in order	Why
1		Box stack directly in front of the A Ramp exit
2		Alcove next to Tetris; a standard molotov spot in A executes
3		Under Balcony; a standard molotov spot in A executes
4		Cubby that is normally flushed with a molotov
5		Central boxes and the plant spot itself
6		Alcove that goes unchecked unless A is hit from Mid
7		CT vantage by Connector; smoked in the standard execute
8		Back-site boxes that see every T entrance
9		CT link from Window; smoked in the standard execute
10		Deepest CT hold; the CT smoke isolates it

B site detail

T entry: B Apartments (+ B Short split); B Short, Market Window and Market Door smoked

#	Clear in order	Why
1		Faces the Apps exit; the standard Van molotov
2		Back-wall cover against Apps; molotov target
3		CTs hide under or jump-spot from the default boxes
4		Anchor fallback; molotov target alongside Bench
5		Cover between the site and Short
6		Covers Apps and Short at once
7		Smoked in the standard B execute
8		Retake route and AWP spot; smoked in the execute
9		Second Market retake route; smoked in the execute

Callout dictionary

Callout	Aliases	Source
	T Start	sourced
	CT Start	sourced
	Ramp	sourced
		sourced
	Palace Balcony	sourced
	Under Balcony	sourced
		sourced
		sourced
		sourced
	Default	sourced
	Triple Box	sourced
		sourced
	Ticket, Booth	sourced
	CT Ramp	sourced
		sourced
	Sniper’s Nest	sourced
	Top of Mid	sourced
		sourced
	Cat	sourced
		sourced
	Short	sourced
		sourced
	B Apps, Apartments	sourced
		sourced
	Car, Truck	sourced
		sourced
	Default	sourced
		community
	Shop	sourced
	Door	sourced
	B Window, Shop Window	sourced

Counts differ by source. Names here are a canonical pick, aliases kept; “sourced” means two guides agree.

Plant → retake lanes

Plant spotCT entries that threaten it · post-plant

Retake lanes · numbered as on the map

Rotation timings

RouteApprox.Delayed by

No time measured on today’s version of this map is published, so none is shown — the routes and what delays them are what the sources agree on.

Common wallbangs

From → target · why · needsSide

Tdefuse denial after an A plant · requires a sound cue (defuse)

CThit Ts hiding behind the default boxes · requires a sound cue

Tclear a CT under the balcony scaffolding · blind pre-fire; AWP per Valve

CThit Ts at the Apps exit through the Kitchen window · shoot the marked bangable section

CTstop Ts coming through Apartments · requires a sound cue

CTpunish Ts wallbanging or exiting via Kitchen · requires a sound cue

Tdeny the Market Window AWP · blind pre-fire

Tclear a CT on or beside Van · blind pre-fire

Tplant or defuse denial on B · requires a sound cue (defuse)

Tsurprise a Window AWPer · blind pre-fire; a flash helps

Every row is community-reported — verify it in the current build before relying on it. Each row’s needs line links its source.

Alias collision resolver

Pick your team’s word once — saved on this device and used on the map.

“kitchen” — Valve (2014 notes) and totalcsgo use Kitchen for the shuttered room at the B Apartments exit; Refrag says EU 'Kitchen' = NA 'Market', and Liquipedia uses it that way.

“short” — B Short is the entrance onto B from Mid; Winio says Short is 'also called Catwalk', while totalcsgo keeps Catwalk as the Mid walkway leading to it.

“window” — Bare 'Window' is the Mid CT window (in-game 'Sniper's Nest'); Market's window over B is also called 'Window' by totalcsgo and Profilerr.

“CT” — totalcsgo: 'CT' is CT Spawn's entrance onto A by Ticket Booth; Profilerr calls it the wide area near CT Spawn. totalcsgo notes the two get swapped.

“default” — totalcsgo's 'Default' is the A-site boxes; Winio and Valve's Retakes config use 'default' for both sites' standard plant. Say the site.

Default CT setup · anchor angles

First contact: A Ramp / Palace
Fallback: CT
Escape: CT Spawn
Utility: Flash A Ramp and Palace; HE Tetris
Never expose: A Ramp and Palace at the same time

2-1-2 is the common baseline on Mirage (two A, one Mid, two B incl. Short); 3-1-1 stacks A. A convention, not a rule.

Briefing mode (A anchor)

MIRAGE · A anchor (CT side · pre-plant)
Hold Ticket Booth with Stairs as your trade partner. Flash A Ramp and Palace early, then give ground toward CT instead of dying alone.
CT setup: 1 A anchor @ Ticket Booth · 2 A support @ Stairs · 3 Mid @ Window · 4 B Short @ B Short · 5 B anchor @ Bench
Plants: A Default, B Default
Retake A: 1 CT Spawn/CT/Ticket Booth · 2 Window/Jungle

Ask about this map

Enter through Market Door and Market Window together, plus B Short if alive; clear Van, Bench and Back Site before you defuse.

rows: B retake lanes · B site order

Takeaway · A anchor

Hold Ticket Booth with Stairs as your trade partner. Flash A Ramp and Palace early, then give ground toward CT instead of dying alone.

Sources (15) · reviewed 6 Oct 2026 · tactics are conventions, not live data.

Official images

Game data and media via IGDB · igdb.com