CS2 gets new maps; weekly missions

In a notable content update, Counter-Strike 2 gets five new community made maps along with weekly missions which rewards players with XP upon completion. These weekly missions can be activated from the main menu. Casual and deathmatch modes get a map pool rearrangement with Basalt, Edin, Palais and Whistle's removal.

FACEIT Mapcore 2025's winner Grail is now available to queue in competitive mode alongside Jura. A Global-Offensive classic, Agency returns to the game rounding off the three new competitive maps. New wingman maps Dogtown and Brewery also make their way into the game. The new map pool rearrangement bringing in a new category - "Community Map Group" is as follows:

Defusal Group Alpha: Dust 2, Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo.
Defusal Group Delta: Train, Anubis, Ancient, Overpass, Nuke.
Community Map Group: Jura, Grail, Agency.
Hostage Group: Office, Italy.

The re-organized map pools for Casual and deathmatch modes

The update comes with various audio and quality of life fixes as well. Behind the scenes, game files have given the community more to talk about. Two mission types were spotted in the game strings - 'Recurring' and 'Operation' hinting that Valve does not plan to move away from Operations.

The community maps now have a folder of their own and Gaber Follower took to X, stating that the game now searches for official and unofficial addon folders, hinting that Valve could be arranging a workaround for custom game modes and projects like Classic-Offensive.

Here's a quick look at Counter-Strike 2's new community maps:

MISSIONS

Added Weekly Missions, which can be entered though the main menu or play menu.
Players receive one mission each week.
The weekly mission expires after 7 days and rewards XP for completion.

MAPS

Removed community maps Basalt, Edin, Palais, and Whistle from all game modes.
Added community maps Jura, Grail, and Agency to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes.
Added community maps Dogtown and Brewery to Wingman mode.
Re-organized Casual and Deathmatch map groups.
Defusal Group Alpha: Dust 2, Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo.
Defusal Group Delta: Train, Anubis, Ancient, Overpass, Nuke.
Community Map Group: Jura, Grail, Agency.
Hostage Group: Office, Italy.

AUDIO

Added "Main Menu Ambience Volume" setting.
Fixed some cases where shooting visible enemies over the top of smoke would not play an attacker feedback sound.
Fixed some cases where gameplay sounds were inaudible or would skip.
Removed snd_setmixer, snd_setmixlayer, snd_soundmixer_setmixlayer_amount, and snd_soundmixer_set_trigger_factor console commands.

MISC

Fixed a bug where input bindings to scancode56 (US English key "/") wouldn't persist across app launches.
Lobby invites from players marked with "Block All Communication" in Steam will now be ignored in-game.

Also read: Gabe Follower hints at future CS2 maps