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Dust 2 callouts in CS2: every position from Long A to B Tunnels

Dust 2 callouts for CS2 by area, from Long, Catwalk and Xbox to B Tunnels, plus radar names such as Hole and Short Stairs, and Valve's map changes since 2023.

Dust 2 callouts, often written Dust2 callouts, are short names such as Long, Cat, Xbox and Tunnels that tell your team where an enemy is in a word or two. The layout has hardly moved in CS2, so the names below are the ones players have used for years, grouped by area, with the name the game itself shows wherever it differs.

T side, Tunnels and Mid callouts

T Spawn is on the south side of the map. From there Terrorists head west to the Tunnels and B, north into Mid, or east to Outside Long and A.

Callout	Where it is
T Spawn	Where Terrorists start the round
T Ramp	Ramp from T Spawn down to Outside Tunnels
Outside Tunnels	Open area in front of the tunnels on the T side
Upper Tunnels	Tunnel from Outside Tunnels to B site, also B Tunnels
Lower Tunnels	Tunnel from the stairs in Upper Tunnels to Mid
Top Mid	The T end of Mid
Suicide	Short passage from T Spawn into Top Mid, in view of CT Mid
Mid	The long middle lane
Xbox	Big box in Mid near Mid Doors
Catwalk	Raised path from Mid towards A, also Cat
Mid Doors	Double doors at the CT end of Mid
CT Mid	Area behind Mid Doors on the CT side

Long A and A site callouts

Terrorists reach A down Long, through Long Doors, or from Mid along Catwalk and up Short. CTs come from their spawn next to the site.

Callout	Where it is
Outside Long	Area in front of Long Doors on the T side
Long Doors	Two sets of double doors leading onto Long
Long Corner	Corner just inside Long
Pit	Deep pit at the bottom of Long
Long	Wide-open lane from Long Doors up to A, also Long A
Car	Car near the top of Long, with a view down it
Cross	Open stretch where Ts crossing Long to A can be seen from the CT side
A Ramp	Ramp at the end of Long up to A site
A Site	The bombsite, in the north-east corner of the map
Goose	Enclosed corner at the back of A
Short	Stairs from Catwalk up to A, also A Short
CT Spawn	Where Counter-Terrorists start, between Mid Doors and A

B site callouts

B is reached through Upper Tunnels on the T side and through B Doors from CT Mid.

Callout	Where it is
B Site	The bombsite; Default is the open plant area
Big Box	Largest box on B, closest to the Tunnels exit
Fence	Cubby beside the Tunnels exit onto B
Car	Car in a corner of B
Back Plat	Area at the very back of B
B Doors	Double doors onto B from CT Mid
Window	Raised opening into B on the B Doors side, also B Window

Dust 2 has two Cars, one near the top of Long and one on B. The Counter-Strike Wiki labels them A Long Car and B Car, so say which one you mean.

Dust II's two skin collections, the original set and the 2021 Dust 2 Collection

How Dust2 callouts compare with CS2's in-game names

CS2 shows the name of the area you stand in under the radar and in team chat, as our Mirage callouts guide explains. Dust II's map file in the build of October 22, 2026 has 24 such areas. Many match the callouts: T Ramp, Outside Tunnel, Upper Tunnel, Lower Tunnel, Catwalk, Mid Doors, Outside Long, Long Doors, Pit, A Ramp and B Doors. These differ:

Callout	In-game name
T Spawn, CT Spawn	T Start, CT Start
Mid, Top Mid	Middle, Top of Mid
CT Mid	Mid Doors
Long	Long A
Short	Short Stairs
Window on B	Hole
A Site, B Site	Bombsite A, Bombsite B

The radar also names four areas that the guides above don't list: Extended A, between CT Spawn and A site; Under A, just south of A site between CT Spawn and the top of Long; Side, next to Pit; and Tunnel Stairs, the steps between Upper and Lower Tunnels. Small spots such as Xbox, Suicide, Goose, Car, Big Box and Fence have no in-game name of their own.

Valve uses the community names anyway. Its official map guide for Dust II labels seven smoke line-ups A Cross, B Doors, B Tunnel, CT, Long A Doors, Mid CT and Xbox, and its April 2026 notes call the box in Mid "Mid Box (Xbox)".

CS2 Dust 2 changes since 2023

Dust II was the matchmaking map of CS2's limited test until June 6, 2023, when Valve's notes said "Mirage has replaced Dust II" on those servers. The changes since then have been small, and none renamed an area:

April 25, 2024: Valve "replaced Overpass with Dust 2 in the Active Duty Group", as our April 2024 update article covers.
July 22, 2024: a crate stack outside CT Spawn towards A was modified.
February 6, 2025: Valve updated the Dust II radar image "to be more accurate", worth knowing if you learned positions from the old one.
April 28, 2026: Valve "uncovered Mid Box (Xbox) to reveal a previously hidden jump spot. On purpose this time." The next day it blocked visibility through a corner of the box, as noted in our Cache returns article.