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Mirage callouts in CS2: every position and the names your radar shows

Mirage callouts for CS2 by area, from T Ramp and Palace to Window, Connector, Apps and Market, plus the in-game names your radar shows where they differ.

Mirage callouts are the short names players use for every corner of the map, from Palace on A site to Bench on B. The layout barely changed from CS:GO, so the CS2 Mirage callouts below are the ones players have used for years. They are grouped by area, with the name CS2 itself shows wherever it differs.

T side callouts

Terrorists leave spawn two ways: Palace Alley towards A, and Side Alley towards Top Mid and, through House, the B Apartments.

Callout	Where it is
T Spawn	Where Terrorists start the round
Palace Alley	Alley from T Spawn to Palace and T Ramp
T Ramp	The main T entrance to A, also called A Ramp or Ramp
Palace	Building beside T Ramp, a second way onto A
Side Alley	Alley from T Spawn to Top Mid
House	Building on the T route to B, past Side Alley
Back Alley	Passage from House to the B Apartments, by the way into Underpass

Mid callouts

Mid is the long open lane between the two sites. Whoever controls it can reach A through Connector or B through Short, so both teams fight hard over it with grenades.

Callout	Where it is
Top Mid	The T end of Mid, where Side Alley comes in
Mid Boxes	Box stack at Top Mid that Ts use as cover
Mid	The open middle of the map, overlooked by Window
Window	Raised CT window over the whole of Mid
Catwalk	Raised walkway from Mid towards Short
Short	The way onto B site where Catwalk ends, also B Short or Cat
Underpass	Tunnel from the Apartments side to the bottom of Mid
Ladder Room	Small room between Short and Window
Vent	Breakable opening that lets CTs reach Window from the CT Spawn side

Mirage A site callouts

A site has three T entrances, T Ramp, Palace and Connector, and plenty of cover for defenders.

Callout	Where it is
A Site	The bombsite; Default is the box stack at the usual plant spot
Sandwich	Small hiding spot beside Stairs
Stairs	Steps on A in front of Connector
Firebox	Boxes along the back of A, a common hiding spot
Triple	Three stacked boxes that CTs hold A from
Balcony	Scaffolding just outside Palace, above the site
Connector	Short tunnel and stairs from Mid to A
Jungle	Open area between Window and A site, next to Connector
CT	The CT entrance onto A, by Ticket Booth
Ticket Booth	Booth at CT, a common AWP spot, often just Ticket
CT Spawn	Where Counter-Terrorists start; one path leads to A, the other through Market to B

B site callouts

Terrorists reach B through the long, narrow B Apartments or from Mid through Short. CTs come in through Market.

Callout	Where it is
B Apartments	Corridor from the T side onto B, usually shortened to Apps
Van	Van facing the Apartments exit, which Ts have to clear first
B Site	The bombsite; Default is the usual plant spot
Boost Boxes	Boxes on B that players boost each other onto
Bench	Small piece of cover at the back of B
Arches	Arches between Short and the site
Market	Shop between CT Spawn and B
Market Window	Window from Market onto B, with breakable shutters
Market Door	Doorway from Market onto the site

Guides disagree about Kitchen. Some put it at the end of the Apartments, others use it for a CT position on B. If your team uses the name, agree which room it means.

Mirage's two skin collections, the original set and the 2021 Mirage Collection

How CS2 map callouts differ from the in-game names

Callouts are a player invention, but CS2 also has its own names for areas, set in each map's files. The game shows the area you are standing in just below the radar, and team chat adds it after a player's name. Mirage's map file in the build of October 22, 2026 defines 23 of them.

Many match the callouts: Palace Alley, Side Alley, House, Back Alley, Underpass, Catwalk, Connector, Jungle, Stairs and T Ramp. These don't:

Callout	In-game name
T Spawn, CT Spawn	T Start, CT Start
Mid, Top Mid	Middle, Top of Mid
Window	Sniper's Nest
Ladder Room	Ladder
Palace	Palace Interior
Balcony	Scaffolding
B Apartments	Apartments
Van	Truck
Market	Shop
A Site, B Site	Bombsite A, Bombsite B

Small spots such as Firebox, Ticket Booth, Short and Bench have no in-game name of their own. CS:GO's Mirage had a few more: a 2021 CS:GO demo, read with the demoinfocs parser, listed Ticket Booth and Balcony among its places. CS2's map file has neither. Other maps have odder pairs, such as Hole for B Window in our Dust 2 callouts guide.

Valve's own staff use the community names too. During the 2023 limited test its notes "added back jump onto firebox in A site" and blocked a gap "by ticket booth". Its official map guide for Mirage labels six smoke line-ups Window, Connector, Cat, CT, T Ramp and Apts, and the Retakes setup file marks spawns such as "market", "short/cat" and "triple". Our map guides article explains how to load a guide in a match, and our CS2 smokes guide covers how those smokes behave.

Mirage changes in CS2

CS2's Mirage keeps the CS:GO layout, which is why its callouts carried over. Valve's update notes for the map since 2023 are almost all collision, gap and wallbang fixes, and none renamed or removed an area. Two of them touched spots you call out:

On November 30, 2023, Valve "adjusted bombsite A size and added visual boundaries" and fixed clipping "on van at Truck".
On September 22, 2026, it "reinforced scaffolding by balcony in A site".

Mirage has also stayed in the Active Duty pool since 2014, as our map pool history shows. To learn the names, walk the routes above with the radar open and watch the area name under it change as you cross from one zone to the next.