Foundry (Control Point)

Foundry (Control Point)
Basic Information
Map type:	Control Point
File name:	cp_foundry
Released:	December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
Variants:	Mannpower
Developer(s):	Valve
Map Info
Environment:	Industrial
Setting:	Dusk, cloudy
Hazards:	Cauldron fire
Pyrovision Support:	Yes
Bot support:	Yes
Map Items
Health Kits:	×8  •   ×10
Ammo Boxes:	×15   •    ×3
Map Photos
Map overview

“

Fiiiireeeeeeeee! — The Demoman on the cauldron fire

”

Foundry is a Standard Control Point map. It was released with the Australian Christmas 2011 update on December 15, 2011 Patch. It is set in an industrial complex, with the end control points located directly in front of a giant cauldron heated by fire.

There are two steam whistles at the center control point, one RED and one BLU. If BLU captures a control point, their steam whistle emits steam while playing a train-like tone, and vice versa for RED.

There are 12 map-specific achievements for Foundry. Upon unlocking 7 achievements, the player is awarded the Full Head of Steam.

Locations

Note: If you are having trouble with finding the locations listed here, see the Helpful overview section to see their exact position marked on the map.

Control point 3

The middle capture is located on a small, raised platform in between the RED Iron Works and BLU Blast Complex factories.

• Entrances: Each team has 3 entrances from the Transition Building: the main entrance beside a train, a side entrance near the Plateau, and the third entrance on a lowered platform.
• Roof: A roof above the central control point, which can only be accessed by a Soldier, Demoman, Engineer, Pyro or Scout. There are two small windows on the roof.
• Center Platform: A small, slightly raised platform. The control point is on this platform. There are 2 small sheds near the Center Platform.
• Plateau: In the corner of the central area, near one of the entrances from the Transition Building, is an elevated concrete platform surveying the point.
• Third Spawn: Built on top of the Plateau is a spawn room meant for the team which captured the enemy's 4th/2nd control point. This spawn room does not contain a resupply locker.

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  Overview of central control point.

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  Central Control Point and the Roof.

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  Entraces from RED Transition Building.

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  Entrance from BLU Transition Building.

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  The Plateau.

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  The Third Spawn.

Control point 2 & 4

The second and fourth control point is in the center of a large yard between the Transition Building and the Foundry Building.

• Transition Building: A large building separating the third control point from the second or fourth control point. It's split into two areas, separated by a large boiler and stairs. There is an inner balcony overlooking one side that leads to the Balcony that overlooks the Yard.
  • Balcony: A balcony that begins in the Transition Building by going up some stairs that leads to another balcony that overlooks the Yard. Located below this Balcony is an indent in the wall containing a large ammo pack and a medium health pack.
• Yard: A large, open space with the 2nd/4th control point in the center. There is a large freight container on one side.
• Side Path: A path that goes around the second or fourth control point. The path also leads to an entrance to the Foundry Building. There's a freight container that can be accessed by some stairs on one side. Some parts of the Side Path are cut off from the main part of the Yard by a fence.
• Elevated Platform: A set of stairs leads up to a platform that leads to one of the Entry Rooms.
• Second Spawn: Embedded into the wall of the Foundry Building is the first forward spawn, which becomes active once a team captures the middle point. It has two exits. This spawn room also does not contain a resupply locker.

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  Overview of BLU's second control point.

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  One side of the BLU Transition Building.

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  One side of the RED Transition Building.

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  The Balcony.

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  The BLU Side Path.

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  The Second Spawn.

Control Point 1 & 5

• Foundry Building: The final control point is located inside a large foundry, with the last/first control point itself right in front of a giant cauldron.
• Cauldron Room: A large room with freight crates scattered around. One end of the room has a giant cauldron that instantly kills anyone who falls into the surrounding fire. The control point is in front of the cauldron.
• Upper Walkway: A walkway that can be accessed by stairs in the Cauldron Room and through one of the entrances room in the Yard.
• Entry Rooms: Small rooms that are between the Yard and the Cauldron Room. One room has stairs that lead up to the Elevated Platform, another room leads straight to the Yard and the third room also has stairs but leads up to the Side Path.
• Stairs: On the right (from attacking team's perspective) is a small structure connected to the Cauldron Room, this structure houses a set of stairs that lead to the Cauldron Room from its right side.
• First spawn: Located below the giant cauldron is the initial spawn for both teams.

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  Overview of BLU's Cauldron Room.

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  Entrances to the BLU Entry Rooms.

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  Entrance to one of the RED Entry Rooms.

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  RED Upper Walkway and the Entry Room.

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  The Stairs.

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  The first spawn.

Helpful overview

1.The Roof and the Central platform
2.Transition Building
3.Platform
4.Yard
5.Side Path
6.Upper Walkway
7.Stairs
8.Cauldron Room

Red/blue diagonal lines: Red/Blu first spawn
Red/blue double diagonal lines: Red/Blu second spawn
Red/blue double diagonal lines w/ a circle: Red/Blu third spawn

Red circle: Middle/third control point
Yellow circles: Second/fourth control points
Green circles: First/fifth control points

Strategy

Main article: Community Foundry strategy

Control point timing

Control Point	Multiplier	Seconds
Control Points 1 and 5	×1	4 .000
	×2	2 .667
	×3	2 .182
	×4	1 .920
Control Points 2 and 4	×1	12 .000
	×2	8 .000
	×3	6 .545
	×4	5 .760
Control Point 3	×1	24 .000
	×2	16 .000
	×3	13 .091
	×4	11 .520

Related achievements

See also: Obtaining Foundry achievements

Foundry has 12 map-specific achievements.

Cap Trap Kill an enemy who is capturing a control point with a critical hit. Claim Jumper Capture a control point within 12 seconds after exiting a teleporter. Classassin Get one or more kills as all nine classes in one round. The Crucible Win 137 Rounds. Dead Heat Play through a back-and-forth battle for 15 control point captures. Five the Fast Way Capture the final control point within five seconds of your team capturing the previous control point.

Foundry Force Five Play in a game with five or more players from your Friends list. Raze the Roof Kill two people on the roof of the center control point in a single life. Real Steal Win a round in which the enemy team has attempted to capture your final control point. Terminated, Too Kill a player by pushing them into the cauldron fire. Two Minute Warring Be part of a team that wins within two minutes. Foundry Milestone Achieve 7 of the achievements in the Foundry pack. Reward: Full Head of Steam

Update history

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added Foundry to the game.

January 11, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Cp_Foundry not ending the map in the middle of a round when mp_timelimit is hit.

February 2, 2012 Patch

• Clip brush collision smoothing by the forward spawn alternate exit.
• Fixed Nobuild exploits.
• Fixed the teleporter player trap on the roof of the forward spawn alternate exit.
• Fixed Nodraw and texturing errors.
• Fixed clipping of barrels on final cap points.
• Fixed fade distance on props.
• Fixed lighting bugs in spytech vistas.
• Removed props hidden in geometry.
• Removed ability for players to cap the final point by standing on the catwalk behind it.

February 29, 2016 Patch

• Updated several maps to support Competitive Mode.
• [Undocumented] Changed BLU team's side of cp_foundry to the ctf_foundry version.

March 1, 2016 Patch

• Removed unintended changes to cp_foundry.

March 3, 2016 Patch

• Updated cp_foundry to support the Competitive mode beta.

July 7, 2016 Patch 1 (Meet Your Match Update)

• Reduced ammo kit in final cap entry room (attackers' side) to medium.
• Slightly reduced attacking team's spawn time when working on final.

Trivia

• There are a number of hidden rooms throughout the map, which appear to be hints to the then-unreleased Mann vs. Machine update:
  • Behind the RED spawn room there is a RED Soldier guarding a door marked "Secret". Inside that door is a Heavy and Scout, the Scout in his humiliation appearance and the Heavy in his melee weapon stance, are watching four photographs dry of Gray Mann's Demoman, Pyro, and Heavy robots.
    • In the same room, the number sequence "13 22 13" is visible on the wall. If each number is matched to a letter (A=1, B=2 etc.) then 13 22 13 translates to "M V M". This was a hint to the eventual name of the update.
    • The Soldier guarding the door was previously standing with his arms crossed, but due these animations getting removed from the games files, he defaults back into his reference pose.
  • At BLU's second point, behind the fence near the dump truck, is a hidden room behind doors labeled 40 and 39. Inside is a sign reading "Doctor Wilson's Auto-Borax Self Scrubbing Mechanical Soap".
    • Two wooden planks propped up against the sign frame the letters to form "TO-BOR". Tobor is robot backwards, as well as a name given to a scrapped texture in the game. This was a term that was heavily hinted in events leading up to Mann vs. Machine.

Gallery

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  The hidden room behind RED's spawn.

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  Photos in the hidden room.

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  Texture for the photos in the hidden room.

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  Numbers on the wall of the hidden room.

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  The hidden room near BLU's second point.

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  Outside the hidden room.

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  The Soldier statue that appears every 12th–14th of April.

See also

• Foundry (Capture the Flag)

External links

• Official Australian Christmas 2011 Page