Hotfix|Dec 23, 2025
Steam↗Team Fortress 2 Update Released
2/5 MinorThis update focuses on map exploit fixes for Abbey and Nutcracker, performance optimizations for Gavle, and visual updates for Heavy weapon icons.
All Changes
🗺️Maps(4)
- fixkoth_abbey: Fixed Engineer building exploit in koth_abbey respawn room rafters
- changecp_gavle: Significant optimization pass and visual bug fixes for cp_gavle
- fixpd_nutcracker: Fixed out-of-bounds exploits and adjusted clipping in pd_nutcracker
- changepd_nutcracker: Added nobuild zones to the middle route in pd_nutcracker
🎒Items & Cosmetics(2)
- changeHeavy Melee Weapons: Updated backpack images for several Festivized Heavy melee weapons
- fixTeam Recognition Unusual Effect: Fixed a console warning related to the Team Recognition Unusual effect
Summary
The patch addresses several map-specific bugs and exploits while updating backpack icons for various Heavy melee weapons. Performance improvements were specifically targeted at the first point of Gavle to improve stability.