Warfare Maps Guide#

The mainstay Warfare map pool currently consists of three classic maps (Ascension, Cracked, Threshold) plus Shafted, Trench Lines, Knife Edge, Trainwreck and others, with Moge Old Town joining in S11. This page breaks down each map’s zone structure, vehicle rules, and tactical priorities. A note on player counts: media coverage says 32v32, with an alternative figure of 24v24 (possibly the mobile-port count); officials have not unified the number — defer to what you actually see in game.

1. Ascension (the Classic Attack-and-Defense Map)#

Ascension is the model of the four-zone attack-and-defense map: Beachhead, Mountain, Caves, Spire Platform.

Vehicle Rules on Ascension#

• No vehicles can be deployed in Zone D; use points to call in artillery / missile fire support instead — Zone D is a pure infantry battlefield.
• MBT spawns are fixed: defenders get theirs in the elevator garage during Phase B, attackers on the respawn-area highway.
• The cave area’s “vehicle elevator” is the only vehicle-transport design of its kind in the game — defender tanks can enter the cave area from underground, and attackers must plan for early warning.

Ascension Attack and Defense Game Plan#

1. Attackers: the beachhead breakthrough needs vehicle coordination (tanks leading + infantry following); pre-arrange Engineers (quick-set barricades) and Support operators for vehicle-free zones like the caves and Zone D.
2. Defenders: the elevator garage’s tank spawn is the first bargaining point of the match; use snipers and Recon on the mountain slopes to suppress attacker deployment.

2. Cracked (the Urban Combat Map)#

Cracked is a three-zone street-fighting map: Rockside Village, Temporary Camp and Slums, Munitions Warehouse and Offices.

The core of a street-fighting map is control of building floors: Engineer lockdown skills and Recon wall-penetration skills both pay off far more on Cracked than on open maps. Armored vehicles have limited mobility in the alleys and infantry is the protagonist — of the three mainstay maps, this is the most “pure shooting” one.

3. Threshold (the Port City Map)#

Threshold is a three-zone port city map: Downtown, Evacuation Corridors, Surveillance Area and Weather Room.

Threshold’s “evacuation corridor” design makes rotation play the soul of the map: whichever side controls the corridors controls the battlefield’s rhythm. The downtown buildings plus port structures give amphibious vehicles (the AAV amphibious assault vehicle, assault boats) room to enter the stage.

4. Moge Old Town (the S11 New Map)#

Added with S11 “Stars”, with two exclusive mechanics:

Moge Old Town elevates “vehicle coordination” to the core of its map design: convoy breakout means vehicle formations themselves are the primary combatants. Adaptation tip: scale the “vehicle-spawn bargaining” you learned on Ascension up to the convoy level — from infantry-tank coordination to convoy coordination.

5. Other Maps#

Shafted, Trench Lines, Knife Edge, Trainwreck and the rest belong to the Warfare pool (per wiki coverage); this page will not expand on each, but the general principles are:

• Trench-Line-style maps: terrain cover is dense, so throwables and sonic suppression gain amplified value.
• Shafted-style maneuver maps: vehicle mobility and rotation speed set the tempo.

Terrain Comparison Table for the Maps#

Choosing a map is simple: go to Cracked to practice gunplay, Ascension to practice vehicles, Moge Old Town to practice convoy coordination, and Threshold for the all-around experience.

6. Universal Tactical Framework#

7. Operator Fit Summary Table#

For squad details, see Operator Unlocks and Team Comps and Warfare Mode Mechanics.

— Wubian, NTGame Editorial