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MechWarrior Online will challenge you to fight in a wide range of locations, both beautiful and dangerous. Whether on the precipice of an active volcano or in the frigid surface of tiny planetoids, BattleMechs are able to effectively battle in almost any environment. Each map is designed from the ground up to offer unique challenges to the teams competing on them.

Quick Play and Faction Play Maps

Alpine Peaks

Alpine Peaks

Size: Very Large

Temperature: -21 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

This massive stretch of frosty terrain contains two industrial outposts that provide power for a nearby military base. Commanders are given the difficult task of moving their company stealthily over long distances if they hope to gain a positional advantage.

Boreal Vault

Boreal Vault

Size: Very Large

Temperature: -37 ℃

Game Modes Available: Invasion

The massive blast doors and booming naval Gauss rifle within the defender base lie cradled within the soot covered mountains of this world's volcanic region. Attacking forces will look to use the rolling hills as cover as they race to destroy the enemy's defensive systems.

Canyon Network

Canyon Network

Size: Small

Temperature: 27 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Scouting, Skirmish

Connected via maglev track to a large supercity in the distance, this quarry is an essential source of revenue for the local government. The winding industrial roads and excavation sites create a form of natural trench warfare.

Caustic Valley

Caustic Valley

Size: Medium

Temperature: 67 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

A barren stretch of land punctuated by small industrial installations surrounding a large sulfurous caldera. The extreme temperatures and lack of significant cover force MechWarriors to carefully monitor their heat and positioning at all times.

Crimson Strait

Crimson Strait

Size: Very Large

Temperature: 13 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

A small coastal city divided by an expansive harbor and industrial port, it derives it's name from the red tinted waters that surround it. Teams will want to secure the industrial loading area in the middle of the city first as tiered design offers both protection from missile strikes and a valuable vantage point.

Emerald Taiga

Emerald Taiga

Size: Large

Temperature: 17 ℃

Game Modes Available: Invasion

A large research facility sits surrounded by mountains on one side and bordered by ocean on the other. Attackers must land on the nearby beaches and head through an arboreal forest to reach the entrance to the defender base.

Forest Colony

Forest Colony

Size: Large

Temperature: 21 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

A large stretch of land along a dense coastal forest hosts this abandoned and overgrown colony. Intersected by winding industrial trails and shrouded by dense foliage, the area favors highly mobile combatants.

Frozen City

Frozen City

Size: Medium

Temperature: -45 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

Atop a large arctic plateau lies the ruins of a long forgotten city, soon to be erased by the creeping advance of a nearby glacier. Pilots must be careful to utilize thermal vision modes to counter the low visibility imposed by the area's near constant snowstorms.

Grim Plexus

Grim Plexus

Size: Medium

Temperature: -9 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

Grim Plexus combines long sight-lines and widely accessible terrain with copious hiding spots and ambush points in a vast and wildly undulating hilltop, fringed with a labyrinth of tall crystals. The size and character of the map can be most closely compared to Tourmaline Desert.

Grim Portico

Grim Portico

Size: Medium

Temperature: -5 ℃

Game Modes Available: Invasion

The murky gasses that seep from the surface of this cold, gloomy planetoid are its only source of commercial value. Overgrown crystalline structures form twisting tunnels that have been used as the entrance to the defender base its massive Space Defense System.

Hellebore Springs

Hellebore Springs

Size: Medium

Temperature: 19 ℃

Game Modes Available: Invasion

The abundant purple flowers and deep red rock set a striking image for attackers as they begin their advance from their landing zone. Caution is required however, as the winding canyons soon bend and turn in ways that can easily hide an ambush.

HPG Manifold

HPG Manifold

Size: Medium

Temperature: -69 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

The Hyper Pulse Generator array is the foundation for all intergalactic communication with stations dotting the surfaces of thousands of worlds and moons. This particular giant manifold station resides on the surface of a frigid planetoid that lacks any form of atmosphere.

Polar Highlands

Polar Highlands

Size: Very Large

Temperature: -29 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

The poorly maintained communications array overlooking this frigid base became a strategic necessity when war finally reached this remote system. While scout 'Mechs can provide valuable intel on enemy positions, frontline lances will benefit from coordinated movement through the winding trenches to manuever within striking distance of the enemy.

River City

River City

Size: Very Large

Temperature: 15 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

With it's functioning electric grid and artifacts of a once vibrant population still littering the streets, this recently abandoned city is a reminder of the cost of war on the people of the Inner Sphere. Skilled pilots will utilize the sprawling city skyline as cover while securing high ground to launch attacks.

Rubellite Oasis

Rubellite Oasis

Size: Large

Temperature: 59 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

Known simply as 'the oasis’ to some, it is one of the few locations on this planet where the jagged formations and perpetual storms haven't entirely decimated its ruins. For those who believe, this place still holds within it the promise of legend; riches in the form of Rubellite Tourmaline. For others, it is simply yet another field upon which their enemies will fall, and be forgotten.

Solaris City

Solaris City

Size: xxx

Temperature: xx ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Skirmish

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Sulfurous Rift

Sulfurous Rift

Size: Large

Temperature: 46 ℃

Game Modes Available: Invasion

A base resides at the end of a long branching canyon, eroded over time by the numerous sulfurous springs that bubble up from the ground. Due to the natural rock formations leading to the base, the defenders are required to guard three separate entrances.

Terra Therma

Terra Therma

Size: Large Temperature: 98 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Scouting, Skirmish

A series of geothermal stations tap into the extreme temperatures surrounding the mouth of a large active volcano. While BattleMechs can function in almost any environment, the extreme heat in this location is still capable of wreaking havoc on 'Mech cooling systems.

The Mining Collective

The Mining Collective

Size: Small

Temperature: 11 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Scouting, Skirmish

This mining facility is among the most advanced found anywhere in the Inner Sphere and as such is a valuable target for invading forces. The winding paths and terraced platforms make the Collective a playground for smaller jump-capable 'Mechs, and a meat grinder for those in less maneuverable chassis.

Tourmaline Desert

Tourmaline Desert

Size: Large

Temperature: 75 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Escort, Incursion, Scouting, Skirmish

The silhouettes of the large tourmaline spires and wrecked starship hulls create hauntingly beautiful shapes along the horizon of this large expanse of desert. The rolling hills and open sight lines force warriors to carefully consider their positioning and weapon ranges at all times.

Viridian Bog

Viridian Bog

Size: Medium

Temperature: 23 ℃

Game Modes Available: Assault, Conquest, Domination, Skirmish

Deep within sinkholes of this lush garden world dwell a species of massive arthropod prized for it's valuable carapace. Several terraced outcroppings provide the only escape from the fog and dense foliage that obscure the battlefield within the hole.

Solaris Maps

Boreal Reach

Boreal Reach

Size: Very Small

Temperature: -21 ℃

Game Modes Available: Solaris

Ishiyama Caves

Ishiyama Caves

Size: Very Small

Temperature: -9 ℃

Game Modes Available: Solaris


Liao Jungle

Liao Jungle

Size: Very Small

Temperature: 51 ℃

Game Modes Available: Solaris


Mech Factory

Mech Factory

Size: Very Small

Temperature: 39 ℃

Game Modes Available: Solaris


Steiner Colosseum

Steiner Colosseum

Size: Very Small

Temperature: 15 ℃

Game Modes Available: Solaris