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1 min readUpdated May 25, 2026

How to Create a Map Cycle on Your Counter-Strike Global Offensive Server

Creating custom map cycles is an important step of customizing your Counter-Strike: Global Offensive server. This guide will show you how to create your own map rotation.

Editing mapcycle.txt

Follow these easy steps to begin configuring a map rotation:

  1. Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
  2. In the sidebar, go to Files and enter csgo.
  3. Edit mapcycle.txt, then click save.
  4. Start your server.

The maps that get added to this file are found in /csgo/maps/.

Default Contents
  • cs_italy
  • de_dust
  • de_aztec
  • cs_office
  • de_dust2
  • de_train
  • de_inferno
  • de_nuke