1 min readUpdated Oct 4, 2026

How To Change The Starting Map On Your Killing Floor 2 Server

Your server loads its starting map every time it starts or restarts. After each match, players vote on the next map from the map list.

Changing The Starting Map

  1. 1
    Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
  2. 2
    In the sidebar, go to Settings.
  3. 3
    Under Basic, edit Starting Map and type the map name, for example KF-BurningParis.
  4. 4
    Click Save & Restart to apply your changes.

Official maps all start with KF-, for example KF-BioticsLab, KF-Outpost, KF-Farmhouse or KF-Nuked. To start on a Workshop map, first add it under Workshop Maps and Mods and restart your server. Then find the map's real name, which can differ from the title on its Workshop page:

  1. 1
    In the sidebar, go to Files.
  2. 2
    Open KFGame, then Cache, then the folder named after the item's Workshop id.
  3. 3
    Open the folders inside until you find a file ending in .kfm, for example KF-ClassicBioticsLab.kfm.
  4. 4
    Use that file name without .kfm as your Starting Map.

Note

Objective mode needs a map with objectives: KF-SteamFortress, KF-Outpost, KF-Nuked, KF-ZedLanding or KF-BioticsLab. See Game Mode.