4 stages, built from what we already document about Dust 2: 56 described callouts, 15 grenade lineups and 3 utility sequences. Nothing here is scored, timed or rated.
The rule this order comes fromEach stage comes after everything its own data is written in terms of. A callout description names only the position itself. A grenade lineup names a callout at each end, so it is unreadable until you know those two places. A utility sequence names a list of lineups in throw order, so it is unreadable until you know those grenades. That is a dependency between the datasets, not a ranking of difficulty — nothing on this page is scored, timed, or rated.
On the map itself: Dust 2 callouts & map guide · Dust 2 grenade lineups · practice config for Dust 2
Why it sits hereNothing else here can be read without this. Every grenade lineup below is stored as a pair of place names, and every utility sequence is stored as a list of those grenades — so the names are the vocabulary the rest of the map is written in.
A set — no order impliedA set, not a ladder. The shortlist is shown most-referenced first — how many of this map’s strategic datasets (control areas, AWP angles, clearing paths, plant spots) already name the position. That is a count of appearances, not a difficulty order, and learning them in any order is fine.
The elevated walkway from mid up the stairs toward A site — the "short" route to A.
Reached from a key areaKey areaCleared on entry
The double doors between CT Mid and B site — the CT rotation route into B.
Reached from a key areaCommon AWP angleCleared on entry
The enclosed corner behind the A platform, named after old goose graffiti — a common CT hiding spot.
Cleared on entryPost-plant positionBomb plant spot
The sunken area at the end of A Long by the doors — a strong CT hold and T post-plant position.
Reached from a key areaCleared on entryPost-plant position
The car on A Long near the site — cover for Long lurkers and the classic post-plant spot.
Cleared on entryPost-plant position
The standard A plant spot on the edge of the raised platform, visible from Long post-plant positions.
Cleared on entryBomb plant spot
The long corridor from Long Doors to the A site — home of the map's biggest AWP duels.
Decides roundsCommon AWP angle
The car on B site right of the tunnel exit — a standard anchor position.
Cleared on entryBomb plant spot
The large box on B site (the "site Xbox") used for cover in retakes and post-plants.
Cleared on entryPost-plant position
The left corner immediately out of the tunnel exit — the classic close CT off-angle.
Cleared on entryPost-plant position
The corner by the first building inside Long Doors — cleared by CTs pushing and Ts exiting alike.
Cleared on entryPost-plant position
The main tunnel from the T side to B site — the choke every B rush must pass.
Key areaPost-plant position
These 12 are not the whole map. They are the positions that already appear in Dust 2's own strategic data — a control area, an AWP angle, a step in a clearing path, a plant spot or the position it is held from — so the shortlist maintains itself instead of being a fourth hand-written list. The other 44 described Dust 2 callouts are all on the map page, and the radar there has a quiz mode for drilling them.
Why it sits hereEvery one of these is stored as a throw between two named places, so it only becomes readable once you know the places. Nothing else gates it: these are the grenades whose whole payoff lands the moment they do, which means one player in an empty server can practise and use them.
A set — no order impliedA set, in the order the lineup dataset stores them. We have no data-derived reason to put one of these before another, so none is implied — the "Essential" marks come from a curated list and badge rows rather than reordering them.
A grenade you can throw alone has one precondition: knowing the two places its record names. A grenade thrown to open a site for somebody else has a second one — the somebody else. Solo-throwable utility is therefore reachable earlier, which is a statement about what you need, not about what is hard.
3 of these 4are in the curated “Essential” set on the lineups page. That curation is editorial, not derived from anything measurable, so it badges rows here rather than reordering them. Practise them offline first: generate a practice config with Dust 2 preselected.
Why it sits hereSame two named places, plus one thing the solo set does not need: another player. These grenades are thrown to open a space for somebody walking behind them, so the utility is spent for nothing when nobody does. That extra precondition is why they sit after the solo set — not because the throws are harder.
A set — no order impliedA set, in the order the lineup dataset stores them. We have no data-derived reason to put one of these before another, so none is implied — the "Essential" marks come from a curated list and badge rows rather than reordering them.
3 of these 11are in the curated “Essential” set on the lineups page. That curation is editorial, not derived from anything measurable, so it badges rows here rather than reordering them. Practise them offline first: generate a practice config with Dust 2 preselected.
Why it sits hereA sequence is stored as a list of the grenades above, in throw order. It is not a new thing to learn so much as the point of having learned them — and it is the one place on this page where an order is real, because the dataset records which grenade lands first.
A set — no order impliedA set of alternatives, listed fewest-players-first — each sequence states in its own data how many players it takes, and one you cannot assemble is one you cannot run. Inside each sequence the throw order is the dataset’s, and that order is real.
One self-throwable smoke that removes the CT AWP from the round. The highest-value single grenade on the map.
The bread-and-butter Dust 2 A hit. The short smoke is what turns long control into a site take — without it the cat player kills the plant.
Fast but not mindless: the smokes deny the two strongest CT angles, so the fight is close-quarters where the rushing side is favoured.
These are the standard versions, not the only correct ones — variations are legitimate, and a sequence is not something extra to learn so much as the reason the grenades above were worth learning. Full write-ups live on the Dust 2 lineups page.
A learning order is an editorial claim, so it should be possible to check it. This one rests on a single rule, applied to data that was already here: each stage comes after everything its own records are written in terms of. Callout descriptions name only the position itself. A grenade lineup is stored as a name, a type, and two place names — where it is thrown from and where it lands. A utility sequence is stored as a list of lineup ids in throw order.
The middle link in that chain is measurable, so here is the measurement: 17 of the 30 endpoint names across Dust 2's 15 lineups match a callout we document on this map by name, and each of those is linked above. The remaining 13 are wordings the lineup dataset uses that our callout list does not carry under that exact spelling — we leave those as plain text rather than guessing a link, which is why some throws above are only half linked.
What this page deliberately does not do.It gives nothing a difficulty score, a skill rating, an estimated time or a point value. Those numbers look authoritative and are unfalsifiable, and the map data supports none of them — the lineup dataset's own difficulty field is documented as a mechanical judgement that says nothing about tactical priority, which is exactly why it is not used to order anything here.
Where an ordering could not be justified, none is implied. Inside the utility stages the lineups appear in the order the dataset stores them, and that is stated on the stage rather than dressed up as a progression. The two orderings that do appear inside a stage come from counts the data already holds: how many of a map's strategic datasets name a callout, and how many players a sequence says it needs.