Every VALORANT map callout
A callout is the name of a position on the map. Using the right one is the difference between "he's at the thing near the box" and "he's Heaven, A Main" — and between your team reacting in time or not.
These are the official names, the ones the game itself uses. Not community slang, which varies by region and by server.
How callouts are structured
Every map is divided the same way:
- A, B and sometimes C — the bomb sites and everything leading to them
- Mid — the connective space between them
- Attacker Side / Defender Side — the two spawns
Within each of those, positions are named for what they look like: Main, Site, Link, Lobby, Tower, Window. Once you know that a Link always connects a site to mid, and a Main is always the primary entrance to a site, you can read half a map you have never played.
The competitive rotation
These are the seven maps currently in ranked.
Ascent
A — Tree, Lobby, Main, Window, Site, Garden, Rafters, Wine B — Lobby, Main, Boat House, Site Mid — Bottom, Catwalk, Cubby, Market, Courtyard, Link, Pizza, Top
Split
A — Back, Lobby, Main, Rafters, Ramps, Screens, Sewer, Site, Tower B — Alley, Back, Link, Garage, Rafters, Site, Stairs, Tower, Lobby Mid — Bottom, Mail, Top, Vent
Haven
One of two maps with three sites, which spreads its callouts wider than most.
A — Garden, Link, Lobby, Long, Sewer, Site, Tower B — Back, Site C — Link, Lobby, Long, Garage, Window, Site, Cubby Mid — Doors, Courtyard, Window
Abyss
A — Bridge, Link, Lobby, Main, Site, Tower, Secret, Security, Vent B — Link, Lobby, Main, Nest, Site, Danger, Tower Mid — Bend, Bottom, Catwalk, Library, Top
Lotus
The other three-site map, and the largest callout set in the game at 28.
A — Top, Drop, Site, Hut, Tree, Door, Main, Rubble, Root, Lobby, Link, Stairs B — Pillars, Main, Site, Upper C — Lobby, Door, Waterfall, Link, Mound, Main, Bend, Site, Hall, Gravel
Sunset
A — Lobby, Main, Link, Site, Elbow, Alley B — Boba, Market, Site, Main, Lobby Mid — Tiles, Bottom, Courtyard, Top
Summit
A — Lobby, Main, Garden, Site, Art, Cave, Hall, Link B — Lobby, Gym, Trophy, Tower, Drop, Site, Link, Main Mid — Bottom, Top, Window, Fountain, Bend, Tiles
The rest of the pool
Still in the game, out of ranked rotation, and still played in unrated and custom games.
Bind
No mid at all — the teleporters replace it, which is why Bind plays unlike anything else.
A — Exit, Link, Lobby, Short, Site, Teleporter, Bath, Cubby, Lamps, Tower B — Exit, Hall, Link, Fountain, Long, Short, Site, Teleporter, Window, Elbow, Garden
Icebox
A — Belt, Nest, Pipes, Rafters, Screen, Site B — Garage, Yellow, Back, Cubby, Green, Hall, Hut, Kitchen, Orange, Site, Snowman, Snow Pile, Tube, Fence Mid — Blue, Boiler, Pallet
Breeze
A — Bridge, Ramp, Lobby, Shop, Site, Pyramids B — Window, Main, Elbow, Site, Tunnel, Back, Wall Mid — Hall, Wood Doors, Pillar, Top, Nest, Cannon, Bottom
Fracture
The map attackers spawn on both sides of, which inverts every normal assumption about where danger comes from.
A — Link, Hall, Door, Rope, Main, Site, Drop, Dish, Gate B — Bench, Arcade, Tower, Site, Generator, Link, Canteen, Main, Tree, Tunnel
Pearl
A — Flowers, Secret, Dugout, Site, Main, Restaurant, Art, Link B — Hall, Tunnel, Tower, Link, Club, Ramp, Main, Site, Screen Mid — Doors, Connector, Top, Plaza, Shops
Corrode
A — Crane, Elbow, Link, Lobby, Main, Pocket, Site, Yard B — Arch, Elbow, Link, Lobby, Main, Site, Tower Mid — Bottom, Stairs, Window, Top
Learning them without grinding
You do not need all of these. Learn the seven rotation maps, and within each one learn Main, Site and Link for both bomb sites first — that is six names per map and it covers most of what you will ever need to say under pressure.
The rest arrive on their own once you have played the map a dozen times.