Team Fortress 2 teleporter checklist: entrance, exit and a usable arrival

Confirm the route has both ends

Build and inspect the entrance and exit as two parts of one route. A teammate stands on the charged entrance to travel to the exit. Starting near the right team location is useful only if the destination is also working.

When a player reports that the entrance is not helping, first check the pair's actual state. Separate a missing or unfinished endpoint from a teleporter that is simply recharging. Rebuilding a healthy entrance does not answer a missing-exit problem.

Make the exit useful after arrival

Place the exit so that arriving teammates have room to move and can understand where the route leads. Rotate the building blueprint when needed instead of forcing the exit to face an awkward wall or obstacle.

For example, an exit can shorten the journey but still deliver every teammate into an exposed firing line. Evaluate the next few steps after arrival, not just the distance saved on the map. Favor a route the group can use repeatedly over a destination that becomes a predictable trap.

Maintain the pair rather than treating each endpoint as a separate project

Engineer wrench work on either endpoint can repair and upgrade the connected pair. Teleporter upgrades reduce recharge delay. That makes an established, useful route a candidate for improvement once its basic placement works.

If a Spy keeps disrupting it, account for the attacker as well as the building state. Repeatedly repairing without resolving continuing interference can consume attention while the team's travel problem remains. The exact response depends on who can cover the Engineer and the destination.

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