How far sounds carry — Wiki
How far away you can hear footsteps, gunshots, grenades and the bomb.
Every sound in the game fades with distance until it is silent, except a few that carry across the whole map. Read from the game's own sound files. See Sound and the minimap for what makes a sound in the first place.
| Sound | Heard up to |
|---|---|
| Footsteps | 45 m |
| Jumping | 50 m |
| Landing | 45 m |
| Climbing a ladder | 45 m |
| Planting the bomb | 80 m |
| Defusing the bomb | 80 m |
| The planted bomb ticking | the whole map: it fades over the first 30 m, then stays at that level however far you are; past 49.6 m you can't tell its direction |
| The bomb exploding | everywhere, at the same level |
| A frag grenade exploding | 200 m |
| A smoke grenade popping | 100 m |
| A smoke cloud | silent: nothing plays |
| Pulling a grenade's pin | 20 m |
| Throwing a grenade | 20 m |
| A grenade bouncing | 20 m |
| A knife swing | 20 m |
| A bullet hitting stone | 30 m |
| A bullet hitting a player | 20 m |
| Spent casings | 10 m |
| A gunshot | the whole map: see below |
An enemy's footsteps are 5 dB louder than a teammate's, and fuller: some layers of the sound play for enemies only.
Gunshots
A gunshot never goes silent: it fades over about 250 m, then stays at that level anywhere on the map. How much quieter it is than at 10 m:
| Weapon | 50 m | 100 m | 250 m and beyond |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grease Gun | -2.5 dB | -10.4 dB | -18.4 dB |
| M1 Carbine | -4.3 dB | -12.2 dB | -20.2 dB |
| Trench Gun | -1.1 dB | -9 dB | -17 dB |
| BAR | -3.5 dB | -11.4 dB | -19.4 dB |
| Thompson | -5.5 dB | -13.4 dB | -21.4 dB |
| M1 Garand | -6.3 dB | -14.2 dB | -22.2 dB |
| Springfield | -1.1 dB | -9 dB | -17 dB |
| M1911 | -9.5 dB | -17.4 dB | -25.4 dB |
| MP 28 | -2.5 dB | -10.4 dB | -18.4 dB |
| Gewehr 43 | -6.6 dB | -17.3 dB | -28.6 dB |
| MP 40 | -6.6 dB | -17.3 dB | -25.6 dB |
| STG 44 | -1.3 dB | -9.2 dB | -17.2 dB |
| Kar 98k | -8.8 dB | -18.2 dB | -26.2 dB |
| Kar 98k Sniper | -8.8 dB | -17.2 dB | -25.2 dB |
| Luger | -7.3 dB | -15.2 dB | -23.2 dB |
Every 6 dB quieter is about half as loud.
The bomb from the other site
The planted bomb's ticking reaches every player on the map. A plant or a defuse reaches 80 m, so from the other site you hear it on only a few maps:
| Map | Sites apart | Plant or defuse heard from the other site |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal | 83.1 m | no |
| Derailed | 81.9 m | no |
| Docks | 56.9 m | yes, faintly |
| Invasion | 88.3 m | no |
| Liberation | 68.5 m | yes, faintly |
| Manorhouse | 89 m | no |
| Savoia | 101 m | no |
| Vanguard | 77.1 m | yes, faintly |