The Last Stand Community Update



The Last Stand Community Update, or simply The Last Stand Update, is a fourth DLC for Left 4 Dead 2, released on September 24, 2020 and made by the L4D2 community members. It features "The Last Stand" two-map campaign, 20 new survival maps, 4 new scavenge maps, 30 new achievements and much more.

This content update is PC exclusive and won't come to Xbox 360. This update is a second community-based update for Left 4 Dead 2, the first being the Cold Stream DLC released in 2012 for both the PC and Xbox 360.

Content and changes introduced in The Last Stand Update

 * A TON of bug and exploit fixes, too many to list. Also, specific PVP enhancements and fixes.
 * Although, the update offered "a ton of bug and exploit fixes", the update also have many problematic bugs arose later. Mostly the bugs arose in this update related to the new survival maps and new achievements granting. To fixed the bugs, Valve released a series of patches soon after the update released.
 * New animations and UI improvements. Too many to list.
 * "The Last Stand" is a brand new campaign based on the original Survival map — it's no longer impossible to survive.
 * Restores a scrapped official Mutation as a new game mode, the Versus Survival, added to the Main Menu.
 * Also removed "Single Player" option from the main menu carousel, instead adding it as a drop-down menu option for all co-operative game modes, making it user-friendly to play an offline game of Realism, Survival or any co-op Mutation.
 * Adds 26 new Survival maps based on the first Left 4 Dead.
 * Adds 4 new Scavenge arenas based on the first Left 4 Dead.
 * Adds 30 new achievements, mainly based on the new features.
 * Adds two new Mutations: "RocketDude" and "Tank Run".
 * The Last Stand Update did feature a mutation named "TrainingToolbox", that's giving the player a place to practice a variety of scenarios. Unlike "RocketDude", this mutation was cut from The Last Stand Update because it didn't fit well with the rest of the content. It was released on Steam Workshop separately on the same day as the update.


 * Adds two entirely new melee weapons, the shovel and pitchfork, which have also been added to existing campaigns unlike previous DLC weapons.
 * The once-exclusive international weapons from Counter Strike became commonly spawned by The Director in all server. Thus, the only weapons that remain officialy out of Left 4 Dead 2 are the M1911 Pistol, the Australian Cricket Bat and the weapons from the arcade game.
 * The Golf Club also spawns in all campaigns now instead of only appearing in The Passing.
 * Formerly unused dialogue is restored for both Left 4 Dead 2 original campaigns and Left 4 Dead campaign ports. Many unused lines were already of public knowledge as they could be found in the files from earlier game builds, however, the Last Stand Update restored even voice lines completely unknown previously.
 * The Left 4 Dead Survivors are also more vocal when discovering and using equipment introduced in Left 4 Dead 2; Aas before, this is done by repurposing of existing dialogue, however the range of vocalisations has been greatly expanded.
 * Left 4 Dead Common and Special Infected models appear in campaigns featuring the Left 4 Dead survivors, with Left 4 Dead 2's visual gore systems added to the Common Infected.
 * Uncommon infected (with exception of the Clown Infected) have also recieved new Left 4 Dead-styled skins for the Left 4 Dead campaigns, and the Fallen Survivor now appears in more campaigns beyond their original exclusivity to The Passing, including No Mercy, Crash Course, Death Toll and Swamp Fever.
 * Left 4 Dead Common Infected have their "lost" skins from the early build of the original game restored.
 * Improved weapon viewmodels. Prior to this update, some weapons, such as the M60 or SIG SG 552, had visible cut-off points before they reached the edge of the camera's view.
 * The noise of the oxygen tank leaking before exploding now attracts nearby common infected. This repurposed the weapon making it way more useful.