How To Increase Bot Difficulty CS2 (CSGO)

We will tell you every possible method to increase the bot difficulty in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Changing Bot Difficulty Manually

To play with bots, players must first load into a bot match. Before booting up the bot match, you can manually change the difficulty of the bots in CS2 (CSGO).

There are six levels of bot difficulties:

• No Bots

• Harmless Bots

• Easy Bots

• Medium Bots

• Hard Bots

• Expert Bots

To manually change the bot difficulty, follow the steps below:

1. Launch CS2 (CSGO) and click Play

2. In the drop-down menu, go to Practice With Bots

3. You can select what type of game mode you want to play

4. On the right-hand corner, you will see another menu that shows the current difficulty of the bots

5. Click on the menu, and choose whichever difficulty you want to try out

6. The progressing difficulties make bots harder, with Expert Bots being the highest difficulty

Once you’ve followed the steps, simply load into a bot match!

Changing Bot Difficulty Through Console

The following method of changing bot behavior is through the console. This method is catered to advanced users who can use the console.

By using the console, players can use the “bot_difficulty” commands to adjust the bot difficulties:

After typing one of the “bot_difficulty” console commands, you must restart the match to apply these changes. You can do that by typing the “mp_restartgame 1” time command in the console.

Additional Bot Difficulty Commands

The Expert Bots difficulty is the highest, but many players still find these bots very easy to defeat. Using the console, you can type in more CS2 (CSGO) bot commands to further increase the difficulty of these bots. Check out these practice commands: