This is a list of tutorials I think everyone interested in Source level editing should follow. Some of these tutorials are on other sites I’ve used a lot in the past. The ones that don’t have anything behind it are the ones I made myself.
Good luck!
Tutorials
Easy
- Introduction: Start!
- Introduction: Basics of Hammer
- Introduction: Making your first level [external link to Source SDK Wiki]
Medium
- Brushwork: Arch tool
- Displacements: How to do them properly
- Lighting: Constant/Linear/Quadratic
- Lighting: How to create good spotlights
- Texture: Perfect curved textures
Hard
- Optimization [Half-Life 2 Map Editing Optimization Guide]
- How balloon_race works
There’s also this handy tips & tricks page I made myself!

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