Guide
How CS2 cases work
The case is only a box. Valve sells the key that opens it as a second purchase, and the skin that comes out is a third thing, decided by a roll.
Full guideA reference, not a marketplace
Read a CS2 case before you pay for the key.
This site walks through how official Counter-Strike 2 cases, floats, trade-ups and skin markets work. Its pages target readers who look up one particular skin or case, and each page is built differently enough for a search engine to tell it from the next.
0.26%Rare-special odds as published
5 wearsFrom Factory New to Battle-Scarred
~15%Usual Steam market fee
Begin with the mechanic: a case, a key, a roll
Guide
Case odds and expected value
The gold slot exists, but at 0.26% it comes up so seldom that a typical opening ends in a loss.
Full guideGuide
Float and wear
The float never changes. The wear name is just a label for whichever band that number lands in.
Full guideCases
A note tells you what a container is remembered for, which finishes count, and how the key price lands on top of every opening.
2024
Kilowatt Case
CS2's first purpose-built case, carrying Kukri knives and the AK-47 Inheritance.
Full case note
2023
Revolution Case
This glove case is led by the M4A4 Temukau and the AK-47 Head Shot.
Full case note
2022
Recoil Case
Where the USP-S Printstream comes from, with gloves in the rare slot.
Full case note
2020
Fracture Case
The Fracture collection, including the Desert Eagle Printstream.
Full case note
2021
Snakebite Case
The case behind the AK-47 Slate, a Restricted rifle that ended up as a craft canvas.
Full case note
2025
Fever Case
The case for the Fever Collection, which includes the AWP Printstream.
Full case noteSkins that readers search by name
A long page per finish lays out its collection, its float window and the points buyers dispute. Live prices are for the markets to show.
Classified
AK-47 | Redline
A red rifle that is affordable, which is why so many people buy it. Its best available wear is Minimal Wear.
Full skin note
Covert
AWP | Asiimov
This white and orange AWP skips Factory New and Minimal Wear altogether, and 0.18 is the cleanest float it reaches.
Full skin note
Covert
M4A4 | Asiimov
The rifle version of Asiimov that came first. It shares the AWP's 0.18 float floor but sits in a different collection.
Full skin note
Covert
AK-47 | Fire Serpent
Where the covert AK became iconic. Factory New occupies a slice just 0.01 wide.
Full skin note
Contraband
M4A4 | Howl
Contraband status belongs to this rifle alone. No new copies drop, and Battle-Scarred cannot exist.
Full skin note
Classified
AK-47 | Case Hardened
The AK where blue gems began. Pattern seed counts for more in its price than wear.
Full skin noteCapsules
Each capsule holds the sticker sheet of one event. A weapon case it is not, and no case key opens it.
Legends
EMS Katowice 2014 Legends
The opening Major legends capsule, whose holos remain the long-standing reference.
Full capsule note
Legends
Cologne 2016 Legends (Holo/Foil)
Cologne 2016's team capsule with holo and foil stickers, as the name says.
Full capsule note
Legends
Krakow 2017 Legends (Holo/Foil)
Team holos and foils from Krakow 2017, as opposed to the player autograph capsule.
Full capsule note
Legends
London 2018 Legends (Holo/Foil)
Team holos and foils out of the FACEIT Major in London, 2018.
Full capsule note
Legends
Katowice 2019 Legends (Holo/Foil)
The team capsule for Katowice 2019, a Major that came after the 2014 holos.
Full capsule note
Legends
Berlin 2019 Legends (Holo/Foil)
Team holos and foils from Berlin 2019, that year's second Major capsule.
Full capsule noteStickers
Team, finish and year together define the item. A holo from 2014 and a paper from a later Major are not interchangeable.
Remarkable
Sticker | Titan (Holo) | Katowice 2014
A holo from Katowice 2014, where team, finish and year make up the entire item.
Full sticker note
Remarkable
Sticker | iBUYPOWER (Holo) | Katowice 2014
The Katowice 2014 holo that people usually set beside Titan: same sheet, other team.
Full sticker note
Remarkable
Sticker | Natus Vincere (Holo) | Katowice 2014
NaVi's holo from 2014. The NaVi holos that followed are newer prints.
Full sticker note
Remarkable
Sticker | Reason Gaming (Holo) | Katowice 2014
A Katowice 2014 holo for a team that never received a reprint later on.
Full sticker note
Remarkable
Sticker | Team LDLC.com (Holo) | Katowice 2014
LDLC's holo from Katowice 2014, with the .com in the team name counting as part of the item.
Full sticker note
Exotic
Sticker | Crown (Foil)
A foil crown from the community, so neither a Major team sticker nor a Katowice holo.
Full sticker noteAn opening mostly pays out Mil-Spec
Valve's published odds give Mil-Spec near 79.92 percent and the gold slot 0.26 percent, so most results are Mil-Spec. A case can be cheap, yet the key is not. On an ordinary active case, the average return stays below what opening costs.
Reference pages stay free of codes and rankings
Case, skin and capsule pages carry no promo codes, no "best casino" ranking and no live price feed posing as current next month. Codes and rankings sit in the reviews and the tables below, marked as affiliate links. A free case on a third-party site is a promotional balance with withdrawal rules. It is not the weekly drop Valve hands out in game.
