Steam trade protection and skin deposits: the 7-day window
How Steam's 7-day trade protection and trade reversals work for CS2 items, what happened to trade holds, and why skin deposits are credited after the window.
CS2 skins
Case odds, rarities, float values, trade-ups and how Steam trading rules affect skin deposits.
StatTrak and Souvenir skins in CS2: what makes them different
How StatTrak counters work and drop, the StatTrak Swap Tool, Souvenir packages and the Souvenir-O-Matic, and why one skin can't be both.
CS2 trade-up contracts: how they work after the 2025 update
Trade-up rules in CS2: ten skins for one a grade up, five Coverts for a knife or gloves since October 2025, the odds, output floats and Souvenirs.
CS2 skin rarity and float values: tiers, wear ranges and patterns
The CS2 rarity tiers and their colours, knives and gloves, float values and the five wear ranges, float caps, pattern templates and why copies differ.
CS2 case odds: what Valve disclosed about drop rates
The case odds Perfect World published for CS:GO in China in 2017, what they cover, StatTrak chances, X-ray scanners, Terminals and site cases.