You can get skins in CS:GO in several ways. Most often you can find mentions of rare skins falling out of cases, as well as their purchase on the trading platform Steam or third-party services. However, there is another method, which is also quite workable, although it is used less often because of its complexity and less predictable results.
What are contracts?
Contracts(TradeUpContract) – is a mechanic in CS:GO that allows you to exchange 10 skins of the same quality for one of higher quality. In this case, the characteristics of the item that will be obtained as a result are determined taking into account the parameters of the skins selected for such crafting.
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It should be taken into account that it is not possible to combine items with and without StatTrak counter: by this parameter all skins must be the same. Accordingly, this determines whether or not what results from the crafting will have a counter. Besides, you can't use knives or gloves in contracts (and it's hard to imagine anyone would risk such rare and expensive items). For other weapons, you can get skins with rarity up to Classified as a result of the contract.
How are skin parameters determined during crafting?
The properties of the skin that will be obtained as a result of crafting are determined randomly, but taking into account the parameters of those ten skins that were selected for use in the contract.
- Its quality will be one step higher (for example, out of ten skins with the characteristic «» you can get one of Army quality).
- If all ten skins belong to the same collection, the result will belong to the same collection.
- If skins from several collections are added to the craft, there are chances to get a thing belonging to any of them.
- Float indicator is determined by a formula that takes into account the average value of this characteristic of the ten original skins and the possible range of the one that will result.
In order to increase the probability of getting the right item, it is useful to know the composition of different collections and the rarity of things that belong to them. If several variants fit the characteristics of the skin that should result (collection, rarity), they are equally likely to fall out. Also keep in mind that, since the market price of the skin in the crafting is not taken into account, you can stay both in the plus and minus – there are also situations when the resulting skin is cheaper than spent on its creation.
Although the result of the crafting remains unpredictable, it is not a bad way to extract at least some benefit from the cheap skins accumulated over the course of the game. And if you understand in detail the patterns of items falling out as a result of contracts, you can successfully replenish your inventory and gradually make your way to expensive skins. You can experiment with these mechanics by using one of the many crafting simulators that are available on the internet. And if you already know exactly what skin you need, it is better not to rely on chance and buy it directly at Lis-Skins.ru – we promise that our prices will not disappoint you.