Counter Strike 2 has such a feature as item drop, which results in players dropping skins and other useful items in the game. This is a certain bonus that the player completes due to a completed mission or activity. It is enough to get a drop in the form of a briefcase and a special key to open it. Inside these cases (crates) are items that are great for the game. they fall out randomly. Another option to get drops is to purchase on specialized platforms.
According to statistics, players open more than 25000000 cases during the month.
Dropping items in CS2: how it works
If you want to know how drops skins in CS2, familiarize yourself with the drop system in the game. It allows you to get skins for all types of cold and firearms, as well as gloves.
First of all, please note that the weekly item drop in the game is available only for prime account holders. You can get the case if you have at least 5000 experience points. When the rank scale is full, the player will have 4 cells open up, each with different drops. They may include skins, graffiti, or cases. Judging by player reviews, there are 1 case, 2 guns, and 1 graffiti to choose from. You can get any 2 items that appear in the main menu immediately after the end of the match.
Rarity of skins that drop in the games
in KS2 shooter – are cosmetic items that affect the appearance of the weapon, but do not affect its capabilities and characteristics.
You can get such items in different rarities.
The following types are distinguished:
consumer;
industrial quality;
military;
prohibited;
classified;
secret (currently skins of this type are not dropped).
Separately, there is a skin in the quality «Rare», but it applies only to knives and gloves: there are no gun skins with this quality.
The rarity of a skin determines the chance of getting it when opening a container: the rarer it is, the less likely it is to be extracted.
Skins of the "consumer grade" quality often drop, and this is understandable since they are the cheapest and of the lowest quality. Their appearance is far from perfect. Such skins are obtained either from the game or from collections. Consumer-grade skins lack appealing visual effects or any interesting features. Despite this, they can be used in trade-up contracts to acquire better weapons. Like any other skin, consumer-grade skins can be sold on marketplaces (albeit at a very low price) or traded with other players.
Often players fall out of skins industrial quality. They too are inexpensive, like the «items», but they look a little better (though very far from perfect). Such skins are dropped from the game or collections.
Skins of army rarity can be easily obtained from cases (the chance is 70%). They feature a color scheme that is not too bright and are similar to this. The details of the skin are difficult to see from a distance: you can only do it by holding the object in your hands. Usually, skins with a dynamic pattern and the same pattern throughout the body are marked army level.
In the game, skins of "restricted" quality drop. They are characterized by vibrant colors, high contrast, and more unique patterns compared to "mil-spec" quality skins. Items of this rarity feature interesting attributes, such as iridescent finishes or a 3D effect. The details of the skin can be closely examined when viewed up close.
In the price range, they are not the most expensive, but they are not as cheap as the ones listed above either. You can get such skins from cases, collections, and the game.
Lucky players get skins of classified quality: the chance to get them by dropping is quite small. Their price is higher than all the categories described above. Such items are characterized by distinct patterns and bright colors that are distinguishable even from a distance. Skins of classified quality are obtained mostly on websites or trading platforms.
Skins of secret quality are the most expensive, bright, and recognizable even at a great distance. They have unique patterns. It seems that skins with secret quality are drawn specifically for the shape of the weapon.
The chances of dropping skins of different quality are as follows:
Army – 80%.
Forbidden – 16%.
Classified – 3.2%.
Secret – 0,64%.
Other ways to get skins, except the drop
Do not drop skins of the quality you need? There are other ways to get them.
Sharing via Steam. If you have some skins at your disposal, you can try swapping them on the platform. Often players hunt for certain weapon skins for contracts. So, you can exchange several dozen cheap skins for one of medium value.
Exchange Contracts. This is a basic tool available to all players. It allows players to exchange several dozen common inexpensive skins for a single, but rarer one. Please note that you cannot add knives, souvenir weapons, skins with rarity «Secret» and «Smuggled».
Participation in tournament platforms. There are several such platforms online where you can win skins of varying value or cash prices to purchase them.
Buying on trading platforms. If you do not drop skins that you have long wanted to get in your collection, buy them on online marketplaces. Among the most popular – LIS-SKINS. The platform offers profitable and safe transactions: you can be sure that you will not be cheated.
The best cases to open in KS2 in 2024
The advantage of opening cases is that you can get rare items. For example, you can drop skins rare quality, knives, and gloves. Cases are added to the game regularly. You can not only buy an interesting item but then sell it and make a profit.
Players have compiled their rating of the best cases, opening which is sure to give you a pleasant surprise. This:
Broken Fang
This case is notable for its sleek gauntlets that replace a regular knife as a special rare item. The cost of such a case – is between $3-4, which is quite affordable for every player. You no longer have to wait for to drop a skin of the desired rarity – you take everything into your own hands.
The Broken Fang operation case contains several items of different rarities. For example, there are 7 army skins, 5 forbidden, 3 classified, and 2 secret skins.
Danger zone
A popular among players case, which contains a large number of rare knives (52 units). It is widely available on the sites and the price is affordable for everyone and ranges from $0.50 to $0.90. The uniforms that you can take from this box can be sold on the court or used for your own benefit.
Winter Offensive
This is a weapon case from which community-created skins are dropped from. It features the most popular skin designs from the Steam Community Workshop. It is dominated by elements in a white design, which gives them a particularly aesthetic look.
Snakebite
This is the cheapest glove box in KS2 in 2024. It can be picked up as a weekly drop. The price is very reasonable at about 40 cents. Additionally, a little under $3 will be spent to open each case.
Rare Snakebite case drop – gloves. Their average value is $300, so they can be sold profitably on the site in the future.
Operation Breakout
The peculiarity of this box is that it can fall out skins of very rare quality. These are butterfly knives (13 kinds). The average knife from the Operation Breakout case – $700! In addition to the rare knife, the box may also contain skins of weapons such as Desert Eagle Conspiracy, P90 Azimov, PP-19 «Bison» Osiris, and others.
Fracture
The most affordable and profitable knife and weapon box. Its price – is in the 80 cents range, and the cost to open – is a little over 3 dollars. Skins of rare weapons may drop out when opened.
Chances of getting rare skins from regular cases
The rarest are knives or gloves. The probability of them falling out is 0.26%. This means that there is a probability of the skin knife falling out an average of 1 time per 400 open boxes. This is purely a matter of player luck: there are no hidden techniques that help or, on the contrary, do not allow you to get the desired item.
Some knives are so rare that they have never been seen in the game. This sounds strange, but it just means that they have not fallen out of the case to any player yet.
To the very rare skins that all players want to get can be attributed to the Butterfly Knife Gamma Doppler Emerald, the price for which can reach 20000 dollars.
The rarity of skins changes over time, the situation does not remain stable.
For example, a few years ago, WP Dragon Lore, M4A4 Howl, and AK-47 Fire Serpent were considered rare. Now rare are AK-47 Wild Lotus, AWP Gungnir, AWP The Prince.
Can souvenir skins fall out?
There are 3 types of weapon skins in KS2: regular, with StatTrak counter, and souvenir skins. Souvenirs are dedicated to a specific match of the tournament and receive a tag of the same name, which is displayed in the title. They are only present in a few collections. By the way, they cannot be used in exchange contracts, as well as after the match.
Another distinctive feature of souvenir skins – is the presence of gold stickers on them. You can get these items from special kits or you can buy them from another player. From the souvenir set, you will not get a skin of a rare kind, like a knife or gloves: it contains only weapon skins.
The top souvenir skins include the following:
M4A4 Eye of Horus.
AK-47 Gold Arabesque.
M4A1-S Welcome to the Jungle.
Desert Eagle Fennec Fox.
Many players wonder if «souvenir» should be invested in and how worthwhile it is in terms of investment. The thing is that their price in most cases does not exceed the cost of regular samples, except for very rare items or skins that are marked by certain, very weighty events (for example, Olof-boost on Overpass).
You can open any souvenir case – they all pay off at about the same level, within 30-35%. In this situation, it is only your own preferences.
Which skins are the most expensive in KS2?
Let's say right away that the probability that from the case will fall out the skin of the listed, is very low and is about 1 case in 21 000 000. The most expensive specimens for 2024 are:
StatTrak AK-47 Case Hardened #661 Factory New (minimum $1,000,000).
StatTrak M4A4 Howl ($19,000).
AWP Dragon Lore ($18,000).
AWP Medusa ($8,000).
The popularity of drops in KS2 is growing, and so is the interest in cases. Players regularly open containers in hopes of getting their hands on rare items. Well, there might be a very rare skin unveiling in the near future that hasn't «gone» in the game yet.
