CS2 guides

Short answers to what decides a CS2 skin's price: float and wear, pattern seeds, trade ups, case odds and StatTrak. Each one links the tools to check it.

• CS2 Float Values and Wear Ranges Explained
  CS2 float values explained: the five wears and their float ranges, float caps per skin, why price moves inside one wear and how to read a price-by-float chart.
• CS2 Pattern Seeds: Blue Gems, Fade % and Doppler Phases
  CS2 pattern seeds explained: seeds 0 to 1000, blue gems, fade percentage, Doppler phases, Marble Fade and Crimson Web, and how tier lists rank them.
• CS2 Trade Up Contracts: Rules, Odds and Float Formula
  How CS2 trade ups work: ten skins for one of the next grade, five Coverts for a knife or gloves, how the odds split by collection and the float formula.
• CS2 Case Odds, Keys, ROI and Armory Stars Explained
  CS2 case odds for every grade, the key price, StatTrak and Souvenir drops, how to tell if a case is worth opening, and what one Armory star is worth.
• StatTrak vs Normal CS2 Skins: Is the Premium Worth It?
  What StatTrak means in CS2, how big the StatTrak premium usually is, when StatTrak is cheaper, and how to compare both versions of a skin by wear and float.