Counter-Strike 2 has several types of skins: just regular skins with different floats and rarity; skins with frag counters aka StatTraks; and the rare Souvenirs. Today CS.MONEY Blog tells everything about souvenir skins in CS2: how to get them, how much they cost and what are the best souvenir cases to open. Moreover, we also name seven best souvenir skins in CS2.
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What are souvenir skins in CS2?
Counter-Strike 2 has Souvenir skins, which are unique skins only for firearms (no souvenir knives or gloves available) and you can only get them during Majors held by Valve or by purchasing from another player. So, you can get souvenir skins during a Major by spending a special token, which is available for all Viewer Pass holders (complete predictions to get more). The tokens could then be exchanged to receive a souvenir case for a selected match.
Souvenir skins are pretty much regular skins distinguished by special stickers and a golden tag. Each souvenir skin is decorated with a set of four stickers, including:
- Gold Tournament Sticker
- Gold Map Collection Sticker
- Two Gold Team Stickers (match participants)
That is, if Team Vitality played at the Paris Major 2023 against MOUZ on Mirage, and you exchange your token for this case, you will get a weapon from it dedicated to the Mirage Collection Case with Mirage, Team Vitality, MOUZ and BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 stickers all gold on it.
Best Souvenir Skins in CS2
Counter-Strike 2, as well as CS:GO, has just around 300 souvenir skins available. All kinds of them, to be honest: rarity, price, collections, and other parameters. The game community has long chosen the best souvenir skins in CS2:
M4A4 Eye of Horus
- Rarity: Covert
- Collection: The Anubis
- Price: $900+
M4A1-S Imminent Danger
- Rarity: Covert
- Collection: The 2021 Vertigo
- Price: $1200+
AK-47 Gold Arabesque
- Rarity: Covert
- Collection: The 2021 Dust 2
- Price: $1600+
AWP Desert Hydra
- Rarity: Covert
- Collection: The 2021 Mirage
- Price: $1400+
M4A1-S Welcome to the Jungle
- Rarity: Covert
- Collection: The Ancient
- Price: $1200+
AWP Dragon Lore
- Rarity: Covert
- Collection: The Cobblestone
- Price: $40,000+
Desert Eagle Fennec Fox
- Rarity: Classified
- Collection: The 2021 Mirage
- Price: $200+
Note that among almost three hundred CS2 souvenir skins you can get one for every taste. Therefore, don’t lock your wishes only on the best souvenir skins, it’s worth looking at other options. Just jump to CS.MONEY, use our handy filter system to sort only Souvenir skins, and get whatever you want!
How to get souvenir skins in CS2?
You can get souvenir skins in CS2 in two ways:
- Open special souvenir cases we mentioned earlier
- Buy souvenir either skins, or souvenir cases
At the moment, there were no Majors in CS2 yet, meaning there are no new souvenir cases in the game. Still, we know when the next souvenir case wave will drop: PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 has already been announced. And since Valve has not announced any changes to souvenir cases system, with a high degree of probability, new cases will be available in March 2024.
What are best souvenir skins to buy?
Before purchasing a souvenir skin, consider a couple of things. First, why do you want to buy a souvenir skin in CS2. Investing in souvenir skins is possible, but like other types of investments, this process is associated with risks. Therefore, you will need to focus on the skins market.
If you want to buy a souvenir skin just for yourself, think of this:
- Personal Preferences
- Collectible Value (Map Collection and its rarity)
- Investment Potential
- Budgets
First of all, you need to build on personal preferences. It’s jus nice and cool to have a skin for you main weapon with stickers of your favorite team applied–nicer and cooler than just having an expensive souvenir. You should also pay attention to Collectible Value and Investment Potential. Perhaps the first souvenir skin will open your collection or become the first step in your trading career.
Finally, you should pay attention to your Budgets. Perhaps, instead of buying one skin, it’s better to buy a set of cheaper souvenirs. Or, on the contrary, give it all for one skin that warms your soul the most.
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