What is StatTrak™?
- Note: Kills against bots do not count towards your StatTrak counter.
How Do You Get StatTrak Skins?
- Unboxing Cases: When you open a weapon case, there is a 10% chance that the item you receive will be the StatTrak variant.
- Trade-Up Contracts: If you use 10 StatTrak skins in a Trade-Up Contract, the resulting upgraded skin will also be guaranteed to have StatTrak. (You cannot mix normal and StatTrak skins in a contract).
- Purchasing/Trading: Buying them directly from the Steam Market or a trusted third-party marketplace.
Does StatTrak Affect Gameplay?
The StatTrak Swap Tool
- Important: If you sell or trade a StatTrak skin to another player, the counter automatically resets to zero. You cannot buy a skin with 10,000 kills already on it.
Are StatTrak Skins Worth the Premium?
- For Cheap Skins: The premium is usually negligible. A normal Mil-Spec skin might be $1.00, while the StatTrak version is $2.50.
- For High-Tier Skins: The premium can be massive. A Factory New Covert skin might cost $500, but its StatTrak Factory New counterpart could cost $1,200 or more.
- For Knives: StatTrak knives are actually highly debated. Some players dislike StatTrak on knives because the scratched numbers can ruin the clean aesthetic of the blade, especially on rare patterns like Fade or Doppler. Check out the Best CS2 Knives to see how the patterns look.
