CS2 Guides
How trade locks, floats, seeds and Steam inventory privacy actually work, and how to trade without getting scammed. New to skin terms? Start with the CS2 Glossary.
How to Show Your Trade-Locked CS2 Skins
Trade-locked CS2 skins are hidden from everyone but you. See why, and how to show them publicly with VSkin, with no Steam API key needed.
CS2 Trade Lock Explained: How Trade Protection Works
What the CS2 trade lock (trade protection) really is: how long it lasts, what you can and cannot do, the yellow shield, and why it exists.
How to View Someone's CS2 Inventory
View someone's CS2 inventory through their public Steam profile, understand why recent items are missing, use inspect links, and open it as a detailed showcase.
How to Make Your Steam Inventory Public (and Share It)
Make your Steam inventory public step by step, share it with a link, and see why recently traded CS2 skins stay hidden from other viewers.
How to Find CS2 Traders Safely (and Avoid Scams)
Where to find CS2 trading partners and how to vet them before a P2P deal: check Steam profiles, verify the items, spot common scams, and trade more safely.
How to Sync Your CS2 Inventory Without a Steam API Key
Sharing a Steam Web API key is a known scam vector. Learn the safer way to display and sync your CS2 inventory using Steam sign-in, no API key needed.
CS2 Float and Seed Explained: Wear Values and Pattern Index
Understand CS2 float (wear) values, the five exterior conditions, and the pattern seed, and why both shape a skin's look and value.
CS2 Skin Viewer: Inspect Any Skin in 3D at Its Real Float and Pattern
Inspect CS2 weapons, knives and gloves in an interactive 3D viewer at their real float value, paint seed, stickers and charms, right in your browser, no game needed.
CS2 Pattern Tiers Explained: Paint Seeds, BTA and Fake Patterns
What CS2 pattern tiers mean, why some paint seeds are worth far more, and how to read the labels traders use: Tier 1 to Tier 4, BTA, and fake patterns.
CS2 Doppler Phases Explained: Phase 1 to 4, Ruby, Sapphire, Black Pearl and Emerald
How to tell CS2 Doppler phases apart, what separates Doppler from Gamma Doppler, and what Ruby, Sapphire, Black Pearl and Emerald are.
CS2 Case Hardened Patterns: Blue Gems, Gold Gems and Tiers
How CS2 Case Hardened patterns work: what makes a blue gem, what a gold gem is, why the tier is read on the playside, and why two copies look nothing alike.
CS2 Marble Fade Patterns: Fire and Ice, Tricolor and Fakes
What makes a CS2 Marble Fade a Fire and Ice, why the Tricolor is the normal case, how the Max ranking is read, and why a seed does not transfer between knives.
CS2 Fade Percentage Explained: How Fade Patterns Are Ranked
How the CS2 fade percentage works, why the scale runs from 80 to 100 percent, which skins have a Fade finish, and why gloves are ranked in tiers instead of measured.