CS2 Glossary
Trading and settings terms used on Dust2pedia pages. Each entry is its own URL so search can land on the definition, not a wall of jargon.
StatTrak™
A skin variant that counts confirmed kills on a display.
Souvenir
Major tournament drops with team/player stickers baked in.
Float
A 0–1 wear value assigned when the item is created.
Trade-up contract
Ten skins of one rarity become one skin of the next rarity.
Trade lock
A 7-day (typical) delay after buying from the Steam Market.
Pattern index
The seed that paints Case Hardened, Doppler, Fade, etc.
eDPI
DPI × in-game sensitivity — comparable mouse speed.
Expected value (EV)
Probability-weighted average outcome of a case or trade-up.
Buff vs Steam price
CNY P2P floor versus Steam Market after 15% fees.
Overpay
Extra money for float, pattern, stickers or nametag.
Nametag
Custom name on an item. Rarely adds market value.
Sticker craft
Applying 1–5 stickers; value is not the sum of sticker list prices.