CS2 Field Manual

Skin rarity, decoded

Every CS2 skin carries a rarity grade — a colour that tells you how scarce it is and, usually, how it sits on the market. Here's the full ladder, from common blues to the legendary golds, so you always know exactly what you're looking at.

The rarity ladder

From consumer grade to exceedingly rare.

Consumer

Consumer Grade

The most common skins in the game. Plentiful, affordable and a clean way to freshen up a weapon without spending much.
Most commonWhite / grey tier
Industrial

Industrial Grade

A small step up in scarcity. Still budget-friendly, with a touch more colour and presence than consumer skins.
Very commonLight blue tier
Mil-Spec

Mil-Spec Grade

The classic blue. Mil-Spec is where many iconic, affordable favourites live — the backbone of most inventories.
CommonBlue tier
Restricted

Restricted

Purple-tier skins. Noticeably rarer and flashier, these are the upgrades players reach for when they want to stand out.
UncommonPurple tier
Classified

Classified

Pink-tier. High-impact designs that command attention and price. A clear signal of a serious loadout.
RarePink tier
Covert

Covert

The red tier — the rarest standard skins you can pull. Covert finishes are the showpieces of CS2, both visually and in value.
Very rareRed tier
Contraband

Contraband

A category of one: the M4A4 | Howl, pulled from cases after a copyright dispute. No longer dropped — pure collector territory.
DiscontinuedGold tier
★ Exceedingly Rare

Knives & Gloves

The gold star. Knives and gloves sit outside the normal ladder as the ultimate rare pulls — the crown jewels of any inventory.
The dream pullGold ★ tier
Beyond the colour

Three things that change everything.

Souvenir

Tournament gold

Dropped during official Majors and stamped with stickers from the match. Cosmetically identical skins can be worth a fortune as Souvenirs.

StatTrak™

Counts your kills

A live kill-counter built into the skin. Coveted by collectors and competitors, StatTrak versions usually carry a premium over the standard finish.

Float & pattern

Two of a kind, never identical

Wear (float) and pattern seed make every skin unique — even within the same rarity. See our float & wear guide.

Reality check

Rarity is not the same as value.

A red Covert can be cheaper than a blue Mil-Spec if the Mil-Spec has a rare pattern, a pristine float, or a StatTrak counter. Rarity tells you how scarce a drop is — the market decides what people will actually pay. At BulletSkin, every price tracks the live market, so you always pay what a skin is really worth.

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