Counter-Strike 2 Update
Valve published "Counter-Strike 2 Update" on 12 November 2025 in Community Announcements. The PatinaAI market index's median read 29.62 points in the seven days after against 30.56 before, −3.1 %. A typical week moves under 0.1 % either way on the same measure. A read is a comparison with a date, not a cause.
[ MAJOR ]
The StarLadder Budapest Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more.
Purchase a Budapest 2025 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Budapest 2025 Coin. With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick'Em Challenge. Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.
[ STORE ]
Added new "Sticker Slab" item, a charm that seals any sticker and can be attached to weapons. The sealed sticker can be returned to your inventory at any time by cracking open and discarding the slab.
Newly purchased Name Tag and StatTrak™ Swap Tool items can no longer be traded or listed on Community Market.
[ GAMEPLAY ]
Increased the maximum effective sv_maxvelocity to 16,384 units per second. The default value of 3500 is unchanged.
Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump button presses.
Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump apexes.
[ MAPS ]
Fixed skybox on Inferno that was blocking grenades.
[ MISC ]
Increased default bullet decal rendering distance.
Glove models and animations in the UI/inventory now use Animgraph2, matching first-person in-game gloves.
Enabled the pulsing light on the C4 view model.
Updated the color scheme of Counter-Strike items in Steam Community Market and Web Inventory to match item quality colors.
Performance improvements.
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No read: the venues' daily prices do not cover the days around this post.
The PatinaAI market index's median over the seven days after the post was 29.62 points against 30.56 over the seven days before: −3.1 %. A typical week moves under 0.1 % either way on the same measure, the drift this read has to beat. The post's own day is left out. A comparison with a date, not causation.
How to read the number
The read compares the market index's median over the seven UTC days after the post with the seven days before it, the post's own day left out, and needs at least three published days on each side. The same measure taken on every day of the series is the drift a typical week shows; a read inside that drift is the market doing what it was doing. Neither is proof the post moved anything. The composite is on the market report, every basket under the indexes, and every update is on one list.