Counter-Strike 2 Update
CS2 update · Community Announcements ·
Valve published "Counter-Strike 2 Update" on 5 November 2026 in Community Announcements. In the 3 days after it, prices across four venues moved −0.2 %, +0.9 % beyond the trend of the week before. A read is a comparison with a date, not a cause.
What this update did to prices
to , day 3 of 7. It updates every day until the seventh.
In the 3 days after this post, CS2 prices across Buff, Skinport, CSFloat and Market.CSGO moved −0.2 %.
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Take off the trend the week before was already running, and the move is +0.9 %. The biggest move beyond its own trend: weapon skins, at +1.7 %. A comparison with a date, not proof the post caused it.
| Picture | Name | Moved | Trend predicted | Beyond trend | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole market−0.2 % | −0.2 % | −1.1 % | +0.9 % | all | |
| Knives−0.3 % | −0.3 % | −1.0 % | +0.7 % | 8507 | |
| Gloves−0.4 % | −0.4 % | −1.4 % | +1.0 % | 1357 | |
| Cases−0.6 % | −0.6 % | −1.1 % | +0.5 % | 81 | |
| Stickers−0.4 % | −0.4 % | −1.4 % | +1.0 % | 14353 | |
| Souvenirs−0.3 % | −0.3 % | −0.8 % | +0.6 % | 5390 | |
| Weapon skins+0.3 % | +0.3 % | −1.4 % | +1.7 % | 18283 |
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Across Buff, Skinport, CSFloat and Market.CSGO, the market moved −0.2 % in the 3 days after the post. The week before the post was running at a pace that predicted −1.1 %, so the post's own share is +0.9 %. An ordinary week reaches ±1.00% on the same measure, so this reads flat, so far (day 3 of 7). 43% of the skins that moved went up. A comparison with a date, not proof the post caused it.
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The index has no read for this window: it needs at least three published days on each side of the post, between 2026-10-29 and 2026-11-12, and the composite has fewer. A post from the last week reads once the days publish.
The item types and weapons the post names, in the order it names them. A word match, not a reading of the post.
[ GAMEPLAY ]
Bomb defusal in Retakes mode will now instantly finish when there is sufficient time remaining in the round and no active utility remains to prevent the defuse.
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Reduced freeze time and round restart delay in Retakes mode.
Pinging pet chickens during freeze time will request a trick from them.
Pet chicken names are no longer displayed when customized item text game option is set to hidden.
[ MAP SCRIPTING ]
Instance. Precache now accepts entities to precache
Added new top level export Entities
Added Entities. Spawn
Added Instance. OnBotControl
Added CSPlayerController. IsControllingBot
Added CSPlayerController. GetControlledBotPawn
Added CSPlayerPawn. Reset
Moved Instance. ConnectOutput to Entities and changed it to accept a config object
Moved Instance. DisconnectOutput to Entities
Renamed Instance. EntFireAtName to Entities. FireInput
Renamed Instance. FindEntitiesByName to Entities. FindByName
Renamed Instance. FindEntitiesByClass to Entities. FindByClass
Renamed Instance. EntFireAtTarget to Entity. FireInput
Moved and renamed methods are still available in their original location, deprecated
Deprecated Instance. FindEntityByName and FindEntityByClass
Calling a method on an invalid (removed) Entity now reports that the Entity is invalid
ConnectOutput now logs a warning when the target has no output with that name
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How these reads work
How to read the number
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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.
How the move is measured
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Each venue's daily asks, the last snapshot before the post against the latest one: per venue the trimmed mean change over every name priced on both days, then the mean over the venues. The trend is the same slice's move over the week before the post, scaled to the same number of days. Names counts a name once per venue. A slice with fewer than 20 names on a venue skips that venue.