Covert skins now trade up into knives and gloves
· Item changes
Buy cheap eligible Covert skins before trade-up math fully reprices them. Avoid chasing knives and gloves that now have a new supply route.
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Cheap regular Covert skins with knife or glove outcomes
This is a direct new sink. Five regular Coverts now convert into one knife or glove from an input collection, so the cheapest eligible Coverts should reprice first.
The play
Target the lowest-priced eligible Coverts, not collector premiums. Enter only if listings lag the new trade-up EV. Take profit into the first liquidity spike.
- Horizon
- Next 48 hours
- Risk
- Medium
Cheap StatTrak Covert skins with knife outcomes
StatTrak Coverts gained a new use: converting into StatTrak knives. Thin ST supply can move harder than regular Coverts.
The play
Size smaller because spreads will widen. Prioritize liquid ST Coverts with clean sales history. Do not chase after vertical repricing.
- Horizon
- Next 48 hours
- Risk
- High
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SELL
Low-tier knives and gloves from eligible collections
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HOLD
Premium knives and gloves
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AVOID
Overpriced Covert skins after the first spike
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What Valve changed
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“Extended functionality of the "Trade Up Contract" to allow exchanging 5 items of Covert quality as follows:”
Covert skins gained a new sink and valuation floor.
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“5 StatTrak™ Covert items can be exchanged for one StatTrak™ Knife from a collection of one of the items provided”
StatTrak Covert skins can now create StatTrak knives.
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“5 regular Covert items can be exchanged for one regular Knife item or one regular Gloves item from a collection of one of the items provided”
Regular Covert skins can now create regular knives or gloves.
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“Adding Retakes as official game mode supporting Defusal Group Alpha and Defusal Group Delta maps on official matchmaking servers.”
Gameplay only. No direct item supply change.
Valve's original patch notes
- Adding Retakes as official game mode supporting Defusal Group Alpha and Defusal Group Delta maps on official matchmaking servers.
- Fixed Molotov and Smoke interaction logic in cases when multiple smokes are active in the map.
- Updated Golden to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)
- Updated Palacio to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)
- Updated Rooftop to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)
- InfernoAdjustments to top of Quad and under Balcony to improve visibility.
- Various optimizations.
- Extended functionality of the "Trade Up Contract" to allow exchanging 5 items of Covert quality as follows:5 StatTrak™ Covert items can be exchanged for one StatTrak™ Knife from a collection of one of the items provided5 regular Covert items can be exchanged for one regular Knife item or one regular Gloves item from a collection of one of the items provided
- Performance optimizations when the game is in the main menu and item inspect UIFixed inventory item icons sometimes rendering in blurry state or not renderingFixed several server-only sound events to not start multiple timesStability improvements
Written by AI from Valve's patch notes and told to be critical. Information, not financial advice: skin prices can fall as fast as they rise.