CS2's Operation Armory is out, Notes and More

Valve has released its first operation for Counter-Strike 2, named Armory, and it includes tons of new items, weapon skins, and also, for the first time in the history of Counter-Strike charms. Charms will be available for everyone.

CS2 Operation Armory Patch Notes

THE ARMORY

Featuring more than 100 new items: three new weapon collections, a new Weapons Case, stickers, and introducing the all-new Weapon Charms.

Activate a pass and start earning credits, which can be redeemed for a wide range of items. There’s no wrong way to play—you’ll make progress toward your next credit whenever you earn XP.

Stack up to five passes at once and make progress on all of them at the same time.

Introducing

CHARMS

Sure, you’ve got stickers and nametags and hundreds of weapon finishes, but do you have something that dangles? You do now! “I bet I can only put it in one place,” you say. Well you’re dead wrong! You can put them anywhere you want. (As long as where you want to put them is on your gun.)

Missing Link Charms

Have you ever looked at your weapon and thought, “This sure is deadly, but I wish it had a tiny sausage person hanging off of it?” Don’t answer that. Just keep scrolling, because as long as you dream about sausages, your dreams have come true.

Small Arms Charms

If tiny sausage men aren’t your thing, can we interest you in 3% more gun on your gun? “Is the gun made of sausage?” you ask. Technically, yes! Each Small Arm Charm is made out of 100% recycled CS:GO weapons. It’s like a keepsake of guns past.

WEAPON COLLECTIONS

Overpass Collection

Inspired by its iconic graffiti, the Overpass Collection includes 16 weapon finishes from the Monster to the Biergarten.

Graphic Collection

Featuring 16 weapon finishes exploring techniques from traditional print media. Full of bright hues and patterns, the Graphic Collection makes a colorful impression.

Sport and Field Collection

At home on the range, the Sport and Field collection showcases 16 weapon finishes ready for any competition.

The Gallery Case

Featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes exploring a wide range of art styles.

ELEMENTAL & CRAFT STRICKERS

Experience two all-new sticker collections that encourage you to mix, match, and craft your own art on your favorite weapon.

Scrape Preview

Trying to create the perfect look with a precisely scraped sticker? You can now preview scraping before applying stickers to your weapon, giving you complete control over the final product.

Limited Edition Item

Forged in fire, each Heat Treated Desert Eagle is unique in its wear and pattern. Available for a limited time in the Armory.

FAQ

Q. How do I get an Armory Pass?

A. Armory Passes are available for purchase by accounts with Prime Status in-game and on the web.

Q. How do I get Armory items?

A. Items in the Armory are acquired exclusively with Armory Credits.

Q. How do I earn Armory Credits?

A. Whenever you earn XP you also make progress on your Armory Pass, which in turn will earn you Armory Credits.

Q. When I am getting boosted or reduced XP, is my Armory Pass progress also getting boosted or reduced?

A. No. Armory Pass progress is constant. You will always make the same amount of Armory Pass progress for the same amount of play.

Q. How many credits can I earn with a single Armory Pass?

A. Each pass includes 40 credits. The first credit is earned immediately, and the remaining 39 can be earned through playtime.

Q. How many Armory Passes can I have active at once?

A. You can activate up to five Armory Passes at one time.

Q. Can I trade or market Armory Passes or Armory Credits?

A. No. Armory Passes and Armory Credits cannot be traded or sold on the Steam Community market.

Q. Can I buy Armory Credits?

A. No. The only way to earn Armory Credits is by earning XP with an active Armory Pass.

Release Notes

THE ARMORY

The Armory is now available in the store

Features 3 new weapon collections, 2 charm collections, 2 sticker collections, the Gallery Case, and the Heat Treated Desert Eagle

Purchase and activate an Armory Pass to start earning Armory Credits

Make progress toward credits whenever you earn XP with an active Armory Pass

Redeem credits for items in the Armory

CHARMS

Introducing Charms: dynamic items you can apply to your favorite weapons. Currently available exclusively in the Armory

Drag and drop Charms to precisely place them on the weapon of your choice. A weapon can have one charm attached at a time

Use a Charm Detachment to detach the Charm from a weapon. The Charm will return to your inventory and can be reused

Redeeming a Charm from the Armory grants three complimentary Charm Detachments. Additional Charm Detachments are available for purchase

INVENTORY & ITEMS

All items acquired from the in-game store (including the Armory), Trade Offers, and Steam Community Market are now subject to a 7 day re-trade and re-market restriction

All stickers, patches, and charms available on Steam Community Market, in the Armory, or on friends’ Steam Inventory web pages can now be previewed on your own inventory items

Removed ability to delete weapon cases from your inventory

Added sticker scrape level selector when applying new stickers to weapons

Added precise sticker wear level selector when scraping existing stickers on inventory weapons. Any applied stickers can only increase their sticker scrape level

Added a way to immediately remove existing stickers from inventory weapons in addition to sticker scraping

Added nametag module preview on the actual items when applying nametags

Fixed several cases where applying nametags or stickers would unequip the weapon from your loadout

Customizing a base weapon that’s currently equipped will now auto-equip the newly customized version

ANIMATION

Improved character posing when on large slopes

Made feet pin and unpin differently for all use cases to help remove aggressively leaned characters (AKA the MJ lean)

Pin/unpin IK logic now not affected by poor server ping times

Feet IK now repositions to idle pose if the feet have pinned at a largely different pose to that authored

Re-authored run, walk, and crouch content to fix wide/scissor leg posing when traversing

Changed ladder animations and behavior so characters heads are much more representative of where the player camera is, including characters now display crouch correctly when on ladders

Removed popping when crouching or uncrouching while jumped and reduced leaning on jump animations

Fixed character’s pose popping when falling off a ledge

Fix for many cases where character’s posing would subtly pop when traversing with slow moving weapons

GAMEPLAY

Flashbangs and HE grenades no longer prematurely detonate when they exceed their ‘stuck bounce’ limit

GRAPHICS

Added a Display selection dropdown for non-windowed Fullscreen mode to the Video settings screen

Fixed graphics artifacts for fire effect in the Advanced Video tab

AUDIO

Fixed a bug where UI sounds wouldn’t position correctly when in-game

Fixed an issue where step sounds would play for the local player but fail to broadcast to other players and vice-versa

Fixed an issue where ragdoll water splash sounds would erroneously play on alive players

Fixed a case where voice chat didn’t work on community servers

Fixed a case where incoming voice chats would sometimes never close

NETWORKING

Added telemetry option to display graphs of network jitter and misdelivery

Changed how packet misdelivery is measured. Previously, if packets arrived out of order, this could be counted as misdelivery even if it was corrected and did not impact gameplay. Also, jitter was not considered, even though excessive jitter can disrupt smooth gameplay. The new measurement method will only count reordered packets as misdelivered if they impact gameplay. Furthermore, if network jitter exceeds a threshold where gameplay is affected, the packets are counted as misdelivered even if they are not dropped and arrive in order

WORKSHOP