| Non-Prime players no longer receive weapon cases, skins or graffiti drops | In Chronological Order These weapon cases have been ordered by release date with the most recent at the top |
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| Non-Prime Drops Non-Prime weapon case drops were only available to players who did not have Prime Status on their CS:GO account | Don't forget to confirm the trade in steam : If you don't want to take the skin, upgrade it! Rare Cases Rare weapon cases often incorrectly referred to as 'discontinued' are available to prime players |
Prime Status can be obtained by purchasing the from the Steam store.
| Opening Cases Opening a CS:GO Weapon Case requires the case-specific key to be purchased from within the CS:GO game client | Any weapon case can be marked as rare |
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| Operation Bravo The was available to all players with or without the operation pass for the duration of Operation Bravo 19 September 2013 - 5 February 2014 , but players who had activated the operation pass had a significantly higher chance of receiving a Bravo case drop | CS:GO Operation Weapon Cases Operation Weapon Cases are initially only available to operation pass holders throughout the duration of the operation |
Consequently, the oldest case in the non-prime pool was then moved to the rare drop pool often incorrectly referred to as 'discontinued'.
| For example, the CS:GO Weapon Case is marked as a rare drop and as such has a very low drop rate | |
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| If another player picks up someone elses StatTrak weapon the counter will begin flashing between "ERROR" and "UNKNOWN USER" | The exceptions to this rule is souvenir packages, gift packages and the X-Ray P250 Package |
However, the recent trend has been three weapon cases released each year.