The best covert skins for knife and glove trade-ups
Now with the new Counter-Strike 2 Knife and Glove trade-ups, a lot of players ask what Covert (Red) skins they should even use to trade up. You only need 5 Covert to trade-up to ONE Gold (meaning EITHER a Knife or Gloves). This means that the input for the trade-up is halved from the original 10 skins that are required on other trade-ups.
With only 5 skins, you get a really high chance to hit the golds from the collection you actually want to hit.
In this article, we will tell you more about what red skins are sought after, which red skins are seen as the “Best” Covert skins to trade-up to a Knife/Glove in CS2, and the best way how to craft knives with a very cool tool!
A lot of Cases in Counter-Strike share the same Knives or Knive finishes. The first 11 CS2 Weapon cases all had the same Knives! While there is a potential chance for a Karambit Blue gem, the odds are very much stacked against you! Another important thing to point out is, that every Case that has a certain type of Knife in it, also features its Vanilla (unpainted) variant. Vanilla knives are in a special state now, as there are many potential trade-ups.
Best collections?
Breakout Collection and Butterfly knives
The P90 | Asiimov (Factory New) jumped from 30€ all the way up to 140€, as people are hunting the elusive and expensive Butterfly Knife | Fade! While the other covert in the Breakout Collection, the M4A1-S | Cyrex has been on the more expensive side for a while, but nobody could have predicted that the P90 | Asiimov would ever challenge it in price!
Do keep in mind though, instead of the elusive Butterfly fade, you could also get something like a Butterfly Knife | Scorched (Battle-Scarred), and actually LOSE money on the trade-up! Be very careful and wary of the price. Especially now, with the prices in general not being very clear and still moving.
EsportFire Skin Database Glove Collection
The Glove Case was also a more expensive case, as its price was around 10€ per case. Now with the Coverts being bought up, we can expect a lot more old gloves from the first-ever Counter-Strike glove case to be hitting the market within a week.
Dreams and Nightmares
Counter-Strike Players are huge fans of the Butterfly knife, and a lot of them seem to be hunting the Butterfly Knife Emerald from the Dreams and Nightmare collection. This explains the huge price increase this covert has seen.
Trade up tool
According to Rick, “Since launch, CS2Locker has become a daily resource for inventory optimisation. Engagement is climbing! (...) CS2Locker helps players plan, simulate, and build better inventories in less time.”
Trade up tool
Now with the trade-ups working differently, a tool like this is very important to see what you can get, and the percentages of items you can get. Here is an example from the Trade-Up Calculator from CS2 Locker. If you would scroll down, you would see the Golds (Knives) from the Dreams and Nightmare case collection.
CS2 Locker Conclusion
