Collections are a selection of CS:GO skins produced by Valve. A total of 32 collections have been released with the most recent being the Ancient Collection, Control Collection and Havoc Collection which were released in 2020 as part of Operation Broken Fang.
Operation-exclusive Collections – Operation Broken Fang
Operation-exclusive Collections are available only to CS:GO players who have purchased and activated an Operation Broken Fang Pass. The three exclusive collections introduced as part of Operation Broken Fang are the Ancient, Control and Havoc collections.
A random skin from these collections can be purchased from the Operation Broken Fang store within the CS:GO game client using 4 stars.
Skins from these collections will cease to be available from the Operation Broken Fang store on 15 May 2021.
The Ancient Collection is rumoured to return in a Souvenir Package in the future with the recent addition of Ancient to the Active Duty Map pool.
03 December 2020
03 December 2020
03 December 2020
In earlier CS:GO operations these collections would drop skins through the weekly drop scheme only to those players who have the current CS:GO operation pass.
The Cache, Chop Shop, Cobblestone, Gods and Monsters, Overpass and Rising Sun collections were exclusive to operation pass-holders during Operation Bloodhound, Wildfire and Hydra. For Operation Shattered Web three new collections were introduced: Canals, Norse and St. Marc.
Active Collections
Active Collections drop skins through the weekly drop scheme. The weekly drop scheme resets every Wednesday and will randomly award a player with a skin from one of the active collections or a random graffiti.
During an operation the skins from these collections drop to players who do not own the operation pass.
01 September 2018
01 September 2018
1 May 2014
27 November 2013
27 November 2013
27 November 2013
27 November 2013
27 November 2013
In-active Collections
In-active Collections are not available through the weekly drop scheme. The skins from these collections can only be acquired through opening souvenir packages or gift packages, or through trading and the Steam Community Market.
14 August 2013
14 August 2013
1 July 2014
8 August 2014
18 November 2019
26 May 2015
1 July 2014
14 August 2013
26 May 2015
14 August 2013
14 August 2013
27 November 2013
18 November 2019
14 August 2013
14 August 2013
1 July 2014
26 May 2015
18 November 2019
14 August 2013
Retired Collections
Retired Collections do not drop at all making it impossible to acquire any of the skins from these collections except through trading or the Steam Community Market.
The Blacksite Collection was only available during the first few weeks of the launch of the Dangerzone game-mode.
19 September 2013
06 December 2018
Total distribution of weapon grades across all collections
130Consumer
118Industrial
96Mil-spec
59Restricted
23Classified
9Covert
Collection Drop Probability
| Rarity | Probability |
|---|---|
| Consumer | 79.92% |
| Industrial | 15.98% |
| Mil-spec | 3.2% |
| Restricted | 0.64% |
| Classified | 0.128% |
| Covert | 0.0256% |
Release Date
There is no pattern in the release date for skin collections. For the past two years Valve has released three new collections for both Operation Shattered Web and Operation Broken Fang. The last collections to be released and made available to all CS:GO players is the 2018 Inferno and 2018 Nuke collections.
| Year | Collections | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | None released yet | 0 |
| 2020 | Ancient, Control, Havoc | 3 |
| 2019 | Canals, Norse, St. Marc | 3 |
| 2018 | 2018 Inferno, 2018 Nuke, Blacksite | 3 |
| 2017 | None released | 0 |
| 2016 | None released | 0 |
| 2015 | Chop Shop, Gods and Monsters, Rising Sun | 3 |
| 2014 | Bank, Baggage, Cobblestone, Overpass, Cache | 5 |
| 2013 | Assault, Aztec, Dust, Dust 2, Inferno, Italy, Lake, Militia, Mirage, Nuke, Office, Safehouse, Train, Vertigo | 14 |