Gloves CS2 Skins
Gloves are the rarest cosmetic category in CS2. They drop only as Extraordinary-rarity special items from a small set of cases, and since the October 2025 trade-up update they can also be crafted from five same-collection Covert skins. Like knives, gloves are purely cosmetic — they change what your hands look like in first person and nothing else. New glove finishes are added only occasionally: the most recent came with the Revolution Case in January 2023, following the Snakebite (2021) and Recoil (2022) cases.
Sport Gloves
BothSport Gloves are the undisputed kings of the glove market — snug athletic gloves whose colourways (Pandora's Box, Vice, Hedge Maze) are among the most expensive cosmetics in all of CS2. In glove terms, they are what the Karambit is to knives.
Specialist Gloves
BothSpecialist Gloves are the operator's pick — full-fingered tactical gloves whose knuckle-plated silhouette carries the market's second-most-coveted colourways, led by the legendary Crimson Kimono and the clean Fade and Foundation designs.
Driver Gloves
BothDriver Gloves bring old-money energy to a shooter: knuckle-holed leather driving gloves whose King Snake and Imperial Plaid colourways are perennial top-tier flexes. They are the dress shoes of the glove market — subtle at a glance, unmistakable to those who know.
Hand Wraps
BothHand Wraps are the bare-knuckle option: boxing-style cloth wraps that leave most of the hand exposed, giving loadouts a scrappy, fight-club character no other glove model offers. Cobalt Skulls and Slaughter are the colourways that made them famous.
Moto Gloves
BothMoto Gloves are armored motorcycle gauntlets with hard knuckle protection — the aggressive-looking mid-weight of the glove category, carried to fame by the mint-green Spearmint and the prisoner-of-war styled POW colourways.
Hydra Gloves
BothHydra Gloves are the rarities of the glove world: introduced with 2017's Operation Hydra and dropping from a far smaller case pool than the original glove models, they are seen less often in the wild than gloves costing many times more.
Broken Fang Gloves
BothBroken Fang Gloves are sleek fingerless tacticals from December 2020's Operation Broken Fang, headlined by the black-and-white Jade colourway and the understated Yellow-banded designs.
Bloodhound Gloves
BothBloodhound Gloves are part of the original glove generation from the 2016 Glove Case — rugged fingerless tacticals with exposed stitching and hardware, best known for the ornate Charmed and the blacked-out Eclipse colourways.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do you get gloves in CS2?
- Gloves drop as Extraordinary special items from specific cases (in place of a knife), can be bought on the Steam Community Market or third-party marketplaces, or — since October 2025 — crafted via trade-up contract from five Covert skins in an eligible collection.
- Do gloves affect gameplay in CS2?
- No. Gloves are purely visual — they change your first-person hand model and nothing about movement, accuracy, or damage. They pair with your equipped knife and agent for the full first-person look.
- Why does wear matter more on gloves?
- Glove textures show wear across the entire visible surface of your hands, which fill more of your screen than any weapon. The jump from Minimal Wear to Field-Tested is often far more noticeable on gloves than on a weapon skin, which is why lower-float pairs carry a bigger price premium.
- When were new gloves last added to CS2?
- The most recent case to add glove finishes was the Revolution Case in January 2023. Gloves appear in only a handful of cases — the Glove Case (2016), Operation Hydra and Clutch (2017), Operation Broken Fang (2020), Snakebite (2021), Recoil (2022) and Revolution (2023).