Covert trade-ups
Notable updateFive Covert skins could suddenly be traded up into a knife or gloves.
21 October 2025 · 14 changes
Maps 5 Competitive 3 Gameplay 2 Audio & Visual 2 Interface 1 Platform 1
GAMEPLAY
Gameplay- Adding Retakes as official game mode supporting Defusal Group Alpha and Defusal Group Delta maps on official matchmaking servers.
- Fixed Molotov and Smoke interaction logic in cases when multiple smokes are active in the map.
MAPS
Maps- Updated Golden to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)
- Updated Palacio to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)
- Updated Rooftop to the latest version from Steam Community Workshop (Update Notes)
- Inferno: Adjustments to top of Quad and under Balcony to improve visibility.
- Inferno: Various optimizations.
CONTRACTS
Competitive- Extended functionality of the "Trade Up Contract" to allow exchanging 5 items of Covert quality as follows:
- 5 StatTrak™ Covert items can be exchanged for one StatTrak™ Knife from a collection of one of the items provided
- 5 regular Covert items can be exchanged for one regular Knife item or one regular Gloves item from a collection of one of the items provided
MISC
Interface- Performance optimizations when the game is in the main menu and item inspect UI
MISC
Audio & Visual- Fixed inventory item icons sometimes rendering in blurry state or not rendering
- Fixed several server-only sound events to not start multiple times
MISC
Platform- Stability improvements
Source
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