New Spy Tech and Arabesque Collections Released

Newly released items, Limited-time items

The introduction of new weapon collections alongside the removal of older ones shifts supply dynamics for specific skin tiers. This rotation impacts market liquidity for both the newly added and recently vaulted item sets.

PREMIER

Premier Season Five has begun
Added Cache to the Active Duty Map Pool
Removed Overpass from the Active Duty Map Pool

GAMEPLAY

Re-designed effective range and extent of C4 explosion damage on all official defusal-mode maps.
- Damage is now applied according to precomputed simulation values, baked into the compiled map.
- Explosion shockwave damage now rapidly expands from the center of the explosion instead of being applied instantly.
Fixed case where picking up dropped weapons through the Buy Menu would fail to complete.

ARMORY

Added two new weapon collections based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement: Spy Tech + Arabesque
Added two new sticker collections based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement: Fruits & Vegetables + Auto Racing
Train 2025 and Sport & Field weapon collections are no longer available in the Armory
Sugarface 2 and Elemental Craft sticker collections are no longer available in the Armory

WORKSHOP

Updated "Custom Paint Job Extended"
- Added option to include a dedicated overlay mask texture
- Added option to set unique overlay UV randomization separate from albedo UV randomization

MISC

Reduced the performance cost of showing the scoreboard.
Fixed a case where material blending effects would disappear when you got too close (e.g. the dirt on the barrels in Inferno Banana).
Increased sticker rotation precision to allow half-degree increments on application screen.

MAP SCRIPTING

Added Instance.QueueAfterThinks
Added Instance.OnWeaponDrop
Added CSWeaponBase.GetOriginalOwner
Fixed a crash when the name passed to Instance.RegisterCheatCommand collided with an existing command.
Added file name and line number to errors caught during the CompileModule step of script loading.
Removed support for deprecated vts assets.

ENGINE

Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2

MAPS

Removed community maps: Warden, Stronghold, Alpine, and Sanctum from all game modes
Added community maps Boulder, Fachwerk, and Shelter to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes
Added community maps Debris and El Dorado to Wingman mode

Cache

Various clipping adjustments

Dust II

Fixed pixel gap Outside Tunnel
Clipping adjustment Outside Tunnel

Inferno

Clipping fix to prevent pixel boost at Top of Mid

New Armory Weapon and Sticker Collections Released