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Whether you're a collector or just a CS2 player, skins are fascinating.

Between good investment, rarity, prestige, pleasure and money laundering... They never cease to turn heads.

In this article, you'll find the top 10 most expensive CS2 inventories of 2024 and the strategies used by these whales to grow their wealth or profit from it in-game.

It is important to note, however, that it is sometimes difficult to estimate the collections of some of these wealthy owners:

• Due to the rarity of certain items, which can only be purchased at auction (history, illustrious owners, rare paterns, very low float, stikers, etc.).
• But also the storage of the collection on several accounts (or even on private accounts). For reasons of confidentiality, security or simply... Lack of space.

So, between investors, oil tycoons, money launderers, Chinese collectors and fallen oligarchs; here are the most expensive CS2 inventories of 2024.

1. 阿乐 - $1,598,488.04

This Chinese player owns four Karambit | Case Hardened with excellent patterns and a solid collection of rare riffles such as M4A4 | Asimov and AWP | Dragon Lore to name but the most expensive.

2. Senpai Chckeeey - $1,262,665.98

This account has gone private, but it stored astronomical quantities of high-value containers/crates and stickers.

Probably a Chinese investment account.

3. 黑猫-AFK - $1,093,786.02

This player has a collection of fade knives (of all types) as well as a collection of high-value Major's Holo stikers.

Note that in recent months, he seems to be reducing his number of stickers to store value more in the form of knives.

4. 至臻胖花花 - $855,506.72

This player has a lot of fun with his 34 knives and 14 AWP! He also owns numerous operators and gloves.

A serte inventory well above the budget of most players, but one that seems focused on his enjoyment of the game above all else.

5. Path - $833,088.13

Another inventory dedicated to investment, with a collection of numerous esports stickers.

6. Jakeem - $829,515.13

A classic investment account, since this player is diversified in 3 types of items with high long-term returns: 126 stickers, 64 lootboxes and 18 snipers.

His inventory seems to have been built up solely by CS2 grind; without any contribution from his personal fortune. Very impressive.

7. Nico 宝贝 - $777,242.04

This is probably the inventory with the fewest items on this list. But the rarity of these items is insane. We're talking no less than 3 Dragon Lore Souvenirs, 6 of the rarest knives ever released and other equally legendary Riffles.

8. Elsa needs AIM - $732,828.88

Investment account, with only one knife but many lootboxes and lootboxes with esport stickers.

Clearly an investment account.

9. dog goes woof - $715,954.68

This account is all about quantity, with everything and anything.

It has 58 knives, even if they are on average much less expensive than some of those seen previously.

Rather than having the most impressive inventory, the player probably enjoys using his in-game collection.

10. quY - $652,018.43

Like the previous player, this one built his inventory with skins he liked. He owns no less than 503 knives!

Conclusion

As you can see, this ranking is dominated by Chinese and investment accounts.

This is probably linked to the very advanced development of skins buying/selling and trading platforms in Asia, and the Chinese taste for collecting. It may also be a way for wealthy Chinese to have an atypical investment with a foot outside their own country.

Special mention should be made of the various investment accounts that use CS2 as an investment. Some of them even seem to account for the majority of their holders' wealth. The most common strategy among these whales: buying holo stickers or esport containers from 2013 - 2014.

Would you like to increase the value of your inventory? But you don't know how?

You've come to the right place!

In this article, you'll find the techniques used by leading collectors to increase the price of their Counter-Strike inventories.

Foreword

It's entirely possible to build up an impressive inventory without EVER putting a penny in your pocket. Long-term storage of crates/skins and the regular sale and exchange of free in-game items can get you started.

Time will often have the greatest impact on the value of your inventory. The older your skins are, the fewer of them will be in circulation (destruction of old crates after opening + ghost accounts) and the higher the price (game growth + rarity).

Above all, it's regularity, learning the market and discipline that will make you successful.

Trading

This is the best-known method: youtube videos of motivated people starting from $0.03 to get to a knife are not lacking.

The aim is to swap skins with other players, trying to get more sought-after and/or more expensive items.

To find exchange partners, you can contact :

• Steam communities
• Trading forums
• Well-known collectors
• Specialized exchange sites (automatic or via adverts)

The big problem with swapping is finding people who are prepared to make a transaction in which they will "lose out" (at least in the short term). So you have to try to trade items at times when they're undervalued, or have enough items to attract the little ones who specifically want a skin.

Many wealthy collectors are willing to trade their skins on purely mathematical grounds (e.g.: if someone offers me 10% more than the price of my items, I automatically accept). Try to do what they do. Even if it means having an inventory worth a certain amount of money, this method can be very effective.

Buying sought-after skins

The price of the most sought-after skins naturally tends to rise over time.

So you need to buy the skins that are popular and available in the game at the time!

For example, in 2016, the Vulcan AK47 could be found for around $20-30; today, it's impossible to find one for less than $300.

An even more profitable variant of this technique involves stocking containers and stickers specific to certain events (if possible, stickers that will go down in gaming legend: major winner, iconic moment, etc.).

As some countries can't buy crates on the market, crates can also be good investments, as they can be used for future exchanges, but also contain potentially old and therefore expensive skins (the price of crates thus correlates with the value of the rarest items they contain).

So stock up on your favorite items!

Tip: the AK47 Empress

Exchange contracts

This is an arbitration method. The weapon exchange contract is used to end up with an item that is more expensive than the input items.

The function calculates the probability of the output item based on the inputs to the exchange contract.

Rules to know when making an exchange contract:

• Obtain an object with a rarity greater than those supplied.
• The more items in a collection, the greater the chance of getting an item from the collection (e.g.: if 30% of the Nuke collection, then there's a 30% chance of getting a higher-quality item from the Nuke collection).

Probability calculators allow you to calculate your chances of obtaining more expensive items and to detect possible arbitrages.

Note that the price of inferior items tends to correlate with superior items when they are very rare. For example: it's possible to get a dragon lore with trade contracts, but the price of the 10 M4A1-S Knights needed for the trade is equivalent to the price of an AWP dragon lore. In this case, the exchange has already been arbitrated.

Buying/reselling

Buy Low, Sell High

Register on several exchange platforms and detect market anomalies, enabling you to buy low in one place and sell high elsewhere.

In particular, you can visit our partner's website

Pro tip: if you have access to Chinese platforms, these are the cheapest and easiest to find bargains on.

Buy Low Float and resell

This technique involves going to the various marketplaces and looking for skins with low floats while still being deprecated. Items can then be resold or exchanged with people looking for low float items.

The price of skins is impacted differently by floats: it's a method where only connoisseurs perform well. So you've got to learn!

Rent your skins

Finally, there are rental services for your skins. Players wishing to use a skin will rent it to collectors.

Renters place a deposit corresponding to the price of the item, and pay for the time they wish to rent it.

The expected return on skin rental is ~3%/month if the skins are rented full-time. This figure may vary depending on the community's interest in the skin in question.

The main provider of this type of service is Lootbear.

In theory, renting out skins allows you to keep your skins while earning a return on them. A bit like investing in shares or real estate.

However, it's important to bear in mind the risks involved in renting. An unscrupulous tenant may well keep the skin if the float or stikers suit him. So don't rent out items for which you have a sentimental attachment, or which are poorly priced by the rental company!

Conclusion

There are many ways to increase your inventory. Above all, it's a question of time, knowledge, hard work and regularity.

It's also possible to use CS2 inventory as an investment that, if done correctly, can yield very good returns.

It's up to you!