Valve released the CS2 Dead Hand update on March 11, 2026, adding 17 community-designed skins and 22 new gloves, the first new glove finishes since Operation Broken Fang in 2020.
The Dead Hand Collection is CS2’s second Sealed Terminal release, following the Genesis Collection. The collection’s name references the Cold War-era nuclear fail-safe system that triggered automatically without human input. That theme runs through the skins: dark, high-stakes aesthetics combined with Japanese imagery, gold detailing, and mechanical precision.
What is the Dead Hand Terminal?
The Dead Hand Terminal works differently from traditional CS2 cases. When you open a terminal, you’re shown a random item from the collection along with its price, before you decide whether to take it. You can decline the offer and get a new one, up to five times per terminal.
The terminal requires no key. You can receive it as a weekly drop by playing official game modes with Prime status, or buy it directly on the Steam Community Market or third-party marketplaces.
All 17 skins are available in StatTrak™ versions. Gloves do not have StatTrak™.
All 17 new skins
Covert
- AWP | Queen’s Gambit — The collection’s flagship skin. Chess and royalty theme.
- Glock-18 | Fully Tuned — Bright, anime-inspired design.
Classified
- AK-47 | Crane Flight — Japanese crane theme.
- P250 | Kintsugi — Japanese gold repair art where cracks are highlighted in gold. Clean and recognizable design.
- P90 | Deathgaze — Futuristic, high-energy design.
Restricted
- M4A1-S | Electrum — Emerald green marbled surface resembling polished jade or malachite.
- Desert Eagle | Firebreathing — Fire-themed design in red and black.
- MP7 | Amberline — Amber color palette with geometric lines.
- Galil AR | Galigator — Street art-inspired design that breaks from the rest of the collection’s darker tone.
- MP9 | Urban Sovereign — Urban, dark, and tactical look.
Mil-Spec
- USP-S | Silent Shot — Sharp, technical design that emphasizes the weapon’s role as a silent eliminator.
- M4A4 | Zubastick — Aggressive street art aesthetic with tooth or bone-like elements.
- PP-Bizon | RMX — Retro-futuristic design.
- Five-SeveN | Dark Polymer — Semi-transparent purple and pink gradient with the weapon’s internals visible through the body.
- UMP-45 | Fragment — Red geometric lines on a dark grey surface. Industrial and clean.
- Sawed-Off | Fusion — Dark body with a gold wave pattern on the stock. Elegant contrast.
- M249 | Bock Blocks — Pink and purple geometric design.
22 new gloves
Dead Hand brings the first new glove finishes to CS2 since 2020, after a gap of over five years. The 22 new finishes designed by Valve cover three glove types: Sport Gloves, Specialist Gloves, and Driver Gloves. Gloves are only available through the Dead Hand Terminal and have no StatTrak™ version.
How to get Dead Hand skins
The terminal is available as a weekly drop, it can appear in your weekly Care Package when you play official game modes with Prime status. Alternatively, the terminal can be bought on the Steam Community Market or third-party marketplaces.
