Vanguard Collection
Vanguard Collection skins, prices and market overview
The Vanguard Collection is a 14-skin weapon collection released on . Its skins come from the Operation Vanguard Weapon Case, which also holds 60 knives as rare special items. Its skins, knives included, are worth $130.2 million, led by the ★ Karambit | Fade, the ★ Karambit | Slaughter and the ★ M9 Bayonet | Fade. Prices across the collection are down 3.4% over 30 days. Market value uses the lowest asks on BUFF, Youpin, CSFloat and Steam as of .
- Type
- Weapon collection
- Skins
- 14 (+60 knives)
- Released
- November 11, 2014
- Market value
- $130.2M
- 7-day change
- -1.4%
- 30-day change
- -3.4%
What is in the collection
Its skins run from Mil-Spec Grade to Covert. The knives in its rare pool are the Bayonet, Flip Knife, Gut Knife, Karambit and M9 Bayonet. The CS2 price API returns every skin price in The Vanguard Collection on each marketplace in one request.
| Skin | Rarity | Price |
|---|---|---|
| AK-47 | Wasteland Rebel | Covert | $71 to $194 |
| P2000 | Fire Elemental | Covert | $71 to $87 |
| XM1014 | Tranquility | Classified | $7.80 to $72 |
| P250 | Cartel | Classified | $8.14 to $30 |
| SCAR-20 | Cardiac | Classified | $8.33 to $22 |
| M4A4 | Griffin | Restricted | $2.52 to $69 |
| M4A1-S | Basilisk | Restricted | $6.63 to $42 |
| Glock-18 | Grinder | Restricted | $2.05 to $7.65 |
| Sawed-Off | Highwayman | Restricted | $1.09 to $4.09 |
| MAG-7 | Firestarter | Mil-Spec Grade | $0.55 to $7.04 |
| UMP-45 | Delusion | Mil-Spec Grade | $0.60 to $5.62 |
| Five-SeveN | Urban Hazard | Mil-Spec Grade | $2.09 to $4.75 |
| MP9 | Dart | Mil-Spec Grade | $0.51 to $2.83 |
| G3SG1 | Murky | Mil-Spec Grade | $0.50 to $1.46 |
| Rarity | Skins |
|---|---|
| Covert | 2 |
| Classified | 3 |
| Restricted | 4 |
| Mil-Spec Grade | 5 |
Most valuable skins
By number of sales, the most traded are the M4A1-S | Basilisk, the M4A4 | Griffin and the Five-SeveN | Urban Hazard. Sales of its skins came to $1.9 million over the past 7 days.
| Skin | Price | Market value |
|---|---|---|
| ★ Karambit | Fade | $1,540 to $1,600 | $10.1M |
| ★ Karambit | Slaughter | $789 to $1,006 | $5.5M |
| ★ M9 Bayonet | Fade | $795 to $851 | $5.1M |
| ★ Karambit | $904 | $4.9M |
| ★ Karambit | Case Hardened | $590 to $820 | $4.4M |
| AK-47 | Wasteland Rebel | $71 to $194 | $4.4M |
| ★ Karambit | Blue Steel | $615 to $731 | $4.2M |
| ★ M9 Bayonet | Slaughter | $590 to $745 | $4.1M |
| P2000 | Fire Elemental | $71 to $87 | $3.9M |
| ★ Karambit | Crimson Web | $503 to $1,193 | $3.7M |
Release and availability
New copies come from opening the Operation Vanguard Weapon Case.
How the collection index works
The Vanguard Collection index follows the prices of the collection's skins and its knives on BUFF, Youpin, CSFloat and Steam, weighting each item in its basket by price. It caps any one item at between 2.5% and 7.5% of the Vanguard Collection basket, depending on how many items it holds, and rebuilds that basket every Monday. At 1,021.4 points on , it is 2.1% above its January 2024 start of 1000. That reading covers 162 of the 299 wear and StatTrak versions in its basket.
What is The Vanguard Collection?
A weapon collection with skins for the AK-47, P2000, XM1014, P250, SCAR-20, M4A4, M4A1-S, Glock-18, Sawed-Off, MAG-7, UMP-45, Five-SeveN, MP9 and G3SG1.
How many skins are in The Vanguard Collection?
14 skins: 2 Covert, 3 Classified, 4 Restricted and 5 Mil-Spec Grade. Each wear and StatTrak version of a skin counts as the same skin.
How do you get skins from The Vanguard Collection?
By opening the Operation Vanguard Weapon Case.
What is the most expensive skin in The Vanguard Collection?
The AK-47 | Wasteland Rebel, at up to $194 for its dearest copy.
How has The Vanguard Collection performed?
Down 3.4% over 30 days on the collection index. Over 7 days the biggest move among its most valuable skins was the ★ Karambit | Fade (Factory New), down 7.2%.