Cosmetic Item

Cosmetic Items customize visual elements within Dota 2. These modifications are purely graphical and do not affect mechanics or gameplay. Some items are exclusive to the Dota Plus premium service. Items released before Dota Plus are called legacy items.

Sources

Cosmetic items can be obtained from:

• The Dota 2 Store
• The Steam Market
  • Most cosmetic items are tradeable on the Market
• The Shard store
• Opening Treasures
• Drops after playing MMR games
• Participating in certain events
• Promotional codes that come with certain physical merchandise.

Categories

Loadout

Equipment	Couriers	Wards	Taunts	Pets/Summoned Units

World

Terrains	Weather Effects	Custom Creeps	Custom Towers	Effigy
Emblems	Custom Roshan	Custom Tormentor

Interface

HUD Skins	Loading Screens	Versus Screens	Cursor Packs	Multikill Banners
Emoticons	Map Effects	Head Effects	Courier Effects	Kill Effects
Kill Streak Effects	Death Effects	Teleport Effects	Blink Effects

Audio

Announcers	Music

Consumables

Treasures	Bundles	Gems	Gem Tools	Charms
River Vials	Gifts	Action Items	Miscellaneous Tools

Event Items

Diretide 2012	Diretide 2013	Diretide 2020	Frostivus 2012	Frostivus 2013	Frostivus 2023
Frostivus 2018	Frostivus 2019	New Bloom 2014	New Bloom 2015	New Bloom 2019
New Bloom 2020	The International 2013	The International 2014	The International 2015	The International 2016
The International 2017	The International 2018	The International 2019	The International 2020	The International 2022
Shanghai Major 2016 (Winter)	Boston Major 2016 (Fall)	Kiev Major 2017 (Winter)	Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015	Frankfurt Major 2015 (Fall)

Tournament Items

Pennants	Tickets	League Bundles

Others

Pins	Custom Game Passes

Rarity

Main Article: Rarity

All cosmetic items are categorized into Rarity tiers. Rarer items are less likely to drop, and tend to come with more customizations.

Quality

Main Article: Quality

All cosmetic items have a Quality. Some qualities, such as Heroic or Genuine are related to the circumstances by which the item was acquired, while others, such as Inscribed, allows the item to track certain statistics. Qualities are related to, and can be altered by, Gems. Most items are Normal quality by default.

Workshop

Main Article: Workshop

Valve accepts submissions of community-created cosmetic items through the Steam Workshop. The majority of existing cosmetic items have been made by the community.

See also

• Store banners
• Brand Items

System In-game Patches Versions Cosmetic Items (Rarity · Quality · Cosmetic Modifiers) Item drop system (Drop List) Crafting (Crafting List) Deleting (Recycling) Gems Presents Trophies Battle Pass Fantasy Dota Music Events Matchmaking Game modes (Custom Games) Medals (MMR) Priority Stats Lobby Training New Player Objectives Coaching Bots All-Hero Challenge Weekend Battle Cup User Interface Head-up display Controls Minimap Game settings Hotkeys Chat Wheel Emoticons Armory Loadout Steam Trading Gifting Community Market Trading Cards Guides Launch Options Workshop Dota 2 Workshop Tools Social Guild Team Party Friend Recruiting Report Commend Ban Conduct Summary Client Low Violence Source Engine Spectating Replay Casting Console (List of commands) Cheats Modding Dota 2 Reborn Other Dota Plus (Challenges · Shards · Relics) Leaderboards Qualifying Points Dota 2 Store System requirements