Cosmetic Item

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Loadout[edit]

Equipment Couriers Wards Taunts Pets/Summoned Units

World[edit]

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

Interface[edit]

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 Showcase Decorations

Audio[edit]

Announcers Music

Consumables[edit]

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

Event Items[edit]

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[edit]

Pennants Tickets League Bundles

Others[edit]

Pins Custom Game Passes

Rarity[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]