In Counter-Strike 2, players are rewarded each week for leveling up with a free Weekly Care Package. You’ll earn free cosmetic drops, from skins to cases and graffiti, through the Weekly Care Package system, which replaces the end-of-match rewards in CS:GO. It’s CS2’s way of giving regular players a steady stream of loot, as a reward for either joining Prime or having owned CS:GO (Now CS2) when it was a paid game.
In this guide, we’ll break down exactly how the Weekly Care Package works, what you can get inside, when it resets, and how to make sure you’re always getting the best possible value from your weekly rewards.
Contents
- 1 Quick Overview – CS2 Weekly Care Package at a Glance
- 2 What is the Weekly Care Package and How Does it Work?
- 3 How to Level Up and Unlock Your Weekly Care Package
- 4 What’s Inside the Weekly Care Package
- 5 Can You Earn More Than One Weekly Drop in CS2?
- 6 Prime Drops Explained – What Prime Players Get in CS2 (2025)
- 7 Rare CS2 Cases and Legacy Drops – What’s Still Possible in 2025
- 8 CS2 Weapon Drop Rarity Explained – Updated Odds for 2025
- 9 CS2 Weekly Care Package Reset Time
- 10 Final Thoughts – Maximize Your Weekly CS2 Rewards
Quick Overview – CS2 Weekly Care Package at a Glance
- One Weekly Care Package per account every week
- Unlocks after one level-up
- Prime Status is required to earn drops
- Active Drop Pool: Kilowatt, Revolution, Recoil, Dreams & Nightmares, Fracture
- Resets every Tuesday at 8 PM CT (02:00 UTC Wednesday)
What is the Weekly Care Package and How Does it Work?
With the release of Counter-Strike 2, Valve made huge changes to the old reward system from CS:GO. Instead of the chance of a random skin or case drop at the end of a match, you will now get a guaranteed Weekly Care Package instead.
How to Level Up and Unlock Your Weekly Care Package
These Weekly Care Packages are awarded instead once you level up. Each level-up can be earned from playing certain game modes and completing challenges. Modes such as Competitive, Premier, Casual, Deathmatch, and Wingman earn the most. Once you reach that threshold, the care package will appear on your main menu with four randomized rewards, and you’ll get to pick two of them.
Pro tip: If you end a week at 99/100% XP, earning 1% XP the following week will earn you the Care Package.
What’s Inside the Weekly Care Package
Every Weekly Care Package includes a fixed layout:
- First slot: Always a weapon case from the active drop pool
- Remaining slots: Random weapon skins or graffiti items
You will get just one care package each week, so choose wisely. Rewards not claimed before the weekly reset will be lost.
Can You Earn More Than One Weekly Drop in CS2?
No, you can’t. As of mid-2023 and continuing through 2025, you can receive only one case drop per week through the Weekly Care Package.
This system replaced the old multi-drop system from CS:GO, meaning you can’t grind multiple cases in the same week, regardless of how much XP you earn after claiming the package.
Prime Drops Explained – What Prime Players Get in CS2 (2025)
Weekly Care Packages are tied to Prime Status, meaning only Prime players can receive them. Prime Status can be obtained by purchasing the Prime Status Upgrade on Steam.
Prime players receive drops from the Active Drop Pool, which currently includes the following weapon cases:
- Sealed Genesis Terminal
- Kilowatt Case
- Revolution Case
- Recoil Case
- Dreams & Nightmares Case
- Fracture Case
The Sealed Genesis Terminal is the newest addition to CS2’s active drop rotation, featuring popular skins like the M4A4 | Full Throttle and AWP | Ice Coaled.
Rare CS2 Cases and Legacy Drops – What’s Still Possible in 2025
While the vast majority of cases come from the active pool, there’s a very small chance (around 1%) that you’ll receive a rare or discontinued case instead.
Rare cases are legacy items from previous operations or collections that are no longer in active circulation, making them much more valuable. Some players only see one rare case per year.
Examples of rare cases include:
- High-value cases: CS:GO Weapon Case, Bravo Case, Winter Offensive Weapon Case
- Moderate-value cases: Danger Zone Case, Prisma Case, CS20 Case
If you see one of these appear in your Weekly Care Package, it’s always worth claiming — even older cases can sell for significant amounts on the Steam Market.
CS2 Weapon Drop Rarity Explained – Updated Odds for 2025
The rarity of weapon drops in CS2 still follows the classic color-coded structure but has been slightly rebalanced since 2024.
Recent community data shows that Industrial-grade and Mil-Spec items now drop more often, while Consumer-grade items are somewhat less common.
| Rarity Tier | Color | Approx. Chance (2025) | Notes |
| Consumer Grade | White | ~65% | Most common; basic skins |
| Industrial Grade | Light Blue | ~25% | More frequent than before |
| Mil-Spec | Blue | ~8% | Solid mid-tier trade-up base |
| Restricted+ | Purple | ~2% | Rare; valuable mid-to-high tier |
| Classified / Covert | Pink / Red | ~0.6 – 0.02% | Extremely rare; high-value drops |
These odds apply to the non-case skin slots in your Weekly Care Package and are community-estimated based on market data and drop-tracking reports — Valve has not published official rates.
CS2 Weekly Care Package Reset Time
The CS2 Weekly Care Package resets every Tuesday at 8 PM CT (02:00 UTC Wednesday). After that point, you can progress towards your next Weekly Care Package once again.
You can claim the Weekly Care Package at any point in the week, though doing so early means you won’t forget it.
Final Thoughts – Maximize Your Weekly CS2 Rewards
The CS2 drop system emphasises consistent play over sheer luck. By earning XP weekly, players unlock a Weekly Care Package with cases, skins, or graffiti, with a small chance of receiving a rare, valuable case.
If you have Prime Status and play frequently, you’ll continuously earn items each week at no cost. Make sure to claim your package before the reset to ensure you don’t miss out on your free CS2 rewards.
