CS2‘s Season 5 update has brought with it a brand new Armory drop featuring two brand new collections. Alongside the espionage-oriented Spy Tech collection, the Arabesque collection brings 17 intricately designed skins featuring heavy use of golden textures and royal designs.
Here is everything you need to know about the Arabesque collection in CS2.
Related—CS2 Season 5 update patch notes: Cache added to Premier, C4 damage reworked, new Armory collection
How to get Arabesque collection skins in CS2
Arabesque collection skins aren’t acquired through a classic case opening. Instead, they drop through the Armory with each drop costing 4 Stars and rewarding you with one of the seventeen skins randomly. Stars are earned by leveling up your account while you have an Armory Pass active. For maximizing your stars earnings, you can have up to five Armory Passes active at once.
Since skin drops are randomized, getting a particular skin can take a while, especially for the rarer Covert (Red) skins. But if you already know what skin you want, buying it directly from the Steam Community Market or a trusted third-party marketplace is often faster and cheaper. Just make sure to hold off on your purchase till the prices settle down on the market.
The Arabesque Collection CS2: 17 Golden skins
Following the lineage of themed collections like the Norse collection from Operation Shattered Web, the Arabesque collection skins are tightly themed around use of Valve’s updated Gold and Indigo textures for skin design. Each skin uses gold in a variety of designs, with the premium offerings using intricately carved panels lined with colorful paints and gems.
Covert Skins
- AK-47 | Consequences of the Jinn
- AWP | Sovering Flame
Classified Skins
- Desert Eagle | Eastern Enigma
- M4A4 | Falak
Restricted Skins
- P250 | Lotus Imprint
- AUG | Lapis Lazuli
- Glock-18 | Ifrit Lattice
Mil-Spec Skins
- MAC-10 | Arabesque Mosaic
- Tec-9 | Sultan
- Sawed-Off | Lunar Wyrm
- FAMAS | Snake Song
Industrial Grade Skins
- Dual berettas | Mystic Conjunction
- SCAR-20 | Sirocco Script
- Five-SeveN | Desert Seal
- MP9 | Dune Asp
- PP-Bizon | Traitor
- Nova | Morning Sun
Standout picks from the Arabesque collection
While the Covert rifles will be the top picks for most, the M4A4 | Falak looks particularly beautiful with the red and gold design. Similarly, the gold and gem combos on the P250, AUG, and Tec-9 all look brilliant when inspected in the game. The Tec-9 | Sultan in particular will be a popular budget option from the collection with vivid blue and green finishes across the pattern.
Best Gloves to pair with Arabesque collection skins in CS2
From the latest Glove drops in the Dead Hand Terminal collection, the Driver Gloves | Brocade Crane stand out combining a Gold print with a deep red base which should go well particularly with the AK and the AWP of the Arabesque collection.
If you’re looking for more yellow-gold coverage, then the Sports Gloves | Occult also shine, with a beautiful design featuring snakes, pyramids, and Illuminati eyes. Finally, if you prefer your gloves to be fingerless, the Broken Fang Gloves | Yellow-banded, and Bloodhound Gloves | Snakebite, are both solid options.
All in all, the 17-skins form a solid cohesive look, bringing a touch of regality to players’ inventories in Season 5 of CS2.
