Cosmetic Item

Info

Cosmetic Items customize visual elements within Dota 2. These modifications are purely graphical and do not affect mechanics Mechanics are the inner workings of Dota 2. The following is a list of mechanics topics. Click on each topic to view how they are calculated, where they originate, as well as their complex interactions or gameplay.

Sources

Cosmetic items can be obtained from:

• The Dota 2 Store The Dota 2 Store “ Play Thank you, thank you for your business. Click to listen— The Shopkeeper ” The Dota 2 Store is a micropayment service that allows players to purchase in-game cosmetic items such as
• The Steam Market The Steam Community Market is a real money auction service used to buy and sell items related to Steam and Steam games, including Dota 2. All sales and purchases are completed using the Steam Wallet.
  • Most cosmetic items are tradeable on the Market
• Opening Treasures   Treasures   Changelogs     Treasures are purchasable boxes that contain cosmetic items. They are obtained through the Dota 2 Store, charms, or the item drop system. Each treasure can be opened once to
• Drops after playing MMR games
• Participating in certain events In-game Events are held annually, and for one-time promotional purposes. Events often come with special game modes, as well as limited trophies, cosmetic items and more. Contents 1 Annual Events 1.1 Diretide 1.2 Frostivus 1.3
• Promotional codes that come with certain physical merchandise

Videos

Loadout

Equipment Equipment are cosmetic items that modify heroes clothing, appearances, or summoned units. Equipment comes with two properties: Rarity and Quality. Rarer equipment tend to come with extra customizations, such as particle effects, model animations, and	Couriers Custom Couriers are cosmetic items that can be equipped in the Courier slot of the loadout screen. Upon being equipped, any purchased couriers will be replaced by the Custom Courier. This change is purely cosmetic.	Wards “ Play I ll keep an eye out. Click to listen— Lich ” Custom wards are equipment items that replace the appearance of a player s Observer Wards and Sentry Wards. Each custom ward has two separate skins for	HUD Skins HUD Skins are items that modify the appearance of the in-game heads-up display, or HUD. Like Announcers, they can be shared with team-mates through the Shared Content panel. Aspect Ratio edit] HUD skins have slightly	Loading Screens Loading Screens are cosmetic items that change the appearance of the artwork displayed when loading into a match. The default loading screen will still be used when launching Dota 2. Contents 1 Aspect Ratio 2
Announcers For the default announcer, see Announcer responses. Announcer items are cosmetic items replace the voice responses of the default announcer. They can equipped in the loadout window. Like HUD Skins, Announcers can be shared with	Taunts This page is about cosmetic items. For the in-game mechanic, see Taunt. Taunts are cosmetic items that causes the hero to perform an in-game animation. Certain in-game events can trigger some equipped taunts to autoplay.	Pets/Summoned Units This page is about cosmetic pets. For units summoned by hero abilities, see Summons. Summoned Units or Pets are small companions that follow heroes around the map. They are purely cosmetic and have no effect	Emoticons Emoticons are animated icons that may be sent through in-game or dashboard chat channels. A maximum of four emoticons can be displayed per line. Standard edit] Chat code Preview Origin :blush: Compendium Emoticon Pack :cheeky:	Weather Effects Weather Effects are cosmetic items that can be equipped to change the weather of the Dota 2 map. This change will only be visible to the player that equips the item. General Information edit] Weather
Music Music in Dota 2 consists of multiple soundscape tracks, as well as a variety of stingers that are triggered by in-game events. Some tracks are layered on top of other ones, and may contain long	Effigy Effigies modify the appearance of superficial buildings in the player s base. They have different textures for the Radiant and Dire bases. A message is displayed whenever an effigy is destroyed in-game. Creation edit] Right click	Cursor Packs The Warcog Cursor Pack Cursor Packs are cosmetic items that change the appearance of the mouse cursor in Dota 2. v • d • e Cursor PacksRare Emerald Sea Cursor Pack Steam Chopper Cursor Pack The Summit 3 Cursor Pack Tine of	Teleport Effects Teleport Effects alter the particle effect of Town Portal Scroll and Boots of Travel. It does not affect other forms of teleportation granted by hero abilities. Most teleport effects have been incorporated into tournaments and	Blink Effects Blink Effects alter the particle effect of Blink Dagger. It does not affect blinks granted by hero abilities, such as Anti-Mage s Blink. Most blink effects have been incorporated into tournaments and events as limited-time bonuses
Terrain Items Terrain items modify the in-game map s graphical landscape, including textures, trees, critters, minimaps, and more. It does not alter the map layout in any way. The appearance of the middle river can be altered with	Multikill Banners Multikill Banners customize the appearance of kill and kill streak announcements. They are only visible to their owner. Customizes edit] First Blood Double Kill Triple Kill Ultra Kill Rampage v • d • e Multikill BannersMythical Battle Glory Kill	Relics For the in-game item, see Sacred Relic. Relics are special promotional items that grant a custom effect to all the player s heroes. v • d • e RelicsLegendary Sunken Relic NewPP limit report Cached time: 20170622222656 Cache expiry: 86400	Action Items Action Items can be activated while playing or spectating games to produce certain effects. v • d • e Action ItemsGifts Shopkeeper s Surprise Legendary Largesse Breathtaking BenefactionFrostivus 2012 Kindler s Kit Fistful of Snowballs Pile of CoalOther Assured Victory Shout

Consumables

Treasures   Treasures   Changelogs     Treasures are purchasable boxes that contain cosmetic items. They are obtained through the Dota 2 Store, charms, or the item drop system. Each treasure can be opened once to	Bundles Bundles are packages of items that can be bought at the Dota 2 Store. Buying a bundle of items is cheaper than it would be to buy each item separately from the store but you	Gems "Gem" redirects here. For the item, see Gem of True Sight. An item with an Ethereal Gem, Prismatic Gem, Inscribed Gem, and an empty socket. Gems are items that can be placed into sockets to	Gem Tools	Charms Charms are items that allow players to predict wins, and obtain rewards. They are not tradeable or marketable. Unlike Action Items, Charms do not need to be equipped. List edit] v • d • e CharmsRare Charm of the
River Vials   Main   Unreleased Vials   Changelogs     River vials are cosmetic items that alter the appearance of the in-game river. Navigate to a vial s page to see screenshot previews. Contents 1 Information 1.1	Gifts A Gift is a tool that is used in various purposes such as rewarding, compensating or surprising a friend with a cosmetic item. The most common case is the gift wrapping that is available as	Miscellaneous Tools Tools are miscellaneous items that perform a variety of functions. Contents 1 Battle Point Boosters 2 Gem Tools 3 Charms 4 Gifts 5 General Tools Battle Point Boosters edit] See more: Battle Point Booster Gem

Tournament Items

Pennants Pennants have been ignored since The International 2 ended and were replaced by the Favorite Team featureSpecial attraction in The International 2017 Battle Pass. Team Pennants Pennant Rarity: Mythical Buy Now on Market Show your support	Tickets Tickets are items that can be used to watch live or recently played games from a tournament. Item Description Availability 2013 National Electronic Sports Tournament The National Electronic Sports Tournament (NEST) is hosted by the	League Bundles

Event Items

Others

Pins Pins are commemorative items that are meant for display in the Steam showcase. v • d • e PinsFantasy Season 1 Fantasy Season 1 Bronze Trophy Fantasy Season 1 Gold Trophy Fantasy Season 1 Silver TrophyThe International 2014 Classic Pin: Bristleback Classic	Custom Game Passes Custom Game Passes are temporary items that grant access to premium content for certain Custom Games. They are not tradeable or deletable, and will expire 30 days after activation. In general, more popular games will

Rarity

All cosmetic items are categorized into Rarity Not to be confused with an item s Quality. Rarity is a property of cosmetic items. It is represented in-game by the item s color theme. Rarity is a purely cosmetic property, and has no effect on tiers. Rarer items are less likely to drop “ Play Just what I always wanted! Click to listen— Meepo ” The item drop system is a feature that allows players to obtain cosmetic items for free through playing the game. Drops cannot be sold on , and tend to come with more customizations Play “Many hands make light work.” This article or section contains incomplete or outdated information. Please help the community by updating it. You can help improve this article by updating the content as necessary. See the .

Quality

See more: Quality Not to be confused with an item s Rarity. Quality is a property of cosmetic items. It is represented in-game by the item s prefix and name color. Quality is a purely cosmetic property, and has no

All cosmetic items have a Quality Not to be confused with an item s Rarity. Quality is a property of cosmetic items. It is represented in-game by the item s prefix and name color. Quality is a purely cosmetic property, and has no . Some qualities, such as Heroic A Heroic item received from spectating NADotA Elite League Heroic items are commemorative items that dropped during a Tournament for spectators watching in-game or on Twitch.tv with a linked Steam account. General Information edit] Heroic or Genuine Genuine items are given out with certain promotions, often awarded alongside the purchase of real-world Dota 2 merchandise. The hexadecimal color code for Genuine items is #4D7455. Genuine quality items are available for a limited are related to the circumstances by which the item was acquired, while others, such as Inscribed Inscribed Gem Gem / Rune Rarity: Rare Buy Now on Market Adding this gem to an item will enable that item to track stats. Created By Released14 Nov 2013 OriginCosmetic items, Treasures Inscribed Gems give , allows the item to track certain statistics. Qualities are related to, and can be altered by, Gems "Gem" redirects here. For the item, see Gem of True Sight. An item with an Ethereal Gem, Prismatic Gem, Inscribed Gem, and an empty socket. Gems are items that can be placed into sockets to . Most items are Normal Not to be confused with an item s Rarity. Quality is a property of cosmetic items. It is represented in-game by the item s prefix and name color. Quality is a purely cosmetic property, and has no quality by default.

Workshop

See more: Workshop Play “They call me Tiny.” This article is a stub. As such, it is not complete. You can help Dota 2 Wiki by expanding it. The Steam Workshop is a way for players to submit user-generated

Valve accepts submissions of community-created cosmetic items through the Steam Workshop Play “They call me Tiny.” This article is a stub. As such, it is not complete. You can help Dota 2 Wiki by expanding it. The Steam Workshop is a way for players to submit user-generated . The majority of existing cosmetic items have been made by the community.