This year Valve has been gracing CS2 players with one update after another, with many of them bringing in some significant changes to the game. While the infamous knife crafting update is definitely hard to top, yesterday CS2 devs graced us with yet another sticker update, granting us some brand new features for weapon skin modification.

Want to know what's in the newest CS2 update? We've got you covered! Here's what you need to know to get up to speed about November 12 CS2 update.

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Key takeaways:

  • The November 12 update is focused on the upcoming Budapest Major CS2 tournament, bringing the Budapest Major viewer pass to the game.
  • The update also introduced a new Budapest Major Sticker collection, as well as a brand new Sticker type, embroidered.
  • The newest CS2 tool, Sticker Slab, allows you to turn any CS2 sticker from your inventory into a charm.
  • The November 12 update also introduced a number of quality-of-life upgrades.

What was added to CS2 in the November 12 update?

The November 12 CS2 update focuses on the upcoming Budapest Major CS2 tournaments, introducing the in-game eSports features and merch. The latest version of CS2 highlights are:

  1. the Budapest Major viewer pass
  2. a completely new CS2 sticker collection, together with autographed variants
  3. a brand new sticker type
  4. a brand new tool, the Sticker Slab, allowing you to create your own CS2 charms
  5. various quality of life updates

Let's now take an in-depth look at all of the new features added in the November 12 CS2 update:

Budapest Major Viewer Pass

CS2 includes a number of integrated eSports features in the game, allowing players to participate more actively in the tournaments. Players can not only watch the matches in high quality in-game, but also make bets on the match outcomes, and even earn rare souvenir packages, which contain StatTrak skins.

The latest CS2 update added the Starladder Budapest Major 2025 viewer pass to the game. Although the tournament itself starts on 24th of November, players can already purchase the viewer pass to get their coins and potentially start betting. The standard Budapest Major 2025 viewer pass costs $10, while the premium version costs $18, and comes with three souvenir packages included.

Budapest Major CS2 Stickers

CS2 tournament stickers are some of the most expensive stickers in the game, and like the previous tournament patches, the November 12 CS2 update brought in a brand new sticker collection, representing the teams that will be taking part in the Budapest Major 2025. There are three team-logo capsules and three autograph capsules, each corresponding to the stage a team or player qualifies for.

Each sticker capsule includes a sticker in one of the following four type:

  • paper
  • holo
  • gold
  • embroided

Embroided Stickers

The November 12 CS2 update added a brand new type of CS2 stickers, which can now be opened from sticker capsules. As their name implies, embroidered skins in CS2 look like they've been woven onto your weapon , creating a completely new visual effect, never seen previously in the game.

Although not as visually impressive as the Austin Major glowing stickers, they're still a curious addition to the game, and although we don't know their final market prices yet, keep in mind that embroidered stickers are currently only available in the Budapest Major 2025 sticker capsules.

CS2 Sticker Slab

Perhaps one of the biggest gamechangers in the November 12 CS2 update is the introduction of a brand new CS2 tool, known as the Sticker Slab. This simple feature allows you to craft brand new CS2 charms by simply placing any of the stickers from your inventory into a plastic slab, which can be attached to your weapon. You can also rip the slab open at any time, losing the charm and getting your sticker in return.

Sticker Slabs are straightforward and easy to use. To enclose your CS2 stickers in a slab:

  1. Open your CS2 inventory
  2. Find the sticker you want to turn into a weapon charm
  3. Right-click and select “Seal in Sticker Slab”

Any sticker can be turned into a charm, but each Sticker Slab costs $0.50 to make and is always discarded upon opening. While not entirely free, Sticker Slabs allow you to test out your expensive CS2 stickers in-game, without risking their tradability.

Quality of life updates

Like with every CS2 patch before, the game devs took their chance at fixing a number of issues and adding some optimizations for smoother gameplay:

Gameplay

  • Increased the maximum effective sv_maxvelocity to 16,384 units per second. The default value of 3500 is unchanged.
  • Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump button presses.
  • Fixed a case where clients would mispredict jump apexes.

Maps

  • Fixed skybox on Inferno that was blocking grenades.

Miscelaneus

  • Increased default bullet decal rendering distance.
  • Glove models and animations in the UI/inventory now use Animgraph2, matching first-person in-game gloves.
  • Enabled the pulsing light on the C4 view model.
  • Updated the color scheme of Counter-Strike items in Steam Community Market and Web Inventory to match item quality colors.
  • Performance improvements.

In Conclusion

As you can see, the latest version of Counter-Strike 2 brought in some serious changes for any sticker collectors in CS2. If you've been sitting on an extensive CS2 sticker collection, you can now try out your items in-game, thanks to the sticker slab feature!

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FAQ

What did the November 12 CS2 update add?

It introduced the Budapest Major viewer pass, new stickers, embroidered sticker types, the Sticker Slab tool, and several quality-of-life fixes.

What are the Budapest Major CS2 stickers?

They’re six new sticker capsules—three team and three autograph—featuring paper, holo, gold, and the new embroidered variants.

What is the Sticker Slab?

It’s a tool that turns any sticker into a weapon charm for $0.50, and you can reopen it anytime to get the sticker back.