Cosmetic Item

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

Cosmetic items can be obtained from:

• The Dota 2 Store (closed in 31st July 2023)
• 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

Loadout

Equipment	Couriers	Wards	Taunts	Pets

World

Terrain	Weather Effects	Custom Creeps	Custom Towers	Custom Ancients
Effigy	Effigy Pet	Emblems	Custom Roshan	Custom Tormentor

Interface

HUD Skins	Loading Screens	Versus Screens	Cursor Packs	Multikill Banners
Emoticons	Map Effects	Head Effects	Courier Effects	Kill Streak Effects
Death Effects	Teleport Effects	Blink Effects	Showcase Decorations	Kill Effects

Audio

Announcers	Music

Consumables

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

Event Items

Diretide 2012	Diretide 2013	Diretide 2020	Frostivus 2012	Frostivus 2013
Frostivus 2018	Frostivus 2019	Frostivus 2023	Frostivus 2024	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 2021	The International 2022	The International 2023	The International 2024
The International 2025	Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015	Frankfurt Major 2015 (Fall)	Shanghai Major 2016 (Winter)	Boston Major 2016 (Fall)
Kiev Major 2017 (Winter)	Aghanim's Labyrinth 2021	Nemestice 2021	10-Year Anniversary	Dota 2 X Monster Hunter

Tournament Items

Pennants	Tickets	League Bundles

Others

Pins	Custom Game Passes

Rarity

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

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

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

• Store banners
• Brand Items