Item quality

“

Hmmm, have a gander at this little beauty. Click to listen — The Sniper on the quality of his gear

”

All items have an assigned quality. Quality determines the color of the item's displayed name and influences its perceived trade value.

An item may only have one assigned quality at a time, which cannot be altered except through certain circumstances by Valve.

The names of the various qualities are defined in the game files.

Quality colors

Color	Name	Example
#B2B2B2	Normal	Scattergun
#FFD700	Unique	Degreaser
#476291	Vintage	Natascha
#4D7455	Genuine	Sun-on-a-Stick
#CF6A32	Strange	Shotgun
#8650AC	Unusual	Napper's Respite
#38F3AB	Haunted	Wrap Battler
#AA0000	Collector's	Original
#FAFAFA	Decorated	Rocket Launcher
#70B04A	Community	Wrench
	Self-Made	Dalokohs Bar
#A50F79	Valve	Rocket Launcher

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Vintage quality.
• [Undocumented] Added Unusual quality.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Genuine quality.

August 18, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added string for potential new item quality called "Completed".

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

September 2, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Strange quality color from RGB [205, 155, 29] (#CD9B1D) to RGB [207, 106, 50] (#CF6A32).
• [Undocumented] Updated the Rarity3 quality color from RGB [207, 106, 50] (#CF6A32) to RGB [112, 85, 15] (#70550F).

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added Haunted quality.

Unused content

• Two unused item qualities exist named Rarity2 and Rarity3. Their hexidecimal colors are #8D834B and #70550F respectively.

See also

• Item quality distribution
• Item levels
• Item drop system