The Alpha Collection
A collection of 16 items, traded on the open market. Every tier is trade-up eligible.
Item facts
What's inside
16 itemsEvery item in The Alpha Collection by rarity, priced across markets. Collections have no odds: any item can be bought outright or crafted via trade-up from the tier below.
Trade-up ladder: this collection only
10 items of one rarity from this collection guarantee an output from the next tier up. Costs use the cheapest wear of the cheapest input; output value is the tier average.
| Input | Cost | Possible outputs | Avg output | EV?Expected value of one trade-up: the tier-average output minus the cost of 10 inputs. Wear carries over from your inputs, and collection ladders are rarely profitable at open asks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10× Consumer Grade | $32.50 | 5× Industrial Grade | $5.14 avg | -84% |
| 10× Industrial Grade | $30.20 | 3× Mil-Spec | $17.46 avg | -42% |
| 10× Mil-Spec | $111.40 | 2× Restricted | $24.27 avg | -78% |
Output wear follows the average float of your inputs: cheap Battle-Scarred inputs give Battle-Scarred outputs. Build an exact combo in the trade-up calculator →
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Drop status: how this collection behaves
The Alpha Collection has no active drop source in our registry: items trade on the open market. Status changes, when observed, are logged with dates in the drop-pool registry. Drop-pool registry →
This is also a trade-up collection: the ladder above prices every step with live numbers, and output wear follows the average float of your inputs. From this page's data: entry costs $3.02, the ceiling is SCAR-20 (Emerald) at $32.35, no step of the in-collection ladder is profitable at current asks.
Collection questions
How do I get The Alpha Collection items?
Buy items directly on marketplaces — all 16 are priced above — or craft the higher tiers via trade-up.
Does it drop from any case?
No. No case drops this collection; the open market is the way in.
Is there a souvenir version?
No. This collection has no souvenir packages.
What is the most expensive item?
SCAR-20 (Emerald) — from $32.35 at the cheapest market right now, and up to $69.79 across wears.