How to Change Skins for CSGO (Offline Only)

In this guide you will be given everything you need to do/know on how to change your CSGO skins in-game.
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Explaining

In this guide, you will be told how changing the files to change skins and stickers works and how to do it. This helps especially if you want to buy a skin or sticker but want to see what iot looks like first.

To change the appearance of stickers you will need any sticker in your inventory and then once you have edited it, you can "Apply Sticker" and see what it looks like on weapons and skins then, but don't apply it because even though it looks like what you edited it to, it is still the original sticker if you change the files back.



To change skins, it will be best to have a Factory New skin for the weapon you will like to change the appearance of, don't spend too much money on this as it is only for offline games.



Me and my friends play CSGO offline messing around now and then so i decided to spend a bit of time editing the files, at the time i had a Field-Tested Karambit | Night so therefor i could change it to anything, so i tested what the Ruby Doppler would look like and the marble fade, they have a few scratches in Field-Tested condition and do not look as good so that is why it is best to go for Factory New skins. I also edited the files for my friends (in the same file) so one of my friends had an AWP | Corticera and he wanted a Dragon Lore, so in-game when we play offline, he has a Dragon Lore now and my other friend has a Medusa along with me having a Dragon Lore too.





They could see these because after i made the edited file with all the skin changes, i sent them a copy of it to put in their files, so now anyone with the file can see our skins changed in offline.

you can also test this out for skins that don't even work like i tested the Howl on a M4A1-S... the skin pattern is not the same so it is best not to change the skins meant for other weapons, unless its a knife skin like i did with the Glock-18, after changing my knife to a Doppler Ruby, i realised i had a Glock-18 | Night in my inventory so i inspected it and it actually looks pretty cool as a Doppler Ruby.

YouTube Links

I used YouTube videos to find out myself on how to do this but the only downside is you have to have the skins or a sticker in the first place.

First Video was on how to change the skins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5r-ynhyO0M

(This tells you to add "-insecure" to your launch options, you do not need to do this aslong as you don't go online. If you do, you will just be kicked with a VAC message saying your files do not match, this means you will need to change your files back to the original (so you should have created a backup of the original file) and you will have to restart your csgo after changing the files back if you had csgo open while changing it back.)

Second Video (Mainly for Knife Owners but has a skin table too):
http://bananagaming.tv/modify-knife-and-skins/
(It says "(hack)" on the YouTube thumbnail, but its a joke, this is not a hack.)

Table of Skins

If you do this method, you can use the table that i made to help find the skins, it does not have them all but is has a few along with knife skins, cases and collections.


the numbers int he middle represent the ID number, just search through the file for them and thats where the skin is, or you can search for the words in the speech marks, ", so then you can also find it that way too.

-------------------Knives:-----------------------------------------
Bayonet 500 "weapon_bayonet"
Flip 505 "weapon_knife_flip"
Gut 506 "weapon_knife_gut"
Karambit 507 "weapon_knife_karambit"
M9 508 "weapon_knife_m9_bayonet"
Butterfly 515 "weapon_knife_butterfly"
Falchion 512 "weapon_knife_falchion"
Huntsman 509 "weapon_knife_tactical"
Bowie 514 "weapon_knife_survival_bowie"
Shadow 516 "weapon_knife_push"

-------------------Knife Skins:-------------------------------------
“aq_damascus” Damascus
“am_doppler_phase1” Doppler
“am_doppler_phase2” Doppler 2
“am_doppler_phase3” Doppler 3
“am_doppler_phase4” Doppler 4
“am_ruby_marbleized” Doppler Full-Red
“am_sapphire_marbleized” Doppler Full-Blue
“am_blackpearl_marbleized” Doppler Full-Black
“am_marble_fade” Marble
“an_tiger_orange” Tiger Tooth
“so_night” Night
“aa_fade” Fade
“hy_webs” Crimson Web
“sp_mesh_tan” Safari Mesh
“hy_ddpat” Forest DDPAT
“hy_forest_boreal” Boreal Forest
“aq_steel” Steel
“sp_dapple” Scorched
“sp_tape_urban” Urban Masked
“so_purple” Ultraviolet
“am_zebra” Slaughter
“aq_oiled” Case Hardened
“aq_forced” Stained
“aq_blued” Blue Steel

-=+=- textures start: 35301 "paint_kits" -=+=-----------------

Dragon Lore: 344 "cu_medieval_dragon_awp"
Medusa: 446 "cu_medusa_awp"
Howl: 309 "cu_m4a1_howling"
Poseidon: 449 "cu_poseidon"
Icarus Fell: 440 "hy_icarus"
Fade: 38 "aa_fade"
Knight: 326 "am_metals"
Hand Cannon: 328 "aq_handcannon"
Blaze: 37 "aa_flames"
Hot Rod: 445 "an_red_m4a1s"
Twilight Galaxy: 437 "am_aqua_flecks"
Pnik DDPAT: 84 "hy_ddpat_pink"
Master Piece: 321 "cu_m4a1-s_silence"
Desolate Space: 588 "cu_m4a4_desolate_space"
Asiimov: 551 "cu_p250_asiimov"
255 "cu_m4_asimov"
279 "cu_awp_asimov"
359 "cu_p90-asiimov"
Chantico's Fire: 548 "cu_m4a1s_soultaker"
Judgement of Anubis: 542 "cu_bizon_Curse"
Lightning Strike: 51 "am_lightning_awp"
Case Hardened: 44 "aq_oiled"
BOOM: 174 "hy_blam_simple"
Blood in the Water: 222 "cu_shark"
Hyper Beast: 475 "cu_awp_hyper_beast"
Kill Confirmed: 504 "cu_usp_kill_confirmed"
Golden Coil: 497 "gs_m4a1s_snakebite_gold"
Frontside Misty: 490 "cu_ak47_winter_sport"
Worm God: 424 "aq_awp_twine"
Metallic DDPAT: 34 "am_urban"
Catacombs: "cu_glock_deathtoll"
Fire Sperpent: 180 "cu_fireserpent_ak47_bravo"
Boreal Forest: 77 "hy_forest_boreal"
Dragon King: 400 "cu_m4a4_ancestral"
Corticera: 181 "cu_favela_awp"
Elite Build: 422 "cu_ak47_mastery"
Evil Daimyo: "cu_m4a4_evil_daimyo"

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-=+=- cases start: 45859 "item_sets" -=+=-----------

Gamma: "set_community_13"
Chroma 3: "set_community_12"
Wildfire: "set_community_11"
Revolver: "set_community_10"
Shadow: "set_community_9"
Falchion: "set_community_8"
Chroma 2: "set_community_7"
Chroma: "set_community_6"
Vanguard: "set_community_5"
Breakout: "set_community_4"
Huntsman: "set_community_3"
Phoenix: "set_community_2"
Winter Offensive: "set_community_1"
Bravo: "set_bravo_i"
CS:GO Weapon Case: "set_weapons_i"
CS:GO Weapon Case 2: "set_weapons_ii"
CS:GO Weapon Case 3: "set_weapons_iii"
2013 eSports: "set_esports"
eSports 2013 Winter: "set_esports_ii"
eSports 2014 Summer: "set_esports_iii"

-=+=- Collections: -=+=------------------------------------------------
"set_dust"
"set_aztec"
"set_vertigo"
"set_inferno"
"set_militia"
"set_nuke"
"set_office"
"set_assault"
"set_bravo_ii"
"set_dust_2"
"set_train"
"set_mirage"
"set_italy"
"set_lake"
"set_safehouse"
"set_bank"
"set_overpass"
"set_cobblestone"
"set_baggage"
"set_cache"
"set_gods_and_monsters"
"set_chopshop"
"set_kimono"

Hope this helped for anyone who needed it and sorry if you have to spend money on skins to be able to do it.

[igbogbage]

how do I apply the skins to the guns in game, cause ive been trying for a bit but dont know what to do exactly. Could someone help me?

[abdelzack223]

how do i change the rarity of the weapon and the image (so it looks like a real skin and not just the ingame model)

[snomeD]

@blank
Then you can't change the look of the weapon.

[Tate♟]

what if you have default skins?

[sim0n]

vidogame kins, i love

[StrukiTru]

Ye, I didnt read the guide at its last detail, my fault c:
Still, people who go and try to play online with this are kinda ... retarded

[StrukiTru]

Hm, risking vac by just looking at a skin for own purposes is pretty unconsidered. Searching these skins on YouTube or even just showcasing them in-game from market already should get you to an opinion if buying the product - just saying c:

[snomeD]

You can't get a VAC from changing skins, it kicks you from the game if there are files that do not match the actual game files. TO be on the safe side, there is a command to use to stop you from going into VAC protected games just in case.

[snomeD]

@StrukiTru
It can be used as a method to browse skins in-game before someone makes purchase.
If a person has a budget they may want to find the right skin before making the purchase. This way, it will reduce the chance of them regretting the purchase and losing a cut from selling the skin back on the market or wasting time by trading.

[StrukiTru]

ps. dont cry if you, whoever is reading, who did what the guide is telling you, getting vac