New CS2 Update Brings Back Glowing Weapons With Rarity Color

On May 13th, Valve shipped out a small update to Counter-Strike 2. While the update didn’t bring any major changes to the competitive shooter, it did reintroduce an old feature that had been removed with CS2’s launch, after originally appearing in CS:GO.

The new CS2 update added a new HUD setting called “Glow Weapon with Rarity Color,” allowing players to highlight weapons based on their rarity.

The weapon glow can only help players quickly identify item rarities in the heat of battle, but it can also make your rare weapons stand out from the crowd.

Here’s how the new item rarity glow feature in CS2 looks in-game:

However, unlike the good old CS:GO days, this item rarity glow isn’t turned on by default in CS2, and players have to manually enable this feature if they want to use it in-game.

How To Enable ‘Glow Weapon with Rarity Color’ Feature in CS2

If you wish to enable the item rarity glow feature in CS2, simply follow these steps:

• Launch CS2
• Head to the settings menu
• Under the ‘HUD’ section, find the settings called “Glow Weapon with Rarity Color”
• Set it to “Yes”

Once done, you can hop into a game and see the new CS2 setting in action.

CS2 May 13 Update Patch Notes

Alongside bringing back the item rarity setting to CS2, the latest update also included a couple of other changes.

Fans can check out the detailed patch notes of the latest CS2 update below:

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a bug where weapons purchased with “Buy & Throw” could be refunded after firing.

[ PREMIER ]

• Season Two world and regional leaderboards are now populated.

[ MISC ]

• Added HUD “Glow Weapon with Rarity Color” setting.
• Minimally scraped stickers now cover over the gap on the front grip of the AK-47.