What is the Vanguard patch?

Vanguard is a Counter-Strike 2 cloth patch that attaches to Agent skins to customise their gear. Patches were introduced as Operation Pass rewards and now ship in dedicated patch packs.

How rare is Vanguard?

Vanguard is a mid-tier milspec patch.

Which agents can use Vanguard?

Vanguard works with any CS2 Agent skin — patches are not weapon-specific. You can apply up to two patches per agent and re-roll them like stickers.

How much does Vanguard cost?

Vanguard starts at $0.16 on the cheapest active marketplace. Patches are generally cheap-to-mid-tier items unless they came from a long-retired Operation pack.

Where can I buy Vanguard?

The cheapest verified price right now is in the 'Live market prices' card above. Lower-fee third-party marketplaces usually undercut Steam Market by 8-25% — compare the row pricing before buying.

Mil-Spec

Vanguard

Name: Vanguard
SKU: Patch | Vanguard
Availability: InStock

Vanguard is a Mil-Spec Counter-Strike 2 patch.

The cheapest live listing is $0.16, tracked across 31 offers on dozens of marketplaces. Asking prices run up to $0.99 — a 6.2× spread between the cheapest and dearest seller, so it pays to compare before buying. Steam Community Market sits at $0.28, meaning the cheapest third-party listing is about 43% lower. Roughly 1,409 units are on sale right now across the markets we track.

Best market price

$0.16

from 31 marketplaces

Patch pack

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Market hash name

Patch | Vanguard

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