When does the CS2 weekly drop reset?
The CS2 weekly drop resets every Wednesday at 01:00 UTC, which is Tuesday evening in the US. Reset times by city, what else resets with it and how not to lose your care package on the last night of the week.
The weekly drop in CS2 resets every Wednesday at 01:00 UTC. For players in the Americas that means Tuesday evening: 8 PM in New York and 5 PM in Los Angeles right now. Valve has never published the time officially, but everyone who tracks the drop reports the same hour, and it hasn’t moved in many seasons.
The reset is fixed in UTC. Local time is what shifts: if your country switches clocks, the reset comes an hour earlier or later depending on the season.
| City | In November | In June |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Wed 01:00 | Wed 01:00 |
| London | Wed 1:00 AM | Wed 2:00 AM |
| New York, Toronto | Tue 8:00 PM | Tue 9:00 PM |
| Chicago | Tue 7:00 PM | Tue 8:00 PM |
| Los Angeles, Vancouver | Tue 5:00 PM | Tue 6:00 PM |
| Berlin, Stockholm | Wed 2:00 AM | Wed 3:00 AM |
| Sydney | Wed 12:00 PM | Wed 11:00 AM |
| Manila, Singapore | Wed 9:00 AM | Wed 9:00 AM |
So the CS2 week doesn’t start on Monday. It starts on Wednesday, and Tuesday is the last day you can still claim a reward for the old week.
What resets along with the drop
The main thing is your right to the Weekly Care Package. It unlocks with your first level-up after the reset, and one CS2 level costs 5,000 XP. That rule has been in place since June 9, 2023, back in the CS2 limited test. Before that, cases dropped for time spent in game, even if you were just sitting AFK. A second level-up in the same week gives no second package. You also need Prime: without it the game gives no XP at all. We looked at its price history in does CS2 Prime ever go on sale.
Your normal weekly XP resets too. In the February 6, 2024 patch Valve gave the number for the first time: 11,166 XP per week. Once you earn that much you get the XP Overload status, and XP comes in much slower until Wednesday. The icon shows next to your name on the scoreboard, stays for at least a week, and higher tiers unlock if you hit the cap several weeks in a row.
Since May 7, 2025 the weekly mission also changes on Wednesday. It’s one task per week with bonus XP, and in Valve’s words it “expires after 7 days”. If you don’t play much, the mission is an easy way to close the gap to 5,000 XP.
Does an unclaimed package disappear?
If you leveled up and closed the reward window, nothing is lost yet: you can pick your items later from the main menu. Just don’t leave it until next week. Players report that an unclaimed package doesn’t carry over to the next week. Valve hasn’t confirmed or denied it, and testing it with your own case seems like a bad idea.
A full inventory is another trap. Since June 10, 2026 the game tells you there’s no room and won’t hand out the items until you free a slot. Before that update it just stayed silent.
Since September 22, 2026 the package can also offer a pet chicken egg or chicken feed. Either one takes both of your picks, so there’s no case that week. We covered the egg in how long it takes for a CS2 egg to hatch into a chicken.
How not to lose the week on Tuesday night
CS2 grants XP at the end of a match, not during it. That creates an annoying case. A Premier match lasts 40 to 50 minutes, and if it ends after 01:00 UTC, the XP goes to the new week. Your level-up and the package belong to the new week as well, and the old one stays empty. So if you’re one match short of a level and the reset is less than an hour away, play something short or wait for the reset.
XP comes fastest in Premier and Competitive. Deathmatch and Arms Race have their own XP limits, last changed by Valve on May 7, 2026. Community servers and third-party platforms give no XP at all.
Our advice: claim the package early in the week, on Wednesday or Thursday. Tuesday evening stops being a rush, and if you play a lot, XP Overload kicks in after the case is already in your inventory.
