Dota 2 Arcana & Item Prices
Arcanas are Dota 2's rarest cosmetic tier, store-priced at $34.99–$35 each but tradable on the Steam Community Market, where most sell below store price — Valve's own in-game store and the player market compete directly on the same item, which isn't true for most of the other games on this site.
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The game at a glance
- Launched
- 9 July 2013 (Steam release)Free to play with every hero available.Sources: SteamPulse: Dota 2, esports.net: Dota 2 player count
- What it is
- Valve's free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena: two teams of five each play one hero and fight to destroy the other team's base. Cosmetics, including the Arcana tier, are sold in-store and traded on the Steam Community Market.Source: esports.net: Dota 2 player count
- Players
- Valve has never published official player figures. On Steam, the all-time peak was 1,295,114 concurrent players on 6 March 2016 (trackers differ), and average concurrency ran from about 496,000 to 617,000 in the first half of 2026.Sources: PCTechMag (Jul 2026), esports.net: Dota 2 player count · 2016 peak; H1 2026 average
| Item | Lowest |
|---|---|
| Manifold Paradox | … |
| Demon Eater | … |
| Bladeform Legacy | … |
| Fluttering Breeze | … |
Frequently asked questions
Why do Arcanas sell for less than Valve's store price?
Valve sells each Arcana at a fixed price (typically $34.99–$35), but once enough players own one, secondary-market supply and demand on the Steam Market pulls the price below that fixed store price — often by a large margin for older Arcanas.
Can newly-released Arcanas be traded immediately?
Not always — some Arcanas obtained only as rare treasure drops become tradable/marketable later than ones sold directly in the store; check an item's own trade-lock status before assuming it's immediately sellable.