Dota 2 Seasonal Events and Their Cosmetics
Playing an event, owning its reward and selling it each have their own dates.
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When a Dota 2 event ends, three separate things can change: whether you can still use a reward you earned, whether you can still claim one you missed, and whether you can sell it. Each depends on the specific release. Find the exact event and decide which of the three you want before following any guide.
Crownfall: an archive is not a reopened shop
Valve introduced Crownfall on 18 April 2024. Its 6 February 2025 archive announcement described access to your earlier progress, minigames and comics. It was not a reopening of every reward claim, store purchase or random Candy Shop mechanism.
Say you find an old screenshot of a Crownfall reward you like. First ask whether it is a named event Arcana or a random shop offer. Then separate “I earned this and want to equip it” from “I skipped this and want to get it”. The archive can help with the first; the second route needs its own check.
Keep a three-date record
- Activity window: the dates progression or minigames ran.
- Acquisition window: the deadline or requirements for buying, claiming or unlocking the specific reward.
- Transfer state: whether that copy can be sold on the market, traded or gifted, including any separate availability date (see trade holds and gifting).
Write the edition and item name next to those dates. An item can stay usable after the activity window while staying unsellable. A tradable item can also be sold on the market after its reward ladder has closed. The event name alone leaves that open.
A past rule is not a future calendar
The 2017 Battle Pass published restrictions for its own Immortal rewards. They apply only to that release. Likewise, familiar names like Frostivus and Diretide promise nothing about yearly dates, repeat rewards or unchanged odds. Buying ahead of a predicted event is a guess about the future.
Use the dated Crownfall timeline to find the act and announcement, then check the item and your entitlement in the client or on the purchase page. For today’s status, check the client.
Until you find a confirmed way to get a reward, keep it on your wishlist. An account sale, a stranger’s gift promise or a claimed guaranteed rerelease does not settle it.