Money

Money is a currency featured in the Counter-Strike series. Players start out a game with a specified amount (usually $800 but can be set up to $16000), and will receive more as the game goes on, with the maximum amount a player can have set to $16000. Players use money to buy various weapons and equipments. Players receive money for completing rounds, with more money awarded for winning a round. Players may often be forced to pick a different weapon selection than they prefer due to monetary limitations. When looking at a player's saved loadouts on the buy menu, any loadout that cannot be fully-purchased with the player's current cash reserve will be slightly grayed-out, as will specific weapons and items in the categories of equipment.

Money in all of the Counter-Strike series uses the U.S. Dollar.

Players receive money by:

 * Killing enemy players ($300)
 * Interacting with hostages (gives the player $150 each, but only the first time they interact with that specific hostage)
 * Rescuing hostages ($1000)
 * Completing rounds ($3250 to the winning team and $2000 to the losing team)
 * Killing the VIP as a Terrorist ($2500)
 * Successfully guarantee the escape of the VIP as a Counter-Terrorist ($2500)

Players lose money by:

 * Buying weapons and equipment (see each item's article for its price)


 * Injuring hostages (Exact figures can be found on the Hostage page)
 * Killing hostages (Exact figures can be found on the Hostage page)
 * Killing the VIP as a CT
 * Killing a Teammate (-$3300)