How to get cards from steam games. What are trading cards on Steam and how to farm them? The emergence of special cards

Good evening, dear users of the Play`N`Trade portal. With you - a sailor. Now I will tell how to get cards in steam.

How to get cards on steam

Many people love to collect things. Steam also gives us such an opportunity. We can collect Cards.

The easiest way to get them is to buy the game. But when you buy a game, you are given only a part of the cards. To get the rest you need to play this game. You can also earn money on cards. Let's say you buy a game for 3 rubles (where they are) and sell them when you buy them (On average, each of them costs 3-4 rubles. That is, we get a plus).

The second way is to buy cards on the marketplace. In my opinion, this is not interesting. It is much more interesting to play, to fulfill the set goals, then to receive a reward for this.

After you get all the cards for the game - you can create a badge that can be exchanged for experience for your steam account. And also get some thing in the game for which you received all the cards.

This concludes my article. Today I told how to get steam cards and explained why they are needed. With you was the editor sailor. See you at Play`N`Trade, as well as a pleasant game.

Many games on Steam have trading cards. They can be collected, turned into badges, or simply sold on the marketplace.

In the store, on the page of each game with a card, there is a special designation.

Each game has between 5 and 15 different common cards and the same number of rare (metal) cards, but more on that in a bit.

How to get Steam cards?

Having bought the game, you need to spend 2 hours in it, after which, according to the current rules, all the cards due will fall out immediately. Previously, they dropped out gradually after 2 hours in the game, and even earlier gradually immediately after starting the game without having to wait 2 hours.

If the game is paid, then you will get about half of its complete collection. In the example below, in the Energy Balance game, I got 3 cards out of 5 (you can see it in the “Badges” section).

After that, the cards will no longer drop out of the game, if you want to collect a complete set, then the missing ones will have to be bought on the marketplace, exchanged with other Steam users, or you can hope for a booster drop. What is a booster and how to get it will be described below.

If the game is free (Free to Play), then cards from it will fall out only for in-game purchases, 1 card for every $ 9 spent in the game.

All available cards can be found in your Steam inventory.

Cards are ordinary and Metal (Foil). Metal cards have the same pattern, but have a gray background instead of blue, and are less than 1% likely to drop.

Boosters

After receiving all the cards available during the game, you have a small chance of getting a booster for the same game. A booster is a set containing 3 random cards.

Boosters, like cards, are in the inventory, click on the booster, and then on the “Unpack” button that appears to the right. We see what we got.

What to do with cards?

Just lying in the inventory, the cards do not carry any benefit in themselves, unless you are interested in the process of collecting and collecting them.

There are three options left: sell, turn into gems and make a badge out of them. Turning cards into gems is not profitable, immediately discard this idea, we will talk more about gems in another guide.

If you decide to sell, then when you click on each card in your inventory, its minimum price on the marketplace will be displayed, as well as a sell button.

The amount received from the sale will be credited to the internal Steam account.

If you decide to make icons, then go to the "Badges" section in your account and continue to the next section of this guide.

Making badges from Steam cards

To create an icon, we need a complete set of cards, i.e. one of each type for this game.

To create a regular badge, ordinary cards are used, and for a metal one, respectively, metal ones.

A regular badge can have 5 levels, while a metal badge can only have 1.

As an example, I chose the game Turbo Pug DX. If the icon can be created, then a big blue “Done” button will appear, click on it.

On the page that opens, click on "Create Icon".
Attention! When you create an icon, the used cards disappear.

When creating an icon, we also get one background that can be used, one emoticon that can be used for example in chat, and one discount coupon for a random game.

During the winter and summer sales, one promotional card is given instead of a discount coupon.

The discount coupon looks like this.

To make a 2nd icon, etc. level, you need to collect additional set (s) of cards as for the 1st and click on "Create Badge" again. As a result, by creating a level 5 badge in total, you will receive 500 experience, 5 profile backgrounds, 5 emoticons and 5 discount coupons (or sale cards). Crafting a metal badge grants the same rewards as a regular badge.

The icon itself does not provide any benefit, but it can be added to your profile for beauty.

The main point here is that when you create a badge, your account receives 100 experience points. By gaining experience, the account increases its level, and for every 10 levels, your chance of getting boosters increases by 20%.

Each time you create a badge in the system, one booster from that game is generated, which will go to one random person who has the right to receive it (who received all the cards available during the game in the same game).

Also, for every 10 levels in the profile, one additional "Showcase" appears, which can be used for decoration.

You can choose its functionality at your discretion, for example, I chose "Achievements".

I hope that this guide will be useful to you, if something is not clear or you have questions, then ask in the comments below.

In this article, you will learn how to get cards on Steam for free without downloading and running the game. Interested? Read more…

First, we find on our account any game in which cards can be dropped. You can Free to Play (free), no difference. You can check which games support dropping cards by going to the "Badges" menu. For example, I have the following games:

We pay attention to the line "More x cards will fall out." I have no desire to waste time downloading all the games in which the cards will fall out, so we will use a different, more productive method.

We open the browser, go to the site store.steampowered.com, through the search we find the game from which we want to get collectible cards. On the page with the game, pay attention to the address bar. For example, the game PayDay: The Heist it looks like this, where "24240" is the id of the game. We'll need it later.

You can also find the game id through the Steam client, but then you need to activate the option “display the address bar if possible” in its settings.

How to get trading cards without downloading and installing the game

In fact, everything is very simple - we will deceive Steam client, replacing the running game with another id. Cards on Steam drop out for the time spent in the game, and not for achievements. As an example, I will take PayDay game: The Heist.

We find in the folder with one of the installed games, a text file named steam_appid.txt. Use search as this file is in different games hiding in different folders. I checked on Left 4 Dead 2, The Long Dark and MKX, there is definitely a steam_appid.txt file there, but it is also in many other games. Most likely there will be one suitable on your PC.

We open the one found with any text editor (for example, notepad) and replace the numbers with the id of the game from which we want to get cards. In my case, this is id PayDay: The Heist. those. 24240.

We save the changes and run the game through the .exe file in the folders with the game, in my case it is left4dead2.exe, you can also see it in the screenshot above. It is important to run the game through the .exe file, and not through the Steam client. If run through Steam, it will automatically reset the prescribed appid and nothing will work.

Please note that the Steam client has rated running game Left 4 Dead 2 like PayDay: The Heist. We turn off the running game and go about our business. Cards can take a long time to drop, so be patient while this method does everything for you.

It is worth noting that there are various software that allows you to do such a simple trick, for example, Steam Idle Master, but why provide another service with a login and password from your account when you can do everything yourself in just two clicks. In my opinion my way is safer. Also, you can not worry about blocking on Steam using the method described in this article. No one will ban your account, since you do not violate any rules and do not resort to third-party software.

P.S. in addition, I have prepared a video instruction - if you perceive the video better or just don’t want to read all the text above, then use this video.

Modern players are increasingly using a variety of gaming centers. In them, you can not only quickly buy / download the game, but also receive a variety of bonuses. Steam is very popular. This is one of the largest gaming centers, combining a variety of features. With it, it is proposed to collect the so-called decks and collectible cards. They, in turn, are exchanged for new styles and other profile decorations. Players often wonder how to get cards on Steam. Next, we will talk about what techniques will help bring the idea to life.

About cards

Collectible cards in Steam are very interesting objects that almost every player is familiar with. They, as already mentioned, are issued to gamers, then combined into decks. The latter allow you to get a variety of profile decorations - emoticons, backgrounds, styles, and so on. In addition, the collected decks increase the player's level in Steam.

How to get cards on Steam? There are several ways that are known to almost all gamers. Please note that not all games have collectible cards. They are only available where the developers have allowed the deck system to be used.

The usual way to get

How to get trading cards on Steam? The simplest solution is to simply play games that involve building decks of cards. It is enough to spend some time in the application.

In practice, it turns out that all gamers get cards over time. The process is free and does not require any special costs. But he has his limitations. For example, just by playing, you can get 50% of each set of cards. Therefore, it will not work to completely collect the deck.

You can dismantle repeating cards into gems and use them to create random cards. Not a bad way for those who already have a lot of "crystals". In practice, the option is not used very often.

Free games

We'll have to think about how to get cards on Steam. Some wonder what to do with free games such as Dota 2 or Team Fortress 2. Steam provides an interesting system for dropping cards in such toys.

The point is that in similar games studied objects are awarded for in-game spending. If a person made purchases before the start of the maps beta test, or purchased games before they became free, you can get up to 5 research items. Every $9 is one card.

Exchange

There is another interesting and common way. How to quickly get cards on Steam? Often, after the actions described earlier, players notice that the items being studied are repeated in their inventory. Extra cards can be exchanged. Enough to negotiate with other players.

You can usually find exchange offers on game forums and in Steam communities. This is a good option, but it requires a certain amount of time. Well, if a person has friends who play the same game, then it will most likely be possible to exchange cards without difficulty.

Luck

The next option is a matter of luck. You can get card packs on Steam. Common or rare. But only under certain conditions. In order to have a chance of getting additional cards, you need to collect all the possible items for the time spent in the game, and someone in the community will create a badge. Then weekly "Steam" will hold a kind of drawing of sets of cards. They are determined randomly. To be eligible to participate in the quiz, you must log into Steam once a week.

You can increase the chance of getting a set of cards at the expense of the profile level. Namely:

• Level 10 - chances increase by 20%;
• Level 20 - 40% luck;
• 30 level - increase the chances by 60%;
• Level 40 - 80% of getting additional cards;
• Level 50 - doubling the chance.

As a rule, this is not the easiest option. You shouldn't rely too much on it. Especially considering that it will be problematic for an ordinary gamer to get additional cards.

Marketplace

How to quickly get cards on Steam? Another interesting technique is working with the trading platform. The missing cards from the deck can simply be bought. More precisely, outbid them from other players. This is the fastest possible solution.

Necessary:

1. Top up your Steam account. For example, through Internet banking.
2. Go to trading floor"Stim".
3. Find the right cards.
4. Select an item and click on "Buy".

Accordingly, having spent money, you can collect a deck of cards without much difficulty. The main thing is that the players sell the missing items.

Deception

How to get cards on Steam without playing? Some suggest cheating the game center. Not every player will master this technique. He masters the simulation of certain toys. The main thing is that it should be purchased from the user.

How to get cards on Steam fraudulently? For example, you can use the following algorithm of actions:

1. Get the game number. To do this, you need to look at the address bar of "Steam" when you go to a particular application. ID are the last digits in the line.
2. Find in the folder installed game steam_appid.txt document.
3. Open the file and paste the ID you copied earlier. Delete the old number.
4. Launch the game through the root folder of the installed application. In no case do not use Steam for this.
5. Minimize the game and wait for the cards to drop.

Nothing else is required. It is noted that the reception does not work with all games. And it can take a long time for cards to drop. They drop randomly. From now on, it is clear how to receive cards on Steam.

I decided to write a general article on obtaining collection Steam cards on the machine, since there is only one on the site and it is not in the most visible place, but somewhere in the article about SAM.

How to farm trading cards with SAM

SAM - Steam achievement manager. The program, which was originally made in order to. But with the introduction collectible cards in Steam program became a little more popular, as this program allows you to automatically receive cards, then you can sell them.

How to receive cards using SAM, but everything is very simple here (I already wrote for those who downloaded and installed, there is a link to the article a little higher):

1. Double-click on any game with the left mouse button
2. That's it, nothing else needs to be done.

The fact is that cards are given for being in the game, and double-clicking on the game in the program SAM as if it shows that you are supposedly in the game. We only need this. And it is not at all necessary to open achievements in the game, you just need to do what I wrote.

Idlim without using the SAM program - IdleMaster (Github)

There was a program posted on Github a long time ago called idle master. It is very easy to use but difficult to set up. Although all instructions are available, they are on English language. I'll try to explain a bit, suddenly someone will use this particular program. Its main advantage: it shows how many games still need to be farmed and how many cards are left.

Instructions for use:
1. First download the program from here. To do this, there is a button “Download ZIP” at the bottom right.

2. First we must unpack the program. Then you need to configure it - this is the main and most difficult part.
– There is a Setting.txt file for setting in the program. As you can see, there are values ​​that we need to get and substitute into this file. For this we need cookie data from the steamcommunity website

Getting cookie data

1) Open google chrome
2) Make sure you are logged in to steamcommunity.com. To do this, go to it and if you see your avatar in the upper right corner, then everything is fine.
3) Open your browser settings (I will show on Google Chrome)

4) Click "show advanced settings" at the bottom of the page


5) Find the item "personal data" and click "content settings"

6) Then click "all cookies and site data"

7) Use search and enter Steamcommunity there. Then click on it




8) Now you need the SessionID item. Copy the information from the “contents” item to the settings file (insert “” in such quotes).
9) Repeat step (8) with SteamLogin

This completes the most difficult setup item, so now you can simply run the program and it will automatically start receiving cards for you. To start, use the Start.exe file. After starting, the program will look like at the beginning of the article about this method of farming.

Using Steam_appid Settings and Farming Cards

The main advantage of this method is that during pharma cards you can also play your favorite games. That is, we farm cards from one game, and we play completely in another.

Instruction:
1) Need some kind of trading card game (which is logical)
2) Now you need to access the file Steam_appid(it is located in the folder with any downloaded game, if not, then try to search in another folder with another game)
3) There are already some numbers in that file, you need to replace them with the ID of the game from which you will receive collectible cards.
– steamid – numbers in the address of the game on the steampowered website

4) That's it, now if you want to play, just launch the game through the shortcut in the Steam folder. NOT THROUGH STEAM. (Steam\SteamApps\common\)
Your profile will say that you are playing a card game, but you will actually play the game that you launched through the .exe file in the Steam folder.

It may give an error in some games, but the cards will still fall.