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Lalalaland34502 Posts
Most people new to the Dota 2 scene are interested in playing but complain that they cannot get a key. What they don't know is that they can get a beta key for this game for about £1.59 from someone that already has the game. Of course there are other ways of getting keys but this is quite quick and simple, and £1.59 isn't that much anyway.
Dota2 has a system where players receive random drops at the end of each game that customise the look of their heroes. Sometimes players receive chests as well, which contain rare items such as custom couriers or unusual items. These chests require a key to unlock them, and while the chest is free, the key is not, and has to be purchased from the in-game store.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/O02NB.png)
The important thing here is that people generally trade a single Dota 2 invite for 1 of these keys. Each of these keys costs £1.59.
The basic steps are the following:
- You need to have a Steam account, which you can sign up for here.
- Go to the Dota 2 shop and purchase 1 of these keys. They may look different from the key in the picture above, but they will be called and look something similar.
- Go to a popular trading site such as Reddit's trade section and post the following: [H] 1 chest keys [W] Dota 2 invite
- Once someone posts their Steam username, add them as a friend and request a trade with them
- Trade your key for an invite, use the invite for yourself
- Download the game client and play!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask here.
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note: Trades used to be 3 keys for 1 invite and thus this used to cost £4.77. However with the new invite explosion they are now worth a lot less and are much cheaper.
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Lalalaland34502 Posts
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My name's Edit. Nice to meet you.
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Should probably add that there are lots of people who offer "non-tradable beta invites" which is basically reliant on you trading them the keys and them giving you the beta code (?) out there, especially on reddit. You can do trades like that via messaging a moderator who interacts as middleman, would be really careful with any other method.
PS: For the rest of the EU £4.77 equal 5.97€. Maybe add that and the $ price for 3 keys to the OP.
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On the reddit page there's also links to useful tools to check steam ID's if they have ever been reported for scamming.
I've gotten som key's for friends via r/dota2trade tho. Really nice way to get a key
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Hyrule19200 Posts
Yep, just did this, pretty quick and easy once I figured out I bought Steam credit to buy keys instead of just buying the keys (derp? why'd I do that?)
Also, $7.47 USD
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Yes, a lot of my friends got their invite trading like this.
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Might be worth posting a picture of the normal key too :D. That int one expires in a few days :D.
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worth noting if you don't already have steam you wont be able to trade for 30 days. found out after i initiated a trade and kinda screwed the other guy over.
edit- or if you havent bought anything on steam in more than a year.
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28100 Posts
Thanks for this guide. It Helped me out a lot 
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Still don't understand what keys to buy and how to post in Reddit.com/r/dota2trade.
Anyone like to help me out? please give me a PM
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Errr.
i'm interested.
How do i make the trade after finding someone? Is there an interface for it in Steam?
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On September 04 2012 03:31 snow2.0 wrote:
Errr.
i'm interested.
How do i make the trade after finding someone? Is there an interface for it in Steam?
If it's a tradable key it's an item similar to those free HL2 copies or random DotA / TF items. Click the rectangle next to a person -> invite to trade. Both parties drag their items into it and confirm once they're okay with the deal.
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Keep in mind that if too many people start wanting to do this kind of trade, the price might go up a bit. Especially after the international.
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some people are asking 4 keys on reddit at the moment. 8€ still better than 25 though. Lot of room for growth.
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I know some websites that sell invites and are reliable, but they are in chinese. Got my friends a couple of keys from them. Pm me if you wanna know.
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Selling 2 giftable (will be tradable on September 19) DOTA2 invites for 6 keys. PM if you're interested.
Willing to negotiate and willing to use middleman from TL or Reddit.
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