If you've ever played a shooter, you'll know about the importance of crosshairs in these games. Especially in the highly competitive environment of CS:GO, where everything is about min-maxing and optimizing even the tiniest aspects of the game, crosshairs play a very important role. So here is a detailed guide to help you find the perfect crosshair:

How to change your crosshair

First of all you need to know how to modify your crosshair. Basically there are two options to do that:

The old fashioned way is to use your developer console and therefore change it with console commands, that will be listed in this article. You can also use the "Crosshair" tab in your ingame options.

If you click on "share or import crosshair code" you can also share your crosshair quickly or copy someones crosshair effortlessly. These codes look like this:

CSGO-tKTvN-5pCry-GRM3p-XoLDN-5tbJD

If you are already playing and you spot a crosshair that you really like, you can also copy it directly via the scoreboard.

Crosshair Styles

If you want to build your own crosshair it's time to choose the style. These are your options:

• cl_crosshairstyle 0 - Default Dynamic

• cl_crosshairstyle 1 - Default Static

• cl_crosshairstyle 2 - Dynamic

• cl_crosshairstyle 3 - Dynamic

• cl_crosshairstyle 4 - Classic Static

• cl_crosshairstyle 5 - Hybrid

The most common options among pro players and competitive players are style 4 and 5, since the other options can be quite distracting because of the amount of movement on your screen.

Crosshairsize and Thickness

To choose the size of your crosshair you need to use this command:

• cl_crosshairsize x

"x" can be a value between 0 and 10. To make it bigger or smaller you can increase/decrease the current value in 0.5 steps.

You can also choose the thickness of your crosshair with:

• cl_crosshairthickness x

"x" can be a value between 0 and 6. To make it thicker or thinner you can also increase/decrease the current value in 0.5 steps.

Crosshairgap

You can modify the gap in the middle of your crosshair with:

• cl_crosshairgap x

"x" can be a value between -5 and 5.

Crosshaircolor

To choose the color of your crosshair you need to use this command:

• cl_crosshaircolor x

"x" can be a value between 0 and 4.

There's also the possibility to fully customize your crosshaircolor by adjusting the red, green and blue values of the crosshair with:

• cl_crosshaircolor_r x

• cl_crosshaircolor_g x

• cl_crosshaircolor_b x

"x" can be a value between 0 and 255.

Crosshairdot

If you want to have a dot in the middle of your crosshair, this is your command:

• cl_crosshairdot x

"x" can be either 0 or 1.

Crosshairoutline

If you want to have an outline in the around your crosshair, this is your command:

• cl_crosshair_drawoutline x

"x" can be either 0 or 1.

You can also choose the thickness of your outline with:

• cl_crosshair_outlinethickness x

"x" can be a value between 0 or 3.

Crosshairalpha

The alpha value decides the transparency of your crosshair. You can modify it with this command:

• cl_crosshairalpha x

"x" can be a value between 0 and 255.

Crosshair Sniper Width

The thickness of your crosshair while scoping with weapons such as the AWP can also be adjusted with this command:

• cl_crosshair_sniper_width x

"x" can be a value between 1 and 3.

Pro Crosshairs

Last but not least we want to provide you with some crosshairs that CS:GO pros are currently using.