Can you craft badges or use card boosters for games you don't own?

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While you have to own a game to get card drops, drops are not the only ways to get cards from a game. You can trade them, you can buy them from the market or you can use a booster.

Do boosters work for games you don't own? Can you craft badges for games that you don't own?

games you don't have act like foil badges. As soon as you get one card of the set, the badge progress will appear. Once you have the full set you can craft it (regardless of game ownership) — Hashbrown, Mar 23 '14 at 17:48

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '13 at 17:39

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You can craft badges for games you don't own, yes. You'll need to trade for them or use the marketplace, but it's definitely possible. You can also open boosters, but you'll similarly need to trade for/buy them, since they only drop when you have received all your normal card drops for that game, but you can't get the normal drops without playing it, which requires you to own it.

answered Jul 14 '13 at 17:39

Billy Mailman

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You can trade them and market them. See http://steamcommunity.com/market/search?q=booster – badp Jul 14 '13 at 17:40
Link just takes me to the Steam marketplace main page, but if you're confirming boosters as tradable, I'll edit the answer.
And now you've edited the link.
– Billy Mailman Jul 14 '13 at 17:42

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 29 '15 at 22:04

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You CAN:

Craft badges for games you don't own
Open Boosters for games you don't own

You CANNOT:

Craft Boosters for games you don't own

edited Sep 29 '15 at 22:04

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answered May 04 '15 at 21:59

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To clarify: As of a few months ago, it's possible to create badges using Steam gems. You can only create (craft) boosters for games you own. But you can open boosters for any game, once you obtain the booster. – BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft May 04 '15 at 22:14

Can you craft badges or use card boosters for games you don't own?

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