Camouflage/Special

Yearly Holidays
Numerous themed camouflages are available throughout the year reflecting the spirit of the event within which they are available.

All camouflages listed below a respective event are typically available at all times for direct purchase with Daybreak Cash during that event, although this is not guaranteed to be the case and some may not be available anymore. Many are also available in bundles containing many relevant camouflages and potential bundle-exclusives.

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day occurs on the 14th of February each year. The related event normally starts approximately a week prior, lasting until a couple of days after.

St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's day occurs on the 17th of March each year. The related event normally starts a couple of days prior, lasting until a couple of days after.

Independence Day
Independence Day occurs on the 4th of July each year. The related event is centered on that date, but it can either last a few days on either side, or only through the day itself.

Nanite of the Living Dead (Halloween)
Nanite of the Living Dead is a seasonal event surrounding Halloween, which occurs on the 31st of October each year. The related event usually starts earlier in the month, within the first couple of weeks, and typically ends at the start of November.

Auraximas (Christmas)
Auraximas is a seasonal event surrounding Christmas, which occurs on the 25th of December each year. The related event usually starts earlier in the month, typically beginning on the 1st, and normally ends within the last 3 days of the year.

PlanetSide 2 Anniversary
Near Auraximas each year, a selection of anniversary bundles are unveiled for purchase to celebrate PlanetSide 2's birthday containing unique camouflages to commemorate the occasion, among other items. The later iterations of these bundles have multiple pricing tiers, each increasing the selection of items available, with cheaper priced bundles containing a paltry amount of goods, often omitting camouflages.

Though these bundles were initially time-limited to Auraximas, they were not removed from the store following 2019's event and have remained permanently available for purchase.

These bundles grant the player equivalents of contained items across all factions in one purchase, where applicable. Anniversary bundles after the seventh year additionally contain unique camouflage variants for Nanite Systems Operatives.

Three-Year Anniversary
These camouflages are also available for direct purchase from the store for Daybreak Cash.

Re-enlistment Bundles
Early in 2019, a selection of 're-enlistment' bundles were released containing a variety of cosmetics, existing and new, alongside weaponry and boosts for patrons. Most of these bundles also contain unique camouflages.

Though these bundles were initially time-limited to a four weekly sales periods, one for each bundle, they have since reappeared in the store and show no sign of leaving.

These bundles grant the player equivalents of contained items across all factions in one purchase, where applicable.

Resurgence Bundles
Coinciding with the release of Escalation, a selection of bundles were released containing a wide selection of weaponry for players to use, alongside cosmetics and boosts. These bundles use a similar price tiering system to that of the Anniversary bundles, with each price tier up containing what the prior had and then more.

Though these bundles were initially time-limited to a month-long sales period, they were not pulled down from sale and have since remained available for purchase.

These bundles grant the player equivalents of contained items across all factions in one purchase, where applicable.

Warlord's Resurgence Bundle
This bundle grants faction-specific variants of the camouflage for the three main empires, as well as a generic variant available to all factions.

Directives
These camouflages, unlike most, are earned through in-game directives, often making them obtainable for free as well as restricting their usage solely to the character on which they were obtained.

Unavailable
A selection of camouflages were once obtainable in past years, however were only available through limited time promotions at that time and are unlikely to ever return.

Alert Rewards
Prior to the March 11, 2020 Update (Escalation), alerts could award a variety of unique items to players who had participated in them, with camouflages being among the pool. This update removed many of the cosmetic rewards, with only the weapons remaining available.

Alpha Squad
Those interested during the PlanetSide 2 Beta period could purchase the Alpha Squad pack. Aside from granting access to the Beta (were the player not already invited) and providing weapons plus boosts to players, the pack additionally rewarded permanent cosmetics.

This pack was removed from availability after the Beta period.

Innova
Nearer to PlanetSide 2's release, the game featured a more diverse serverbase, hosted by various companies. One such company, Innova, hosted the Werner server for the Russian region, and special camouflages were available in some way to players on Werner.

Competition Awards
At some point during the lifespan of the Werner server, an infantry tournament was held and some of the players who were involved, whether in organizing the event or those who partook and were victorious, received camouflages as rewards. The camouflages appear to be named after the originating outfits of the contributing and competing players.

Shutdown Bundle
Players who had reached certain battle rank on the Werner server were granted a compensatory bundle to their account when the servers hosted by the company were closed down featuring, among other less unique items, some camouflages for each faction.

Loyal Soldier
The 'Loyal Soldier' promotion has been run twice throughout PlanetSide 2's history. During these promotional periods, any eligible characters that were logged into received a title and the appropriate camouflages. These periods were between May 3, 2013 and June 1, 2013, and later November 1, 2015, and May 25, 2016. The latter iteration also required players to also reach Battle Rank 15, and opt in to receive marketing emails from Daybreak Games.

This promotion has not reappeared since.

Nvidia Free-to-Play
Customers who purchased an Nvidia GTX 650, 650 Ti, 660, or 660 Ti graphics card before November 2013 were given redeemable codes as a part of Nvidia's Free-to-Play promotion. These codes could be used in Hawken, World of Tanks, and PlanetSide 2, giving rewards appropriate to each game. Alongside a weapon and boosts, this code additionally rewarded permanent cosmetics.

The level of rewards earned from the promotion were dependent on the graphics card the user purchased. The GTX 650 and Ti, among other lesser rewards, only rewarded an infantry weapon/armor version of the camo, whereas the GTX 660 and above gave variant that was usable on vehicles as well.

This promotion has not been made available again, and any existing codes expired in November 2013.

Referral System
While PlanetSide 2 was owned and operated by Sony Online Entertainment, a referral system was run whereby players who recruited others to play the game by clicking a personal 'referral' link could earn various cosmetics rewards should those referees go on to purchase a set quantity of Daybreak Cash (then Station Cash). Among these rewards were unique camouflages.

When Sony Online Entertainment was sold to Columbus Nova in February 2015, and became Daybreak Game Company, the referral program was permanently closed for legal reasons, and the rewards were similarly made forever unavailable.

SOE Live 2013
Players who attended the SOE Live event in August 2013 had the oppurtunity to receive codes to redeem for special camouflages in PlanetSide 2.

These camouflages have not since been made available again.