Floats & Patterns
Check any float and browse famous seeds — CSFloat style
A pattern (paint seed) is the number that decides where the blue spots, the fade and the webs land on your copy; the float only sets how worn it looks. Below are the families where the seed multiplies the price, plus two checkers — one for a float value, one for an inspect link from your inventory.
Pattern families
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Community judgement Case Hardened — Blue Gem
The more blue on the play side, the pricier. Top seeds with a blue AK top or Karambit blade go for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
24 skins 1177 seeds Skins from $9.42 Top seed 661 · AK-47 $165.29 Open the family
Community judgement Heat Treated — the blue anneal
A relative of Case Hardened: the same blue patches, but on the Desert Eagle and Five-SeveN. Copies with a blue playside are the ones collectors want.
2 skins 100 seeds Skins from $0.92 Top seed 490 · Desert Eagle $0.92 Open the family
Community judgement Marble Fade — Fire & Ice
A perfect Fire & Ice is red and blue only, with no yellow on the playside; that happens on the Karambit, Bayonet, Flip Knife and Gut Knife alone. The top seed is 412 (1st Max).
19 skins 11 seeds Skins from $76.77 Top seed 412 · Karambit $966.24 Open the family
Deterministic calculation Fade — gradient percentage
The fade percentage is computed from the seed and lands between 80 and 100 %. Half of all seeds give 90 %+, so collectors chase 99 %+ and above all the single 100 % seed each weapon has.
28 skins 27 seeds Skins from $6.49 Top seed 763 · Glock-18 $1 377.00 Open the family
Deterministic calculation Amber Fade — the amber gradient
Computed the same way as Fade but from its own table: the percentage depends on the seed alone, on an 80–100 % scale.
6 skins 6 seeds Skins from $0.12 Top seed 763 · AUG $1.44 Open the family
Deterministic calculation Acid Fade — the acid gradient
SSG 08 only: the acid gradient percentage is computed from the seed by an open algorithm.
1 skin 1 seed Skins from $0.66 Top seed 576 · SSG 08 $0.66 Open the family
Community judgement Crimson Web — webs
Large centered webs on the play side are prized: the more webs, the higher the price.
25 skins 12 seeds Skins from $0.23 Top seed 76 · Karambit $534.98 Open the family
Set by paint index Doppler — phases & gems
Phases 1–4, Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl on the Doppler and Emerald on the Gamma Doppler are set by the paint index, not by the seed.
29 skins 181 phases Skins from $64.88 Open the familyTools
Float checker
Drag the slider or type a number 0–1 to see the wear
Inspect link checker
Paste an “Inspect in game” link — we show float, seed, tier and phase
Famous seeds
Tap a seed to open its page with a render, the tier and the price.
Case Hardened — Blue Gem
The more blue on the play side, the pricier. Top seeds with a blue AK top or Karambit blade go for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Community judgement
Heat Treated — the blue anneal
A relative of Case Hardened: the same blue patches, but on the Desert Eagle and Five-SeveN. Copies with a blue playside are the ones collectors want.
Community judgement
Marble Fade — Fire & Ice
A perfect Fire & Ice is red and blue only, with no yellow on the playside; that happens on the Karambit, Bayonet, Flip Knife and Gut Knife alone. The top seed is 412 (1st Max).
Community judgement
Fade — gradient percentage
The fade percentage is computed from the seed and lands between 80 and 100 %. Half of all seeds give 90 %+, so collectors chase 99 %+ and above all the single 100 % seed each weapon has.
Deterministic calculation
Amber Fade — the amber gradient
Computed the same way as Fade but from its own table: the percentage depends on the seed alone, on an 80–100 % scale.
Deterministic calculation
Acid Fade — the acid gradient
SSG 08 only: the acid gradient percentage is computed from the seed by an open algorithm.
Deterministic calculation
Charm patterns
Charms arrived in CS2 with the Armory update in October 2024 — keychains that hang on your weapon. The first capsules were Small Arms (16 miniature guns) and Missing Link (17 characters), with more added later. Like skins, every copy carries a pattern index.
Semi-Precious: colour by pattern
100,000 variations split into three zones. The closer the index is to 100,000, the deeper the purple — and the pricier the charm; the middle gives teal transitions.
Remove & move
A charm isn’t consumed: take it off and re-attach it with a Charm Detachment pack (each charm ships with a free one for 3 removals; extras ~$1 or from weekly drops).
Valuable patterns
The most prized are the “deep purple” Semi-Precious near 100,000 and specific seeds like Diamond Dog and the blue Chicken Lil — rare patterns resell well above ordinary ones.
Notable charms
What is float
Float value is a number from 0 to 1 baked into every skin copy when it drops: the lower, the better the condition. Wear bounds: FN up to 0.07, MW to 0.15, FT to 0.38, WW to 0.45, BS to 1. Each skin has its own range — not every one can be Factory New.
Paint Seed
Paint Seed defines the texture placement. These seeds are prized by collectors and sell for multiples of the base price.
How to check your skin
The seed is right there in the item description in your Steam inventory (the Pattern Template line), and the exact float and pattern are in our checker.