Stiletto Knife Case Hardened: blue gem pattern guide
The Stiletto's slim blade is one of the easiest canvases for a near-total blue, and #182 does it "almost perfectly" per the guides - a Minimal Wear example has been listed at $49,999. Below the top seed, the databases disagree on tier membership more than usual, so read the tiers as a spectrum.
HOW THE PATTERN WORKS
Case Hardened is one big mottled texture of blue, purple and gold patina; the pattern index (0-1000) rolled when the item drops picks which slice of it lands on the model. Blue occupies the smallest share of that texture, so a seed that lands heavy blue on the side you actually see - the playside - is the rare one. The blue never fades with wear: float adds scratches and darkens the golds, but a blue gem stays blue even Battle-Scarred.
Pattern tiers (playside blue)
TIER 1
182, 214, 283, 330, 371, 398, 407, 494, 749, 838, 913, 928, 965
#182 is the consensus number one; beyond it, sources split this set between tiers 1 and 2.
TIER 2
74, 92, 112, 322, 453, 664, 713, 798, 868, 891, 917
TIER 3
11, 29, 73, 82, 130, 139, 147, 194, 208, 242, 244, 248, 256, 263, 269, 273, 282, 321, 332, 335, 341, 358, 375, 387, 420, 442, 463, 470, 478, 488, 507, 510, 522, 632, 638, 670, 694, 720, 721, 770, 776, 782, 788, 803, 809, 811, 839, 842, 846, 853, 905, 919, 964
GOLD
268, 895
WHAT COUNTS ON THIS ITEM
Ranked by playside blade blue. The thin profile means a good seed reads as a solid blue line in first person - and a mediocre one hides nothing.
OBLIGATORY PLUG
Fifty grand for a Minimal Wear, or a few tokens for a draw ticket with the pattern printed up front. We are legally obliged to mention the second option. This is that mention. Browse the draws ->
Knowledge base: Hotspawn tier list · csgoskins.gg seed database
