Survival Knife Case Hardened: blue gem pattern guide
The Survival shares its texture family with the Nomad, Paracord and Classic, and its king is the family favourite: #403, a playside covered entirely in blue, reported around $6,000 even in Field-Tested. Pattern premium beats float, as always with gems.
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
403, 456, 169, 681, 316, 577, 281, 704, 58
Other sources promote 583, 585 and 634 - boundaries drift.
TIER 2
922, 55, 449, 668, 634, 351, 601, 585, 583, 447, 210, 850, 628, 880, 556, 180
TIER 3
170, 372, 166, 915, 797, 202, 632, 496, 533, 262, 67, 336, 588, 187, 345, 239, 837, 624, 103, 383
GOLD
927, 159
WHAT COUNTS ON THIS ITEM
The screen-visible playside surface decides value; the chunky black handle is plastic and stays plastic.
OBLIGATORY PLUG
Six grand for a Field-Tested camping accessory. Or a draw ticket with the pattern printed on the page and your rent intact. Survival instincts - use them. Browse the draws ->
Knowledge base: Steam guide: Survival Case Hardened patterns · csgoskins.gg seed database
