MAC-10 | Case Hardened blue gem: pattern tiers & seeds
11 tier 1 patterns, 34 tier 2 – ranked by how much of the blue stain lands on the play side. The paint seed (pattern index 0–1000) of a MAC-10 | Case Hardened decides whether it is an ordinary MAC-10 | Case Hardened, a “blue gem” worth many times the normal price, or a gold/purple pattern. Paste any inspect link into the float checker to read its paint seed, then look it up below.
MAC-10 | Case Hardened blue gem tier list
Tier 1 are the top blue gems (near-full blue play side), tier 2 strong blue patterns, tiers 3 and 4 partial blues that still carry a premium over a random pattern. Patterns not listed are regular MAC-10 | Case Hardeneds. Tiers follow the community ranking compiled by csgoskins.gg; the exact order inside a tier is a matter of taste.
Tier 1 – top blue gems (11)
Tier 2 (34)
Tier 3 (81)
Tier 4 (148)
Regular MAC-10 | Case Hardened price by wear
Base price of a random-pattern MAC-10 | Case Hardened – blue gems sell well above these numbers, usually by private offer rather than a marketplace listing.
| Wear | Float | Price | StatTrak™ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New (FN) | 0.000 – 0.070 | $78.46 | — |
| Minimal Wear (MW) | 0.070 – 0.150 | $33.62 | — |
| Field-Tested (FT) | 0.150 – 0.380 | $29.95 | — |
| Well-Worn (WW) | 0.380 – 0.450 | $28.09 | — |
| Battle-Scarred (BS) | 0.450 – 1.000 | $27.46 | — |
How Case Hardened patterns work
Case Hardened is one texture of blue, purple and gold stains; the paint seed picks which part of it is wrapped onto the weapon. Most seeds land a mix with gold and purple. The few that put almost only blue on the play side are the blue gems – the same skin, same float, same wear, but a price set by collectors rather than the market. Seed 0–1000 exists for every item, and the seed never changes, so a blue gem stays a blue gem through any wear.
A trade up contract that produces a MAC-10 | Case Hardened rolls the seed at random, so a contract has roughly a 1-in-1000 chance of any particular seed. Nobody crafts for a specific blue gem; they are found and then held.
MAC-10 | Case Hardened blue gem FAQ
What is a MAC-10 | Case Hardened blue gem?
A MAC-10 | Case Hardened whose paint seed puts almost only the blue part of the Case Hardened texture on the play side. Seeds 667, 114, 406, 18, 546, 587, 222, 95, 239, 898, 315 are the recognised tier 1 patterns.
How do I check the pattern of my MAC-10 | Case Hardened?
Inspect the item in game or paste its inspect link into the float checker on this site – it shows the paint seed. Then look the number up in the tiers above.
How much is a MAC-10 | Case Hardened blue gem worth?
There is no list price: top-tier blue gems sell through private offers at many times the regular MAC-10 | Case Hardened price shown above, and tier 3–4 patterns carry a smaller premium. Float and wear still matter on top of the pattern.
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