Shadow Daggers | Case Hardened blue gem: pattern tiers & seeds
5 tier 1 patterns, 6 tier 2 – ranked by how much of the blue stain lands on the play side. The paint seed (pattern index 0–1000) of a Shadow Daggers | Case Hardened decides whether it is an ordinary Shadow Daggers | 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.
Shadow Daggers | 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 Shadow Daggers | 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 (5)
Tier 2 (6)
Tier 3 (1)
Tier 4 (5)
Regular Shadow Daggers | Case Hardened price by wear
Base price of a random-pattern Shadow Daggers | 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 | $258.12 | $334.81 |
| Minimal Wear (MW) | 0.070 – 0.150 | $118.13 | $133.21 |
| Field-Tested (FT) | 0.150 – 0.380 | $104.72 | $137.20 |
| Well-Worn (WW) | 0.380 – 0.450 | $101.86 | $168.64 |
| Battle-Scarred (BS) | 0.450 – 1.000 | $102.77 | $132.04 |
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 blade. 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 Shadow Daggers | 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.
Shadow Daggers | Case Hardened blue gem FAQ
What is a Shadow Daggers | Case Hardened blue gem?
A Shadow Daggers | Case Hardened whose paint seed puts almost only the blue part of the Case Hardened texture on the play side. Seeds 56, 505, 866, 417, 609 are the recognised tier 1 patterns.
How do I check the pattern of my Shadow Daggers | 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 Shadow Daggers | Case Hardened blue gem worth?
There is no list price: top-tier blue gems sell through private offers at many times the regular Shadow Daggers | 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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