Karambit Skins: Prices & Cases That Drop Them

Prices as of September 30, 2026 · Steam Community Market 7-day median · how it's calculated

The Karambit is one of 20 knife types in Counter-Strike 2, with 25 finishes, priced from $531.08 for Safari Mesh to $1,874.11 for Fade. Its median finish costs $868.77, 2nd of 20, between the Butterfly Knife ($924.50) and the M9 Bayonet ($684.28). 10 of its finishes sell for more than $1,000.

All Karambit finishes by price

25 Karambit finishes sorted by Steam Market price, then price by wear
Finish	Price	FN	MW	FT	WW	BS
Fade	$1,874.11	$1,874.11	—
Gamma Doppler (5 phases)	$1,807.18	$1,807.18	—
Doppler (7 phases)	$1,662.41	$1,796.23	$1,662.41
Vanilla	$1,600.00
Marble Fade	$1,439.15	$1,568.79	$1,439.15
Autotronic	$1,226.38	—	$1,632.57	$1,226.38	$1,057.60	$1,032.89
Slaughter	$1,133.37	$1,470.45	$1,267.63	$1,133.37
Tiger Tooth	$1,125.00	$1,363.44	$1,125.00
Case Hardened	$1,080.11	$1,286.73	$1,265.76	$1,080.11	$510.05	$859.55
Blue Steel	$1,026.21	$1,876.88	$1,121.61	$1,026.21	$888.18	$903.02
Black Laminate	$978.57	$1,351.42	$990.07	$978.57	$866.99	$973.65
Crimson Web	$915.80	—	$1,329.65	$915.80	$778.41	$690.00
Damascus Steel	$868.77	$992.19	$879.33	$868.77	$814.79	$813.02
Lore	$813.30	$1,675.96	$1,216.40	$813.30	$798.55	$760.80
Night	$779.08	—	$795.25	$779.08	$646.25	$696.67
Ultraviolet	$777.66	—	$1,051.65	$777.66	$729.00	$710.11
Stained	$772.70	$1,010.12	$853.20	$772.70	$722.88	$684.99
Freehand	$726.09	$835.08	$736.46	$726.09	$521.45	$563.99
Bright Water	$664.03	$797.84	$678.61	$664.03	$577.36	$578.02
Scorched	$642.10	—	$639.26	$642.10	$606.17	$620.46
Rust Coat	$635.32				$635.32	$673.55
Urban Masked	$621.85	—	$630.00	$621.85	$535.97	$562.32
Boreal Forest	$569.12	$1,081.54	$595.47	$569.12	$499.99	$493.94
Forest DDPAT	$549.77	—	$567.67	$549.77	$655.00	$519.16
Safari Mesh	$531.08	—	$554.77	$531.08	$528.45	$509.93

Doppler and Gamma Doppler phases share one market price. By community estimates, Ruby and Sapphire are 2.5% of Doppler drops each, Black Pearl 1% and Emerald about 3.1% of Gamma Doppler drops (methodology).

Cases that drop the Karambit

Containers that drop the Karambit, cheapest average cost first
Case	Cost per opening	Chance per opening	Average cost per Karambit	Pool
Revolver Case	$6.62	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$12,730.77	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
Gamma 2 Case	$7.02	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$13,500.00	Gamma Case knife pool
Gamma Case	$7.15	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$13,750.00	Gamma Case knife pool
Chroma 3 Case	$7.41	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$14,250.00	Chroma Case knife pool
Chroma 2 Case	$8.03	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$15,442.31	Chroma Case knife pool
Operation Phoenix Weapon Case	$8.22	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$15,807.69	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
Chroma Case	$9.58	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$18,423.08	Chroma Case knife pool
Operation Vanguard Weapon Case	$10.39	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$19,980.77	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
Winter Offensive Weapon Case	$17.39	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$33,442.31	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
CS:GO Weapon Case 3	$20.95	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$40,288.46	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
eSports 2014 Summer Case	$22.58	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$43,423.08	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
eSports 2013 Winter Case	$28.34	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$54,500.00	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
CS:GO Weapon Case 2	$37.65	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$72,403.85	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
eSports 2013 Case	$70.29	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$135,173.08	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
Operation Bravo Case	$88.93	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$171,019.23	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool
CS:GO Weapon Case	$179.77	0.052% (1 in 1,923)	$345,711.54	CS:GO Weapon Case knife pool

16 containers drop it, from the CS:GO Weapon Case (2013) to the Gamma 2 Case (2016). They span 3 separate knife pools with different finishes.

In the Revolver Case, as in every weapon case, a gold item drops 0.26% of the time (1 in 385). The Karambit is 20% of that pool, next to Bayonet, Flip Knife, Gut Knife and M9 Bayonet, which puts a Karambit at 0.052% per opening, or 1 in 1,923. Opening it costs $6.62 with the key, so a Karambit costs $12,730.77 to unbox on average, the cheapest route; the CS:GO Weapon Case is the most expensive at $345,711.54. Buying the cheapest one, Safari Mesh, costs $531.08: 24.0 times less.

Wear matters most on Lore: Factory New sells for $1,675.96 against $760.80 in Battle-Scarred, 2.2 times more. The Vanilla Karambit has no paint and no float, and sells for $1,600.00.

One Karambit in ten comes out StatTrak™. Across 24 finishes priced both ways, the StatTrak™ version costs a median 0.95 times the plain one, from 0.85 on Vanilla to 1.16 on Crimson Web. 25 of its 25 priced finishes cost more than the median knife finish across all 20 types ($181.56).

Compared with the same finish on other knives, its Fade ranks 1st of the 20 Fade knives, ahead of the Butterfly Knife one ($1,810.19), and its Safari Mesh ranks 2nd of the 20 Safari Mesh knives, behind the Butterfly Knife one ($596.56).

Karambit FAQ

What is the cheapest Karambit skin?: ★ Karambit | Safari Mesh at about $531.08 on the Steam Community Market, the lowest of 25 priced finishes.
What is the most expensive Karambit skin?: ★ Karambit | Fade, at about $1,874.11 for its representative wear.
Which case gives the best odds for a Karambit?: The Revolver Case, at 0.052% per opening.
How much does it cost to unbox a Karambit?: About $12,730.77 on average through the Revolver Case: the opening cost divided by the chance per opening.
Can a Karambit be StatTrak™?: Yes: one in ten drops from a case is StatTrak™.

Other knives

Odds follow the methodology; prices come from the sources page. Compare every case on the best cases ranking.