Skeleton Knife Skins: Prices & Cases That Drop Them
Prices as of · Steam Community Market 7-day median · how it's calculated
The Skeleton Knife is one of 20 knife types in Counter-Strike 2, with 19 finishes, priced from $148.15 for Fade to $850.00 for Doppler. Its median finish costs $276.55, 5th of 20, between the Talon Knife ($445.53) and the Stiletto Knife ($262.82).
All Skeleton Knife finishes by price
| Finish | Price | FN | MW | FT | WW | BS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doppler (7 phases) | $850.00 | $915.09 | $850.00 | |||
| Marble Fade | $575.00 | $585.18 | $575.00 | |||
| Slaughter | $555.60 | $585.20 | $553.12 | $555.60 | ||
| Tiger Tooth | $453.66 | $469.77 | $453.66 | |||
| Crimson Web | $412.73 | — | $522.34 | $412.73 | $395.07 | $325.62 |
| Vanilla | $354.85 | |||||
| Blue Steel | $322.28 | $590.94 | $337.48 | $322.28 | $304.89 | $322.46 |
| Case Hardened | $297.57 | $782.75 | $440.16 | $297.57 | $333.57 | $304.22 |
| Damascus Steel | $288.25 | $331.34 | $318.87 | $288.25 | $263.81 | $284.46 |
| Ultraviolet | $276.55 | $503.59 | $331.79 | $276.55 | $263.37 | $242.78 |
| Stained | $271.05 | $354.03 | $299.92 | $271.05 | $249.14 | $244.83 |
| Rust Coat | $214.35 | $214.35 | $184.53 | |||
| Night Stripe | $212.46 | $685.17 | $248.67 | $212.46 | $193.57 | $193.48 |
| Urban Masked | $197.92 | $324.96 | $216.29 | $197.92 | $201.92 | $176.35 |
| Scorched | $190.83 | $271.01 | $194.16 | $190.83 | $190.41 | $171.41 |
| Forest DDPAT | $161.30 | $233.84 | $184.68 | $161.30 | $149.59 | $149.80 |
| Boreal Forest | $159.08 | $243.74 | $175.65 | $159.08 | $166.03 | $146.19 |
| Safari Mesh | $156.78 | $326.04 | $165.14 | $156.78 | $153.57 | $147.47 |
| Fade | $148.15 | $772.81 | $148.15 |
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 Skeleton Knife
| Case | Cost per opening | Chance per opening | Average cost per Skeleton Knife | Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture Case | $3.27 | 0.065% (1 in 1,538) | $5,030.77 | Shattered Web Case knife pool |
| Fever Case | $3.38 | 0.065% (1 in 1,538) | $5,200.00 | Fever Case knife pool |
| Shattered Web Case | $10.47 | 0.065% (1 in 1,538) | $16,107.69 | Shattered Web Case knife pool |
3 containers drop it: Shattered Web Case (2019), Fracture Case (2020) and Fever Case (2025). They span 2 separate knife pools with different finishes.
In the Fracture Case, as in every weapon case, a gold item drops 0.26% of the time (1 in 385). The Skeleton Knife is 25% of that pool, next to Nomad Knife, Paracord Knife and Survival Knife, which puts a Skeleton Knife at 0.065% per opening, or 1 in 1,538. Opening it costs $3.27 with the key, so a Skeleton Knife costs $5,030.77 to unbox on average, the cheapest route; the Shattered Web Case is the most expensive at $16,107.69. Buying the cheapest one, Fade, costs $148.15: 34.0 times less.
Wear matters most on Fade: Factory New sells for $772.81 against $148.15 in Minimal Wear, 5.2 times more. The Vanilla Skeleton Knife has no paint and no float, and sells for $354.85.
One Skeleton Knife in ten comes out StatTrak™. Across 19 finishes priced both ways, the StatTrak™ version costs a median 1.02 times the plain one, from 0.88 on Slaughter to 5.52 on Fade. 15 of its 19 priced finishes cost more than the median knife finish across all 20 types ($181.56).
Compared with the same finish on other knives, its Doppler ranks 5th of the 18 Doppler knives, behind the M9 Bayonet one ($1,000.68), and its Fade ranks 20th of the 20 Fade knives, behind the Navaja Knife one ($163.39).
Skeleton Knife FAQ
- What is the cheapest Skeleton Knife skin?
- ★ Skeleton Knife | Fade at about $148.15 on the Steam Community Market, the lowest of 19 priced finishes.
- What is the most expensive Skeleton Knife skin?
- ★ Skeleton Knife | Doppler, at about $850.00 for its representative wear.
- Which case gives the best odds for a Skeleton Knife?
- The Fracture Case, at 0.065% per opening.
- How much does it cost to unbox a Skeleton Knife?
- About $5,030.77 on average through the Fracture Case: the opening cost divided by the chance per opening.
- Can a Skeleton Knife be StatTrak™?
- Yes: one in ten drops from a case is StatTrak™.
Other knives
- Bayonet
- Bowie Knife
- Butterfly Knife
- Classic Knife
- Falchion Knife
- Flip Knife
- Gut Knife
- Huntsman Knife
- Karambit
- Kukri Knife
- M9 Bayonet
- Navaja Knife
- Nomad Knife
- Paracord Knife
- Shadow Daggers
- Stiletto Knife
- Survival Knife
- Talon Knife
- Ursus Knife
Odds follow the methodology; prices come from the sources page. Compare every case on the best cases ranking.