Case Hardened knives are famous for their expensive Blue Gem patterns. But the Gold Gem pattern also looks beautiful paired with gloves or even a whole set of skins. In this article, CS.MONEY Blog looked through luxurious gold patterns on every knife. By the way, if you finally decide to get one, come visit us at Market or Trade to see the best options for Gold Patterns.
Author: Valery Dragunov
NB: Here, some overpays are based on the sales price, and if it is not indicated, this doesn’t mean there is no overpay. Pattern numbers are not ordered, rather lining subjectively, distributed from best to worst in our opinion. Shadow Daggers are missing due to the Case Hardened’s large texture scale, so there is no Gold Gem in the usual sense among its patterns.
Some Gold Gem patterns can be divided into two types: clean and bright. For cleans, it’s pretty simple: there’s no blue colour at all on the skin, only grey and gold. Brights may have blue textures on them, but at the same time, the gold hardening areas are much brighter than on the Cleans.
Karambit
This Karambit is a good example: on patterns #896 and #231, its blade has bright gold places interspersed with blue colour.
Clean Gold Karambit, patterns #939 and #388.
Pattern #231 has only two examples: Factory New and Well-Worn. The first was sold for $3,700, which is an overpay. The average overpay for the rest of the patterns is around $30.
M9 Bayonet
M9 Bayonet has three Gold Gem patterns due to its large blade area. Although, it has tiny blue spots: #739, #787 and #471.
Butterfly Knife
Butterfly Knife, despite its small size, uses the Case Hardened texture on a large scale. Thus, it will always have a small percentage of blue. The best patterns are #75 and #599.
Talon Knife
In addition to Clean and Bright, Talon Knife introduces an important category: Double-Sided Gold Gem patterns. So, Cleans are #834 and #993; Brights #757, #852 and #802; Double-Sided #895 and #119.
Clean patterns are sold with an overpay of up to $100, and Bright and Double-Sided for about $50.
Skeleton Knife
Skeleton Knife is one of the recently-added CS:GO knives; it appeared in the game in November 2019. Right now, no one has seen a #1 Gold Gem pattern (#914), but there is #2 (#943): overpaid with almost $150.
Stiletto Knife
Stiletto Knife’s gold pattern is the easiest to find, but the best ones are #268 and #895, with up to $30 overpay.
Navaja Knife
Navaja Knife is just as small, but only with #36 its blade looks perfect.
Paracord Knife
Paracord Knife has only one Gold Gem pattern with no flaws: #521, ~$30 overpay.
Survival Knife
Survival Knife with two Clean Gold patterns (#921 and #159). all that even despite the predominant grey colour. The latter was sold with an $80 overpay. Promo code for GameChanger Hub: A3V0AY.
Nomad Knife
Nomad Knife also has two Gold patterns, #39 and #912. Like Survival, overpaid around $80.
Ursus Knife
Ursus Knife with a golden blade is only available in pattern #425. But it has been sold several times for a $20 overpay.
Classic Knife
Classic Knife is wear-resistant. So, its Case Hardened skin doesn’t bloom or darken. Gold Gems include #943 and #527, overpaying almost $40.
Bowie Knife
Bowie Knife and its large blade cannot exist without blue spots, so among all the patterns, #113 and #599 are the most suitable.
Huntsman Knife
Huntsman Knife, like the Bowie, doesn’t have flawless gold patterns. Its best are #759 and #41.
Bayonet
Bayonet has three Gold Gems, #395, #848 and #359.
Flip Knife
There is only one Flip Knife with a minimal amount of blue: #731.
Gut Knife
Gut Knife Gold Gem is hard to find. The most similar is #837.
Falchion Knife
Falchion Knife is tempered on the handle, but patterns #926, #279, and #386 have all-gold blades.
Important note about Shadow Daggers and Talon Knife. There are no Gold Gem patterns at all for Daggers, while Talon Knife has a unique feature of double-sided hardening.
Gold Gem patterns will require you to spend a little more, but they can become your inventory’s headlines. Moreover, properly combined with other items, gloves and weapons, you can brag with some luxury. If you want a Gold Gem knife, try browsing our CS.MONEY Market! P2P trading, no bots, low fees and quick transactions await!
The basis of this article is the Case Hardened Gold Gem Guide created by Syncler, Notewoke and FlaMongo.
