CS2 Pattern and Float Glossary
Plain definitions of the terms used in CS2 pattern trading: paint seed, float value, wear condition, tier, blue gem, fade percentage, StatTrak, sticker craft and overpay.
The terms below turn up on every page of this site and across CS2 trading generally. Definitions are short on purpose.
Paint seed (pattern index)
A whole number from 0 to 1000 assigned to a CS2 skin the moment it's created, which determines how the finish's texture is rotated and positioned on the weapon model. It's permanent and it can't be rerolled.
On most skins the seed changes nothing anybody notices. On finishes with strong internal variation, such as Case Hardened, Fade, Marble Fade and Heat Treated, it can be the single biggest factor in what the item is worth.
Also called the pattern index. Full explanation in what is a CS2 pattern index.
Float value
A decimal between 0 and 1 describing how worn a skin's surface looks. Lower is cleaner. The value is rolled when the item is created and doesn't change with use.
Float and paint seed are separate numbers, rolled independently. A skin has both. See float values explained.
Wear condition
One of five named brackets derived from the float value:
| Wear condition | Short code | Float range |
|---|---|---|
| Factory New | FN | 0.00 – 0.07 |
| Minimal Wear | MW | 0.07 – 0.15 |
| Field-Tested | FT | 0.15 – 0.38 |
| Well-Worn | WW | 0.38 – 0.45 |
| Battle-Scarred | BS | 0.45 – 1.00 |
Two skins in the same bracket can differ a lot. A 0.16 and a 0.37 are both Field-Tested and don't sell for the same money.
Tier
A community grouping of pattern indices that produce a similar look on a given skin, ranked by desirability. Tier 1 means the most sought-after seeds for that finish.
Tiers are conventions, not something Valve publishes. This site organises pages by tier so a seed can be looked up in a group rather than one at a time. Example: AK-47 Case Hardened Tier 1 Blue Gem prices.
Blue Gem
A Case Hardened skin whose paint seed places an unusually large area of blue on the visible side of the weapon. More blue on the playside means a higher tier and a higher price.
Thirteen AK-47 seeds are tracked here as Tier 1 and seventeen as Tier 2 Blue Gem. The blue gem tier guide lists them.
Fade percentage
A measure of how far the colour gradient on a Fade finish travels along the item, quoted from roughly 80% to 100%. Higher means more of the gradient is present, and 100% carries the largest premium.
Groups: Karambit Fade Full Fade (100%) and Karambit Fade 90%+ Fade.
StatTrak
A variant of a skin fitted with a counter that tracks kills with that weapon. StatTrak and non-StatTrak copies of the same skin are separate items, priced separately, and often by a wide margin in either direction.
Every sale recorded on this site is flagged with whether the item was StatTrak, so the two don't get averaged together.
Sticker craft
A skin with stickers applied. Applied stickers can't be sold separately and usually recover only part of their market value in the price of the skin, though rare stickers can carry most of a sale.
Crafts distort pattern price data, which is why the stickers on each sale are listed next to the price here. More in how stickers affect skin prices.
Overpay
How much more a pattern sells for than an ordinary pattern of the same skin in the same wear, written as a multiple. A 3× overpay means three times the price.
Each sale is compared with what ordinary patterns sold for in the 30 days before it. Below 1.05× the overpay shows as "None", and a "!" marks a number with few sales behind it.
Example: Desert Eagle Heat Treated #338 sold for a median of $22.68 in Field-Tested as of October 2026, a 4.2× overpay.
A note on the prices behind these terms
Every figure on this site comes from completed CSFloat cash transactions, recorded per pattern index with the float, date, StatTrak flag and applied stickers of each sale. Steam Community Market prices are not used, because Steam averages every pattern index of a skin together and prices in wallet balance rather than cash.
Start from the weapons directory, or read how this site works for the short version.