The best-known snake skins in CS2 are AWP | Atheris with its tree viper (about $3 to $25), Dual Berettas | Cobra Strike with a cobra on the grips (about $40 to $75), AK-47 | Fire Serpent with its mythological serpent (from $490), plus AUG | Copperhead, AWP | Pit Viper, Glock-18 | Death Rattle and P90 | Cold Blooded. Some cost under a dollar and others hundreds, so each entry below covers the design, collection, available wears and an approximate LIS-SKINS price.
Skins featuring animals and fantasy monsters are common in the game: aggressive creatures that look ready to strike suit a shooter well. Snakes are one of the most varied themes, from realistic scales to stylized mythological serpents. For more finishes like these, see our roundup of animal skins.
AWP Atheris
One of the best-known snake skins is, without a doubt, AWP | Atheris. A writhing tree viper with emerald green scales sits on a dark background, and the scope carries a matching scale pattern. It is a Restricted skin from the Prisma Case, available in all five wears, and its main strength is the price: about $4 in Field-Tested and about $25 in Factory New, well below many other AWP finishes. To see where it ranks among other AWP skins, check our AWP skins tier list.
Dual Berettas Cobra Strike
The snake does not have to be the centerpiece. On Dual Berettas | Cobra Strike it decorates the pistol grips, while the bodies carry a scaly pattern, as on the Atheris. It is a Classified skin from the Operation Hydra Case, and because that operation is long over it costs more than a typical pistol skin: about $40 to $75 for the regular version and roughly twice that for StatTrak. More options for this weapon are in our guide to the best Dual Berettas skins.
Glock-18 Death Rattle
The designer of Glock-18 | Death Rattle took a different approach. The skin shows not the snake itself but the texture of its scales, which, as nature intended, works like camouflage. The name points to rattlesnakes, which rely on that pattern to ambush prey. It is an Industrial Grade skin from The Bank Collection, available from Minimal Wear to Battle-Scarred, and it costs under a dollar, which makes it the cheapest way to bring a snake theme into your loadout from the first round.
AUG Copperhead
Another scale-covered skin, AUG | Copperhead, is named after the copperhead snake. It is fairly expensive at about $110 and up, and the detailed texture, which looks different on each part of the rifle, is only part of the reason. AUG | Copperhead belongs to the old Dust Collection, does not drop from cases and exists only in Minimal Wear and Field-Tested, so market supply is small.
AK-47 Fire Serpent
Next to real snakes, mythological ones deserve a mention. AK-47 | Fire Serpent depicts a stylized serpent in the spirit of Mesoamerican ornament. It arrived in 2013 in the Operation Bravo Case, a long-closed operation, and remains one of the most recognizable AK-47 skins. Its price stays high: from about $490 in Battle-Scarred to about $2,300 in Factory New. To see how it compares with other high-end AKs, check the most expensive AK-47 skins in CS2.
AWP Pit Viper
Here is another skin built on the texture of snakeskin: AWP | Pit Viper. If you prefer dark, camo-like colors, this is your pick. The skin comes from The Italy Collection in Minimal Wear to Battle-Scarred, and the regular version costs about a dollar, while a Souvenir copy from the DreamHack 2013 or EMS One 2014 packages runs about $15.
P90 Cold Blooded
Finally, a skin with an unusual color scheme for the snake theme. The writhing body of a snake, printed in black on a dark red background, makes P90 | Cold Blooded a genuinely stylish design. It is a Classified skin from CS:GO Weapon Case 2 and exists only in Factory New and Minimal Wear. Curiously, Factory New is the cheaper of the two (about $40) compared with the rarer Minimal Wear (about $70). For other finishes on this SMG, see the best P90 skins.
If the snake theme appeals to you, the neighboring mythological motif is worth a look too: dragon skins in CS2 also cover every price range.
