There’s plenty of desirable AWP skins that draw attention thanks to their iconic design or mythical creatures menacingly painted on the body of the legendary sniper rifle. It’s a whole different with the AWP Paw, as this skin is known for its devilishly cute design featuring a collage of Counter-Strike stylized kittens. It’s a popular and quite an unusual choice as far as AWP skins go, plus there’s an interactive aspect to this skin – you might have an entirely different selection of kittens and puppies depending on a pattern of your skin. This guide will help you with all the popular AWP Paw pattern seeds and get you up to speed on which ones are considered the most desirable.
The Best AWP Paw Patterns
The charming AWP Paw was released in 2018, as part of the Horizon Case and it was designed by the community creator TheDanidem. It features a playful design with a collage full of different kittens and puppies, all stylized within the Counter-Strike-esque theme. The chaotic collage draws heavy inspiration from comic books and cartoons, with the astounding 52 different kittens and puppies featured in the entire AWP Paw pattern range. Some of the mischievous pets have distinct features about them that draw players to get a weapon with that particular pattern. Those Easter Eggs can significantly increase the popularity of a skin with specific pattern seed. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular AWP Paw patterns in Counter-Strike 2.
The Gold Cat Patterns
Maneki-Neko, a bringer of good luck and prosperity in the Eastern cultures, is featured on a number of AWP Paw patterns, and these patterns tend to be among the most valuable and desirable. The Tier 1 patterns are reserved for the Centered pattern seeds, where the cat is located directly between the scope and the magazine. The lower Tier 2 and Tier 3 patterns feature the cat in a similar area, but either slightly off-centered or shifted to the side.
Gold Cat T1: 41, 350
Gold Cat T2: 19, 35, 177, 531, 581, 624, 644, 675, 744
Gold Cat T3: 138, 192, 304, 321, 368, 393, 480, 493, 565, 741, 802, 807, 895, 919, 999
The Golden Grenade Patterns
The Gold Grenade is another popular pattern that features a kitten leaping towards a grenade, mistaking it for a crochet toy ball. Similarly to the Gold Cat pattern, the Tier 1 Golden Grenade is located in the center between the magazine and the scope. Alternatively, there are lots of pattern seeds where the grenade is slightly off-centered
Gold Grenade T1: 429, 926, 954
Gold Grenade T2: 3, 4, 26, 38, 53, 63, 73, 78, 103, 122, 156, 158, 163, 182, 186, 216, 232, 234, 247, 270, 279, 307, 334, 347, 411, 430, 463, 467, 575, 749, 819, 891, 917, 952, 957, 961
The Gas Mask Patterns
This pattern is self-explanatory, featuring a mischievous kitten sporting an SAS-style gas mask. If you’re a CT side hero, then this pattern seed might be to your taste. These patterns are quite popular despite their affordable price tags. Aside from the traditional centered T1 pattern seeds, the T2 patterns are just as good as the higher tier ones.
Gas Mask T1: 29, 97, 685, 900
Gas Mask T2: 62, 75, 120
Gas Mask T3: 2, 32, 209, 291, 294, 458, 492, 566, 647, 916, 992
The Gold Cat Knife Patterns
This pattern features yet another golden cat, but this time a much more imposing one. The golden cat is equipped with a knife and a face mask, which makes these patterns look simultaneously cute and wild. There’s a plenty of decent pattern seeds with this hooligan – even the T3 patterns like #396 will have a cat somewhat in the center of the skin with great visibility.
Gold Cat Knife T1: 212, 628, 737
Gold Cat Knife T2: 84, 339, 366, 472, 859, 864
Gold Cat Knife T3: 319, 322, 114, 396, 509, 559, 804, 830, 977, 406
The Stoner Cat Patterns
As you might have guessed, this pattern is particularly popular with the CS2 community. The Stoner Cat is an unofficial name of the patterns where the center of attention is a grumpy grey cat with red eyes (supposedly from inhaling the smoke grenade fumes). These patterns are somewhat tricky as the monochrome cat can be lost between the other cats and pugs with more color.
Stoner Cat T1: 420, 788
Stoner Cat T2: 187, 306
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