★ Bayonet | Fade (Factory New)

★ Bayonet | Fade in Factory New (FN) is a blade with a smooth color transition applied by airbrush. Its rank is Covert, and it carries the ★ mark. The float band of this wear lies between 0.00 and 0.07. The scale of the finish ends at 0.08, so it has only two wears: Factory New and Minimal Wear (MW).

What the ★ Bayonet | Fade looks like in Factory New

The blade is painted with a transition of several colors: violet and crimson at the tip give way to orange and yellow, and the metal lightens toward the heel. The handle is olive-khaki with ribbed rings, and the crossguard is gray. By Valve's description, the paint is airbrushed from transparent colors that flow into one another.

In Factory New the paint is intact on the edge and on the ribs of the handle. Wear was fixed at the moment of the drop.

What to check before buying

Before taking the ★ Bayonet | Fade, look at these points:

• float: 0.00 to 0.07 is a short stretch for a bayonet, and the difference between listings disappears into the error margin;


• applied name: a name tag is possible on a bayonet and stays on the item after the purchase.

What the ★ Bayonet | Fade costs in Factory New

Minimal Wear costs one and a half times as much as Factory New, so the top wear of this finish is not the most expensive one.

Of the thirty-one Covert bayonet finishes, nine are cheaper than the Fade in Factory New and twenty-one are more expensive. Safari Mesh, Stained, Marble Fade and Black Laminate stand close, within a few percent. Damascus Steel, Bright Water and Freehand are cheaper by almost half. Doppler Ruby costs almost five times as much, Crimson Web more than five times, and Doppler Black Pearl more than nine times.

Getting the ★ Bayonet | Fade

The ★ Bayonet | Fade drops from eleven cases. Among them are the CS:GO Weapon Case, the Operation Bravo Case, the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case and the Revolver Case. The second route is a trade-up contract: five Covert skins of one collection give a rare special item of a random model and finish. A particular bayonet is bought from a finished listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

The ★ Bayonet | Fade has a StatTrak version in the game.

Who this wear suits

This wear of the ★ Bayonet | Fade is worth buying if:

• you want a bright bayonet for CS2 with a transition from violet to yellow;


• an edge without marks matters, and Minimal Wear costs noticeably more;


• your CS2 loadout leans on warm and dark tones, and the olive handle fits the same palette.