★ Butterfly Knife | Lore (Well-Worn)

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore in Well-Worn (WW) sits between its two neighbors on price: 9 percent below Field-Tested and 8 percent above Battle-Scarred. It is a Covert rank knife, with the ★ mark, a golden blade and olive handles. Two cases hold it: the Operation Riptide Case and the Dreams & Nightmares Case. In CS2 this wear is given only the 0.38 to 0.45 slice.

What the ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore looks like in Well-Worn

Thin interlaced knots on the blade, a golden ground and an olive-green handle with amber inserts: that is how the finish looks in every wear, and Well-Worn is no exception. The round cutouts in the handle, the golden latch hook and the pin at the butt are all in place. The gold is paint, and the whole knife carries it.

The scale gives Well-Worn on this knife only the 0.38 to 0.45 band, so copies look alike, and the wear is fixed at drop.

Where the ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore came from

Lore first showed up in the Operation Riptide Case, tied to the operation Valve presented on September 22, 2021. In the Dreams & Nightmares Case the same finish sits among the knives.

What to check before buying

A few points deserve a look before you buy the ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore:

• float: the band is tight, but the number is still worth checking, since the border with the neighboring wears lies between 0.38 and 0.45;


• applied name: a name tag is allowed on this knife;


• version: a StatTrak listing is a separate product.

Phase and pattern

The ornament is the same on every copy of the ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore, and there are no phases.

What the ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore costs in Well-Worn

Of the eighteen Covert butterfly finishes priced in Well-Worn, Lore is mid-list: nine cost less, eight cost more. Ultraviolet, Stained and Black Laminate lie level with it; Freehand is slightly cheaper, and Rust Coat sits a twentieth lower. The cheapest in the model are Forest DDPAT, Boreal Forest and Safari Mesh, and the dearest are Damascus Steel, Blue Steel and Autotronic.

Between the wears, prices spread like this:

• Factory New costs 3.34 times as much;


• Minimal Wear costs 1.57 times as much;


• Field-Tested costs 1.09 times as much;


• Battle-Scarred is cheaper by 1.08 times.

Getting the ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore

Lore can come from the Operation Riptide Case or the Dreams & Nightmares Case; you learn the wear only after opening. The second route is a craft, which takes five Covert skins of one type (normal and StatTrak cannot be mixed). What comes out is a random rare special item. Model and finish cannot be chosen.

Is there a StatTrak version

In the game, the Lore can carry StatTrak too.

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Butterfly Knife | Lore in Well-Worn is justified if:

• you want a golden blade and the gap between 0.38 and 0.45 does not bother you;


• Battle-Scarred is already too worn, while Field-Tested costs more than you want to pay;


• the middle step of the wear ladder fits your price.