★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald (Factory New)

Factory New (FN) on the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald covers the bottom seven hundredths of the scale, with the green untouched. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. Two sources supply it: the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case. The finish tops out at 0.08, so apart from Factory New only Minimal Wear exists.

What the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald looks like in Factory New

Green lacquer takes the entire blade face along with the saw teeth on the spine, and it runs over the guard and ring too. Dark emerald swirls gather near the spine and around the hole, while along the edge the green lightens almost to lime. Every saw tooth is painted through, and in Factory New not one of them has paled. The handle is gray, painted to look wrapped, and it does not follow the blade.

The wear band spans 0.00 to 0.07. Copies inside it are near enough identical that the number tells you little. Minimal Wear lightens the edge and the saw teeth first, then the shoulder of the guard; none of that has started here.

Where the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald came from

Valve drew the series; no Steam Workshop artist stands behind it. Gamma Doppler reached the game on June 15, 2016, alongside the Gamma Exposure update and the first Gamma Case. Valve's catalog carries the finish as number 568. In CS2 it is applied to ten knives and to one pistol, the Glock-18.

Phase and pattern

A phase is rolled for Gamma Doppler and written into the item name: four ordinary ones, Phase 1 through Phase 4, plus Emerald. Variants that rare are known as gems. Emerald is tied to Gamma Doppler, while Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl occur only on Doppler.

Within one phase, the pattern index moves the proportions of green, cyan and black on the blade. Unlike the karambit, this model has no tier list of good patterns from any major source. Pattern gives nothing to lean on here, while the phase is visible in the listing title.

What to check before buying

These are the points to look at before taking one:

• the phase: Emerald and the ordinary phases each sell on their own page;


• the float: within the wear it does not show, but the number is recorded;


• the name tag: this knife accepts one, and the previous owner's inscription stays;


• the version: a copy with StatTrak is priced on its own terms.

What the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald costs in Factory New

Among this model's Covert finishes Emerald ranks third of thirty-two. Above it stand M9 Bayonet | Doppler Ruby and M9 Bayonet | Doppler Black Pearl, the latter breaking away hardest. Below come M9 Bayonet | Crimson Web and M9 Bayonet | Doppler Sapphire, with M9 Bayonet | Ultraviolet trailing by multiples. Minimal Wear starts about a tenth lower.

Getting the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald

Out of a case the knife arrives as the rare ★ item with a random phase, and both Gamma cases qualify. The craft works separately: five Covert skins from a single collection return a random knife or pair of gloves. Neither road can be aimed at a particular gem.

StatTrak and Souvenir

A StatTrak version of the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald exists in game; a souvenir release does not.

Who this wear suits

Buy the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald in Factory New in these cases:

• the saw teeth and the shoulder of the guard have to stay green end to end;


• you want the priciest of the Gamma Doppler options rather than a cheaper green;


• the step up from Minimal Wear fits the budget for the loadout.