★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 (Factory New)

The ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 (Factory New) is a blue-violet CS2 knife from the Doppler family. Its rank is Covert, with the ★ mark, and it drops from the Fever Case. Since the finish reaches 0.08 on float, there are two wears, Factory New (FN) and Minimal Wear (MW). The Factory New band of the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 is 0.00 to 0.07.

What the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 looks like in Factory New

The color of the blade runs from blue to violet, turquoise shows near the notch, and dark veins cross the flat. There are serrations at the base and a gutting hook near the tip, and the handle is black composite. Valve states that the blade carries black and silver metallic paint under a colored translucent lacquer.

In Factory New the finish is intact along the whole length of the blade, and any wear a copy drops with stays fixed to it.

Where the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 came from

Doppler came out on January 8, 2015, and Valve's catalog lists it as number 420; Valve is its author. The Survival Knife is older than its Doppler: the model appeared on November 19, 2019, while the Fever Case came out on March 31, 2025. In the Spring Forward note Valve writes that it puts Shattered Web knives in Chroma finishes into the case.

Phase and pattern

The phase is part of the item name: you choose Phase 3 on the listing page, not by pulling it from a case. On the Survival Knife, Doppler has seven variants: four phases, 1 to 4, and three gems, Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl. Phase 3 is a regular one. The gems are separate items and cost noticeably more than the phases.

What to check before buying

Before buying the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3, check the following:

• the phase in the listing name: Phase 3 and the gems are sold as separate items, and they are hard to tell apart in an image;


• the name on the knife: a name tag is allowed and stays in place after purchase;


• StatTrak: the Doppler version with a counter is a separate item.

On the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 the 0.00 to 0.07 band is so narrow that the two outermost listings differ in the number alone.

What the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 costs in Factory New

Minimal Wear costs 1.69 times as much as the top wear.

Among the seven Doppler variants of the Survival Knife in this wear, Phase 3 costs less than the rest. Phase 1 costs 15 percent more, Phase 4 a quarter more, and Phase 2 37 percent. Sapphire costs 1.8 times as much, Ruby 2.5 times, and Black Pearl almost three times.

Counting finishes and phases together, the Survival Knife has twenty-two entries, and Phase 3 sits in the middle: ten cost more and eleven cost less. Forest DDPAT is 6 percent higher, Case Hardened 2 percent lower and Blue Steel 11 percent.

Getting the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3

The Survival Knife with Doppler comes out of the Fever Case with a random phase. A contract is the second route: five Covert skins from one collection give a rare special item, though neither the knife nor the phase can be chosen. Phase 3 itself is picked up through a finished listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

The ★ Survival Knife | Doppler Phase 3 in Factory New is worth buying for these reasons:

• you want a blue-violet Survival Knife without paying extra for a gem;


• your CS2 loadout is built in blue and steel tones, and the black handle does not fight the blade;


• you want a clean edge, and Minimal Wear is priced clearly higher.