Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz (Field-Tested)

For the Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz, Field-Tested (FT) takes a wide part of the wear scale, from 0.15 to 0.38. This is a Restricted skin from The Lake collection. The paired pistols for CS2, the "dualies," are painted deep blue with crystal facets.

What the Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz looks like in Field-Tested

The pistols are a dense blue, with a deep cobalt base. A mesh of light blue and whitish broken lines runs across it, like cracks in a crystal. The lines form polygonal shards, with a white glint along the edge in places.

The blue covers the slides, frames and grip panels of both pistols. Barrels, hammers, the undersides of the trigger guards and the front sights stay bare polished metal and give contrast. On the top of one barrel there is a tiny violet dot.

The degree of wear is set at drop, and the crystal facets do not rub off afterward. Field-Tested takes the middle of the skin's scale, and signs of wear are more visible here than in Factory New.

Where the Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz came from

The skin belongs to The Lake collection. According to the collection data, it entered the game in November 2013. Valve describes it as metallic paint with a crystallizing mask that creates the pattern.

What to check before buying

What to compare when choosing a Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz:

• float: the 0.15 to 0.38 stretch is long, and the extreme copies differ noticeably;


• overall look: the blue base, the crack mesh and the light metal of the barrels are best checked on the listing itself;


• stickers from the previous owner, and any rename on the Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz.

What the Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz costs in Field-Tested

Factory New costs 1.72 times as much, and Well-Worn costs twice as much. Minimal Wear is level with Field-Tested: the gap is under three percent.

Among Restricted skins for the Dual Berettas, this is the cheapest in the wear. Nearest in price is Flora Carnivora, about a fifth more. Angel Eyes costs almost double, and Hydro Strike two to three times as much. Urban Shock and Sweet Little Angels cost more than five times as much.

Getting the Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz

The skin has no regular case. It appears in the tournament Souvenir packages, for example DreamHack 2013 and EMS One 2014. You can also get a Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz by trade-up: ten skins of the rank below from the collection go in.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The skin has no StatTrak version, but it does have a Souvenir version.

Stickers and craft on the Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz

The blue base with light blue lines goes well with cool stickers: white, silver and light blue. Warm stickers stand out more against this ground. Place them on the slides and frames, where there is the most blue.

Who this wear suits

Buying a Dual Berettas | Cobalt Quartz in Field-Tested is worth it for three reasons:

• it is a Restricted skin with a solid blue crystal pattern;


• the 0.15 to 0.38 band lets you pick a copy by float;


• the wear costs the same as Minimal Wear, so the choice comes down to how a particular listing looks.