SSG 08 | Blood in the Water (Factory New)

In Factory New (FN) the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water has a float of 0.06 to 0.07, only a hundredth of the scale. The skin is never cleaner than 0.06: the lower bound is cut off by the finish itself. It is a Covert skin from The Arms Deal 2 Collection, dropping from the CS:GO Weapon Case 2.

What the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water looks like in Factory New

The main artwork sits on the receiver and the handguard of the scout. A white shark with open, toothy jaws looks out from the side of the receiver, surrounded by blue-turquoise water tones. Near the handguard the paint turns into red splashes and streaks. The barrel, scope, bipod and stock stay black. Valve keeps its own description brief: an airbrushed image of a shark on the rifle.

In Factory New the artwork is whole, the teeth and the edges of the jaws are drawn crisply, and the red streaks are not rubbed at the edges. Wear is fixed at drop, so a listing stays as it was bought.

What to check before buying

Listings of the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water are compared on these points:

• float: across 0.06 to 0.07 the look is almost identical;


• what the previous owner left on the scout: stickers and a name tag;


• version: a StatTrak listing is sold as a separate item.

Searching the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water by pattern index is pointless: the artwork does not change.

What the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water costs in Factory New

The finish has three wears, and Factory New is the priciest:

• Field-Tested is 1.35 times cheaper;


• Minimal Wear is 1.45 times cheaper.

The line of Covert scouts has two skins, and SSG 08 | Dragonfire costs about two and a half times more in this wear.

Getting the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water

The CS:GO Weapon Case 2 is the source. For the contract you take ten skins a step down, and the collection is your choice: Arms Deal 2 holds the Classified P90 | Cold Blooded and USP-S | Serum. There is one Covert skin in The Arms Deal 2 Collection, so a ten from it gives exactly this one.

Five Covert skins yield a rare special item with the ★ mark: a Bayonet, Flip Knife, Gut Knife, Karambit or M9 Bayonet.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The SSG 08 | Blood in the Water has a StatTrak version. No Souvenir packages were released for it.

Stickers and craft on the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water

The receiver carries the main picture, so a sticker there competes with the shark. Quieter spots are the black stock and the area by the bipod: there is no artwork there, and a sticker shows cleanly. White stickers contrast on the red splashes, while red ones are lost.

Who this wear suits

The SSG 08 | Blood in the Water in Factory New is worth buying if:

• you want a Covert scout for CS2 with a clean shark and no scuffing;


• it matters that the float is capped from below at 0.06 and the finish has nothing above Factory New;


• you want a skin for both sides: the scout is available to terrorists and counter-terrorists alike.