SSG 08 | Blood in the Water (Field-Tested)

Field-Tested (FT) is where the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water ends. The finish's scale stops at 0.20, so this is the last of its three wears. Float on a listing runs between 0.15 and 0.20. The CS:GO Weapon Case 2 drops the scout, a Covert skin of The Arms Deal 2 Collection.

What the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water looks like in Field-Tested

A white shark with an open mouth is painted on the receiver of the scout, surrounded by blue-turquoise water tones. Toward the handguard the paint turns into red splashes, like blood in water. The barrel, bipod, scope and stock are black.

In Field-Tested the wear is already visible on the edges of the parts, but the artwork stays readable: the shark lies on the flat side of the receiver. Wear is recorded at the moment of the drop and does not change afterward.

What to check before buying

Picking a particular SSG 08 | Blood in the Water rests on these points:

• float: the 0.15 to 0.20 band is short, and there is no best copy to hunt for;


• the name tag and stickers, if they are already on this scout;


• version: StatTrak exists and is sold separately.

The pattern on the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water is not a lottery: all copies are identical.

What the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water costs in Field-Tested

The skin has three wears, with an unusual price order:

• Factory New is 1.35 times dearer;


• Minimal Wear is 1.1 times cheaper.

Heavier wear, higher price: Field-Tested sits above Minimal Wear. Only two Covert scouts exist, and in this wear the SSG 08 | Dragonfire asks 2.3 times as much as this one.

Getting the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water

Case openings aside, a contract of ten skins one rank lower can produce the scout. Which collection those ten come from steers the result; the Arms Deal 2 options a step down are USP-S | Serum and P90 | Cold Blooded. Fill the contract with ten of them and the only Covert outcome the set offers is this scout.

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 shark takes up the side of the receiver, and a sticker beside it argues with the main artwork. The black stock gives more room: white and light stickers read cleanly there. Red ones get lost on the splashes near the handguard.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested works for this scout when:

• you want the shark readable on a Covert CS2 scout without paying the Factory New premium;


• it matters that the price is above Minimal Wear: more wear, yet it costs more;


• you need a Covert skin of The Arms Deal 2 Collection for both sides.