SSG 08 | Blood in the Water (Minimal Wear)

The SSG 08 | Blood in the Water in Minimal Wear (MW) is a Covert scout from the CS:GO Weapon Case 2. The Minimal Wear window runs from 0.07 to 0.15. The skin exists in only three wears: Factory New, Minimal Wear and Field-Tested.

What the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water looks like in Minimal Wear

By Valve's description, a shark is airbrushed onto the rifle. The description names no colors, so none are given here.

The skin's float range is cut short, running from 0.06 to 0.20. The Minimal Wear band takes 0.08 of 0.14 within it, which is more than half.

What to check before buying

Before paying for the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water, look at:

• the float: the band from 0.07 to 0.15 takes 57% of the skin's range;


• any name tag and stickers: on the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water they stay with the listing.

There is no choosing by pattern on the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water as such: the artwork is the same on every copy.

What the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water costs in Minimal Wear

The skin has three wears, and they line up like this:

• Factory New is 1.5 times dearer;


• Field-Tested is 1.1 times dearer.

The order is unusual: Field-Tested costs more than Minimal Wear, even though it carries more wear. Among Covert SSG 08s the nearest skin is the SSG 08 | Dragonfire, which costs 2.6 times more in this wear.

Getting the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water

The skin drops from the CS:GO Weapon Case 2 and belongs to The Arms Deal 2 Collection.

A contract for the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water takes ten skins one rank lower, all from one set. In Arms Deal 2 those are the Classified P90 | Cold Blooded and USP-S | Serum. Covert rank in Arms Deal 2 is held by a single skin, and the contract leads to exactly that one.

Five Covert skins of one type give one Extraordinary item in a contract. For Arms Deal 2 these are the Bayonet, Flip Knife, Gut Knife, Karambit and M9 Bayonet.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The SSG 08 | Blood in the Water has a StatTrak version. Souvenir packages never included this skin, but an ordinary copy can be made into a souvenir through the Souvenir-O-Matic.

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

Valve's description does not name the colors of the artwork. It is better to choose stickers from the picture of the particular listing, which shows what part of the rifle a sticker will cover and what stays open.

Who this wear suits

Buying the SSG 08 | Blood in the Water in this wear makes sense if:

• you want a scout for CS2 with a shark image and no 1.5 times premium for Factory New;


• it matters that Field-Tested costs more, and that Minimal Wear gives a skin with less wear;


• you want a Covert skin from The Arms Deal 2 Collection with a single artwork on every copy.