★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby (Factory New)

The ★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby in Factory New (FN) is one of the Doppler gems: in CS2 the blade is flooded with red, like a ruby. The catalog records the finish as Doppler Ruby. It is Covert rank, with the ★ mark, and the knife drops from the Chroma Case, the Chroma 2 Case and the Chroma 3 Case. The finish has only two wears, because the scale ends at 0.08. This wear is given a float of 0.00 to 0.07.

What the ★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby looks like in Factory New

The blade is flooded with a deep red, with marbled dark burgundy swirls: the color lightens toward the tip and thickens at the heel. The handle is a light khaki with ribs along the rings, and the guard is silver. The hole in the blade and the cutting edge stay clean, and there is no lettering.

In Factory New the red lacquer is intact on the edge and the blade itself. In Minimal Wear (MW) the first marks are already there, so the upper wear is taken for the untouched surface.

Phase and pattern

Doppler is a family of finishes, and the phase is part of the item name: the buyer picks it and does not pull it from a case. Phases 1 to 4 are the ordinary run, and Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl are gems, the rare end of the finish. In the game data these three phases appear on exactly 18 knives and no gun, and Gamma Doppler does not have them. Emerald never appears on Doppler: it exists only on Gamma Doppler.

What to check before buying

Before paying for the ★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby, it helps to check:

• the phase in the listing title: Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl sit on separate pages and differ by blade color;


• the applied name: a name tag goes on the Bayonet, and after the purchase it stays on the item;


• the float: the 0.00 to 0.07 stretch is short, and the difference between listings falls within the margin of error.

What the ★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby costs in Factory New

Among thirty-one Bayonet finishes in Factory New, the Ruby sits almost at the peak: only Crimson Web and Doppler Black Pearl cost more. Black Pearl is about 1.3 times higher. Below the Ruby come Gamma Doppler Emerald and then Doppler Sapphire, while Night is almost half as much.

The cheapest finishes on the model, Bright Water, Freehand and Damascus Steel, cost several times less. There is nothing to put above the Ruby on price: the gems themselves set the ceiling of the row.

Getting the ★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby

The ★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby drops from the Chroma Case, the Chroma 2 Case and the Chroma 3 Case, and the phase you get is random. The second route is a craft: five Covert skins of one type give a random rare special item from the collections of the skins you put in. The model and phase cannot be chosen in it, so the Ruby specifically is bought as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the Bayonet | Doppler Ruby exists in the game. Knives have no Souvenir version.

Who this wear suits

The ★ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby in Factory New is worth buying for these reasons:

• you want a red Bayonet with a marbled design and an untouched edge;


• you want a gem: Ruby is one of the three Doppler gems, with Sapphire and Black Pearl;


• your CS2 loadout needs a red blade with a khaki handle to be its main splash of color.