★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet (Field-Tested)

The ★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet in Field-Tested (FT) is a CS2 bayonet with a dark blade and a purple handle. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. Three cases carry it: the Chroma Case, the Chroma 2 Case and the Chroma 3 Case. The finish has five wears in all, and its float covers the stretch from 0.06 to 0.80. Field-Tested on this bayonet means a float anywhere from 0.15 to 0.38.

What the ★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet looks like in Field-Tested

The blade is dark steel with a cold gray-blue cast, a through hole near the tip and a wide fuller running along its length. The guard and the pommel match its dark tone. The handle is smooth and bright purple, with ribbed rings. In Valve's wording, separate parts are painted solid black and purple.

The blade carries no pattern, so wear in Field-Tested reads as light scuffs on the dark paint of the blade and guard. A bayonet's float is set at the drop, and no new scuffs will appear later.

Where the ★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet came from

First to appear of the three cases was the Chroma Case, on January 8, 2015. It gave bayonets and the other knives the Chroma family of finishes, and Ultraviolet is one of them.

What to check before buying

Between one listing and the next, these are the things that make the difference:

• the artwork on the ★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet is the same on every copy, so there is no particular one to hunt for;


• float: search by the number rather than by the wear label, since the 0.15 to 0.38 band is wide;


• name tag: a bayonet can carry an applied name, and it stays after purchase.

What the ★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet costs in Field-Tested

Among Covert bayonets this finish sits in the middle of a row of eighteen: six finishes cost less and eleven cost more. The nearest above are Black Laminate, Stained and Bright Water, and the nearest below are Night and Urban Masked. Slaughter, Autotronic and Case Hardened occupy the top of the row.

Across the wears of this finish, the ladder looks like this:

• Factory New is priced at more than triple Field-Tested;


• Minimal Wear costs 1.6 times as much;


• Well-Worn costs the same;


• Battle-Scarred costs the same.

Getting the ★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet

All three Chroma cases can give this bayonet, and the wear is random. Crafting offers a different route: five Covert skins from one collection go into a contract and come out as a rare special item, though chance decides which one. A specific bayonet is bought as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the Bayonet | Ultraviolet exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Bayonet | Ultraviolet in Field-Tested makes sense in these cases:

• you want a black and purple bayonet with no pattern, identical on every listing;


• your CS2 loadout is kept in dark tones, and the purple handle gives it a single bright accent;


• Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred cost the same as this wear, so the float of the particular listing decides the choice.