★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred)

Battle-Scarred (BS) on the ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained is the longest of the finish's five wears. Together with Well-Worn (WW) it is the cheapest, while Factory New (FN) costs almost twice as much. The knife is Covert rank, and its name starts with the ★.

The finish comes from a single case, Operation Breakout. In CS2 this butterfly knife suits those who care more about the look of the blade than about clean wear.

What the ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained looks like in Battle-Scarred

The blade is steel gray, with glints of bright metal and dark blue rings like drip marks on old steel. Black handles carry silvery inserts in the cutouts, and the pivot and latch are dark. Valve describes the patina as forced: lemon and mustard were dripped onto the surface.

Wear is fixed when the knife drops and stays put. In Battle-Scarred it is the heaviest of all five wears.

What to check before buying

When choosing a ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained listing, this is what matters:

• Float: the band runs from 0.45 to 1.00, which covers more than half of the finish's scale.


• Edge and tip: wear reads first there, so compare the listing with the screenshot.


• Name tag: a butterfly knife can take a name, and it stays on the knife after purchase.

Within 0.45 to 1.00, copies of the ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained differ noticeably in look.

What the ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained costs in Battle-Scarred

Here is how the wears compare. Factory New costs about 1.8 times as much, Minimal Wear (MW) 1.14 times, and Field-Tested (FT) a twentieth more. Well-Worn costs the same as Battle-Scarred.

Among the eighteen Covert-rank butterfly finishes with a price in this wear, Stained lands in the lower half: ten cost less, seven cost more. Nearest above are Butterfly Knife | Freehand, Crimson Web and Black Laminate, and a little below are Rust Coat and Bright Water. Cheaper than all the rest are Boreal Forest, Safari Mesh and Forest DDPAT. Highest stand Autotronic, Blue Steel and Case Hardened.

Getting the ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained

The knife comes out of the Operation Breakout Weapon Case with a randomly assigned wear. Instead of a case, there is a trade-up. Five Covert-rank skins of one type, all regular or all StatTrak, trade for an item with the ★ mark from the collections of the skins put in. The player does not choose the model or the finish, so the butterfly knife you want is bought as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained is also made in StatTrak.

Who this wear suits

Battle-Scarred is worth buying for the ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained under these conditions:

• you want a butterfly knife with a steel-gray blade and black handles at the lowest price of the five wears;


• scuffs on the blade do not bother you, and the finish itself is what matters;


• a twentieth in price over Field-Tested outweighs the wish for a cleaner knife.