★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)

★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald, Field-Tested (FT): dark fingerless leather gloves with metal spikes and a bright green mesh insert on the cuff. Extraordinary rank, with the star. In the Clutch Case and the Revolution Case the finish is listed as a rare special item. Its float runs from 0.06 to 0.80, and the band for this wear is 0.23 of 0.74.

What the ★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald look like in Field-Tested

The fingertips are open, and the leather is dark, with a gray-brown cast and a pronounced texture. Metal spikes are set on the knuckles and along the edges of the back of the hand. A snake emblem in golden-green metal sits in the center of the hand. Above it at the cuff, a lime-green mesh peeks out, held by a strap with a snap. Valve describes the pair as trimmed with spikes and the Operation Hydra logo, made of soft black leather with a lacquered green emblem.

Wear reads as scuffing of the leather at the creases and knuckles, not as scratches on an edge. The float band for this wear on the ★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald lies between 0.15 and 0.38. Wear is baked in at the drop and stays as it was.

Where the ★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald came from

These gloves sit in the Clutch Case. In the note on the Revolution Case dated February 10, 2023, Valve stated that the gloves from the Clutch Case were added there as rare special items.

What to check before buying

Before buying the ★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald, it is worth checking a few points:

• the 0.15 to 0.38 band is wide enough that listings from its two ends look different;


• the green mesh on the cuff and the emblem on the back of the hand: the condition of the metal and fabric is visible in the listing screenshot;


• the wear named in the listing: Factory New costs almost six times as much, and Minimal Wear 1.5 times.

What the ★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald cost in Field-Tested

The Hydra Gloves model has only four finishes, and Emerald is second from the top in this wear. Only Case Hardened is above it, at about 1.7 times higher. Rattler and Mangrove sit a few percent below Emerald, so the three finishes run nearly level.

The ladder across wears for Emerald looks like this:

• Factory New: six times as much;


• Minimal Wear: 1.5 times as much;


• Well-Worn: one eighth more;


• Battle-Scarred: a few percent more.

Getting the ★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald

There are two sources. The Clutch Case and the Revolution Case give the gloves out as a rare special item, and the wear is decided at random. A contract of five Covert skins yields a rare special item. You cannot choose the model or finish in it, so the wear you want is bought as a ready-made listing.

Who this wear suits

The ★ Hydra Gloves | Emerald in Field-Tested are worth buying for these reasons:

• you want a dark fingerless pair with a green accent for a CS2 loadout;


• price matters: Factory New would cost almost six times more;


• you want to compare listings by their screenshots within the 0.15 to 0.38 band.