★ Hydra Gloves | Rattler (Field-Tested)

★ Hydra Gloves | Rattler, Field-Tested (FT): fingerless gloves of brown leather and beige-sand snakeskin, with brass spikes. Extraordinary rank, with the star. They sit in two cases: the Clutch Case and the Revolution Case. The float is allowed from 0.06 to 0.80, and this wear is given the stretch of 0.23 out of 0.74.

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

The fingertips are open. The cuff and the plate on the back of the hand are brown leather, while sand-beige snakeskin with dark speckling runs around the plate and over the fingers. Brass spikes are set on the plate and along the edges, and a snake emblem is cast in brass in the center. A strap with a snap sits at the cuff. Valve names the same materials: leather, snake hide and brass.

Wear reads as scuffing of the leather and scales at the creases and knuckles. The float band for this wear on the ★ Hydra Gloves | Rattler lies between 0.15 and 0.38. The float is written at the drop, and the scuffing does not grow with time.

Where the ★ Hydra Gloves | Rattler came from

The finish arrived with the Clutch Case. Valve released the Revolution Case on February 10, 2023, and announced that it carries the gloves from the Clutch Case as rare special items. The glove bears the Operation Hydra logo, and Valve mentions it directly in the description.

What to check before buying

The difference between ★ Hydra Gloves | Rattler listings is set by these things:

• the 0.15 to 0.38 band leaves room to choose: closer to 0.15 the copies are cleaner;


• the snake scales on the fingers and the brass spikes: scuffing on them shows in the listing screenshot;


• the wear named in the listing: Factory New costs 4.7 times as much, and Minimal Wear 1.3 times.

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

Of the four Hydra Gloves finishes, Rattler is third from the top in this wear. Case Hardened costs 1.8 times as much. Emerald is higher by a few percent and Mangrove lower by about one percent, so the bottom three finishes barely differ in price.

By wear, the prices run like this:

• Factory New: 4.7 times as much;


• Minimal Wear: 1.3 times as much;


• Well-Worn: a tenth more;


• Battle-Scarred: cheaper by a factor of 1.06, or about 6 percent.

Getting the ★ Hydra Gloves | Rattler

The finish sits in two cases: the Clutch Case and the Revolution Case. The gloves are a rare special item there, and the wear that drops is random. There is also the contract: five Covert skins from one collection turn into a rare special item, but the model and finish in it are random. So the wear you need is bought as a ready-made listing.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested is the one to buy on the ★ Hydra Gloves | Rattler if at least one of these fits:

• you want a fingerless pair in a brown and sand palette for a CS2 loadout;


• price matters: Factory New costs 4.7 times as much;


• you want a finish with a scaly texture on the fingers and the back of the hand.