★ Nomad Knife | Fade (Factory New)

The ★ Nomad Knife | Fade in Factory New (FN) is a tactical hunting knife for CS2 with a colorful transition from purple to yellow across a chrome-plated blade. It is Covert rank, with the ★ mark, and the Nomad drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case. The float ceiling of the finish is 0.08, and it comes in two wears: Factory New and Minimal Wear (MW). Factory New is given a float of 0.00 to 0.07.

What the ★ Nomad Knife | Fade looks like in Factory New

The blade is wide, with a sharp tip. The color changes along its length: blue-violet at the point, then crimson and pink, with orange and amber-yellow toward the handle. Valve writes that translucent paints are airbrushed over a chrome base and blend into each other, which is why the tones are pure and shine like metal. The handle is silver metal with a black ribbed insert.

In Factory New the color transition is untouched from the point to the heel. Marks of wear land first on the tip and the cutting edge, and a wear that has dropped never changes afterward.

Where the ★ Nomad Knife | Fade came from

The Nomad appeared on November 19, 2019, the day Operation Shattered Web launched. Valve added four knives at once: the Paracord Knife, the Survival Knife, the Nomad Knife and the Skeleton Knife. Fade sits in the Shattered Web Case, and the Fracture Case became a second source of the finish.

What to check before buying

Before you buy a ★ Nomad Knife | Fade, check the following:

• wear in the listing title: the two wears are sold as separate items, and Minimal Wear costs more than the top one;


• applied name: a name tag is allowed on the Nomad, while the knife has no stickers;


• version: a StatTrak Nomad counts as a separate item.

On the ★ Nomad Knife | Fade the spread of 0.00 to 0.07 is so small that there is no reason to choose by float.

What the ★ Nomad Knife | Fade costs in Factory New

Minimal Wear is 1.27 times pricier than the top wear, and the finish is sold in only these two wears.

Among the twenty-two Nomad finishes priced in this wear, Fade sits a little below the middle: twelve cost more and nine cost less. Ultraviolet is 8% higher and Blue Steel 5%. Slaughter is a tenth cheaper, Stained and Marble Fade a seventh. Safari Mesh costs nearly half as much. Doppler Sapphire is 2.7 times pricier, Doppler Ruby 4.2 times, and Doppler Black Pearl nearly five times.

Getting the ★ Nomad Knife | Fade

The ★ Nomad Knife | Fade drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case, and its wear is fixed when the case opens. A contract is the other way in: five Covert skins yield one special ★ item, but neither the model nor the finish can be chosen. A specific copy is bought as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the ★ Nomad Knife | Fade exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Nomad Knife | Fade in Factory New is right if at least one of these fits:

• you want a multicolor Nomad with an untouched edge and an intact transition at the point;


• your CS2 loadout is built on bright tones, and the silver handle with its black insert adds no extra colors to the blade;


• you want the Nomad in the top wear specifically, since Minimal Wear costs more and does not save you money.