★ Nomad Knife | Stained (Field-Tested)

★ Nomad Knife | Stained in Field-Tested (FT): a folding Nomad with a pale steel blade and a dark handle. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. In CS2 it drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case. The finish exists in all five wears, the float scale runs from 0.00 to 1.00, and Field-Tested takes 0.15 to 0.38, which is 23% of the scale.

What the ★ Nomad Knife | Stained looks like in Field-Tested

Valve writes that the patina was made artificially, with lemon and mustard dripped onto the surface. The blade is light and steel-colored, crossed by pale blue streaks. The scales around the handle are silvery, while the insert on the handle itself is dark and finely textured. The knife folds, and its blade is wide, with a serrated section at the base.

Within the band from 0.15 to 0.38, listings of the ★ Nomad Knife | Stained look different from one another. In CS2, wear lands first on the tip of the blade and on the silvery scales.

Where the ★ Nomad Knife | Stained came from

The Shattered Web Case is named after the operation Valve introduced on November 19, 2019. The second case for this finish is the Fracture Case.

What to check before buying

Picking a particular ★ Nomad Knife | Stained comes down to two points:

• float: the scale of this wear lies between 0.15 and 0.38;


• applied name: a name tag can go on the Nomad, and it stays after the purchase.

What the ★ Nomad Knife | Stained costs in Field-Tested

Factory New costs twice as much, and Minimal Wear 13% more. Well-Worn is level, and Battle-Scarred is 5% cheaper.

Among Covert Nomad finishes, Stained sits a little above the middle of the ladder. Blue Steel costs 24% more and Damascus Steel 6% more. Ultraviolet is 6% cheaper, Urban Masked 20% and Night Stripe 25%. Above them all stand Crimson Web at 30% more, Case Hardened at 37% and Slaughter at almost double. The cheapest is Safari Mesh, lower by a factor of 1.7.

Getting the ★ Nomad Knife | Stained

The ★ Nomad Knife | Stained drops from the Shattered Web and Fracture Cases, and the wear comes out random. The trade-up contract cannot be used to order a Nomad: five Covert skins of one collection give a rare special item by chance. The Stained copy you want is bought as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

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

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Nomad Knife | Stained here, in Field-Tested, is worth it given the following:

• a light steel Nomad with pale streaks is wanted, and Factory New costs twice as much;


• listings inside 0.15 to 0.38 look different, and they are compared by float;


• the CS2 loadout is built on silver and dark tones, and a light blade on a dark handle has to stand out.