Bowie Knife — CS2 finishes, cases and drop odds
The Bowie Knife is a CS2 knife with 25 finishes, dropped as a rare-special (gold) item by 5 cases. The best odds are 0.256% per opening (1 in 391) in the Operation Wildfire Case.
Cases that can contain a Bowie Knife
5 CS2 cases contain the Bowie Knife, listed below by the chance of pulling one from a single opening. The best odds are in the Operation Wildfire Case at 0.2558% (1 in 391), where 13 of its 13 knife/glove finishes are Bowie Knife finishes.
| Case | P(Bowie Knife) | Finishes / pool | Open cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Operation Wildfire Case | 0.2558% · 1 in 391 | 13 / 13 | $23.53 | Open |
 Dreams & Nightmares Case | 0.0512% · 1 in 1,955 | 6 / 30 | $4.34 | Open |
 Operation Riptide Case | 0.0512% · 1 in 1,955 | 6 / 30 | $17.32 | Open |
 Spectrum 2 Case | 0.0512% · 1 in 1,955 | 6 / 30 | $22.43 | Open |
 Spectrum Case | 0.0512% · 1 in 1,955 | 6 / 30 | $24.46 | Open |
Odds = the case's gold chance × Bowie Knife finishes ÷ all knife/glove finishes in its pool, with every finish equally likely (Doppler phases share one finish, as in the game). They cover any Bowie Knife finish, before wear and StatTrak. Open cost is the case + key from DropLabz's Steam market snapshot (market data updated Oct 27, 2026).
The cheapest case to chase a Bowie Knife in is the Dreams & Nightmares Case: at $4.34 per opening and 1 in 1,955, that is about $8,484.70 of openings per Bowie Knife on average, and a 5.0% chance of at least one in 100 openings.
Bowie Knife price
The cheapest Bowie Knife is the Bowie Knife | Forest DDPAT in StatTrak™ Battle-Scarred condition, at $60.03 on the Steam Community Market (market data updated Oct 27, 2026). 25 of its finishes are priced in the snapshot. Compare it with every other type on cheapest CS2 knives.
Finishes (25)
Each linked finish opens its own page: Steam price by wear, the cases that drop it with the odds of that exact finish, and every trade-up route to it with the input float each wear needs.
Trade up to a Bowie Knife
Since the October 2025 update, 5 Covert skins from a case can become one of its knives. 24 Bowie Knife finishes can be targeted — pick one in the finish list above, or browse every Covert → knife contract.
Related knives
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