- Cost
- $761.16
- EV
- 55%
- $422.09
- Profit
- −$394.12
- after fee
- Win %
- 17%
- to profit
Butterfly Knife | Damascus Steel: price, cases and trade-ups
The Butterfly Knife | Damascus Steel starts at $908.07 on the Steam Market and drops from 2 cases, at best 1 in 11,730 per opening. It can also be made by trading up 5 Covert skins from one of those cases; the routes are below.
Butterfly Knife | Damascus Steel price by wear
| Wear | Steam price | StatTrak™ price | Chance of this wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | $1,306.55 | $1,354.73 | 14.0% |
| Minimal Wear | $1,117.80 | $908.07 | 16.0% |
| Field-Tested | $1,262.54 | $960.99 | 46.0% |
| Well-Worn | $1,036.12 | — | 14.0% |
| Battle-Scarred | $931.34 | — | 10.0% |
Steam Community Market averages from the csgotrader.app steam.json (Steam Community Market) snapshot, market data updated Oct 27, 2026; a dash means no usable price. Chance of each wear is its share of the finish's float range, which is how a fresh drop's wear is rolled. Buying the cheapest one costs $908.07; unboxing this exact finish costs about $263,103.90 in openings on average.
Cases that drop the Butterfly Knife | Damascus Steel
| Case | Chance of this finish | Finishes in pool | Open cost | Avg cost to unbox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum 2 Case | 0.0085% · 1 in 11,730 | 30 | $22.43 | $263,103.90 |
| Spectrum Case | 0.0085% · 1 in 11,730 | 30 | $24.46 | $286,915.80 |
The chance is the case's gold odds split evenly across every knife finish in its pool, before wear and the 10% StatTrak™ roll. Your chance over many openings is on the knife chance calculator; every case is compared on knife odds by case.
Trade up to the Butterfly Knife | Damascus Steel
Factory New ★ Butterfly Knife | Damascus Steel needs an average normalized input float below 0.1400 (output float 0.000–0.070). Best chance per contract: 3.3%.
- Cost
- $1,077
- EV
- 72%
- $776.61
- Profit
- −$401.63
- after fee
- Win %
- 24%
- to profit
- Cost
- $381.20
- EV
- 46%
- $176.99
- Profit
- −$227.29
- after fee
- Win %
- 4%
- to profit
- Cost
- $469.40
- EV
- 62%
- $290.57
- Profit
- −$216.73
- after fee
- Win %
- 13%
- to profit
- Cost
- $470.80
- EV
- 60%
- $284.54
- Profit
- −$223.37
- after fee
- Win %
- 13%
- to profit
- Cost
- $471.20
- EV
- 62%
- $290.57
- Profit
- −$218.53
- after fee
- Win %
- 13%
- to profit
Required input float for each ★ Butterfly Knife | Damascus Steel wear
| Wear | Output float | Avg normalized input float | Cheapest route | Best chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | 0.000–0.070 | < 0.1400 | $381.20 | 3.3% |
| Minimal Wear | 0.070–0.150 | ≥ 0.1400 and < 0.3000 | no priced route | — |
| Field-Tested | 0.150–0.380 | ≥ 0.3000 and < 0.7600 | $265.70 | 3.3% |
| Well-Worn | 0.380–0.450 | ≥ 0.7600 and < 0.9000 | no priced route | — |
| Battle-Scarred | 0.450–0.500 | ≥ 0.9000 and any | no priced route | — |
The average is over every input's float normalized to its own range. Output float = 0.00 + average × 0.50.
Other trade-up targets in this collection
How CS2 trade-up contracts work
Inputs & odds
10 skins of one rarity become 1 skin of the next rarity (Mil-Spec → Restricted → Classified → Covert). Since the October 2025 update, 5 Covert skins can become a knife or gloves from those skins' case. Each input collection gets its share of the odds (inputs from it ÷ total), split evenly across that collection's next-tier skins.
Float math
Every input float is normalized to its own skin's range — (float − min) ÷ (max − min) — and averaged. Each output's float is its min + average × (max − min), so a restricted-range skin like 0.10–0.20 can only land in the wears its range allows.
Prices, fees & freshness
Values are Steam Community Market averages from the snapshot dated on each page. Profit subtracts the ~13% Steam seller fee. StatTrak™ inputs give StatTrak™ outputs (knives only — gloves have no StatTrak™). Map collections outside weapon cases aren't in DropLabz's dataset yet.
Pick the skin you want in the reverse trade-up finder, check any contract in the trade-up calculator, or compare with opening cases on case ROI and knife odds.