{"id":2543,"date":"2025-03-06T16:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowpay.com\/blog\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:13:30","slug":"fade-percentage-explained-ultimate-fade-pattern-guide-for-cs2-skins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowpay.com\/blog\/skins\/fade-percentage-explained-ultimate-fade-pattern-guide-for-cs2-skins\/","title":{"rendered":"Fade Percentage Explained: Ultimate Fade Pattern Guide for CS2 Skins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Choosing weapon skins in CS2 is very important for players, allowing them to reveal their individuality and demonstrate status. One of the most valuable and visually attractive skin types is skin with a fade effect. Known for their gradient color transitions, these skins feature unique fade patterns that make each weapon genuinely unique. In this small guide, you will learn about the types of fade percentage, patterns, the rarest and best skins with a perfect gradient, and valuable tips for trading such skins in CS2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Fade Percentage in CS2 Skins?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fade percentage in CS2 skins indicates the degree of coverage of the color gradient on the weapon’s blade. Each Fade skin has 1001 variations, determined by the pattern number from 1 to 1000. The cost of the skin depends on the pattern. The most valuable knives in CS2 are the knives with the Full Fade pattern. This means that the gradient covers almost the entire blade area (90%-100%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, there are options with a higher percentage of coverage. For example, this value can reach 110% for a Falchion knife. When viewing this skin, you may notice that the gradient extends along the blade and on the handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fact is important to remember because if you decide to buy or exchange any skin for a Falchion knife with the fade pattern, you may decide that the 110% offer is a scam. Not really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other important notes about pattern designations exist. For example, Talon Knife and Karambit knives have slightly different designations. The percentage of each color in the pattern is indicated. For example, 90\/5\/5 means that the blade has 90% pink and 5% purple and yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this guide, we will treat the value 100% as equal to Full Fade for ease of understanding patterns. The main thing to remember about knives with the fade pattern is that the higher the percentage and the lower the float value<\/a>, the higher the cost of the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different Types of Fade Patterns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In CS2, fade patterns for knives are determined by how the gradient image is applied to the weapon. The percentage of the weapon’s gradient coverage is determined by how the blue, red, and yellow areas are laid out on the blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each skin has variations that can include different proportions of these colors. For example, players may encounter a Fade knife in CS2 that is almost completely covered in yellow with a small splash of red and no hints of blue. This phenomenon can usually be observed on small CS2 knives like Stiletto<\/a> or Butterfly. These are not very valuable variations in the gaming community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the rarest variations are those that have more blue on the blade. Such variations are trendy among skin collectors. The most valuable Fade skins are those that have equal shares of all three three colors and completely cover the blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the already mentioned Full Fade pattern, where the blade is 90-100% covered, there are also categories such as “Fake Full Fade” (color coverage is 70-89%), “True Fire & Ice” (color coverage is 0-69 %). Let’s look at the most common and valuable Fade Patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Fade Patterns<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fade skins are available not only for knives in CS2 but also for several other weapons in CS2. For example, Fade is applicable for Glock-18, R8 Revolver, MP7, MAC-10, AWP, UMP-45, and Specialist Gloves. As with knives, the appearance of these skins depends on the specific Fade pattern. However, the pattern does not affect these weapons as much as knives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, the most valuable versions of AWP | Fade are skins with a pattern where the predominant color is yellow with small splashes of purple. These are 100% Fade\/Full Fade patterns with seeds #146, #359, #649.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other known pattern indexes of Full Fade skins for AWP: 16, 129, 152, 241, 281, 292, 332, 344, 393, 412, 541, 602, 628, 673, 688, 701, 743, 777, 792, 918, 994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Glock-18 | Fade, on the other hand, has a version called “Absolute Max”. It is the most valuable version, where the purple color predominates on the slide. A less valuable variation is “Max Fade,” with an equal distribution of purple, pink, and yellow. “Full Fade” is also a rare variation where pink and yellow predominate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the well-known Full Fade pattern indexes for Glock-18: 34, 41, 87, 93, 205, 256, 326, 341, 348, 403, 468, 520, 521, 527, 575, 583, 601, 636, 651, 668, 714, 742, 763, 807, 848, 892, 897, 910, 911, 944, 961.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rare and Unique Fade Patterns<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To avoid confusion between real and fake Full Fade patterns, let’s highlight all Full Fade patterns with 100% gradient blade coverage, with no noticeable or unnoticeable gray areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n