The Cheapest Karambit Skins in CS2 (2026)

On November 2, 2026 the cheapest Karambit in CS2 was the Karambit | Safari Mesh in Battle-Scarred, at $496.19 on SkinsMonkey. It is the only Karambit you could buy for less than $500 that day, and its Field-Tested copy cost $499.73. This post lists the cheapest price of every finish out of all Karambit skins, the wear we would buy for each one, and which finishes never get cheap. Of the 25 Karambit finishes, 6 started under $600 and 18 under $1,000.

The Karambit is a curved blade with a finger ring at the end of the handle, and it is one of the most wanted knives in CS2, so even its cheapest finish costs close to $500. The good news for a buyer is that on the cheap camo finishes the wears cost almost the same. A Field-Tested Karambit often costs only a few dollars more than a Battle-Scarred one, so check every wear before you trade. The sections below go up in price and name the finish we would pick in each.

How We Picked the Cheapest Karambit Skins

For this list, the price of a finish is the lowest price you can pay for it in any wear. Each section below is a price range by that number. Inside each section we name the copy we would buy and the wear we would buy it in, because the cheapest wear is not always the best value. Prices are SkinsMonkey prices checked on November 2, 2026, for normal copies only (no StatTrak), and they change with the market.

The Karambit comes from three groups of cases, and each group has its own cheapest finish. The original finishes come from 11 older cases, from the CS:GO Weapon Case to the Revolver Case, and they are the cheapest. The Gamma finishes from the Gamma Case and Gamma 2 Case start about $100 higher, and the Chroma finishes from the three Chroma cases start about $20 above the Gamma ones.

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Under $600: The Cheapest Karambits in CS2

Six finishes start under $600. Five of them are original finishes, four of them camo, and the first three cost within about $8 of each other. The sixth, Bright Water, is the cheapest Gamma finish. On most of them Battle-Scarred is the cheapest wear, but Field-Tested costs only a little more.

• Karambit | Safari Mesh, from $496.19 (Battle-Scarred). The cheapest Karambit in CS2. Tan and grey mesh camo. Field-Tested costs $499.73, so a better wear costs less than $4 more. Minimal Wear costs $542.90, the cheapest Minimal Wear Karambit on November 2, 2026.
• Karambit | Boreal Forest, from $503.91 (Well-Worn). Dark green and grey forest camo, the darkest of the cheap camos. Well-Worn is cheaper here than Battle-Scarred at $517.79.
• Karambit | Forest DDPAT, from $504.27 (Battle-Scarred). Green, brown and black digital camo. Field-Tested costs $506.01, and Minimal Wear only $558.46. SkinsMonkey had no Factory New copy listed on November 2, 2026.
• Karambit | Scorched, from $531.86 (Battle-Scarred). Black and brown burn marks over the blade. Well-Worn costs $567.77.
• Karambit | Bright Water, from $594.79 (Battle-Scarred). Blue and white water pattern from the Gamma cases. All five wears cost between $594.79 and $728.78, so Factory New is only about $134 more than the cheapest copy. That makes it the cheapest Factory New Karambit on November 2, 2026.

$600 to $700: Night, Lore and the Cheapest Chroma Finish

This range has the most choice for the price. You get two more original finishes, the cheapest Chroma finishes and two Gamma finishes, and some of them look far more expensive than they are.

• Karambit | Ultraviolet, from $615.93 (Battle-Scarred). The cheapest Chroma finish on the Karambit. Deep purple that turns almost black in shadow. Well-Worn costs $639.11 and Field-Tested $661.01.
• Karambit | Rust Coat, from $619.65 (Battle-Scarred). Rust over a dark blade. It only comes in Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred, and Well-Worn costs $657.12.
• Karambit | Lore, from $665.67 (Battle-Scarred). Gold with engraved lines, from the Gamma cases. SkinsMonkey listed 22 copies, more than any other Karambit finish on November 2, 2026.
• Karambit | Freehand, from $667.74 (Battle-Scarred). A hand-drawn pattern from the Gamma cases. All five wears cost between $667.74 and $770.49, so Factory New is only about $103 more.
• Karambit | Stained, from $686.95 (Battle-Scarred). Dark steel with coloured stains. Well-Worn costs $709.88.

$700 to $1,000: Crimson Web, Case Hardened and the Steel Finishes

Above $700 you can buy the best-known original finishes in worn condition. On most finishes in this range the worn copies cost close to each other, so the choice is about colour more than float.

• Karambit | Damascus Steel, from $791.10 (Battle-Scarred). Grey steel with wave lines from the Chroma cases. Battle-Scarred, Well-Worn and Field-Tested all cost within $2 of each other, so take Field-Tested at $792.68.
• Karambit | Black Laminate, from $829.26 (Battle-Scarred). A dark finish from the Gamma cases that goes with any loadout. Well-Worn costs $858.80.
• Karambit | Case Hardened, from $872.86 (Battle-Scarred). Gold and blue metal patches. The price here is for an ordinary pattern. Copies with a mostly blue blade sell for far more, and our guide to the Karambit Blue Gem explains which patterns those are.
• Karambit | Blue Steel, from $909.41 (Well-Worn). Blue-tinted steel from the original set. Only 3 copies were listed, and Well-Worn was cheaper than Battle-Scarred at $919.10.
• Karambit | Autotronic, from $947.19 (Battle-Scarred). Red and black mechanical lines from the Gamma cases. Field-Tested costs $1,151.66.

Tiger Tooth, Vanilla and the Finishes That Never Get Cheap

Some Karambits have no cheap version at all. Tiger Tooth, Marble Fade, Fade and the Doppler finishes only come in Factory New and Minimal Wear, and Slaughter only goes down to Field-Tested, so their cheapest copy still costs more than $1,100. For the top of the price list, see our post on the most expensive Karambit skins.

• Karambit | Slaughter, from $1,189.69 in Field-Tested. Red and pink marbling, and no copy below Field-Tested.
• Karambit | Marble Fade, from $1,358.07 in Minimal Wear. Red, yellow and blue swirls. Factory New costs $1,398.27.
• Karambit | Vanilla, from $1,365.24. The Karambit with no finish: a plain steel blade, with no wear and no float. It costs more than Tiger Tooth or Slaughter, which both have a finish. Damascus Steel or Night give a similar plain blade for less.
• Karambit | Fade, from $2,300.80 in Minimal Wear. The pink, purple and yellow Fade, the most expensive of these finishes on November 2, 2026.

The Cheapest Doppler and Gamma Doppler Karambit

On the WIKI each Doppler phase is a separate item with its own price, so we compare phase with phase here. Ruby, Sapphire, Black Pearl and the Gamma Doppler Emerald are also separate items, and they cost several times more than any normal phase.

The cheapest Doppler Karambit on November 2, 2026 was Karambit | Doppler Phase 3 in Minimal Wear, at $1,662.41. Karambit | Doppler Phase 1 started at $1,689.78, but with a single listing, and Karambit | Doppler Phase 4 at $1,713.69. On the Karambit the normal Doppler is cheaper than the Gamma Doppler: the cheapest Gamma phase, Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4, started at $2,126.12, and Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 3 at $2,130.42. Each phase had only a few copies listed, so these are prices of single listings more than a stable market price.

Which Cheap Karambits Look Best in Game

The Karambit shows its whole curved blade on every draw and inspect, so a cheap finish looks good when the blade has a clear colour. Many cheap Karambits are camo, which matches any loadout but is hard to notice. These five are the cheap copies we think look best on screen.

Does Wear Matter on Cheap Karambits

Less than most players expect. On the cheap camo finishes the most worn copy is usually the cheapest, but only by a few dollars: Safari Mesh costs $496.19 in Battle-Scarred and $499.73 in Field-Tested, and Damascus Steel costs $791.10 and $792.68. On Boreal Forest, Night and Blue Steel, Well-Worn was even cheaper than Battle-Scarred. Field-Tested looks much better, so on these finishes it is the wear to buy. Our guide to CS2 wear levels explains what each wear looks like.

The exceptions are the finishes with a big jump at the top. On Crimson Web, Night and Ultraviolet, very few clean copies exist, and Factory New costs from about 5 to more than 25 times the cheapest wear. On those, buy the wear you can afford, and expect Minimal Wear to cost much more than Field-Tested. The same is true for Case Hardened, where the pattern matters more than the wear; our guide to Case Hardened skins explains why.

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How to Get a Cheap Karambit

Knives drop as the rare special item in cases, and the case odds that Perfect World, the partner of Valve in China, published in 2017 work out to about 0.26% per case for that slot. The Karambit is in 16 cases: 11 original cases, the three Chroma cases and the two Gamma cases, and the finish you get is random. Since October 22, 2025 you can also trade up five Covert skins into a knife or gloves. Neither route lets you choose the finish or the wear. Our list of all Karambit cases shows what each case holds.

Trading is the direct way to get a specific Karambit in a specific wear. On SkinsMonkey you log in through Steam, add skins from your inventory, pick the knife and the bot sends the trade offer, and you can check the float of each copy first. If you want to know what your inventory is worth before you trade, our CS2 Inventory Value Checker shows it in about a minute. For our picks by looks at every budget, see the best Karambit skins.

Our pick from each price range

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Bottom line

Safari Mesh is the cheapest Karambit, Urban Masked in Field-Tested is the one we would buy

The cheapest Karambit in CS2 is the Safari Mesh in Battle-Scarred, at $496.19 on SkinsMonkey on November 2, 2026. Six finishes start under $600, and on the camo finishes Field-Tested costs only a few dollars more than the most worn copy.

For about $66 more than Safari Mesh, Urban Masked in Field-Tested at $562.50 has a lighter colour that you can see on every inspect. If you want a dark blade that hides wear, Night in Well-Worn at $624.20 is our pick, and Crimson Web in Battle-Scarred at $769.01 is the cheapest classic red Karambit.

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