Cheapest M9 Bayonet Skins in CS2 (2026)

On November 5, 2026 the cheapest M9 Bayonet in CS2 was the M9 Bayonet | Safari Mesh in Battle-Scarred, at $354.10 on SkinsMonkey. This post lists the cheapest price of every finish out of all M9 Bayonet skins, the wear we would buy for each one, and which finishes never get cheap. Of the 25 M9 Bayonet finishes, 5 started under $400, 11 under $500 and 22 under $1,000. All prices are for normal copies, without StatTrak.

The M9 Bayonet is a long military blade with a saw back, and it is one of the first knives of CS:GO. Even its cheapest copy costs over $350, but on the cheap camo finishes the wears cost almost the same. A Field-Tested Safari Mesh costs $364.95, only $10.85 more than Battle-Scarred, so check every wear before you trade. On SkinsMonkey you can trade the skins you own for an M9 Bayonet with a bot in one trade offer. The sections below go up in price and name the finish we would pick in each.

How We Picked the Cheapest M9 Bayonet 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 5, 2026, for normal copies only, because SkinsMonkey does not yet show reliable StatTrak prices for knives. Some wears had no copy listed that day. In those cases the price comes from the item page, and we say how many copies were listed where it matters. Prices in the text are trade prices for the wear we name, checked on November 5, 2026. The live “From” price in the widgets can be lower, because it also counts Market offers on SkinsMonkey.

The M9 Bayonet comes from three groups of cases, and each group has its own cheapest finish. The 12 original finishes come from 11 older cases and are the cheapest. The cheapest Gamma finish from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case and the cheapest Chroma finish from the three Chroma cases both start about $70 higher, and only $6.06 apart from each other.

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Under $400: The Cheapest M9 Bayonets in CS2

Five finishes start under $400, and all five are original finishes. Four of them are camo, and the first three cost within $6.02 of each other. On most of them Battle-Scarred is the cheapest wear, but Field-Tested costs only about $1 to $17 more.

• M9 Bayonet | Safari Mesh, from $354.10 (Battle-Scarred). The cheapest M9 Bayonet in CS2. Tan and grey mesh camo. Field-Tested costs $364.95 and had four copies listed. Minimal Wear costs $388.72, the cheapest Minimal Wear M9 Bayonet on November 5, 2026.
• M9 Bayonet | Boreal Forest, from $359.41 (Battle-Scarred). Dark green and grey forest camo, the darkest of the cheap camos. Field-Tested costs $370.41, and six copies were listed in that wear.
• M9 Bayonet | Forest DDPAT, from $360.12 (Well-Worn). Green, brown and black digital camo. Well-Worn is cheaper here than Battle-Scarred at $365.96, and Field-Tested costs $366.70 with five copies listed.
• M9 Bayonet | Scorched, from $384.60 (Battle-Scarred). Black and brown burn marks over the blade. Well-Worn costs $395.99 and Field-Tested $401.59.

$400 to $500: Night, Bright Water and the Cheapest Factory New M9

Six finishes start between $400 and $500. This range has the cheapest Gamma finish, the cheapest Chroma finish and the cheapest Factory New M9 Bayonets, so it gives the most choice for the price.

• M9 Bayonet | Bright Water, from $421.23 (Battle-Scarred). Blue and white water pattern from the Gamma cases, the cheapest Gamma finish. All five wears cost between $421.23 and $524.18, so Factory New is only about $103 more than the cheapest copy. That made it the cheapest Factory New M9 Bayonet on the item pages, but no Factory New copy was listed that day.
• M9 Bayonet | Rust Coat, from $427.29 (Battle-Scarred). Rust over a dark blade, and the cheapest Chroma finish. It only comes in Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred, and Well-Worn costs $466.78. Six Battle-Scarred copies were listed.
• M9 Bayonet | Ultraviolet, from $435.36 (Battle-Scarred). Deep purple from the Chroma cases that turns almost black in shadow. Field-Tested costs $455.71 and had three copies listed.
• M9 Bayonet | Freehand, from $459.79 (Battle-Scarred). A hand-drawn marker pattern from the Gamma cases. Minimal Wear costs $512.98 with six copies listed, and Factory New $569.48 with five. That makes it the cheapest Factory New M9 Bayonet you could actually trade for on November 5, 2026.
• M9 Bayonet | Stained, from $493.34 (Battle-Scarred). Dark steel with coloured stains. Well-Worn costs $493.82, only 48 cents more.

$500 to $650: Crimson Web, Lore and the Steel Finishes

Above $500 you can buy the best-known original finishes in worn condition, plus Lore, Damascus Steel and Black Laminate from the Chroma and Gamma cases. Six finishes start in this range, and on most of them the worn copies cost close to each other.

• M9 Bayonet | Lore, from $509.96 (Battle-Scarred). Gold with engraved lines, from the Gamma cases. Field-Tested costs $616.71 and had eight copies listed, more than any other M9 Bayonet wear on November 5, 2026.
• M9 Bayonet | Damascus Steel, from $544.24 (Battle-Scarred). Grey steel with wave lines from the Chroma cases. All five wears cost between $544.24 and $608.93, so a Factory New copy is only about $65 more than the cheapest one.
• M9 Bayonet | Black Laminate, from $561.16 (Battle-Scarred). A dark finish from the Gamma cases that goes with any loadout. Four copies were listed in Battle-Scarred and four in Field-Tested at $611.35.
• M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened, from $619.55 (Battle-Scarred). Gold and blue metal patches. The price is for an ordinary pattern, and copies with a mostly blue blade sell for far more.
• M9 Bayonet | Blue Steel, from $628.90 (Battle-Scarred). Blue-tinted steel from the original set. No Battle-Scarred copy was listed, and Well-Worn at $629.54 had two.

Tiger Tooth, Vanilla and the M9 Bayonets That Never Get Cheap

Some M9 Bayonets have no cheap version at all. Tiger Tooth, Marble Fade, Fade and the Doppler finishes only come in Factory New and Minimal Wear, Slaughter only goes down to Field-Tested, and Vanilla has no wear. Autotronic does come in Battle-Scarred, but its cheapest copy costs over $700. For the top of the price list, see our post on the most expensive M9 Bayonet skins.

• M9 Bayonet | Autotronic, from $720.28 (Battle-Scarred). Red and black mechanical lines from the Gamma cases. Only one Battle-Scarred copy was listed, and Field-Tested costs $837.17.
• M9 Bayonet | Slaughter, from $881.54 in Field-Tested. Red and pink marbling, and no copy below Field-Tested. Minimal Wear costs $961.43 with five copies listed.
• M9 Bayonet | Vanilla, $929.57. The M9 Bayonet with no finish: a plain steel blade with no wear and no float. Three copies were listed. Damascus Steel or Night give a similar plain blade for less.
• M9 Bayonet | Marble Fade, from $951.09 in Minimal Wear. Red, yellow and blue swirls. Factory New costs $952.05.
• M9 Bayonet | Fade, from $1,138.90 in Minimal Wear. The pink, purple and yellow Fade, the most expensive of these finishes on November 5, 2026. Factory New costs $1,140.04.

The Cheapest Doppler and Gamma Doppler M9 Bayonet

On SkinsMonkey 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. Our guide to CS2 Doppler phases shows the colours of each one.

The cheapest Doppler M9 Bayonet on November 5, 2026 was M9 Bayonet | Doppler Phase 3, at $1,187.32 in Minimal Wear on the item page, but no Minimal Wear copy was listed. Two Factory New copies were listed at $1,188.51. M9 Bayonet | Doppler Phase 1 cost $1,192.94 in Factory New, also with two copies, and M9 Bayonet | Doppler Phase 4 started at $1,351.58. On the M9 Bayonet the normal Doppler is cheaper than the Gamma Doppler. The cheapest Gamma phase, M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 4, started at $1,512.97, and M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 3 at $1,512.99. The cheapest gem, M9 Bayonet | Doppler Sapphire, started at $4,697.38 in Minimal Wear.

Which Cheap M9 Bayonets Look Best in Game

The M9 Bayonet has a long, wide blade, so a cheap finish looks good when the whole blade has a clear colour. Many cheap M9s are camo, which matches any loadout but is hard to notice in a match. These five are the cheap copies we think look best on screen.

Does Wear Matter on Cheap M9 Bayonets

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 $354.10 in Battle-Scarred and $364.95 in Field-Tested, and Boreal Forest costs $359.41 and $370.41. On Forest DDPAT, 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.

Two kinds of finish are different. On Lore, Field-Tested costs about $107 more than Battle-Scarred. On Crimson Web, Night and the original camos, Minimal Wear and Factory New cost much more than the worn copies, because few clean copies exist. On those, buy the wear you can afford and expect a big jump above Field-Tested.

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How to Get a Cheap M9 Bayonet

Knives drop as the rare special item in cases, and the finish you get is random. The M9 Bayonet is in 16 cases: 11 original cases from the CS:GO Weapon Case and the eSports 2013 Case to the Operation Vanguard Weapon Case and the Revolver Case, plus the three Chroma cases and the two Gamma cases. The SkinsMonkey item pages give the chance of one specific M9 Bayonet finish at between 0.004% and 0.0052% per case. The Karambit drops from the same 16 cases, and our list of all Karambit cases shows what each case holds. Since October 22, 2025 you can also trade up five Covert skins into a knife or gloves. Neither route lets you choose the knife, the finish or the wear.

Trading is the direct way to get a specific M9 Bayonet 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. Traded CS2 items are under Valve’s Trade Protection for 7 days. If you want to know what your inventory is worth before you trade, our CS2 Inventory Value Checker shows it in about a minute.

Our pick from each price range

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Bottom line

Buy a Field-Tested camo M9 Bayonet, because it costs only a few dollars more than Battle-Scarred

The cheapest M9 Bayonet in CS2 was the Safari Mesh at $354.10 in Battle-Scarred on SkinsMonkey on November 5, 2026, and five finishes started under $400. On those camo finishes Field-Tested costs only about $1 to $17 more, and it looks much better on the long blade.

If you can spend more, Night and Bright Water give a cleaner look under $500, and a worn Crimson Web starts at $576.32. Tiger Tooth, Fade, Marble Fade and the Dopplers never get cheap, because they only come in Factory New and Minimal Wear.

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