The Most Expensive Karambit Skins in CS2 (2026)

This list orders the most expensive Karambit skins in CS2 by their Factory New price on SkinsMonkey, checked on November 2, 2026. Out of all Karambit skins, the item page with the highest price is Karambit | Crimson Web at $20,325.52 in Factory New, and the tenth Karambit on the list costs $2,349.94. Each Doppler phase and each gem has its own item page and its own price, so we list them separately and compare gems with gems and phases with phases.

Seven of the top ten are Doppler or Gamma Doppler items. The other three are Crimson Web, Night and Ultraviolet, three finishes that cost under $800 in worn condition and many times more in Factory New. Below we explain why a clean Crimson Web costs more than a Black Pearl, why the Gamma Doppler phases cost more than the normal Doppler phases on this knife, and why the price of a Case Hardened or a Fade depends on the pattern more than on the wear.

How We Ranked the Most Expensive Karambit Skins

The ranking uses the highest price of each Karambit item on SkinsMonkey, which is the Factory New price. The four Doppler phases, the three Doppler gems, the four Gamma Doppler phases and the Emerald each have their own item page, so each of them is a separate entry. The general Doppler and Gamma Doppler pages without a phase are not in the ranking. All prices were checked on November 2, 2026 and change with the market. Several of the most expensive Karambits had no copy or only one copy listed that day. For those we give the price from the item page and say how many copies were listed.

The Karambit is one of the five knives that came with the Arms Deal update of August 14, 2013. Today it has 25 finishes: Vanilla, 12 original finishes from the first cases, six Chroma finishes from the Chroma Case, the Chroma 2 Case and the Chroma 3 Case of 2015 and 2016, and six Gamma finishes from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case of 2016. Every Karambit is Covert, knives cannot take stickers, and the WIKI does not yet show reliable StatTrak prices for knives, so this list covers normal copies only.

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Crimson Web and Night: Over $10,000 in Factory New

Two of the top three Karambits are not Dopplers at all. Crimson Web and Night are original Karambit finishes, and in Battle-Scarred both cost less than $800. The price goes up so much in Factory New because of the float range. Both finishes have a float range from 0.06 to 0.80, and Factory New ends at 0.07, so every Factory New copy has a float between 0.06 and 0.07. Very few copies have a float that low.

• Karambit | Night, $10,302.46 in Factory New, $773.04 in Minimal Wear and $637.98 in Battle-Scarred, from the 11 original Karambit cases. A dark blue-grey finish with almost no pattern. Factory New costs over 13 times Minimal Wear. Well-Worn, at $624.20, was the cheapest Night on November 2, 2026, even cheaper than Battle-Scarred.
• Karambit | Ultraviolet, $2,950.62 in Factory New and $615.93 in Battle-Scarred, from the Chroma Case, the Chroma 2 Case and the Chroma 3 Case. A deep purple finish that looks almost black in shadow. It has the same float range from 0.06 to 0.80, and Factory New costs more than three times Minimal Wear. It had 14 copies listed, more than any other Karambit in the top ten.

The Doppler Gems: Black Pearl, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire

Gems are rare patterns of the Doppler finish. The game assigns the colour from the pattern, so a gem cannot be crafted or chosen, and each gem has its own item page. Three gems come from the normal Doppler in the Chroma cases: Black Pearl, Ruby and Sapphire. Emerald is the gem of the Gamma Doppler from the Gamma cases. On the Karambit, all four cost at least twice the most expensive normal phase. Few of them were for sale: on November 2, 2026 SkinsMonkey listed four gem Karambits in total.

• Karambit | Doppler Ruby, $9,860.22 in Factory New and $9,850.37 in Minimal Wear, from the Chroma cases. A solid red Doppler. The two wears differ by less than $10, because the Doppler float range only goes from 0.00 to 0.08. SkinsMonkey listed no copy on November 2, 2026, so these are reference prices from the item page.
• Karambit | Gamma Doppler Emerald, $9,492.35 in Factory New and $9,482.85 in Minimal Wear, from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case. A solid bright green blade, the only gem of the Gamma Doppler. One copy was listed.
• Karambit | Doppler Sapphire, $6,369.55 in Factory New and $6,363.18 in Minimal Wear, from the Chroma cases. A solid deep blue Doppler. On the Karambit it costs less than Ruby and Emerald on SkinsMonkey, and two copies were listed.

Doppler and Gamma Doppler Phases: $1,600 to $3,100

Below the gems there are eight normal phases, four for each Doppler. A phase is a colour version of the same finish, and like the gems it comes from the pattern. In Factory New they cost between $1,664.07 and $3,030.46 on November 2, 2026. On the Karambit, the green Gamma Doppler phases cost more than the normal Doppler phases: even the cheapest Gamma Doppler phase, Phase 4 at $2,128.25, costs more than Doppler Phase 1, Phase 3 and Phase 4.

Doppler Phase 2, the pink and purple phase, is the most expensive phase of the normal Doppler at $2,349.94 and tenth on the list, but it had no copy listed. The other three normal Doppler phases cost within $52 of each other. On every phase, Factory New and Minimal Wear cost almost the same, so there is no reason to look for Minimal Wear to save money. If you want a Doppler for less, our list of the cheapest Karambit skins covers the Karambit finishes with the lowest prices.

Case Hardened, Fade and Marble Fade: Where the Pattern Sets the Price

Three Karambit finishes are priced by pattern more than by wear. The prices on their item pages are for ordinary copies. Copies with the most wanted patterns sell for much more, and each of them is priced on its own, so we cannot give one reliable number for them. Fade and Case Hardened are just outside the top ten, at $2,303.11 and $2,290.83 in Factory New.

• Karambit | Fade, $2,303.11 in Factory New and $2,300.80 in Minimal Wear, from the 11 original Karambit cases. A gradient from yellow to pink and purple. The more of the blade the pink and purple cover, the higher the fade percentage, and copies with a high percentage cost more than the price here.
• Karambit | Marble Fade, $1,398.27 in Factory New and $1,358.07 in Minimal Wear, from the Chroma cases. Red, yellow and blue swirls. Copies with only red and blue on the blade are the most wanted pattern.

Which of the Expensive Karambits Look Best in Game

The Karambit spins on your finger in the inspect, so you see the whole blade from many angles. A finish with a strong colour along the full curve looks good in every part of the spin. A dark finish needs light to show its colour. This is our order for the expensive Karambits, from the one you notice most in a match to the one you notice least.

Does Wear Matter on Expensive Karambits

It depends on the finish. On Doppler, Gamma Doppler, Fade, Marble Fade and Tiger Tooth it matters very little, because those finishes only exist in Factory New and Minimal Wear and the two cost almost the same. On finishes with a float range from 0.06 to 0.80 it matters a lot, because Factory New is so rare: a Factory New Crimson Web costs $20,325.52 and a Minimal Wear one $1,377.66. If you want one of these finishes for how it looks, Minimal Wear or Field-Tested gives you a very similar look for a small part of the Factory New price. Our best Karambit skins list names the wear we would buy for each finish.

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How to Get an Expensive Karambit

Knives drop as the rare special item in cases. The Karambit drops from 16 cases: the 11 original cases from the CS:GO Weapon Case to the Revolver Case, the Chroma Case, the Chroma 2 Case, the Chroma 3 Case, the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case. Each group of cases has its own finishes, so a Doppler gem can only come from a Chroma case and an Emerald only from a Gamma case. The SkinsMonkey WIKI gives the chance of one specific Karambit finish at between 0.004% and 0.0052% per case, and a specific gem or phase is less likely still. Since October 22, 2025 you can also trade up five Covert skins into a knife from the collection of one of the skins you put in, but you cannot choose the finish or the phase. Our guide to all Karambit cases lists what each case holds.

The Steam Community Market is not practical at this price. Valve limits how much a Steam Wallet can hold, the limit is far below most prices on this list, and money in the wallet cannot be taken out. Trading is the practical way to get a specific Karambit. On SkinsMonkey you log in through Steam, add skins from your inventory, pick the knife and the bot sends the trade offer. You can check the float and the pattern of each copy before you trade, which matters most on a Crimson Web, a Case Hardened or a Fade. If you want to know what your inventory is worth first, our CS2 Inventory Value Checker shows it in about a minute.

The top Karambit from each price group

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Bottom line

Factory New Crimson Web has the highest Karambit price, Black Pearl is the most expensive Doppler

On November 2, 2026 the Karambit with the highest price on SkinsMonkey was the Crimson Web in Factory New, at $20,325.52, ahead of the Doppler Black Pearl at $17,154.75. Seven of the ten most expensive Karambits are Doppler or Gamma Doppler items, and the four gems had only four copies listed between them that day.

If you want a Doppler, Gamma Doppler Phase 2 at $3,030.46 is the most expensive normal phase, and Minimal Wear costs almost the same as Factory New. If you want Crimson Web or Night for how it looks, Minimal Wear costs a small part of the Factory New price.

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