Nomad Knife | Rust Coat

Nomad Knife | Rust Coat released February 4, 2025 as part of the Fever Case.

It's a Counter-Strike 2-native release, launched after Valve's September 2023 relaunch, with no CS:GO history of its own.

It launched as an Extraordinary-tier finish, with a StatTrak™ edition but no Souvenir version.

As a finish, "Rust Coat" is applied to the Nomad Knife — a straight fixed blade, part of the Fracture Case's knife lineup — and carries the red rarity color every Extraordinary-tier skin shares on the Steam Market and in-game.

That Extraordinary classification places it in CS2's rarest tier overall — the same bracket every knife and glove finish occupies, one step above even Covert weapon skins.

Nomad Knife | Rust Coat only ships in 2 of the five wear conditions (Well-Worn, Battle-Scarred) — there's no Factory New or Minimal Wear or Field-Tested release for this finish.

As with every CS2 skin, lower float values look cleaner: Factory New copies (roughly below 0.07 float) show the finish at its sharpest, while Field-Tested and Well-Worn pieces make up the most commonly traded middle ground between mint and heavily worn.

Nomad Knife | Rust Coat comes from the Fever Case — the Case itself is Armory-exclusive, redeemed with Armory Pass stars rather than a direct weekly drop.

Valve's own published Case odds put an Extraordinary-tier pull like this one at roughly 1 in 10769 (0.0093%).

Alongside the Normal version, this finish also has a StatTrak™ edition that tracks confirmed kills — there's no Souvenir version.

Beyond that, there's no separate "phase" or pattern family tied to this finish in the site's data — it's tracked as a single fixed look across every wear condition it ships in.

Extraordinary-tier pulls like this one are inherently the rarest outcome of opening the Cases that contain them, which alone keeps demand — and market prices — meaningfully higher than the tiers below it.

Its StatTrak™ edition tends to trade at a premium over the Normal version, the same pattern seen across most CS2 skins with that variant available.

Nomad Knife | Rust Coat has been part of the Fever Case since February 4, 2025 — a Counter-Strike 2-native release with no CS:GO-era version to compare it to.

This finish is one of 28 distinct Extraordinary finishes in the Fever Case's rare-special drop pool.

This is one of 25 Nomad Knife skins currently listed on the site, spanning multiple rarity tiers.