Gut Knife | Boreal Forest

Origin Story

The Gut Knife | Boreal Forest debuted on August 14, 2013, as part of The Arms Deal update, introducing one of the game's earliest knife finishes. Its design features a forest camouflage hydrographic, painting the blade in various shades of green, brown, and dark olive. This pattern provides a utilitarian, military-inspired look, contrasting with more vibrant or abstract knife designs. The Boreal Forest finish is often favored by players seeking an inexpensive knife or those building a cohesive camouflage-themed loadout. It remains available today from older, legacy weapon cases.

Drop Chance

Gut Knife | Boreal Forest is a knife-tier skin, so standard Valve rarity odds don't apply. Knives drop at a combined rate of approximately 0.26% from supported cases before accounting for which knife type and finish you get. Valve doesn't publish individual knife or phase probabilities.

Skin Condition

Float range 0.06 to 0.8. Exteriors: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn, Battle-Scarred. StatTrak is available in FN, MW, FT, WW, BS.

• Factory New (No Recent Price): The camouflage colors are most vibrant, with the forest camo pattern sharp and continuous across the blade.
• Minimal Wear ($77.05): Very light edge softening appears on the tip and gut hook, though the camouflage remains bright and intact.
• Field-Tested (No Recent Price): Noticeable fading along the blade edges begins to appear, with slight dulling of the green and brown tones.
• Well-Worn ($65.16): The camouflage appears substantially dulled with larger areas of faded edges, and some patches of exposed metal are likely visible on the blade.
• Battle-Scarred (No Recent Price): The camouflage is heavily faded with large sections of exposed base material, and the remaining green and brown colors are muted.

Model

Boreal Forest uses the legacy Gut Knife model, introduced with The Arms Deal on August 14, 2013. The inspect animation and third-person appearance match the original CS:GO version.

How to Obtain

The Gut Knife | Boreal Forest is primarily obtained as a rare special item drop from opening a CS:GO Weapon Case, CS:GO Weapon Case 2, or CS:GO Weapon Case 3. A StatTrak version is also available for kill tracking.

Price Range

Gut Knife | Boreal Forest ranges from No Recent Price (Battle-Scarred) to No Recent Price (Factory New). Field-Tested copies sit at No Recent Price. StatTrak versions carry a premium at every wear tier.


The current 7-day median is No Recent Price. The 90-day median is $72.00. The all-time median is $53.40. Volume averages 0 trades per day.

Visual Theme

Hydrographic: It has been painted using a forest camouflage hydrographic. This finish features various shades of green, brown, and dark olive, typical of woodland military camouflage. In first-person view, the camo-painted blade and the pattern on the spine and belly of the blade are the most visible elements. The community commonly groups this skin with other green camo finishes such as Forest DDPAT and Safari Mesh.

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Sticker Compatibility

Knives in CS2 do not accept stickers, so there is no sticker compatibility or craft meta for the Gut Knife | Boreal Forest itself. For players building a cohesive loadout, the knife's green, brown, and dark olive camouflage pattern pairs well with subdued, military-themed, or similarly camouflaged stickers on accompanying weapon skins. Bright or contrasting sticker schemes would likely clash with the busy hydrographic finish.