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★ Butterfly Knife | Black Pearl Pattern Tier Guide

153 patterns classified across 4 tiers. Each tier section below pairs a rendered example with the full seed list — click any seed to search live listings across our tracked marketplaces.

6 min read153 patterns documentedUpdated this weekby yesriskk (founder cs2search)

About Black Pearl patterns

Black Pearl is the pearl-finish variant of the Butterfly Knife Doppler — metallic blue, purple, and crimson gradients with translucent smoke lines, evoking polished black pearl texture. The long dual-faced blade makes symmetric pearl coverage a meaningful tier factor.

Top T1 seeds show uniform pearl coloration on both visible faces. Lower ranks let flat-black sections through. As with Ruby and Sapphire, the same seed-tier classification applies across all three gem variants since they share paint_seed.

01T1Tier 1 — Best patterns

No example yet
A render will appear when a listing becomes available.
What makes a T1

The best patterns in this skin. Tightest symmetry, deepest coverage, and the visual hallmarks that separate top-shelf examples from everything else.

Search all T1 patterns on the marketplaces
All T1 patterns (22)
T141T172T192T1153T1180T1241T1242T1252T1281T1374T1420T1468T1503T1576T1602T1664T1704T1771T1807T1874T1888T1965

02T2Tier 2

What makes a T2

Very strong patterns — close to T1 quality but with one or two visual compromises (off-axis tip, slightly less coverage, or a less symmetric back).

Search all T2 patterns on the marketplaces
Featured: pattern #583 — click image to zoom · toggle Front/Back
All T2 patterns (33)
T229T236T239T253T2121T2134T2159T2224T2291T2330T2344T2385T2393T2422T2428T2467T2494T2557T2583T2589T2628T2630T2651T2668T2681T2701T2703T2788T2793T2806T2832T2871T2897

03T3Tier 3

No example yet
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What makes a T3

Above-average patterns. Recognisable as "good" but with a clear weakness compared to T1/T2 — useful for buyers who want a hint of pattern premium without paying T1 prices.

Search all T3 patterns on the marketplaces
All T3 patterns (43)
T36T315T330T344T355T356T359T382T386T3105T3110T3126T3128T3135T3136T3147T3151T3155T3184T3221T3262T3300T3338T3350T3362T3398T3401T3445T3460T3491T3609T3623T3683T3696T3697T3762T3799T3880T3882T3910T3946T3966T3990

04T4Tier 4

No example yet
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What makes a T4

The lower end of curated patterns. Still better than a random unranked roll, but the visual differentiator is subtle.

Search all T4 patterns on the marketplaces
All T4 patterns (53)
T44T411T412T414T422T431T443T450T466T484T490T494T4132T4137T4144T4211T4286T4342T4348T4360T4361T4389T4440T4456T4466T4492T4560T4566T4588T4591T4626T4636T4645T4692T4708T4712T4717T4720T4721T4816T4870T4875T4877T4895T4911T4913T4925T4928T4951T4952T4962T4993T4997
Everything else — Unranked

The remaining ~849 paint_seeds fall outside the curated tiers. They make up the bulk of Phase 1 supply on every marketplace and don’t carry a pattern premium — what you see is what you get, like the baseline reference (seed #115) we used at the top of this guide. If a seed isn’t listed in T1–T4 or BTA above, treat it as Unranked.

Credits & sources

Pattern tier classification originally compiled by korenevskiy (Steam Community Guide).

Pattern renders are independently generated from live marketplace listings.

This page combines public-domain pattern data with our own renders, live pricing, and cross-marketplace listing search.