About Ruby patterns
Ruby is one of the three top-colour gem variants of the M9 Bayonet Doppler — multiple red gradients on the metallic smoke base, mimicking polished ruby. The handle stays unpainted, putting full visual weight on the blade.
The M9 Bayonet blade is large, so clean ruby coverage is rarer than on smaller knives — most patterns carry some dark spotting on the play side. Top seed #273 ("Max Ruby") shows the cleanest, near-complete red coverage. T1–T3 tiers gauge how completely the ruby material fills the visible blade. Ruby, Sapphire, and Black Pearl share paint_seed, so a high-tier seed on one usually ranks the same on the others.
01Tier 1 — Best patterns
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 marketplaces02Tier 2
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 marketplaces03Tier 3
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 marketplacesThe remaining ~976 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 #983) we used at the top of this guide. If a seed isn’t listed in T1–T4 or BTA above, treat it as Unranked.
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.