About Ruby patterns
Ruby is one of the three top-colour gem variants of the Nomad Knife Doppler — multiple red gradients on a metallic smoke base, mimicking polished ruby. The Nomad's large blade has plenty of area for dark spotting, so clean T1 specimens are rarer than on smaller knives.
Top T1 seeds show the cleanest red coverage on the play side. Lower ranks expose more dark sections. Ruby shares paint_seed with Sapphire and Black Pearl on this knife.
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 marketplaces04Tier 4
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 marketplacesThe remaining ~908 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 #285) 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.