An in-depth pattern guide and tierlist for the Butterfly Knife “Marble Fade” Max Red Tip patterns!

Intro

As highly sought-after as the “Marble Fade” Butterfly Knife is – the most desirable patterns are the ones with the max amount of red on the tip (without fading into orange.) Unfortunately, there was not a lot of info on the patterns available – so I did the work of going through all the patterns and categorizing them so you don’t have to!

Obviously there is a large level of objectivity that must be acknowledged in regards to “tierlists” and I am not claiming that my opinion is the be-all-end-all in regards to the tier ranking – as everyone will have their own opinions and preferences. However, I have manually inspected all 1000 patterns, and have broken them into categories and tiers in hopes of helping you to decide which pattern is best for you!

It should be noted that this list is for the Factory New (FN) condition only and does not include any patterns that are exclusive to Minimal Wear (MW)

Pattern Categories Explained

To begin, I sorted through every single BFK “Marble Fade” pattern available for (FN) to manually to pick out the top BTA (Better Than Average) patterns.

For this guide, I decided to use CSMoney’s “Wiki” page to generated png images that give a much clearer view of the pattern.

I then entered the top patterns into a spreadsheet and sorted them and grouped them into categories based on the pattern categories I found. These are the patterns that I came up with:

MAX RED TIP

These are the main focus of the guide and easily the most sought-after of all the patterns. The goal of these patterns is to contain the max amount of red on the tip of the knife without the fade turning orange at the tip. This means that there will be patterns not included in this category that technically contain more of the red pattern at the tip – but are unfortunately ruined (and discounted by collectors) by the pattern fade continuing into an orange color at the very tip.

Example “Max Red Tip” Pattern (#329)

ORANGE (Fake Red Tip)

These are the aforementioned orange-tipped patterns that are considered “fake red-tips” by most collectors. These can still be sought-after patterns to the right collector – as they actually contain slightly more red near the tip (usually) than the true “Red Tips.” The orange at the tip of these patterns is actually very minimal and the trouble with categorizing these patterns is that, it can be very difficult to figure out exactly what is acceptable as a “true” Red Tip and what is considered a “fake” one because of how close some of the patterns are to both sides. To make things simple, I have placed every pattern that has any orange on the tip (no matter how small) into this category. Some of these are so close to “Max Red” patterns that some people may not even consider them to be “Fake Red Tips” – but if you really zoom in or look at them in game – you will see orange (PLEASE NOTE: Steam’s compression has slightly altered the color and resolution of the photos I have uploaded and the orange does not look as “orange” in these photos. If you don’t believe me – just look them up on the CSMoney Pattern Checker).everyany Because of this large level of objectivity – I would consider using your own judgement after seeing the photos.

Standard “Orange Tip” Pattern (#274)

Less-Obvious “Orange Tip” Pattern (#977)

TIER 1 “Max Red Tip” Patterns

THESE PATTERNS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! – simply because there are simply too many patterns in this category with VERY minimal visual difference.

These are the main focus of the guide and easily the most sought-after of all the patterns. The goal of these patterns is to contain the max amount of red on the tip of the knife without the fade turning orange at the tip. This means that there will be patterns not included in this category that technically contain more of the red pattern at the tip – but are unfortunately ruined (and discounted by collectors) by the pattern fade continuing into an orange color at the very tip.

Pattern #9

Pattern #27

Pattern #90

Pattern #125

Pattern #183

Pattern #203

Pattern #232

Pattern #254

Pattern #329

Pattern #351

Pattern #372

Pattern #397

Pattern #402

Pattern #404

Pattern #441

Pattern #459

Pattern #473

Pattern #483

Pattern #485

Pattern #506

Pattern #537

Pattern #559

Pattern #626

Pattern #632

Pattern #647

Pattern #725

Pattern #727

Pattern #753

Pattern #756

Pattern #764

Pattern #785

Pattern #791

Pattern #805

Pattern #810

Pattern #818

Pattern #858

Pattern #868

Pattern #909

Pattern #941

Pattern #962

Pattern #976

Pattern #980

TIER 2 “Max Red Tip” Patterns

THESE PATTERNS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! – simply because there are simply too many patterns in this category with VERY minimal visual difference.

These are the patterns that did not quite make the cut into “TOP TIER” but I thought they were good enough to include in a second tier.

Pattern #60

Pattern #62

Pattern #71

Pattern #148

Pattern #170

Pattern #216

Pattern #222

Pattern #234

Pattern #266

Pattern #304

Pattern #307

Pattern #309

Pattern #315

Pattern #328

Pattern #333

Pattern #364

Pattern #368

Pattern #400

Pattern #445

Pattern #448

Pattern #463

Pattern #515

Pattern #535

Pattern #555

Pattern #569

Pattern #570

Pattern #582

Pattern #593

Pattern #605

Pattern #606

Pattern #624

Pattern #630

Pattern #663

Pattern #691

Pattern #717

Pattern #723

Pattern #746

Pattern #899

Pattern #931

Pattern #958

BTA “Max Red Tip” Patterns

Here are all the other “Red Tip” patterns that were not quite good enough to make the cut of “Tier 1” or “Tier 2” for those interested.

BTA PATTERNS

1, 3, 7, 13, 20, 24, 31, 42, 44, 45, 49, 54, 59, 66, 72, 75, 77, 96, 98, 102, 106, 113, 119, 134, 142, 143, 151, 153, 162, 164, 174, 184, 185, 189, 190, 193,194, 209, 217, 218, 220, 226, 231, 246, 250, 253, 258, 259, 262, 269, 280, 284, 286, 290, 296, 303, 310, 311, 325, 334, 335, 354, 369, 371, 373, 374, 385, 387, 388, 394, 411, 413, 415, 419, 423, 425, 432, 436, 438, 443, 450, 451, 464, 477, 479, 489, 492, 496, 498, 504, 507, 526, 529, 531, 532, 547, 551, 552, 560, 574, 579, 580, 600, 610, 627, 642, 670, 678, 680, 684, 689, 693, 699, 709, 715, 730, 733, 744, 767, 776, 794, 812, 816, 820, 839, 843, 845, 846, 852, 853, 857, 861, 865, 894, 896, 919, 929, 935, 951, 969, 973, 992

ORANGE “Fake Red Tip” Patterns

THESE PATTERNS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! – simply because there are simply too many patterns in this category with VERY minimal visual difference.

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for this category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of this category.

These are the aforementioned orange-tipped patterns that are considered “fake red-tips” by most collectors. These can still be sought-after patterns to the right collector – as they actually contain slightly more red near the tip (usually) than the true “Red Tips.” The orange at the tip of these patterns is actually very minimal and the trouble with categorizing these patterns is that, it can be very difficult to figure out exactly what is acceptable as a “true” Red Tip and what is considered a “fake” one because of how close some of the patterns are to both sides. To make things simple, I have placed every pattern that has any orange on the tip (no matter how small) into this category. Some of these are so close to “Max Red” patterns that some people may not even consider them to be “Fake Red Tips” – but if you really zoom in or look at them in game – you will see orange (PLEASE NOTE: Steam’s compression has slightly altered the color and resolution of the photos I have uploaded and the orange does not look as “orange” in these photos. If you don’t believe me – just look them up on the CSMoney Pattern Checker)everyany Because of this large level of objectivity – I would consider using your own judgement after seeing the photos.

Pattern #5

Pattern #32

Pattern #68

Pattern #121

Pattern #149

Pattern #156

Pattern #171

Pattern #178

Pattern #188

Pattern #202

Pattern #206

Pattern #213

Pattern #243

Pattern #274

Pattern #287

Pattern #337

Pattern #370

Pattern #378

Pattern #406

Pattern #461

Pattern #493

Pattern #499

Pattern #516

Pattern #539

Pattern #545

Pattern #546

Pattern #589

Pattern #591

Pattern #637

Pattern #655

Pattern #656

Pattern #672

Pattern #696

Pattern #706

Pattern #766

Pattern #817

Pattern #844

Pattern #922

Pattern #966

Pattern #977

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

8, 14, 16, 48, 108, 112, 126, 129, 146, 152, 182, 241, 281, 292, 332, 340, 344, 356, 359, 412, 444, 454, 457, 471, 552, 541, 578, 602, 607, 614, 621, 628, 631, 649, 652, 653, 660, 683, 688, 701, 728, 732, 743, 761, 770, 773, 777, 780, 787, 792, 795, 803, 874, 908, 918, 923, 949, 959, 988, 994

Conclusion

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Special thanks to CS.Money for use of their pattern Wiki!

Here we come to an end for the Butterfly Knife “Marble Fade” Max Red Tip Pattern Guide & Tierlist – Counter-Strike: Global Offensive guide. I hope this guide has helped you with your gameplay. If you have something to add to this guide or believe we forgot some information to add, please let us know via comment! We check each comment manually by approving them!