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)

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)


 
 
 
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). 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)


 
 
 

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 #674 Found on 7/14/22 by Ainsley

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

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 #948

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

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.


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, 196, 209, 217, 218, 220, 226, 231, 244, 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, 998

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) 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


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

If you appreciate the excruciating amount of long and boring work that went into this guide I would really appreciate a follow on Twitter or just leave a like, review or "Steam Award" on this guide so more people can find it! <3

CptnKraken out!

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

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