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Operation Riptide Case
About Operation Riptide Case
The Operation Riptide Case is a CS2 container with artwork centered on the Operation Riptide theme, featuring a red-and-blue tactical motif around a central star emblem. As a weapon case rather than a single gun finish, it stands out through its operation branding and compact, utilitarian package design.
Release & Source
This is a weapon case. Cases are opened in-game to reveal one of a fixed collection of skins, and serve as the original source for every item inside them. Dropped in-game or available on the Steam Community Market and third-party marketplaces like SkinSwap.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The standout pulls are the rare special items: Gamma finishes on knives such as the Karambit Gamma Doppler, M9 Bayonet Lore, Butterfly Knife Autotronic, and Huntsman Knife Black Laminate. Among the regular weapon skins, the highest-profile drops include the Desert Eagle Fennec Fox, AK-47 Leet Museo, AWP Chromatic Aberration, and USP-S The Traitor. Which item is “best” depends on whether you value knife rarity, finish popularity, or demand for specific weapon skins.
The Operation Riptide Case stopped being an active operation drop after Operation Riptide ended in early 2022. After that point, it remained obtainable only through the normal rare drop pool rather than as a current operation reward. That change is why supply growth slowed compared with cases that stayed in regular circulation for longer.
The rare special item pool includes the full set of original knife finishes in Gamma finishes for several knife models. Possible knife types include the Butterfly Knife, Karambit, M9 Bayonet, Bayonet, Flip Knife, Gut Knife, Huntsman Knife, Falchion Knife, Bowie Knife, Shadow Daggers, and Navaja Knife. Those knives can drop in finishes such as Gamma Doppler, Lore, Autotronic, Freehand, Black Laminate, and Bright Water.
The Operation Riptide Case contains a standard case lineup of weapon skins plus a rare special item slot for knives. Notable skins in the case include the Desert Eagle Fennec Fox, AK-47 Leet Museo, MP9 Mount Fuji, MAC-10 Toybox, Glock-18 Snack Attack, USP-S The Traitor, and AWP Chromatic Aberration. Its rare item pool consists of Gamma-finish knives rather than gloves or agents.
