What is Float Value in CS2? Complete Wear Explanation
Float value is the number that determines how worn a CS2 skin looks. It runs from 0 (factory-perfect) to 1 (completely battered) on a continuous scale. Every skin in your inventory has a hidden float that decides its visual wear and, indirectly, its market price. Browse the live inventory now →
The five wear levels
Float ranges map to wear categories: Factory New (0.00-0.07), Minimal Wear (0.07-0.15), Field-Tested (0.15-0.38), Well-Worn (0.38-0.45), Battle-Scarred (0.45-1.00).
Within a wear category, the actual float number still matters — a 0.16 Field-Tested looks much cleaner than a 0.37 Field-Tested even though both display as 'Field-Tested'.
Why float affects price
- Low-float items in each category are visually cleaner and command premiums.
- Sub-0.001 Factory New examples of premium skins are legendary and can sell for many multiples of standard FN prices.
- On Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred, the opposite premium can exist for max-float 'unique' examples (1.0 floats of certain skins).
Per-skin minimum and maximum floats
Not every skin can roll the full 0-1 range. Some are capped by Valve at narrower ranges (e.g., AK Redline minimum float is 0.10, so no Factory New exists).
Always check the float range for the specific skin before paying a Factory New premium that may not even exist for that pattern.
Tools to check float
CSFloat and IMVU's float inspectors can read the exact float of any tradable item.
Most marketplaces display the float number directly on the listing.