Only four knives can do it
A true Fire & Ice — red on one side, blue on the tip — can only form on the Karambit, Bayonet, Flip Knife and Gut Knife. They share the same paint-seed ranking, with seed 412 as the perfect "1st Max".
FIRE & ICE TIER DATA · SEED-DRIVEN
CS2 Marble Fade Patterns — Fire & Ice Tier Lists by Seed
The community Fire & Ice tier lists for Marble Fade knives. A true Fire & Ice only forms on the Karambit, Bayonet, Flip and Gut Knife — seed 412 is the perfect "1st Max" — while the M9 Bayonet chases its own Max Red Tip. Check any seed against the tiers.
#412
Karambit · top Fire & Ice
Seed 412 is the "1st Max" — maximum red on the play side with a clean blue tip and zero yellow, the rarest and most valuable Fire & Ice knife in CS2.
Tier 11st Max — the perfect Fire & Ice1 seeds
#412
Tier 2Top-tier Fire & Ice10 seeds
#16#146#241#359#393#541#602#649#688#701
Tier 3Fire & Ice (lower placement)10 seeds
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#152#281#292#344#628#673#743#777#792#994
Tier 4Fire & Ice (lower placement)10 seeds
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#48#126#129#332#780#787#874#908#918#923
Tier 5Fire & Ice (lower placement)13 seeds
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#182#204#252#457#522#578#652#660#685#705#736#832#988
Tier 6Fire & Ice (lower placement)15 seeds
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#112#230#340#356#444#452#471#607#621#631#761#773#873#876#982
Tier 7Fire & Ice (lower placement)22 seeds
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#8#14#32#58#108#213#233#243#274#405#454#614#653#683#728#732#770#795#803#826#867#949
Tier 8Fire & Ice (lower placement)14 seeds
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#5#178#188#202#337#378#406#461#539#696#702#854#966#971
Tier 9Fire & Ice (lower placement)21 seeds
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#68#121#149#165#171#206#287#370#493#499#516#637#655#656#672#706#766#817#922#959#997
Tier 10Fire & Ice (lower placement)20 seeds
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#28#156#177#238#402#545#546#553#559#589#591#725#764#791#810#844#858#868#972#977
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on Karambit
Type a paint seed to see if it is a graded Fire & Ice on this knife.
How Fire & Ice works
The M9 has "Max Red Tip"
The M9 Bayonet cannot make a true Fire & Ice, so collectors chase its own grade instead — Max Red Tip, the seeds with the most red on the tip before the pattern turns orange. Seed 41 leads it.
Verify the seed, not the photo
Fire & Ice premiums are huge and screenshots flatter the pattern. Always read the exact paint seed from an inspect link and match it to the tier here before paying up — the wrong seed is just a normal Marble Fade.
Fire & Ice FAQ
What is the best Fire & Ice seed?
Seed 412 is the "1st Max" — the perfect Fire & Ice with maximum red and a clean blue tip. It is the #1 across the four knives that can produce the pattern (Karambit, Bayonet, Flip, Gut) and commands the highest premium by far.
Which knives can have Fire & Ice?
Only the Karambit, Bayonet, Flip Knife and Gut Knife can form a true Fire & Ice. The M9 Bayonet has its own "Max Red Tip" grade instead, and other knives cannot produce it at all.
Is Fire & Ice worth more than a normal Marble Fade?
Dramatically — a top-tier Fire & Ice can be worth many times a plain Marble Fade of the same knife. Value drops steeply as the seed falls down the tiers toward "fake" Fire & Ice.
How do I check a Marble Fade seed?
Open the item’s in-game inspect link to read its paint seed, then look it up here for that exact knife. Never trust a seller’s screenshot — angle and lighting exaggerate the red and blue.