XM1014 | Blue Steel

XM1014 | Blue Steel released November 27, 2013 as part of the Lake Collection.

It originally released during the CS:GO era, before Valve's Counter-Strike 2 relaunch in September 2023 — its artwork, wear range, and source carried over unchanged into CS2.

It launched as an Industrial Grade finish, with a Souvenir edition but no StatTrak™ version.

As a finish, "Blue Steel" is applied to the XM1014 — a semi-automatic shotgun, faster-firing than the pump-action options — and carries the light blue rarity color every Industrial Grade skin shares on the Steam Market and in-game.

That Industrial Grade classification places it among the most common tiers in CS2 — a rank that only appears in Collections, never in a Case's own drop pool.

XM1014 | Blue Steel ships in all five wear conditions, from Factory New through Battle-Scarred, across the full 0.00–1.00 float range.

As with every CS2 skin, lower float values look cleaner: Factory New copies (roughly below 0.07 float) show the finish at its sharpest, while Field-Tested and Well-Worn pieces make up the most commonly traded middle ground between mint and heavily worn.

XM1014 | Blue Steel is part of the Lake Collection rather than being unboxed from a traditional weapon Case — the Collection is not tied to any live drop mechanic, so trade-ups and the Steam Community Market are the main ways to acquire one.

Valve has never published exact Collection odds. The estimate above (1 in 31, 3.2051%) applies the same rarity-tier cascade confirmed for Cases, giving a general sense of scale rather than a guaranteed rate.

Alongside the Normal version, this finish also has a Souvenir edition — there's no StatTrak™ counterpart.

Beyond that, there's no separate "phase" or pattern family tied to this finish in the site's data — it's tracked as a single fixed look across every wear condition it ships in.

As an Industrial Grade finish, XM1014 | Blue Steel sits among the more common pulls from the Lake Collection rather than being a chase item — a straightforward, affordable way to add a XM1014 skin to a loadout or collection.

Its Souvenir edition tends to trade at a premium over the Normal version, the same pattern seen across most CS2 skins with that variant available.

XM1014 | Blue Steel has been part of the Lake Collection since November 27, 2013, and like every CS:GO-era CS2 skin, carried over unchanged when Valve relaunched the game on the Source 2 engine in 2023 — the artwork, wear range, and source Case/Collection are the same today as they were before the migration.

It's one of 5 Industrial Grade items in the Lake Collection, out of 15 items total.

This is one of 45 XM1014 skins currently listed on the site, spanning multiple rarity tiers.