Reviewed 22 September 2026
CS:GO Weapon Case: Case Hardened and Lightning Strike
Pattern hunting begins with the AK in this original Arms Deal container, and the AWP is a plain covert.
A pattern market beside a wear market
Most searches for this case come down to two finishes. Buyers chase patterns on the AK-47 Case Hardened and wear on the AWP Lightning Strike. Both launched on 14 August 2013 with The Arms Deal Collection, though they trade for different reasons.
Gold in this case was a knife, which means a blue gem is not the rare special slot. Case Hardened itself is Classified. Plenty of openings pass without a knife or a top pattern, since the seed is one more roll inside an already uncommon skin.
Gold odds explained: 0.26%
In a regular weapon case, the rare slot comes up around 0.26% of the time, and wear covers all other results, per the odds guide. Our take: a covert can carry a famous name without changing the gold odds.