Operation Hydra Case: Price, Skins & Odds

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What's in the Operation Hydra Case?

The Operation Hydra Case contains 17 skins: two Covert, three Classified, five Restricted and seven Mil-Spec. It also contains 24 rare special gloves: the Bloodhound Gloves, Driver Gloves, Hand Wraps, Moto Gloves, Specialist Gloves and Sport Gloves. Every skin can also drop as StatTrak™.

Covert · 2

0.64% per opening for the tier, about 0.32% for each skin

AWP

Oni Taiji

from $210.50

0.32% · 1 in 313

Five-SeveN

Hyper Beast

from $195.65

0.32% · 1 in 313

Classified · 3

3.20% per opening for the tier, about 1.0667% for each skin

M4A4

Hellfire

from $256.79

1.0667% · 1 in 94

Galil AR

Sugar Rush

from $41.75

1.0667% · 1 in 94

Dual Berettas

Cobra Strike

from $39.80

1.0667% · 1 in 94

Restricted · 5

15.98% per opening for the tier, about 3.196% for each skin

AK-47

Orbit Mk01

from $22.25

3.196% · 1 in 31

SSG 08

Death's Head

from $18.46

3.196% · 1 in 31

P2000

Woodsman

from $16.76

3.196% · 1 in 31

P90

Death Grip

from $15.02

3.196% · 1 in 31

P250

Red Rock

from $14.27

3.196% · 1 in 31

Mil-Spec · 7

79.92% per opening for the tier, about 11.4171% for each skin

M4A1-S

Briefing

from $3.50

11.4171% · 1 in 9

UMP-45

Metal Flowers

from $3.48

11.4171% · 1 in 9

MAC-10

Aloha

from $3.42

11.4171% · 1 in 9

MAG-7

Hard Water

from $3.32

11.4171% · 1 in 9

USP-S

Blueprint

from $3.31

11.4171% · 1 in 9

Tec-9

Cut Out

from $3.22

11.4171% · 1 in 9

FAMAS

Macabre

from $3.17

11.4171% · 1 in 9

These skins form The Operation Hydra Collection.

Operation Hydra Case gloves

The case drops six glove types, each in four finishes, for 24 possible gloves. The cheapest is a Bloodhound Gloves | Guerrilla at $60.28, and the top listing is a Sport Gloves | Hedge Maze.

4 finishes

Bloodhound Gloves

from $60.28

About 1 in 2,308 openings

4 finishes

Driver Gloves

from $67.89

About 1 in 2,308 openings

4 finishes

Hand Wraps

from $85.36

About 1 in 2,308 openings

4 finishes

Moto Gloves

from $80.49

About 1 in 2,308 openings

4 finishes

Specialist Gloves

from $98.04

About 1 in 2,308 openings

4 finishes

Sport Gloves

from $273.14

About 1 in 2,308 openings

Operation Hydra Case odds

Every opening gives a Mil-Spec skin 79.92% of the time, Restricted 15.98%, Classified 3.20%, Covert 0.64% and a pair of gloves 0.26%. So the AWP | Oni Taiji drops in about 1 in 313 openings and any single glove type in about 1 in 2,308.

Operation Hydra Case odds by rarity, with per-item odds and the cheapest item in each tier
Rarity	Tier odds	Items in tier	Odds per item	1 in	Cheapest in tier
Mil-Spec	79.92%	7	11.4171%	9	$3.17
Restricted	15.98%	5	3.196%	31	$14.27
Classified	3.20%	3	1.0667%	94	$39.80
Covert	0.64%	2	0.32%	313	$195.65
★ Gloves	0.26%	24	0.0108%	9,231	$60.28

Tier odds are Valve's published rates. Odds per item assume equal weighting within a tier, which Valve hasn't confirmed. 1 in 10 drops is StatTrak™.

About the Operation Hydra Case

The Operation Hydra Case is a weapon case released in May 2017, with 17 skins and 24 rare special gloves. Opening it needs a $2.49 key from the in-game store.

Its skins form The Operation Hydra Collection. Trade-ups within that collection stay inside these 17 skins and, since 2025, can reach its gloves.

Current CS2 drop pool ›

Released: May 2017
Skins: 17
Gloves: 24
Key needed: Yes
StatTrak™: Yes
Weekly drop pool: No

Operation Hydra Case questions

Can you still get the Operation Hydra Case from weekly drops?

No. It is out of the weekly drop pool, so the only way to get one now is to buy it from another player or a marketplace.

What is the rarest item in the Operation Hydra Case?

Gloves are the rarest drop, at 0.26% for any of the 24. Within those, rarity comes from finish and wear: a Sport Gloves | Hedge Maze is the most valuable thing it can produce right now.

Why is the Operation Hydra Case so expensive?

It no longer drops, so no new copies enter the market while players keep opening the ones that exist, and its rare special slot includes the Bloodhound Gloves, Driver Gloves, Hand Wraps.

Can you trade up to Operation Hydra gloves?

Yes. Covert skins from The Operation Hydra Collection can be traded up into one of the case's 24 gloves, chosen at random.

Do Operation Hydra skins come in StatTrak™?

Yes. Every skin in the case can drop as StatTrak™, about 1 in 10 drops. Gloves never come in StatTrak™. Souvenirs are not case drops; eligible guns can also exist as Souvenir-O-Matic conversions.

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