Best Specialist Gloves for every budget
The most-listed Specialist Gloves under $300 are the Fade and Tiger Strike; under $600, the Fade and Pillow Punchers; under $1,500, the Emerald Web and Foundation; and at $1,500 and up, the Crimson Kimono and Emerald Web.
Under $300
17 finish and wear options in this range
Fade (Field-Tested)$145.00Tiger Strike (Field-Tested)$129.00Mogul (Field-Tested)$73.46Lt. Commander (Field-Tested)$81.62Under $600
11 finish and wear options in this range
Fade (Minimal Wear)$386.75Pillow Punchers (Field-Tested)$358.40Cloud Chaser (Field-Tested)$409.82Marble Fade (Minimal Wear)$302.08Under $1,500
12 finish and wear options in this range
Emerald Web (Field-Tested)$1,103Foundation (Field-Tested)$692.65Pillow Punchers (Minimal Wear)$1,118Crimson Kimono (Battle-Scarred)$1,086$1,500 and up
8 finish and wear options in this range
Crimson Kimono (Field-Tested)$1,501Emerald Web (Factory New)$4,574Foundation (Factory New)$1,879Cloud Chaser (Factory New)$1,732Most expensive Specialist Gloves
The most expensive Specialist Gloves are Factory New pairs of the Crimson Kimono, Pillow Punchers and Emerald Web. Factory New is so rare on gloves that these trade at several times their Minimal Wear price.
| # | Specialist Gloves | Factory New | Minimal Wear | FN listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono | $11,435 | $2,260 | 6 |
| 2 | ★ Specialist Gloves | Pillow Punchers | $4,705 | $1,118 | 7 |
| 3 | ★ Specialist Gloves | Emerald Web | $4,574 | $1,347 | 16 |
| 4 | ★ Specialist Gloves | Lime Polycam | $2,004 | $483.85 | 3 |
| 5 | ★ Specialist Gloves | Foundation | $1,879 | $858.71 | 13 |
| 6 | ★ Specialist Gloves | Blackbook | $1,779 | $468.39 | 6 |
Specialist Gloves by color
Blue is the most common color on Specialist Gloves, followed by orange and yellow.
Yellow Specialist Gloves
6 skins · from $36.07
Fewer Specialist Gloves lean pink and black: Crimson Kimono and Blackbook. Colors are tagged from each render and checked by BO5 editors over time.
Specialist Gloves sets and the cases that drop them
Specialist Gloves came in four sets, each dropping from its own group of cases or, for the newest, the Dead Hand Terminal. Two sets still drop weekly.
Glove Case and Operation Hydra Case
4 finishes · No longer drops
Operation Broken Fang Case, Recoil Case and Snakebite Case
4 finishes · No longer drops
Dead Hand Terminal
7 finishes · In the weekly drop pool
Specialist Gloves float and wear
Specialist Gloves floats run from 0.06 to 0.80, so all five exteriors exist. Factory New only covers 0.06 to 0.07, a sliver of the range, which is why Factory New gloves are rare and cost several times more than Minimal Wear.
Specialist Gloves skin price trends
BO5 stores daily lowest totals for Specialist Gloves skins. Each period appears only after enough verified daily observations have been collected.
The median Steam premium is +35.6% across 71 matching item states with at least 20 listings. Steam wallet asks are compared with fee-inclusive third-party prices; all-phase quotes are not matched to an individual phase.
The index includes finishes with at least 20 live listings. It describes recorded asking prices, not sales or a forecast.



















