SG 553 | Damascus Steel

SG 553 | Damascus Steel is a Mil-Spec Grade rifle skin from the ESL One Cologne 2015 Dust II Souvenir Package. The “Damascus Steel” finish is applied to the SG 553. No key is required to open this container.

The SG 553 costs $2,750 on the T side and features a scope plus the highest armor penetration of any rifle at 100%. Despite its raw stats, it sees less competitive use than the AK-47 due to a different spray pattern and the extra cost.

SG 553 | Damascus Steel has a float range of 0.00 to 1.00 and is available in 5 wear conditions. In CS2, the float value is permanent — set at drop time and unchangeable. It controls how scratched or clean a skin looks within its wear tier. Extreme floats carry significant premiums: 0.00x copies are prized for their clean look, while 0.999x Battle-Scarred copies like the iconic AWP Asiimov "Blackiimov" are collector's items. Some skins are float-capped and cannot exist in certain wear conditions.

This skin has a Souvenir variant. Souvenir skins drop from souvenir packages earned during Major tournaments and feature gold stickers from the event. They cannot have StatTrak and are generally rarer than standard versions.

As a Mil-Spec Grade item, SG 553 | Damascus Steel has a 1.0666% chance per opening (1 in 94). Rarity in CS2 directly affects both supply and price. Higher-rarity skins drop less often, which keeps their market value elevated relative to common drops from the same case.

Prices shown are sourced from Steam Community Market and CSFloat, updated every 6 hours. Additional data from Skinport, Buff163, and YouPin. The Steam Community Market charges 15% total fees (5% Steam fee + 10% CS2 game fee), while third-party sites offer lower rates — CSFloat at 2%, Buff163 at 2.5%, and Skinport around 8% — with real-money cashout options. Beyond wear and float, the pattern index (seed 1–999) also affects price for certain finishes like Case Hardened and Fade, where specific patterns can multiply value many times over.