Operation Hydra Case: Skins, Gloves & Odds

The Operation Hydra Case was released in 2017 and contains 17 weapon skins plus a rare pool of 24 gloves.

Below: every skin by rarity, every glove in the rare pool, the odds, and what the case means for trade ups.

All Operation Hydra Case skins

These are the weapon skins that can drop from the Operation Hydra Case, from rarest to most common. Each can also drop as StatTrak.

Covert (2)

Five-SeveN | Hyper BeastCovert

AWP | Oni TaijiCovert

Classified (3)

Dual Berettas | Cobra StrikeClassified

Galil AR | Sugar RushClassified

M4A4 | HellfireClassified

Restricted (5)

AK-47 | Orbit Mk01Restricted

P2000 | WoodsmanRestricted

P250 | Red RockRestricted

P90 | Death GripRestricted

SSG 08 | Death's HeadRestricted

Mil-Spec (7)

USP-S | BlueprintMil-Spec

FAMAS | MacabreMil-Spec

M4A1-S | BriefingMil-Spec

MAC-10 | AlohaMil-Spec

MAG-7 | Hard WaterMil-Spec

Tec-9 | Cut OutMil-Spec

UMP-45 | Metal FlowersMil-Spec

The Covert skins in this case are the inputs for its glove trade up: Five-SeveN | Hyper Beast, AWP | Oni Taiji.

What gloves are in the Operation Hydra Case?

The Operation Hydra Case's rare special pool is gloves, not knives. It drops these six glove types from the first glove collection:

• Bloodhound Gloves
• Driver Gloves
• Hand Wraps
• Moto Gloves
• Specialist Gloves
• Sport Gloves

Bloodhound Gloves (4)

Bloodhound Gloves | Snakebite

Bloodhound Gloves | Bronzed

Bloodhound Gloves | Charred

Bloodhound Gloves | Guerrilla

Driver Gloves (4)

Driver Gloves | Crimson Weave

Driver Gloves | Convoy

Driver Gloves | Lunar Weave

Driver Gloves | Diamondback

Hand Wraps (4)

Hand Wraps | Slaughter

Hand Wraps | Badlands

Hand Wraps | Spruce DDPAT

Hand Wraps | Leather

Moto Gloves (4)

Moto Gloves | Cool Mint

Moto Gloves | Boom!

Moto Gloves | Spearmint

Moto Gloves | Eclipse

Specialist Gloves (4)

Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono

Specialist Gloves | Emerald Web

Specialist Gloves | Forest DDPAT

Specialist Gloves | Foundation

Sport Gloves (4)

Sport Gloves | Superconductor

Sport Gloves | Hedge Maze

Sport Gloves | Arid

Sport Gloves | Pandora's Box

The same rare pool (same items, same finish set) also drops from Glove Case. Covert skins from those cases lead to the same pool in a trade up.

Operation Hydra Case odds

Valve has disclosed the same rarity odds for every standard weapon case. The Operation Hydra Case follows them:

A pair of gloves is therefore roughly a 1-in-385 drop, and each case also needs a key. On average that makes unboxing one of the most expensive ways to get gloves. See CS2 case odds explained.

Operation Hydra Case and knife trade ups

Since the October 2025 update, five Covert skins can be traded up into a knife or pair of gloves. The result is drawn from the rare pool of the case your Covert inputs come from. So five Covert skins from the Operation Hydra Case can only give gloves from the list above.

That makes the pool's average value the number that matters: a trade up aimed at the best glove in this case can just as easily land on the cheapest one. Mixing Covert skins from different cases splits your odds between their pools.

More: how the knife trade up works and how the output float is calculated.

Is the Operation Hydra Case worth opening?

Opening any case is a paid random draw: most openings return a Mil-Spec worth far less than the case plus key. If you want a specific pair of gloves from this pool, buying it outright is almost always cheaper. If you want any gloves from the pool, compare the price of five Covert skins from this case against the pool's average value in the calculator.

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