Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow | SWAT

Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow | SWAT is a Counter-Terrorist agent — a fixed CS2 character model of a SWAT officer who treats a sun-baked jungle op like a working holiday. This page covers Farlow's background, the side and unit he fights for, his agent rarity tier, the collection he belongs to, how to get one, and how the model behaves on the market.

Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow Background

Farlow is the operator who somehow looks forward to the missions everyone else dreads — the sweltering ones that call for sunscreen, mosquito repellent, and an M4A4 packed in the same kit bag. Where his teammates grumble about the heat and the bugs, he treats a tropical deployment as a welcome break, staying loose while the rounds fly. His attitude sums him up: "Kinda nice to get out of the cold don't ya think?"

Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow Faction and Role

This operator drops in on the Counter-Terrorist side. His unit is SWAT, the police special-response team that fields several of the game's CT models, so slotting him in puts a SWAT officer on your Counter-Terrorist roster. His role flavor is the easy-going veteran — the one who keeps morale up and stays relaxed under fire even when the environment is doing its best to wear the squad down.

Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow Rarity

Farlow sits at the Exceptional tier, marked in purple. Exceptional is the second rung on the agent quality ladder, which climbs from Distinguished through Exceptional and Superior up to Master. That scale is used only for agents and does not line up with the weapon or glove rarity system, so this SWAT officer lands one step above the entry grade among CS2 character models.

Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow Collection

This agent belongs to the Operation Riptide Agents set, one of the themed character groups released alongside Operation Riptide. He shipped as part of that lineup rather than on his own, joining a batch of operators that arrived together with the Operation. If you are tracing which collection or operation this SWAT model comes from, the answer is Operation Riptide and its agent group.

How to Get Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow

Farlow first arrived as an Operation Riptide reward, and copies now circulate through trades and the community market — agents are never unboxed from weapon cases, so there are no drop odds to grind. The cleanest route is Skin.Land, where you can scroll many live listings at once, each with its own price and its own applied patches, and settle on the exact copy that fits your budget and patch setup. Sorting and filters do the legwork: set a price range, filter by rarity, or use the Delivery time filter to show only Instant offers or ones that arrive within twelve hours. Every listing also displays how it stacks up against the Steam Community Market price, so the saving is right there before you commit.

Wear, StatTrak & Souvenir

The Farlow model is fixed: no float value or wear grade, no paint seed or pattern index, and no StatTrak or Souvenir edition — none of those systems apply to agents. What can differ between listings is the patch loadout. Each agent carries three patch slots, and patches are separate collectible items, so two copies of this officer can look different depending on which patches the owner has applied. That patch choice is the one real per-copy variable to compare.

Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow Price

As an Exceptional-tier agent, this SWAT operator sits a step above the most accessible models while landing below the priciest characters, in the mid-range of the agent lineup. Value is best measured against other agents, since a character is a fixed cosmetic rather than a graded, wear-varying item. Current listings and availability are on Skin.Land.

FAQ

Which side is Lieutenant 'Tree Hugger' Farlow on — T or CT?

He is a Counter-Terrorist agent. He serves with SWAT, the police special-response unit behind several of the game's CT operators, so he fills a Counter-Terrorist character slot. Equip him and your CT model becomes the laid-back SWAT lieutenant who treats a hot, buggy jungle op as a nice break from the cold.

How do I get Farlow, and can I choose the patches?

He first came from Operation Riptide as a reward and now trades on the open market — not from any weapon case, so there are no unbox odds. The easiest path is buying one on Skin.Land, where listings can be filtered by the patches already applied and sorted by delivery speed. Because each agent has three patch slots, that lets you pick the exact patch setup you want.

What rarity is Farlow?

He is an Exceptional-tier agent, the second grade on the agent ladder and shown in purple. That ladder — Distinguished, Exceptional, Superior, Master — applies only to agents and is separate from weapon and glove rarities. Exceptional places this SWAT officer one step above the entry tier among the game's character models.

Does Farlow have different versions, wears, or StatTrak?

No — the model is a single fixed design, so there is no wear grade, no float, no pattern index, and no StatTrak or Souvenir edition. The one thing that varies between copies is the patch loadout: each agent has three patch slots, so the patches an owner applies are what set one listing apart from another.

What does Farlow say?

One of his in-game lines captures his sunny attitude toward grim postings: "Kinda nice to get out of the cold don't ya think?" It is exactly what you would expect from an operator who packs sunscreen and bug spray next to his rifle and treats a sweltering jungle mission as a change of pace worth enjoying.