How to Get Black Ice Skins in Rainbow Six Siege X: Black Ice Packs, Alpha Packs and the Marketplace

Black Ice is still the skin everyone in Rainbow Six Siege X wants to see on their gun. For years it was a pure Alpha Pack lottery. In Year 11, Ubisoft added a second route: dedicated Black Ice Packs in the Premium Battle Pass, with colored versions of the skin and officially published odds. There's also the R6 Marketplace, where you can simply buy one from another player.

This guide covers Year 11 Season 3, Operation Split Fire, whose Battle Pass runs from September 1 to December 1, 2026.

Quick answer

Requirements

• The Premium Battle Pass for Operation Split Fire if you want the Black Ice Packs. They are premium rewards only, so the free track won't give you one.
• Time to level the pass. You earn Battle Pass progress by playing matches, and in past seasons one Black Ice Pack sat very early on the pass and the other at the very end.
• For the Marketplace: Clearance Level 25 or higher, two-step verification on your Ubisoft account, and R6 Credits to spend.

How Black Ice Packs work

Each Black Ice Pack gives you exactly one Black Ice skin in one of four colors: pink, red, purple or green. These aren't universal skins. Each one is tied to a specific weapon, so a green Black Ice for the SMG-12 only works on the SMG-12.

When Ubisoft launched the packs in Year 11 Season 1 (Operation Silent Hunt), it published the odds:

• Pink: 10% chance
• Red, purple and green: 30% chance each
• Every weapon within a color is equally likely. With the launch pool of 14 weapons, that worked out to about 0.71% per pink skin and about 2.14% per skin in the other colors.

The 14 launch weapons were the 417, ACS12, AR-15.50, AUG A3, BOSG, C75 Auto, CAMRS, D-50, DP-27, M12, M249, SIX12, SMG-11 and SMG-12. Ubisoft said the pool would grow during the year, so check the pack's preview in-game to see the current list before you open it.

If you pull a skin you already own, it's converted automatically into 15,000 Renown.

Step-by-step: get Black Ice from the Battle Pass

1. Buy the Premium Battle Pass. It costs 1,200 R6 Credits. The pass also includes 600 R6 Credits spread across its rewards, which takes some of the sting out.
2. Claim the first Black Ice Pack early. In Operation Silent Hunt, the first pack was unlocked at tier 2. Check the Split Fire pass map for where it sits this season.
3. Level the pass to the end. The second pack has been a late reward, at tier 100 in Silent Hunt.
4. Preview, then open. Open the pack from your inventory and check which weapon and color you got.
5. Grab your Alpha Packs too. The Split Fire Premium Pass includes 10 Alpha Packs, which gives you a few extra rolls at whatever Black Ice is in the Alpha pool.
6. Finish before December 1. The Split Fire pass ends with the season, so don't leave the last tiers until the final week.

Step-by-step: Alpha Packs and the Marketplace

Alpha Packs are the old-school, free way to chase Black Ice:

1. Win matches. After every match, a hidden chance rating goes up. You only roll after a win. If the roll fails, your chance carries over to the next one; when you land a pack, it resets.
2. Buy packs with Renown if you've saved some up. Alpha Packs are sold for Renown, not R6 Credits.
3. Check what's in the pool. Ubisoft rotates which Black Ice skins appear in Alpha Packs. In 2022 it reportedly swapped several weapons out of the pool, and from September 22 to October 13, 2026, it ran a limited window with selected colored Black Ice variants in Alpha Packs. Treat each Alpha Pack as a long shot rather than a plan.

If you want one specific skin and don't want to gamble:

1. Open the R6 Marketplace. Search for the exact weapon and Black Ice skin you want and compare the listings.
2. Buy with R6 Credits. Prices are set by other players. Ubisoft takes a 10% fee from the seller when an item sells, so selling your own spare skins doesn't return the full price.

Tips

• Black Ice Pack duplicates aren't wasted. 15,000 Renown is a solid return, and you can spend it on Alpha Packs for another shot.
• Pink is the rare color. At 10% across the whole pink pool, any specific pink skin is a real long shot. If you're set on one, the Marketplace is far more reliable than packs.
• Watch for limited events. Ubisoft has occasionally put Black Ice into special offers and bundles, including an anniversary Rainbow Black Ice bundle in 2026. These come and go quickly, so follow the official Rainbow Six channels.
• Set up two-step verification now. You can't use the Marketplace without it, and it protects an account full of valuable skins.

Common mistakes

• Expecting a universal skin. Black Ice Pack skins are weapon-specific. Look at which guns your favorite operators actually use before you get excited about a pull.
• Buying the pass in the last week. You need time to reach the late tiers, and the second Black Ice Pack has been at the end of the pass.
• Assuming every Alpha Pack can drop Black Ice. The Alpha pool rotates, and not every Black Ice skin is in it at any given time.
• Trusting "Black Ice for sale" offers outside the game. The only official way to trade skins is the in-game R6 Marketplace. Third-party sellers asking for your login put your account at risk.
• Forgetting the Marketplace fee. If you're selling duplicates to fund a purchase, plan for 10% coming off every sale.