AK-47 | Predator (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

The Battle-Scarred grade turns AK-47 | Predator into a heavily weathered rifle where large areas of paint have flaked off. Stripes survive mostly on the flat central surfaces, while edges and the magazine show bare metal. It is the cheapest way into the skin and has a distinct worn character of its own.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver, handguard and stock are painted olive with broad reddish-brown stripes that run across the rifle in an irregular zebra pattern. The curved magazine carries the same stripes, angled along its length, and the pistol grip is mostly in the reddish tone.

Much of the magazine and the handguard edges are worn to bare metal. Paint flakes off the receiver and stock in wide patches, breaking up the stripe pattern. In game the rifle reads as rough and scratched, with the olive and rust tones surviving in the middle areas. Only the flat central surfaces keep a coherent striped look.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The float of AK-47 | Predator ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.8 — 47% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Dust Collection with 9 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 9.4× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 14% dearer
• Field-Tested — about the same
• Well-Worn — 4% dearer

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 6 skins of the AK-47 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in olive, brown, tan or muted gold blend with the striped camouflage. Placing them on the receiver side above the magazine keeps them on a large flat area of the pattern. Bright saturated colours tend to clash with the earthy palette.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as the magazine and receiver edges change noticeably between low and high copies of the same grade.
• Look at the magazine first, since it is the part that loses paint earliest on this finish.
• Souvenir copies exist and come with their own applied stickers, so check what is on the rifle before buying.
• Note any name tag or extra stickers and whether they fit the olive and rust colours.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget buyers who want the AK-47 with this finish at the lowest entry.
• Players who enjoy a heavily worn, battered look.
• Conclusion: the most affordable grade with a character of its own.