Five-SeveN | Autumn Thicket (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin pairs a rust-orange slide with a browner frame, both crossed by a loose web of dark twigs. Minimal Wear keeps that look almost unchanged, and any marks are hard to find without close inspection. It gives nearly the same pistol as the top grade at a lower step.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The slide is painted in a rust-orange tone with thin black branch lines running across it, and darker smoky patches sit near the muzzle and along the top. The frame and grip take a deeper brown shade with the same twig print, which also covers the textured panel of the grip.

A few tiny scuffs may appear on the front edge of the slide or near the muzzle. The branch pattern and both colour tones remain whole. At normal viewing distance it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Five-SeveN | Autumn Thicket is 0–0.637; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (13% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Radiant Collection with 28 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.

What it costs in each quality

Among 6 skins of the Five-SeveN in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in brown, gold, cream or dark green sit naturally on the orange slide and keep the autumn theme. Matte or paper stickers along the flat side of the slide work better here than bright holographic ones, which can clash with the muted palette.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since copies near the top of a range show more rubbing on the slide edges.
• Look at the muzzle and the front of the slide first, as these spots lose paint before the rest of the pistol.
• The branch pattern is uniform, so pattern placement barely changes the look and is not worth paying extra for.
• On Souvenir copies, review the pre-applied stickers to make sure they suit how you want the pistol to look.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean pistol without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters, since the slide stays practically intact.
• Conclusion: the sensible middle ground for a clean look.