M4A1-S | Liquidation (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The rifle keeps its dark body and the red-blue edge lighting that gives Liquidation its glowing look. Minimal Wear may show tiny marks on the outermost edges, but they sit inside the same highlights and are hard to spot in first-person view. It offers nearly the full look of the cleanest grade at a more modest step.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The whole rifle is painted in a dark blue-black tone, with red and blue highlights running along the edges and contours as if lit from two sides. The ribbed handguard shifts toward violet-blue, while the receiver, carry handle and front sight are outlined with thin red and blue lines.

Small specks may appear on the sharpest edges, such as the carry handle and the magazine bottom. The coloured lines remain continuous to the eye. At normal distance the rifle is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The handguard, receiver and stock surfaces stay clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of M4A1-S | Liquidation is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

M4A1-S | Liquidation belongs to The Genesis Collection, which holds 17 skins.

It drops from Sealed Genesis Terminal.

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 2.2× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2.1× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 3.3× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 4.9× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 11 skins of the M4A1-S in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 6th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 3.1× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in red, blue or dark holo tones match the two-colour lighting of the finish. Placements on the receiver side work best when they sit on the dark flat area and leave the coloured outlines visible.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float within the chosen wear, because the edge highlights are what wears first and define the look of this skin.
• Inspect the carry handle, handguard ribs and magazine bottom in the inspect view to see how much of the red and blue trim is left.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ or Souvenir and whether it already has stickers or a name tag.
• Make sure any applied stickers do not cover the receiver outlines if you value the glow effect.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters who are fine with tiny edge marks hidden in the highlights.
• In short: almost the same view in game at a more sensible level.