M4A4 | Spider Lily (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

A dark blue M4A4 with a cluster of red spider lilies on the receiver, the flowers being the main thing you notice on the rifle. Minimal Wear keeps the artwork practically intact, with at most faint marks on the outer edges. For most buyers it looks the same as the cleanest grade in hand.

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.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The handguard, receiver and stock are painted dark blue with lighter teal shading and soft, faint flower shapes in the background. The main motif sits on the receiver above the magazine and trigger: a cluster of bright red spider lilies with thin, curled petals.

Light marks may appear on the outermost edges of the handguard and the stock. The red flowers on the receiver remain intact and saturated. In first-person view the difference from Factory New is hard to notice. The receiver centre and the flower cluster still look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of M4A4 | Spider Lily ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% 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 Operation Riptide Collection with 17 skins in total.

It drops from Operation Riptide Case.

Price by quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 4.5× dearer
• Field-Tested — 1.6× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.1× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.4× cheaper

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

Among 11 skins of the M4A4 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 2.4× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Red, white or dark blue stickers repeat the palette of the finish and sit well on the handguard. Keep the receiver area above the magazine free so the lily cluster stays visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the chosen wear, since lower values keep the receiver edges and petal tips cleaner.
• Look closely at the red lilies above the magazine, as they are the focal point and lose colour noticeably on worn copies.
• Inspect the handguard edges and stock corners, which are the first places to wear.
• Check applied stickers and name tag, since they can cover or clash with the flower cluster.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want an almost clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters for whom faint edge marks are not a problem.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.