MP5-SD | Oxide Oasis (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Oxide Oasis is built around an orange base, teal patina spots and gold trim, and in Battle-Scarred that palette is broken up by heavy wear. The silencer, handguard and magazine edges lose large areas of paint, and the gold accents are mostly faded. It suits players who want the theme of corroded metal pushed further at the lowest entry point.

Item type: smg. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

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

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The integrated silencer is painted copper orange with scattered turquoise and darker rust speckles, imitating oxidised metal. The ribbed handguard carries the same orange tone with fine gold lines along the ribs, while the receiver is a darker rusty orange with teal spots and gold trim near the charging handle tube.

Large areas of the silencer, handguard and magazine lose their paint, breaking the speckled pattern into scattered fragments. The gold accents are mostly worn away, and the edges of the receiver, grip and stock show bare metal. In game the gun reads as a rough mix of orange, grey and turquoise rather than a clean camouflage. Only the more sheltered parts of the receiver and stock keep solid colour.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.55

The whole float range of MP5-SD | Oxide Oasis is 0–0.55; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.55 segment (18% 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 2021 Mirage Collection with 19 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Antwerp 2022 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Austin 2025 Mirage Souvenir Highlight Package
• Austin 2025 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Budapest 2025 Mirage Souvenir Highlight Package
• Budapest 2025 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Copenhagen 2024 Mirage Souvenir Package

And 4 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, holo-gold and turquoise stickers match the skin's palette and sit well on the receiver above the magazine well. Orange or copper-toned designs blend into the base, while dark or black stickers give a contrast against the bright camouflage.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since copies near the top of a grade look cleaner than those near the bottom.
• Check the silencer tip and the magazine edges first, as these parts show wear before the rest of the gun.
• Make sure the gold lines on the handguard and magazine are intact if the gold trim is the reason you want this skin.
• On Souvenir copies, check which stickers are applied and how worn they are, because they cannot be removed without being scraped off.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players who want the lowest entry point into this Classified skin.
• Fans of heavily weathered finishes who like the corrosion theme pushed further.
• In short: a budget pick for the look of rusted metal rather than clean camouflage.