MP9 | Old Roots (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

The skin is built on a muted green palette: an olive base with a lighter vine-and-flower ornament running over the whole weapon. In Field-Tested the first chips appear on edges and protruding parts, which fits the old, weathered idea behind the name. The pattern is still easy to read in hand.

Item type: smg. The weapon is available only on the Counter-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.

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

How the skin looks in Field-Tested

The receiver, front grip, pistol grip, magazine and folding stock are covered in dark olive paint with a repeating ornament of light yellow-green vines, scrolls, leaves and small flowers. The pattern is dense and runs over almost every surface, including the top rail and the side panels of the receiver.

Chips become visible on the muzzle, the top rail and the edges of the receiver, and the ridges of the grips start to lose paint. Some lines of the ornament are broken at these spots. In game the weapon reads as lightly used, with the pattern still clearly visible. The flat sides of the receiver and the middle of the magazine stay mostly clean.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of MP9 | Old Roots is 0–0.5; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (46% 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

MP9 | Old Roots belongs to The 2021 Dust 2 Collection, which holds 19 skins.

It drops from:

• Antwerp 2022 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Austin 2025 Dust II Souvenir Highlight Package
• Austin 2025 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Budapest 2025 Dust II Souvenir Highlight Package
• Budapest 2025 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Rio 2022 Dust II Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Among 3 skins of the MP9 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 gold, olive, brown or cream tones blend with the vine ornament. Plant, nature or vintage-style designs suit the theme, and placing them on the receiver side keeps the pattern on the grips and magazine visible.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade show fewer chips on the muzzle and top rail.
• Look at the grips and magazine base on inspect, as these lose paint first on worn copies.
• Battle-Scarred copies of this skin all sit close to the grade boundary, so compare them with Well-Worn before paying for the difference.
• Check applied stickers and the name tag, as they change the look of a dense ornament.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who like a lightly used look that matches the skin's name.
• Buyers who want a readable pattern on a budget.
• A good everyday pick for regular play.