Nova | Walnut (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Nova | Walnut in Battle-Scarred keeps only the outline of its walnut look: heavy wear breaks up the brown on the stock and forend. The dark metal parts hide damage better, so the silhouette still reads as a wood-and-steel shotgun. It is the cheapest way to get the finish and suits players who like a rough, worn weapon.

Item type: shotgun. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

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

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

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The barrel, magazine tube and receiver are finished in dark, nearly black gunmetal with a slight sheen. The pump forend and the stock are coated in reddish-brown wood colour with fine figured grain lines that run in ribs across the forend and along the grip area of the stock.

Large patches of the brown coating are gone from the forend and stock, breaking up the walnut grain. The receiver and barrel carry heavy scratches and worn edges. In game the skin reads as a rough, battered shotgun with brown accents. Only the less exposed areas of the stock keep some of the original grain.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of Nova | Walnut is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Nova | Walnut belongs to The Inferno Collection, which holds 6 skins.

It drops from:

• Boston 2018 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Katowice 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 3rd of 9 skins Consumer Grade Nova in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Gold, brown, beige and muted paper-style stickers match the wood tones and keep the classic look. Placing them on the dark receiver gives better contrast than putting them on the brown stock.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear range, since low floats keep the forend edges noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the forend edges and the stock grip, as they are the first parts to lose the brown coating.
• Souvenir copies carry fixed stickers, so make sure their look suits you before buying.
• Check for a name tag or applied stickers that may change the plain wooden look.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players looking for the cheapest entry into this finish.
• Those who like a rough, battered weapon in their loadout.
• The budget option with the most weathered look.