Souvenir AK-47 | Hydroponic (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This Classified AK-47 finish is easy to spot by its green metal parts and the bamboo leaf motif on a pale receiver, framed by heavily grained wood. In Minimal Wear the coating is almost intact, with only small marks at the very edges that are hard to see in a match. It keeps the look of a clean copy at a lower grade.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The front sight, gas tube and the metal around the handguard are coated in bright anodized green with a metallic sheen. The receiver is pale grey-green with a bamboo leaf motif in green and light streaks running across the dust cover, plus a small red mark on its side.

Tiny chips may appear on the sharpest edges, such as the front sight tip and the corners of the receiver. The bamboo motif and the green coating on flat surfaces remain intact. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The wood parts look the same as on a clean copy.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir AK-47 | Hydroponic is 0–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (10% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir AK-47 | Hydroponic belongs to The Rising Sun Collection, which holds 16 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Among 13 skins of the AK-47 in the Classified grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Green, gold and holo stickers in natural tones match the bamboo theme and sit well on the pale receiver. Warm red or brown accents echo the wood furniture. Bright blue or purple stickers tend to clash with the green-and-red scheme.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float within the wear range, since anodized green on this skin shows wear quickly on the front sight and dust cover.
• Inspect the top of the receiver and the gas tube, where the coating thins first.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, as they change how the receiver area looks.
• If buying a Souvenir copy, make sure you like its pre-applied stickers, since they come with the item.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters for whom tiny edge marks do not matter.
• A sensible balance of appearance and cost.