Souvenir AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The rifle is easy to spot by its contrast of cream, deep red and gold flourishes running across the receiver, stock and magazine. Minimal Wear keeps that contrast almost intact, with only faint marks that are hard to find without inspecting the model up close. It gives nearly the full look at a step below the cleanest 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.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver is ivory with thin gold scrollwork and red floral flourishes, while the dust cover and rear sight area carry gold-brown accents. The handguard and barrel are wine-red with gold outlines, and the front sight stays in the same deep red.

Small specks may appear on the magazine edges and the front of the handguard. The cream areas on the receiver and stock remain bright, and the gold scrollwork is intact. In game the difference from Factory New is practically invisible. Only close inspection reveals the marks.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% 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

The skin’s collection is The Radiant Collection with 28 skins in total. 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

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.9× dearer
• Field-Tested — 1.6× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.4× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 8th of 13 skins Classified AK-47 in this quality (the first being 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.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, foil and holo stickers in warm tones echo the gold accents, while deep red or burgundy stickers blend with the wine sections. The cream receiver area gives darker stickers strong contrast, so restrained, elegant designs fit better than bright neon ones.

What to check before buying

• Look at where the float sits within the wear grade, since the pale base shows wear earlier than darker finishes.
• Inspect the magazine edges and the front of the handguard, as these lose paint first.
• Check whether the gold scrollwork on the receiver is still continuous.
• If you choose a Souvenir copy, make sure its pre-applied stickers suit the cream-and-red design.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

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