Souvenir AK-47 | Wasteland Rebel (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Wasteland Rebel pairs wooden furniture with white graffiti on a darkened receiver and magazine. In Battle-Scarred the tags are broken into fragments and large areas of bare dark metal show through. This is the grimiest version, and the artwork's theme is the reason it still looks intentional.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

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

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The receiver and dust cover are dark and scuffed, covered with white graffiti lettering that runs along the side in loose brush strokes. The handguard and stock are brown wood with visible grain, the handguard carrying a small white stencil mark and darker block-printed patches, while the pistol grip is a lighter tan wood.

Only scattered pieces of the graffiti remain on the receiver and magazine, with dark metal dominating. The wooden stock, handguard and grip are scuffed at the edges and the handguard mark is barely visible. In game the rifle reads mostly as dark metal and brown wood with a few white flecks. The overall shape of the design is still recognisable from the colour layout.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.7

The whole float range of Souvenir AK-47 | Wasteland Rebel is 0.05–0.7; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.7 segment (38% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir AK-47 | Wasteland Rebel belongs to The Vanguard Collection, which holds 14 skins.

It drops from Operation Vanguard Weapon Case (on sale since Nov 5, 2014).

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

Black, white and monochrome stickers match the graffiti scheme and keep the receiver readable. Brown, tan or muted gold tones work well near the wooden handguard. Placing stickers over the plain dark areas avoids covering the main white lettering.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as the white graffiti on the receiver and magazine shows the difference first.
• Look at the magazine edges and the receiver corners on the inspect screen, since these lose paint before anything else.
• Confirm whether the listing is a regular, StatTrak™ or Souvenir copy, as all three exist for this skin.
• Review applied stickers and any name tag so you know exactly what is included.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players looking for the most affordable way into this finish.
• Those who like a heavily worn rifle where dark metal dominates.
• The rawest version, for buyers who accept heavy wear.