Souvenir AWP | Queen's Gambit (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This AWP stands out with a gold and royal blue scheme and an ornamental pattern across the whole rifle. In Well-Worn the gold is visibly rubbed on protruding parts and edges, and the fine lines lose some contrast. The overall gold silhouette still carries the theme at normal viewing distance.

Item type: sniper rifle. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

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

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

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The receiver and stock are finished in gold with a dense engraved ornament that runs along the body and around the thumbhole. The barrel stays dark, contrasting with the gold muzzle brake and gold bipod legs.

The gold is worn through on the muzzle brake, bipod and scope rings, and the edges of the receiver and stock show clear abrasion. Raised parts of the ornament lose contrast and the blue panels get scuffed at their borders. From normal distance the rifle still reads as gold and blue, but the fine pattern is less distinct.

Well-Worn wear: float 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of Souvenir AWP | Queen's Gambit is 0–1; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (7% 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

Souvenir AWP | Queen's Gambit belongs to The Dead Hand Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Sealed Dead Hand Terminal.

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 5th of 9 skins Covert AWP 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.

Which stickers suit it

Gold, holo and foil stickers in gold or blue tones fit the royal colour scheme best. Placements along the gold receiver blend in, while a single darker sticker on the barrel side adds contrast without hiding the ornament.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float position within the wear range, because a low float keeps the muzzle brake and scope rings cleaner.
• Inspect the scope rings, bipod and receiver edges, as these parts lose gold first.
• Check the queen near the butt stock and the stock edges on worn copies.
• Check whether stickers or a name tag are applied and whether they fit your taste.

Who should buy Well-Worn

• Players who care about the overall gold and blue look rather than the fine detail.
• Buyers moving toward a budget entry into the design.
• A sensible option if small details are not a priority.