Souvenir Desert Eagle | Mudder (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Mudder gives the Desert Eagle an even coat of khaki and tan with irregular brown marbling, closer to dried mud than to polished stone. In Minimal Wear the pattern still reads as whole, and any marks sit mostly on the sharpest edges of the slide. For most players it looks practically the same as the cleanest grade in hand.

Item type: pistol. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The entire pistol is covered in a light tan and khaki base with a marbled hydrographic pattern of dark brown and near-black blotches. On the slide the darker stains gather along the top and around the engraved lettering, while the frame and trigger guard carry softer, lighter marbling.

Minimal Wear may show a few fine marks along the sharpest edges of the slide and near the muzzle. They are hard to spot because the brown marbling hides small scuffs well. In game the pistol reads the same as a Factory New copy. The grip, frame and the main surface of the slide remain intact.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Desert Eagle | Mudder is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% 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 Lake Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 4th of 6 skins Industrial Grade Desert Eagle 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

Stickers in brown, olive, gold or muted black fit the earthy marbling, especially along the side of the slide. Bright neon colours tend to clash with the dull tan base, while holo or gold stickers can give the sandy finish a subtle accent.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the chosen grade, since low and high copies of the same wear can look different on the slide.
• Inspect the top edge of the slide and the muzzle first, as wear on this hydrographic finish shows there earliest.
• The marbled pattern varies slightly between copies, so look at how the dark blotches fall on the slide if placement matters to you.
• Look at any applied stickers or name tag, and decide whether they add to or clash with the tan scheme.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a clean-looking pistol and accept tiny marks on the edges.
• Buyers who want near-Factory New looks without hunting for the cleanest copies.
• A sensible pick when the difference from Factory New does not matter in game.