Souvenir Glock-18 | Ghost Protocol (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Glock-18 | Ghost Protocol in Battle-Scarred is the rough, heavily used version of the red paint job. Large areas of the slide and frame lose colour, and the bare surface underneath shows through around the edges and the grip. It suits buyers who want the Covert skin at the lowest entry point and like a weathered look.

Item type: pistol. 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.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The slide is painted in a dark, glossy wine red with thin circuit-like lines and small printed markings along its side, and the rear serrations are picked out in the same tone. The frame and grip use a brighter, matte scarlet with fine diagonal texture, the word GHOST runs down the grip and a smaller PROTOCOL marking sits near its base.

Large patches of paint are gone from the slide, muzzle, frame front and magazine baseplate, exposing bare metal. The grip lettering and slide markings are heavily damaged or partly missing. Only the protected central areas keep solid red. In game the pistol looks noticeably weathered, with the red broken up by metal.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.9

The whole float range of Souvenir Glock-18 | Ghost Protocol is 0–0.9; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.9 segment (50% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Spy Tech Collection with 17 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.

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

Red, black and white stickers keep the monochrome look intact, and holographic or foil red stickers echo the play of sheens on the finish. Placements on the dark slide stand out less than on the bright frame, so choose the spot depending on whether the sticker should blend in or contrast.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade show far fewer scratches.
• Inspect the slide edges and the muzzle, as these lose paint first on this finish.
• Look at the GHOST lettering on the grip, which shows wear clearly against the bright frame.
• Check any applied stickers, because colours that clash with the monochrome red change the look a lot.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Buyers looking for the lowest entry point to this Covert skin.
• Players who like heavily weathered metal showing through paint.
• Conclusion: a budget pick for those who accept strong wear.