Souvenir Glock-18 | Water Elemental (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin is easy to spot at a glance: a bright cyan elemental stretches along the red slide, and drops of the same colour scatter over the frame and grip. In Minimal Wear the artwork stays essentially intact, with only tiny marks on the sharpest edges that are hard to see in a match. For most buyers it reads the same as a clean copy.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

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

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The base of the whole pistol is a deep crimson red with a fine lighter speckle that gives it a textured, slightly grainy look. Along the slide runs a turquoise water creature drawn with dark outlines, its body breaking into waves and splashes toward the rear.

Tiny specks of wear may appear on the sharp top edges of the slide and around the muzzle. The creature, the droplets on the grip and the red base remain intact. At normal distance in game the difference from Factory New is practically invisible. Close inspection is needed to notice anything at all.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Glock-18 | Water Elemental ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Breakout Collection with 14 skins in total.

It drops from Operation Breakout Weapon Case (on sale since Jun 23, 2014).

Price by quality

Among 6 skins of the Glock-18 in the Classified grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from 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

Turquoise, cyan and white stickers echo the water creature and blend naturally with the design. Red or dark stickers work well on the frame below the slide, where they sit on the base colour without covering the creature's head.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, especially for Field-Tested and Well-Worn, where the slide edges can look very different.
• Look at the top of the slide and the muzzle first, as these areas lose paint before the rest of the pistol.
• Inspect the cyan creature on the slide to see whether its outlines are still intact.
• Note any applied stickers or name tag, since they change how the artwork reads.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without aiming for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters, since small edge marks are hidden in normal play.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.