Souvenir M4A1-S | Party Animal (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is the same loud neon leopard-style print on the M4A1-S, with pink on the suppressor and magazine and turquoise on the receiver. In Minimal Wear any marks are tiny and sit on edges, so from a normal viewing distance the rifle looks practically new. The cost of this grade goes into a nearly identical look rather than perfect edges.

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

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The suppressor and magazine are dominated by magenta and pink with darker violet and turquoise spots, and the magazine adds small orange and yellow rosettes. The ribbed handguard has a smooth violet-to-lavender gradient that sets it apart from the busier parts.

Small specks of wear may appear on the suppressor tip and the lower edge of the magazine. The handguard, receiver and stock usually look untouched. In game at normal distance it is hard to tell apart from Factory New. Copies at the cleaner end of the range look the closest to new.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir M4A1-S | Party Animal is 0–0.6; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (13% 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 Harlequin Collection with 19 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.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.3× dearer
• Field-Tested — 7.6× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 8.6× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 9.6× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 4th of 13 skins Classified M4A1-S 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.

Stickers and crafts

Holo and foil stickers in pink, violet or turquoise blend well with the neon print. On the quieter violet handguard a single bright sticker stands out, while the busy receiver works better with stickers that repeat its own colours.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear grade, because the suppressor tip and magazine edges show the difference first.
• Look at the handguard ribs on inspect, as they lose paint earlier than the flat parts.
• On Souvenir copies, see whether the fixed stickers fit the neon colours of the print.
• Check applied stickers and the name tag, since they add to the look but can clash with the busy pattern.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-new look without paying for perfect edges.
• Crafters who are fine with tiny marks hidden on the suppressor and magazine.
• In short: almost the Factory New look at a more sensible level.