Souvenir M4A1-S | Stratosphere (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

M4A1-S | Stratosphere pairs a dark starfield with a bright planet and ship silhouettes on the receiver. In Battle-Scarred heavy wear breaks up the dark paint and cuts into the planet scene, showing bare metal in many places. It is the cheapest way to own the design and suits players who like a beaten look.

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.

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, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The base of the rifle is a deep navy, almost black, finish scattered with tiny star specks, with gold flecks on the long silencer and the handguard. The receiver carries the main scene: a pale blue planet arc sweeps across it toward the magazine well, with light ship silhouettes and thin orange-gold streaks passing over it.

Large areas of bare metal cover the silencer, handguard and magazine edges, and the dark base looks patchy. The planet arc is heavily scratched and the ship silhouettes lose detail. Only the general colour contrast of blue against dark remains clear. In game it reads as a battered space-themed rifle.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.8

The float of Souvenir M4A1-S | Stratosphere ranges from 0 to 0.8; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.8 — 44% 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 Ascent Collection with 28 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.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 6th of 9 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

Stickers in blue, purple, gold or holographic finishes match the space palette and sit well on the dark handguard or magazine. Placing them away from the planet arc keeps the main scene open.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as it decides how clean the planet arc and the silencer look.
• Inspect the pale blue planet on the receiver closely, since scratches there are the most noticeable.
• Look at the silencer tip, handguard ribs and magazine edges, which wear first.
• Note whether the copy is a Souvenir and whether it carries stickers or a name tag.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Entry-level buyers who want the skin at the lowest cost.
• Fans of heavily worn, battered finishes.
• The cheapest way into the design.