Souvenir M4A1-S | Stratosphere (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is the silenced M4A1-S painted as a view of outer space, with ships passing over a glowing blue planet. Minimal Wear keeps the composition intact. Any marks are small and sit on the edges of the dark parts, while the planet and the ships stay clean. It gives nearly the factory look at a lower grade.

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.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

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.

Faint scuffs may appear on the silencer tip and the edges of the handguard ribs, and they are hard to spot against the dark paint. The planet, the ships and the nebula remain untouched. Lower-float copies are practically indistinguishable from Factory New. At normal distance in game the difference does not show.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir M4A1-S | Stratosphere ranges from 0 to 0.8; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 10% 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 11th 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

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 Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-factory look without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters, since marks on the dark edges barely show.
• A sensible middle ground between appearance and cost.