Souvenir Negev | CaliCamo (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Negev | CaliCamo is a desert camouflage of sand and brown tones with orange-red details on top of the gun and on the magazine. In Battle-Scarred the edges and raised parts are chipped down to metal, yet the range of this skin stops before the heaviest damage, so the camo remains readable. It is the most rugged-looking version of the pattern.

Item type: machinegun. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

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

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver and the top cover are covered in a mottled camo of pale sand, tan, mid-brown and dark brown blotches, with the rear sight area and carry details picked out in rusty orange-red. The barrel and the muzzle stay dark steel, which frames the light camo from the front.

All edges and raised parts are chipped, and bare metal spreads over the top cover, grip and magazine corners. The orange-red accents are broken up by worn patches. Because the float range of this skin ends early, the camo still covers the larger flat surfaces. In game the gun looks rough but recognisably desert-coloured.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.6

The whole float range of Souvenir Negev | CaliCamo is 0–0.6; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.6 segment (25% 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 Mirage Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Mirage Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Mirage Souvenir Package

And 9 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Among 3 skins of the Negev in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin is 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 sand, brown, olive or rusty orange blend with the camo and the orange-red accents. Matte or paper stickers on the receiver side keep the military look, while one bright contrast sticker can work as a single accent on the light base.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested can look close to Minimal Wear on this busy camo.
• Look at the muzzle end, the top cover edges and the magazine corners, because these lose paint first.
• Note whether the listing is a Souvenir copy, as those come with stickers already applied.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, since they change the look of the light camo.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players who like heavily used guns and rough textures.
• Budget buyers, since the camo stays readable even in this grade.
• The most rugged take on the pattern.