Souvenir Nova | Caged Steel (Factory New)

Skin overview

Nova | Caged Steel is a dark, matte shotgun finish built from a grey hex pattern over black metal flake paint. In Factory New the hexagons on the stock and receiver keep sharp outlines, and the flaked barrel stays evenly dark. It suits buyers who want a quiet, technical look with no visible marks.

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

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The barrel and magazine tube are near-black with a fine silver metal flake speckle. The pump forend is a blue-grey ribbed piece that stands out as the lightest part of the weapon.

The finish is intact on every part of the weapon. The hex outlines on the stock and receiver are crisp and the forend ribs keep an even blue-grey tone. In game the skin reads as a clean, uniform dark shotgun with a visible grid.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir Nova | Caged Steel ranges from 0 to 0.2; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 35% 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 Bank Collection with 16 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

Compared with the Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 1.6× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 1.6× cheaper

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

By price this skin is 2nd of 6 skins Industrial Grade Nova 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.

Which stickers suit it

Black, grey, silver and holographic stickers blend with the dark hex finish for a tidy craft. A single sticker in a cold blue tone matches the forend, while one bright accent on the receiver gives contrast.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the range of this skin is short and grades sit close together.
• Look at the receiver edges and forend ribs, which show wear first.
• Check whether the copy is a Souvenir and what stickers are already applied.
• See if there is a name tag and whether it fits the look you want.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the cleanest possible hex pattern.
• Sticker crafters who need an unmarked base.
• Conclusion: the pick for a flawless dark Nova.