Souvenir Nova | Moon in Libra (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin's identity rests on its navy base, the light ribbing on the pump and stock grip, and a quiet pattern of zodiac marks. Minimal Wear keeps all of that intact, with at most faint marks on the edges that are hard to spot outside the inspect screen. It gives nearly the same look as the cleanest grade at a lower step.

Item type: shotgun. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

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, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The receiver and stock are covered in a deep navy blue with small darker zodiac symbols scattered across the surface. The pump and the grip area of the stock carry fine ribbing picked out in pale blue lines, which gives the dark finish some contrast.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the muzzle and the sharpest edges of the receiver. The pump ribs and stock remain essentially clean. At normal playing distance the difference from Factory New is practically invisible. The pattern on the receiver and stock stays fully intact.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Nova | Moon in Libra is 0–0.5; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (16% 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 Gods and Monsters Collection with 14 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

Among 9 skins of the Nova in the Consumer 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

Silver, white and pale blue stickers echo the ribbing and the cool tone of the finish. Gold or holographic stickers on the receiver add contrast to the navy base and fit the night-sky mood of the zodiac motif.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested or Well-Worn keeps the pump ribs noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the muzzle, pump ribs and stock edges, as these show wear first on this finish.
• Souvenir copies come with pre-applied stickers, so decide whether they suit the dark blue scheme before buying.
• The pattern is a fine scattered print, so pattern placement rarely changes the look in a meaningful way.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want an almost pristine look without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafts where tiny edge marks do not matter.
• A sensible middle ground between clean looks and cost.