Souvenir Nova | Predator (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

The zebra-stripe Nova keeps its green and brown base even when heavily used. At Well-Worn the paint is thinning on the forend, the muzzle area and the stock, and bare metal shows in patches. The stripes still read as stripes, just softer and more weathered.

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

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The finish is a spray-painted zebra pattern of olive green and reddish brown stripes running at an angle across the receiver, the ribbed pump and the stock. The pump shows the stripes most strongly, with the ribs breaking each band into short segments.

The pump loses a large share of its paint, and worn areas reach onto the receiver sides. The stock shows patchy wear along its edges and lower half. In game the stripes look faded and broken in places. The recessed areas between the pump ribs still hold colour.

Well-Worn wear: float 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of Souvenir Nova | Predator is 0.06–0.8; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (9% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir Nova | Predator belongs to The Dust 2 Collection, which holds 16 skins.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Dust II Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Dust II Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Dust II Souvenir Package

And 7 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Among 8 skins of the Nova in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 7th by price, counting from 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

Stickers in olive, brown, beige or muted gold tones blend with the striped finish. Placing them on the receiver keeps the stripes on the pump visible. Bright neon colours tend to clash with the field palette.

What to look at before you buy

• Factory New copies sit in a narrow float band, so compare floats carefully if you want the cleanest one.
• Look at the front of the pump and the muzzle, since these show wear first.
• Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied, so check whether they suit you.
• Check for a name tag or stickers that may not match the earthy colour scheme.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Budget buyers who want the Predator look on their Nova.
• Players who prefer a weathered, used appearance.
• In short: an inexpensive entry with character.