Souvenir Nova | Wild Six (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This copy carries the same rusted-copper scheme with the WILD stencil and the teal stock panel, and at normal viewing distance it is hard to tell apart from a fresh one. Any light marks sit on edges and get lost in the painted weathering. It is the grade for a buyer who wants a near-clean look without paying for the top condition.

Item type: shotgun. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The forend is the focal point: copper-orange with fine ribbed grooves and darker rust streaks running along it. The receiver continues the copper and brown tones, with a light WILD stencil near the ejection area.

Small specks may appear on the front edge of the forend and the corners of the stock. They are hard to separate from the painted rust and do not show at normal distance. The lettering, the number panel and the receiver remain clean. In practice it looks almost identical to Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Nova | Wild Six 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 Clutch Collection with 17 skins in total.

It drops from Clutch Case.

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

Rusty orange, brown and teal stickers continue the post-apocalyptic palette, and stencil-style or worn-look designs suit it best. Placements on the receiver near the WILD lettering or on the stock beside the number panel keep the forend's ribbed artwork visible.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within its wear grade, since a low float keeps the forend and stock edges noticeably cleaner.
• Look at the WILD stencil and the teal number panel, as these details show wear early and define the skin's look.
• Inspect the forend edges and stock corners in the inspect view, because that is where the copper wears through first.
• Check applied stickers and the name tag to make sure they suit the orange-teal scheme.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look and are happy to pay less than for the top grade.
• Crafters, since minor edge marks disappear in the painted weathering.
• Conclusion: the sensible middle ground between looks and cost.