Souvenir P250 | Contamination (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

P250 | Contamination in Battle-Scarred is the most worn take on the nuclear skull print. Large areas of the slide show grey metal, and the remaining yellow and olive fragments read as rough patches. Skulls are still visible on the frame and grip, keeping the theme recognisable.

Item type: pistol. 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 whole pistol is covered in one hydrographic print of skulls and bones in pale yellow and cream, separated by dark olive and brown fills. On the slide the motifs run lengthwise and are cut by the ejection port and serrations, while the frame and grip show the largest, most readable skulls.

The slide is largely grey metal with only scattered yellow and olive fragments left. The grip edges and magazine base are heavily scuffed, and paint loss reaches the frame. In game the skin reads as a battered pistol with a faded skull print underneath. Recognisable skulls survive mainly on the centre of the frame and grip.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.83

The whole float range of Souvenir P250 | Contamination is 0–0.83; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.83 segment (46% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir P250 | Contamination belongs to The Cache Collection, which holds 13 skins.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Cache Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Cache Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Cache Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Cache Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Cache Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Cache Souvenir Package

And 6 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 4th of 5 skins Industrial Grade P250 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.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in yellow, olive, brown or black blend with the toxic palette, and hazard or skull themes match the motif directly. Placing them on the grip keeps the slide pattern readable, while a single bright green or red sticker on the slide works as a contrast accent.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at where the float sits within the wear range, since low-float copies of a grade keep noticeably more paint on the slide.
• Inspect the muzzle and slide edges first, because that is where the print wears through.
• On Souvenir copies, check which stickers come applied and whether they suit you, as they cannot be swapped without scraping.
• Check for a name tag if you want the original item name to be shown.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players after the lowest entry into this skin.
• Those who prefer a heavily battered, rusty-looking pistol.
• The pick for maximum wear and minimum spend.