Souvenir Sawed-Off | Orange DDPAT (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is a pixel camouflage finish where orange blocks break up a muted olive base, giving the Sawed-Off a rusty, warm look. In Minimal Wear the pattern reads almost the same as in the cleanest grade, with only faint marks that are hard to spot in game. It is the practical choice for a clean-looking copy without paying for the top grade.

Item type: shotgun. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

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. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The barrels, receiver and the top of the gun are covered in a digital camouflage of dark olive and brown pixels with bright orange blocks scattered across it. The pump forend is a plain dark brown with ribbing, and the stock is a muted sand colour with a darker reddish-brown butt end.

Small marks may appear at the muzzle ends and on the sharpest edges of the receiver. The pattern on the barrels and the stock remains clean. In game the skin looks practically identical to Factory New. Copies with a low float in this grade are the hardest to tell apart from the cleaner one.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Sawed-Off | Orange DDPAT is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir Sawed-Off | Orange DDPAT belongs to The eSports 2013 Collection, which holds 9 skins.

It drops from eSports 2013 Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014).

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

Orange, black and olive stickers match the camouflage and keep the craft consistent. Placing them on the receiver near the orange blocks works better than on the plain sand stock, where bright colours can clash.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the grade, since the edges of the barrels and receiver show wear first.
• Look at the muzzle ends and the top of the barrels on the inspect screen to judge how much paint has chipped.
• The pixel camouflage has no rare pattern variants, so focus on float and condition rather than placement.
• Check applied stickers and name tag, and whether you want a StatTrak™ version, which also exists for this skin.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a clean look in game while saving compared to the top grade.
• Sticker crafters who accept faint marks that are barely visible.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance between appearance and cost.