Souvenir SG 553 | Barricade (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred Barricade keeps only fragments of its maze stencil, scattered over a largely exposed grey metal base. The grey-green lines remain mostly on recessed and flat areas, so the pattern reads as a faded trace rather than a full design. Because the original colours are already muted, the heavy wear does not clash with the finish.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. 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: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The finish wraps the handguard, receiver, magazine, pistol grip and stock in a dense isometric maze of thin grey-green lines over a dark slate base. On the long handguard and receiver the labyrinth runs in angled, interlocking bands, while the magazine and grip carry tighter fragments of the same pattern.

Most of the paint is gone from the handguard, magazine, grip and stock, leaving exposed metal. Only scattered fragments of the maze remain, mostly on recessed areas of the receiver. In game the rifle reads as plain worn grey with faint traces of lines. Nothing on the painted parts looks clean.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.65

The float of Souvenir SG 553 | Barricade ranges from 0 to 0.65; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.65 — 31% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

Souvenir SG 553 | Barricade belongs to The Norse Collection, which holds 18 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this: Factory New — 4.2× dearer. The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 6 skins of the SG 553 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd 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

Muted greens, greys, black or holo stickers with cool tones match the dark maze without breaking its geometry. A single bright accent, such as a white or teal sticker on the receiver, stands out well against the low-contrast pattern. Keep busy multicolour stickers to a minimum so the labyrinth stays readable.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the edges of the handguard and magazine show the difference first.
• Look at the scope housing and stock rear in the inspect view, as these parts reveal wear that the dense pattern hides elsewhere.
• Souvenir copies come with their own stickers, so check whether they suit the grey-green maze before buying.
• Note any stickers or name tag on regular copies, because they change how the low-contrast finish looks.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who want the cheapest way to put this skin on their SG 553.
• Fans of heavily worn, almost bare-metal rifles.
• A minimal entry option where the maze is only a trace.