Souvenir SG 553 | Dragon Tech (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

SG 553 | Dragon Tech in Battle-Scarred keeps its green dragon theme, but much of the paint on edges and raised parts is gone. The scale pattern survives in patches, mostly on the flatter sides of the receiver and stock. It is the most weathered take on the finish, with a rough, salvaged character.

Item type: rifle. 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.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver and handguard are covered in teal and emerald scales mixed with mechanical plates, while the rail tops and some edges stay dark gunmetal. A thin red line runs along the lower edge of the handguard, adding a warm accent to the green scheme.

Large areas of the muzzle, handguard, scope and magazine are worn down to dark metal. The stock and receiver show heavy scratching, with the pattern left in fragments. In game the rifle reads as dark with green patches. Only the flattest inner areas of the receiver keep noticeable scale detail.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.7

The float of Souvenir SG 553 | Dragon Tech ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.7 — 36% 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 | Dragon Tech belongs to The Recoil Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Recoil 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.

Which stickers suit it

Green, teal and black stickers blend with the dragon scales, while red or gold ones echo the handguard accent. Holo or foil stickers in cool tones fit the mechanical theme. Placing them on the receiver keeps the magazine pattern open.

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 most.
• Inspect the muzzle and scope housing, as they lose paint first.
• Look at applied stickers and their placement against the green pattern.
• Check whether a name tag is applied and if it suits you.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who prefer a rough, heavily worn rifle.
• Collectors who gather every wear of the finish.
• The most rugged version, for those who value character over clean paint.