Souvenir Tec-9 | Hades (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This Tec-9 carries a light-toned print of helmet silhouettes that gives the pistol a pale, patterned look rather than a bold colour. In Minimal Wear the helmet print stays complete, with only a few small marks on the sharpest edges. For most players it reads the same as a fresh copy in hand.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. 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.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The whole body of the Tec-9 is covered in a hydrographic print of Greek helmets drawn as cream shapes with dark grey outlines and shading. The pattern runs across the perforated barrel shroud, the receiver, the trigger guard area and the grip, so the helmets appear in different sizes and angles on each part.

Tiny marks may appear on the muzzle and the sharpest edges of the shroud and rear sight. The helmet print on the receiver and grip remains complete. The magazine may carry faint scuffs that are hard to notice. In game it looks practically the same as Factory New.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Tec-9 | Hades is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Gods and Monsters Collection with 14 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

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

Stickers in cream, gold, bronze or muted grey blend well with the pale helmet print. A single darker or red sticker on the receiver side can work as an accent without fighting the busy pattern.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within its wear range, since copies near the cleaner end keep more print on the shroud and grip edges.
• Look at the muzzle, the shroud holes and the rear sight, as these are the first places where the helmet print breaks.
• Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied, so check whether their placement suits you.
• Review the inspect screenshots for any stickers or name tag on regular copies.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a look that is almost identical to Factory New in game.
• Buyers who accept tiny edge marks in exchange for a cheaper entry to a clean copy.
• A sensible balance between clean appearance and cost.