Souvenir XM1014 | Blue Spruce (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

XM1014 | Blue Spruce relies only on solid colours, so in Battle-Scarred it turns into a heavily chipped two-tone shotgun. The mint furniture is broken up by large patches of bare material, and the dark metal parts are worn through along edges and raised areas. The blue-green and mint pairing still comes through in general outline.

Item type: shotgun. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

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

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The barrel, tube magazine, top rail and receiver are painted a dark slate blue-green with a slight sheen. The ribbed forend, the trigger area, the pistol grip and the collapsible stock are a pale mint green, with a darker cheek piece on the stock.

Large areas of paint are gone from the forend, grip and stock, and the dark metal parts are worn through on edges and along the barrel. Bare material breaks up both colours. In game the gun reads as heavily used, with the blue-green and mint visible only in general outline. Few surfaces stay clean.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.8

The float of Souvenir XM1014 | Blue Spruce ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.8 — 47% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

Souvenir XM1014 | Blue Spruce belongs to The Lake Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

By price this skin is 3rd of 8 skins Consumer Grade XM1014 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 teal, mint, dark green or muted silver match the cool two-tone scheme. Placing them on the dark receiver gives the most contrast, while lighter stickers sit best on the mint stock.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the grade, since chips on the light mint parts become visible sooner than on the dark metal.
• Look at the forend ribs, the muzzle and the stock edges, as these lose paint first.
• The finish has no pattern, so copies of the same float look alike and pattern seed does not matter.
• Souvenir copies exist, so check whether the item is a souvenir and which stickers it carries.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players who want a heavily chipped, rugged look.
• Minimal budget entry to the skin.
• Suits those who value a worn character over the original colours.