Souvenir XM1014 | Fallout Warning (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

The skin is built around a red radiological warning pattern sprayed over a dark grey shotgun. In Battle-Scarred much of the red is gone from the muzzle, rails and stock, leaving patchy colour on bare metal. It is the most affordable way to get the finish and suits players who like a heavily weathered look.

Item type: shotgun. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

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

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The whole weapon is covered in a red spray coat laid over dark grey metal, with darker diagonal bands breaking up the red. The barrel and magazine tube carry long red sections with grey streaks, and the ribbed forend is mostly dark with red overspray.

Most of the red is gone from the muzzle, barrel, rail and forend, leaving bare metal with patchy colour. The receiver and stock show only fragments of the hazard stripes. The grip keeps the last noticeable red. In game the pattern is hard to read and the weapon looks heavily weathered.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of Souvenir XM1014 | Fallout Warning is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir XM1014 | Fallout Warning belongs to The Nuke Collection, which holds 9 skins.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Nuke Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Nuke Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Nuke Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Nuke Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Nuke Souvenir Package
• ESL One Katowice 2015 Nuke Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Among 5 skins of the XM1014 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

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

Red, black and dark grey stickers blend with the finish, while yellow or black-and-yellow designs echo the hazard theme. The receiver side and the forend area give the most visible placements.

What to look at before you buy

• Factory New copies sit in a very narrow band, so compare floats closely before paying extra for that grade.
• Check the muzzle and the top rail first, since they lose paint before the rest of the weapon.
• Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied, so make sure you like them before buying.
• Look at the stock corners on worn copies to see how much of the hazard stripes remain.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players looking for the cheapest entry into this finish.
• Those who prefer a heavily weathered, bare-metal look.
• Conclusion: a budget pick for character rather than colour.