Souvenir XM1014 | Halftone Shift (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

In Battle-Scarred, Halftone Shift turns into a weathered shotgun where the green-to-olive halftone shows through patches of exposed metal. The skin's range does not reach the most extreme wear values, so the gradient and the dot clusters remain readable even here. This is the cheapest way to get the pattern on the XM1014.

Item type: shotgun. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

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.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The barrels and muzzle carry the brightest part of the gradient, a light green halftone with rounded dot clusters, and the magazine tube under the barrel repeats it. Moving back, the colour shifts to olive and khaki across the ribbed forend and the receiver, where the dot patches grow larger and blend into the base tone.

Large patches of paint are gone from the muzzle, the forend ribs, the top of the receiver and the front of the stock. Even so, the skin's range keeps it short of the heaviest wear, so the gradient and dot clusters remain visible on the flat surfaces. In game the gun looks rough and weathered but still recognisably green and olive. The sides of the receiver and the magazine tube hold the cleanest remaining areas.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.6

The whole float range of Souvenir XM1014 | Halftone Shift is 0–0.6; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.6 segment (25% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Graphic Design Collection with 16 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.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in green, olive, khaki or beige tones sit naturally on the receiver and blend with the gradient. Holo or gold stickers with a dotted or print-like look echo the halftone theme, and dark designs contrast well against the lighter khaki body.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the grade, because a low float keeps the muzzle and forend ribs noticeably cleaner.
• Look at the muzzle ends and the top edges of the receiver, where chips appear first.
• Inspect the forend ribs, since wear there breaks up the dot pattern most visibly.
• Check for applied stickers or a name tag and decide whether they fit your plans for the gun.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• For entry-level buyers who want the pattern at the lowest cost.
• For players who like a heavily weathered look that still shows the gradient.
• Conclusion: the most affordable way to use Halftone Shift in game.