Souvenir XM1014 | Monster Melt (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The monster crowd on the receiver is the main point of this XM1014, and in Minimal Wear it reads almost the same as a factory-fresh copy. Any marks are small and sit on edges, so the bright pastel palette stays intact in play. It is a practical choice when the cleanest grade is not essential.

Item type: shotgun. 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, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver of the XM1014 is packed with cartoon monsters in teal, mint green, yellow, purple and pink, with drips and blobs that give the melting effect. The barrel and magazine tube stay dark grey with small colourful spots scattered along them, which frames the busy centre.

Light specks may appear on the top edge of the receiver and the tip of the barrel. The monsters themselves stay clean and fully coloured. At normal distance the difference from Factory New is hard to see.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir XM1014 | Monster Melt ranges from 0 to 0.75; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% 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 XM1014 | Monster Melt belongs to The Overpass 2024 Collection, which holds 16 skins.

It drops from:

• Budapest 2025 Overpass Souvenir Highlight Package
• Budapest 2025 Overpass Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Among 4 skins of the XM1014 in the Restricted 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.

Stickers and crafts

Pastel stickers in pink, teal, mint or yellow blend with the monster artwork, and cartoon-style stickers fit the theme. Placing them on the dark barrel area gives contrast without hiding the characters on the receiver.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low value keeps the receiver edges cleaner.
• Look at the top edge of the receiver and the muzzle, as these lose paint first.
• Inspect the pink grip and the stock corners on worn copies for bare spots.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag so they match what you want on the weapon.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look and are fine with tiny edge marks.
• Buyers who want the bright colours while saving compared with Factory New.
• A sensible balance of look and cost.