Souvenir XM1014 | Quicksilver (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is the restrained silver-and-steel XM1014 with a map motif barely visible under a translucent layer. At Minimal Wear the look is practically the same as a factory copy in game, and any marks stay small and close to the edges of the barrel and receiver. It suits a buyer who wants the clean metallic finish without paying for the very top grade.

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

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The barrel is a deep blue-black with light streaks along its length, while the magazine tube and forend carry the metallic silver-olive base with darker terrain-map shapes running across them. The receiver is dark grey steel with a few small yellow accents near the top rail, and the front sight also shows a touch of yellow.

Light marks may appear on the muzzle and the front edge of the forend. The receiver, grip and stock still look as clean as on a factory copy. At normal distance the difference from Factory New is hard to see. The metallic sheen remains fully present.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir XM1014 | Quicksilver is 0–0.5; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (16% 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 Chroma Collection with 14 skins in total.

The source is Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015).

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

Silver, holo and foil stickers in blue, white or black tones match the metallic palette. A single yellow sticker near the receiver can echo the small yellow accents already on the finish.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the metallic sheen fades gradually and a low float keeps noticeably more of it.
• Look at the muzzle, forend edges and top of the receiver, as these lose the translucent layer first.
• Pattern placement changes little on this finish, so focus on wear rather than pattern.
• Review any applied stickers or name tag, because they can add to the cost without matching the cool palette.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Buyers who want a nearly factory look for less.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean metallic base.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance of appearance and cost.