Souvenir XM1014 | Solitude (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

XM1014 | Solitude in Battle-Scarred keeps the mountain map idea but wears it heavily: the receiver loses much of its pale tone and the barrel shows bare patches near the muzzle. The teal contour lines still give the shotgun its colour in game. This is the most affordable way to get the skin, with a rough, field-used character.

Item type: shotgun. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The barrel and the magazine tube are covered in a deep teal finish with dark contour lines that imitate a mountain relief map, with small gold accents near the front of the barrel and on top of the receiver. The receiver is painted in a pale cream tone with light topographic lines outlined in dark grey, which makes it the brightest part of the weapon.

Large areas near the muzzle and on the front of the tube are worn through, and the receiver shows heavy scratching and dark grime over the pale paint. Parts of the topographic lines on the receiver become patchy. In game the weapon reads as a dark blue shotgun with a dirty light section. Only the inner stretches of the barrel keep the relief pattern reasonably intact.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.7

The whole float range of Souvenir XM1014 | Solitude is 0–0.7; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.7 segment (36% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir XM1014 | Solitude belongs to Limited Edition Item, which holds 4 skins. 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 blue, teal, white or gold tones blend well with the relief pattern, especially when placed on the pale receiver. Dark or holographic stickers along the barrel keep the contrast with the light section without breaking the map motif.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a lower float keeps the pale receiver noticeably cleaner.
• Look closely at the receiver edges and the muzzle, which are the first places where paint comes off.
• Souvenir copies come with pre-applied stickers, so check whether their look suits the cream and teal colours.
• On copies with stickers or a name tag, make sure they match your plans, as they cannot be moved to another item.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget entry for players who just want the skin on their shotgun.
• Fans of a rough, heavily used look.
• The cheapest way to own Solitude.