StatTrak™ MAG-7 | Cobalt Core (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Cobalt Core is recognisable by its dark blue panelling and turquoise circuit-like lines running from the receiver down to the magazine. In Field-Tested the cyan lines still carry the design, while the edges and raised parts start to show grey metal. From a normal viewing distance the skin still reads as a clean blue-and-cyan shotgun.

Item type: shotgun. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

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, Minimal Wear, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the Souvenir version.

Appearance in Field-Tested

The receiver is covered in angular slate-blue plates with darker blue sections and a fine speckled texture, separated by thin glowing cyan lines. The foregrip continues the same blue panelling with curved turquoise strips, and a cyan ring sits on the muzzle behind the dark gunmetal barrel.

Wear becomes visible along the panel edges, the top rail, the muzzle area and the bottom of the magazine, where grey metal starts to show. Some cyan lines near those edges may look thinner or broken. In game the overall blue-and-cyan scheme still reads well. The central parts of the receiver and the foregrip keep most of their paint.

Field-Tested quality — float range 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of StatTrak™ MAG-7 | Cobalt Core is 0–0.5; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (46% 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

StatTrak™ MAG-7 | Cobalt Core belongs to The Shadow Collection, which holds 16 skins.

It drops from Shadow Case (on sale since Sep 15, 2015).

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 5th of 11 skins Mil-Spec Grade MAG-7 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter. Right now the StatTrak™ version is 9% dearer than the regular one.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in cyan, teal, white or silver tones match the turquoise lines and the steel-blue base. Holo and foil stickers with a cool palette fit the futuristic style, while warm reds or yellows will clash with the scheme. The flat side of the receiver gives the cleanest placement without covering the cyan accents.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies at the clean end of a grade keep noticeably more cyan trim.
• Look at the top rail, muzzle ring and magazine bottom, which lose paint first on this finish.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, as they change how the blue panel design reads.
• Confirm whether you are buying a StatTrak™ or Souvenir copy, since both versions exist for this skin.

Who should buy Field-Tested

• Players who care about how the skin reads in matches rather than in inspect.
• Buyers who like the blue-and-cyan scheme and accept light edge wear.
• Conclusion: a practical everyday choice for CT-side play.