StatTrak™ Nova | Clear Polymer (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Clear Polymer is built around a transparent-casing illusion, and in Battle-Scarred that illusion is heavily worn. Large areas of the edges and raised parts lose paint, leaving a rough, scratched shell over the drawn internals. It is the most affordable way to have this Nova, with a worn look that some players prefer.

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 same quality also exists as the Souvenir version.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The whole Nova is covered in a pale grey-blue, glass-like finish that imitates a transparent casing. Through the forend a coiled spring is drawn around the magazine tube, and the receiver shows internal parts with bright green highlights.

In Battle-Scarred heavy wear covers the muzzle, forend, receiver edges and large parts of the stock. The drawn internals are interrupted by scratches, and the green details are partly worn away. In game the skin reads as a rough, battered shotgun, with the transparent idea visible mainly on the flatter central surfaces.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–1

The float of StatTrak™ Nova | Clear Polymer ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Operation Broken Fang Collection with 17 skins in total.

It drops from Operation Broken Fang Case.

Price by quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 4× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2.2× dearer
• Field-Tested — 22% dearer
• Well-Worn — 5% dearer

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 2nd of 6 skins Restricted Nova 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 1.5× dearer than the regular one.

Which stickers suit it

Green, silver or holographic stickers match the green highlights and glassy grey-blue shell. Placing them on the receiver keeps the drawn springs on the forend and grip visible.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the see-through effect depends heavily on clean edges.
• Look at the muzzle, the forend edges and the bottom of the stock, as these lose paint first.
• Make sure the green accents on the receiver and near the muzzle are still visible on worn copies.
• Check applied stickers and name tag, as bright or busy stickers can clash with the clean transparent look.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players looking for the cheapest entry to this skin.
• Fans of a rough, battered style.
• Pick it for price and character, not for the clean transparent effect.