Tec-9 | Groundwater (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Groundwater relies entirely on colour: a muted green body and a light sand magazine. In Field-Tested the paint starts to show its age on edges and protruding parts, which suits the utilitarian, field-used character of the finish.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

How the skin looks in Field-Tested

The receiver, the perforated barrel shroud and the grip are painted a solid olive green with a matte surface. The long magazine is a separate block of pale sand colour, which gives the pistol its main contrast.

Paint is rubbed off along the shroud perforations, the top edge of the receiver and the cocking knob. The lower edge of the magazine begins to show light wear. In game the gun still looks green and tan, with darker spots on the upper parts. The grip and the flat sides of the receiver are mostly intact.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The float of Tec-9 | Groundwater ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Field-Tested quality covers 0.15–0.38 — 31% 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

The skin’s collection is The Italy Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Taking Field-Tested as the baseline:

• Factory New — 48× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2× dearer
• Well-Worn — about the same
• Battle-Scarred — about the same

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 8 skins of the Tec-9 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Earthy tones, olive, brown, tan and matte black stickers fit the military colour scheme without breaking it. The flat sides of the receiver above the grip are the clearest spot for placement. A single bright sticker can work as an accent against the muted green.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since a solid finish shows every chip on the shroud and receiver top.
• Check the edges of the shroud perforations and the cocking knob, as they lose paint first.
• Inspect the magazine edges, because wear on the light tan block stands out more than on the green body.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, as they change the look of such a plain finish noticeably.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who like a slightly used, field look on a military finish.
• Budget buyers who want the colour scheme still clearly visible.
• A practical everyday option.