UMP-45 | Scaffold (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Scaffold look rests on a contrast between a calm teal base and glowing cyan faceted tiles along the receiver and magazine. In Minimal Wear that contrast survives almost untouched, and any marks sit on edges that are hard to spot in a match. It gives nearly the clean look at a lower grade.

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

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The receiver is painted dark teal, with a band of bright cyan faceted blocks along its side that are shaded to look like raised bricks. The magazine repeats the same pattern of angled cyan tiles over its full length.

Small scratches may appear on the bottom edge of the magazine and the corners of the stock. The receiver blocks and their shading remain clean. At normal distance it looks practically identical to Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of UMP-45 | Scaffold is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% 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 Spectrum Collection with 17 skins in total.

It drops from Spectrum Case.

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 2.2× dearer
• Field-Tested — 1.5× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 1.5× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 33% cheaper

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

By price this skin is 4th of 9 skins Restricted UMP-45 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 1.7× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in cyan, white, silver or holo blue blend with the brick pattern and keep the palette calm. Placing them on the plain teal stock or lower receiver avoids covering the faceted blocks.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within its wear grade, since lower values keep the magazine edges and stock outline cleaner.
• Look at the magazine first, because its tiled edges show wear earlier than the receiver.
• Inspect the cyan blocks on the receiver to see whether the depth effect is still intact.
• Note any applied stickers or name tag, as they change the look of the receiver side.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want an almost clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters who accept tiny edge marks that disappear under stickers.
• A sensible compromise between condition and cost.