AK-47 | Frontside Misty (Battle-Scarred)

The AK-47 | Frontside Misty (Battle-Scarred) is a Classified rifle skin painted in vibrant arctic colors, a cyan-and-white spray-paint-style graphic, in its most heavily worn condition. It's the cheapest way into the icy AK design, trading a clean finish for the lowest entry price.

Design

Frontside Misty, a Valve in-house finish, wears vibrant arctic colors — a cyan-and-white, spray-paint-style graphic with misty motifs washed across the body and carbon inserts on the rifle's parts. Cool tones and a hand-sprayed feel take priority over sharp geometric detailing, and it carries a fitting in-game line: "I like to work in the snow... it always leaves a pretty picture."

AK-47 | Frontside Misty (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

At Battle-Scarred the finish wears its damage openly — heavy scratching and paint loss spread across the body, and the cool tones dull as the base shows through. The sprayed arctic motif is still the anchor that keeps the skin readable. This finish is capped at a float of 0.87, so it stops short of the very top of the scale, and the design stays recognizable even at its roughest.

AK-47 | Frontside Misty Rarity

Rarity: Classified — the pink tier one step below Covert and second from the top of the standard weapon grades. Unboxing one is a genuinely uncommon result.

AK-47 | Frontside Misty Case and Collection

The AK-47 | Frontside Misty sits in The Shadow Collection and is unboxed from the Shadow Case, which shipped in the September 2015 update on September 18, 2015. The Classified tier as a whole turns up about 3.2% of the time from that case, and given its age, most Frontside Misty copies are traded on the market rather than freshly unboxed.

AK-47 | Frontside Misty Patterns

The AK-47 | Frontside Misty has no random pattern variation at all — the arctic spray design sits identically across every copy, meaning there's no paint seed or "blue gem" to seek out. What separates one Frontside Misty from another is purely wear and float.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ AK-47 | Frontside Misty exists, bringing a confirmed-kill counter; it's rarer and pricier than the standard skin, and its permanent counter follows the item through any trade or sale. What there isn't is a Souvenir version — Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament souvenir packages, and the Shadow Case was never a Major drop.

AK-47 | Frontside Misty Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade of the skin — the entry-level way to run the arctic design for players who care more about the look than the condition. Within an affordable mid-tier AK finish, it's the lowest-cost way in. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Battle-Scarred still recognizable?

Yes. Despite the heavy scuffing, the cyan-and-white spray design keeps it clearly readable at a glance in-game. Battle-Scarred is about accepting visible wear in exchange for the lowest price, not losing the arctic look entirely — the sprayed artwork still comes through across the body.

Why doesn't Battle-Scarred reach the top of the float scale?

Because the finish is float-capped at 0.87 rather than the full 1.0, its Battle-Scarred copies never hit the most extreme wear. The busy spray-paint artwork also masks some damage, so the Frontside Misty tends to stay a bit more legible at Battle-Scarred than plainer, lighter skins do.

Which gloves go with the AK-47 | Frontside Misty?

Its cool cyan-and-white palette suits a light, icy loadout, so blue, teal, or white gloves work best — a cyan or aqua pair echoes the sprayed tones, while pale wraps keep the wintry feel. Pair it with other cool-toned blues for a clean, color-matched setup.