AK-47 | Slate (Well-Worn)

The AK-47 | Slate (Well-Worn) is a Restricted rifle skin with a matte finish in black and gray and subtle geometric line accents, here in a more battle-worn state. It's a cheaper way into an understated AK design, with wear that the dark base still partly disguises.

Design

The Slate finish is deliberately minimalist — matte black and gray carried by subtle geometric line accents in place of loud graphics, which is a big part of its clean, tactical appeal. It's a community design from the artist Redesired, and it carries a fitting in-game line: "Call a doctor, they're gonna need one."

AK-47 | Slate (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

At Well-Worn the finish shows clear scuffing and paint loss across the magazine, receiver, and edges, where the matte coat thins out. The dark base still absorbs a lot of that damage visually, so the skin holds its shape better than a lighter finish would, and the line accents keep it recognizable. For players who care about price over pristine looks, it delivers the same understated design for less.

AK-47 | Slate Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple grade, positioned in the middle of the standard weapon tiers, above Mil-Spec and below Classified. It's a solid mid-tier grade to come by from a case.

AK-47 | Slate Case and Collection

Slate sits in The Snakebite Collection and drops from the Snakebite Case, which arrived with the end of the Broken Fang update in May 2021. Since the Restricted tier comes up about 15.98% of the time per case — more often than the higher tiers — most players just buy the exterior they want on the market rather than unboxing for it.

AK-47 | Slate Patterns

No paint seed comes into play on the AK-47 | Slate: the matte finish and the line accents are fixed across all copies, so there's no "blue gem" to hunt for here. What separates one Slate from the next is purely its wear and float.

StatTrak & Souvenir

The Slate has a StatTrak™ variant with a confirmed-kill counter — a rarer and pricier drop than the plain skin — and that counter is permanent, carrying across any trade or sale. A Souvenir version was never made, since Souvenir weapons issue only from Major-tournament packages and the Snakebite Case never featured in a Major.

AK-47 | Slate Price

Well-Worn sits near the bottom of the Slate ladder, below Field-Tested and above only Battle-Scarred — a rock-bottom route to the design for players who won't pay the mid-grade step. Slate is already a budget AK, so Well-Worn is about as cheap as a genuine finish gets. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does the Well-Worn Slate actually look?

Noticeably. Expect visible scratches and paint thinning on the magazine and around the edges, more than Field-Tested but short of the heavy battering of Battle-Scarred. The dark matte base and line accents keep it recognizable, so it still reads clearly as a Slate in-game despite the added wear.

Is Well-Worn worth buying over Field-Tested?

Only if price is your priority. Field-Tested looks a good deal cleaner for a small step up in cost, so most buyers prefer it. Well-Worn makes sense when you want the Slate design as cheaply as possible without dropping all the way down to Battle-Scarred.

Which gloves go with the AK-47 | Slate?

Its black-and-gray palette suits a clean, monochrome loadout, so black, gray, or muted-tone gloves work best — a dark pair keeps the stealthy, tactical vibe, while a lighter gray adds subtle contrast without clashing. Slate is one of the easiest AK skins to color-match into almost any minimalist setup.