AWP | Hyper Beast (Factory New)

The AWP | Hyper Beast (Factory New) is a Covert sniper skin — a wild, many-colored beast rendered in glowing neon across the rifle. Factory New is the top grade, the condition that keeps every fang, tongue, and color transition looking its most vivid.

Design

Hyper Beast is a full-coverage custom paint job: a snarling, psychedelic creature splashed across the AWP in vivid neon, its bared teeth and lolling tongue picked out in loud detail. It's a community design by the artist Brock Hofer, and it carries a playful in-game line — "You really want to impress me Booth? Make this black light sensitive" (Rona Sabri, Rising Star).

AWP | Hyper Beast (Factory New) Float and Wear

This finish runs a float range of 0.00–1.00. Factory New is the highest exterior on the ladder, and it's where the artwork pops hardest — the neon stays fully saturated and the fine details around the creature's teeth and tongue stay sharp, with no scuffing to mute the palette. If you want the design exactly as the artist intended, this is the grade to hunt.

AWP | Hyper Beast Rarity

Rarity: Covert — the red tier, the top grade of standard weapon skins, sitting above Classified. Covert finishes are the rarest pull from their case, which is a big part of why they command the prices they do.

AWP | Hyper Beast Case and Collection

The AWP | Hyper Beast belongs to The Falchion Collection and drops from the Falchion Case, released with Operation Bloodhound in May 2015. As a Covert item it's the rarest tier in the case, landing roughly 0.64% of the time (a figure shared across the case's Covert skins), and with the Falchion Case long out of the active drop pool, supply is fixed — most copies now change hands on the market rather than getting unboxed.

AWP | Hyper Beast Patterns

Hyper Beast has no random pattern variation — the creature artwork is printed the same way on every copy, so there's no paint seed, blue gem, or phase to chase. Wear and float are the only things that set one copy apart from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ AWP | Hyper Beast exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter, a rarer and pricier drop from the same Falchion Case; the count is permanent and carries over when the item is traded or sold. There's no Souvenir version — Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament souvenir packages, and this finish has never been part of a Major drop.

AWP | Hyper Beast Price

Factory New sits at the very top of the Hyper Beast price ladder — the most sought-after and most expensive grade of a finish that already ranks as a premium AWP pick. Expect to pay up for the best condition on the shelf. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth the premium over Minimal Wear?

It depends on how much you value a flawless surface. Factory New shows the neon at maximum saturation with the beast's detail razor-tight, but the artwork is so dense that a Minimal Wear copy looks nearly identical for less. Pay up if you want the top grade; otherwise Minimal Wear is the smarter buy.

Why is Hyper Beast so popular on the AWP?

It's one of the loudest, most recognizable AWP finishes in the game — a full-body neon creature that reads instantly across the map. That bold, meme-friendly look, plus its Covert rarity, has kept it a fan favorite since Operation Bloodhound, and it holds value well as a result.

Which gloves go with Hyper Beast?

Its multi-color neon palette loves an equally loud pairing, so vibrant gloves work best — a colorful set like Sport Gloves in a pink-and-teal colorway echoes the beast's tones, while pink or purple wraps lock onto its brightest accents. If you'd rather let the artwork lead, plain black or dark gloves keep the focus on the rifle.