AWP | PAW (Factory New)

The AWP | PAW (Factory New) is a Restricted sniper rifle skin that wraps the AWP in a bold comic-strip collage of cartoon cats, dogs, bears and other animals. Factory New is the top grade, showing the pastel artwork at its sharpest before any wear touches it.

Design

PAW turns the AWP into a walking cartoon panel — a bright, storybook collage of cats, dogs, bears and other critters drawn in a bold, flat style over a pastel blue, yellow and pink palette. It's a community design by the artist TheDanidem, leaning fully into whimsy, and it carries a fitting in-game line: "Kill rewards paid in scratching posts and tennis balls."

AWP | PAW (Factory New) Float and Wear

At Factory New the finish sits at the low end of the 0.00–0.50 float range, so the colors read at full saturation and every little animal in the collage stays crisp and legible. There's no scuffing to break up the pastel panels, which matters more here than on darker skins — this bright, busy art shows scratches easily, so the top grade is where it looks its absolute best. If you want the design flawless, this is the condition to chase.

AWP | PAW Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple tier, sitting below Classified and above Mil-Spec among the standard weapon grades. It's a mid-table rarity that's still a fair bit less common to pull than the blue Mil-Spec skins beneath it.

AWP | PAW Case and Collection

PAW belongs to The Horizon Collection and drops from the Horizon Case, which arrived with the "A New Horizon" update in August 2018. The Restricted tier as a whole unboxes at roughly 15.98% (a rate shared across the tier's skins), and most copies these days are bought on the market rather than freshly unboxed.

AWP | PAW Patterns

PAW has no random pattern variation — the comic-strip collage is laid out identically on every copy, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" to hunt for. What separates one from another comes down to wear and float alone.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter, drawn from the Horizon Case; it's a rarer, pricier drop than the standard skin, and the counter is permanent, carrying over whenever the item changes hands. There's no Souvenir edition — Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages, and the Horizon Case was never handed out at a Major.

AWP | PAW Price

Factory New sits at the top of PAW's own price ladder as the highest grade, yet the finish as a whole is a budget-friendly pick among AWP skins — one of the cheaper ways into a colorful AWP. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth it for the AWP | PAW?

If you love the artwork, yes. This is bright, detailed cartoon art, and Factory New keeps every animal panel sharp with the pastel colors at full punch. Because the busy design shows wear more than a dark skin would, the jump up from lower grades is genuinely visible here, and it stays affordable regardless.

Which gloves go with PAW?

Its pastel blue, yellow and pink palette suits a light, playful loadout rather than a tactical one. Gloves with soft blue or pink tones or a cartoonish print echo the collage nicely, while plain white wraps keep the bright art as the centerpiece without fighting it for attention.

Who designed the skin?

PAW is a community Workshop creation by the artist TheDanidem, known for playful, colorful designs. The paw-and-animal theme and the joke in-game line — "Kill rewards paid in scratching posts and tennis balls" — lean fully into that whimsical style, which is a big part of the skin's charm.