The Five-SeveN | Boost Protocol (Minimal Wear) is a Restricted pistol finish with a bold, custom high-contrast paint job. This grade keeps that palette looking sharp while trimming a bit off the price of the top-tier copy.

Design

The finish is built around a custom color scheme with strong contrast between its tones, giving it a punchy, standout look rather than anything muted. Community artist dre designed it, and it comes tagged with the callsign "MECHA 0272."

Five-SeveN | Boost Protocol (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

With the finish ranging between 0.00 and 0.41, Minimal Wear falls just below the cleanest possible copies, showing only the lightest hints of softening on close inspection. The high-contrast colors still read essentially at full strength here, so the visual step down from Factory New is minor.

Five-SeveN | Boost Protocol Rarity

It carries a Restricted rarity, the purple tier just beneath Classified — an uncommon grade among the game's standard weapon-skin rarities.

Five-SeveN | Boost Protocol Case and Collection

Boost Protocol belongs to The Operation Riptide Collection, sourced from the Operation Riptide Case that arrived with Operation Riptide in September 2021. Restricted-tier skins from that case drop at around 15.98% as a group, so pulling one isn't especially rare, even with the case no longer in heavy circulation.

Five-SeveN | Boost Protocol Patterns

Every copy shows the same fixed high-contrast paint layout — there's no paint-seed variation to chase and no "blue gem" version of this one. Only the wear grade and exact float number tell copies apart.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version of this finish exists alongside the regular one, tracking confirmed kills permanently once applied, with the counter carrying over across trades and sales. No Souvenir version exists, since Souvenir weapons only ever come from Major-tournament packages and this finish never appeared in one.

Five-SeveN | Boost Protocol Price

Minimal Wear sits just under Factory New on the price ladder, giving nearly the same sharp look for a bit less money — a sensible middle step for an already affordable mid-tier finish. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Minimal Wear worth it over Factory New?

For most buyers, yes. The visual difference is small since the float gap between the two grades isn't huge, so Minimal Wear keeps the high-contrast colors looking sharp while costing less than the very top grade.

Which gloves pair well with Boost Protocol?

Its bold, high-contrast color scheme works best with gloves that pick out one of its brighter tones rather than trying to match every shade — a single standout glove color plays off the finish's punchy palette without clashing.

Where does Boost Protocol come from?

It's part of The Operation Riptide Collection, drawn from the Operation Riptide Case released alongside Operation Riptide in September 2021. It's a Restricted-tier pull, sharing that tier's roughly 15.98% odds with the case's other Restricted skins.

Five-SeveN | Boost Protocol (Minimal Wear)

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