Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo (Minimal Wear)

The Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo (Minimal Wear) is a Restricted pistol skin featuring a dragon decal over a metallic base coat. Because the finish is float-capped, Minimal Wear is the lowest grade it comes in — yet it still reads almost spotless.

Design

At its core the finish is a metallic base coat carrying a single vivid dragon decal, a motif-led design that leans on one strong image instead of clutter. The community artist Daniel Sadowski created it, and it ships with a fitting in-game line: "In a fairy tale the knight always slays the dragon... but this is the real world" — Valeria Jenner, Revolutionary.

Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

The skin is capped at a 0.08 float, so its worst grade never reaches the battered end of the wear scale that a full-1.0 finish would. At Minimal Wear you'll find only the faintest edge wear, with the dragon and metallic coat staying bright — it's the bottom of a two-grade ladder, but a very tidy floor. For most buyers the difference from Factory New is barely visible in-game.

Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo Rarity

Rarity: Restricted. That's the purple grade, ranked in the upper half of the standard weapon tiers, one rung above the common Mil-Spec skins — a genuinely uncommon drop from any case.

Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo Case and Collection

Part of The Arms Deal Collection, this finish comes out of the CS:GO Weapon Case, which launched alongside the Arms Deal update in August 2013 as the game's very first case. Across the case the Restricted tier pulls at roughly 15.98% (that figure is shared among the tier's skins), and since this original case left the active drop pool years ago, supply is capped — nearly every copy is bought on the market rather than unboxed.

Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo Patterns

There's no random pattern roll here — the dragon decal and metallic coat land identically on each copy, so no paint seed or "blue gem" is worth hunting. The only things that set one apart from another are wear and float.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There is a StatTrak™ Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo, which adds a confirmed-kill counter; it drops more rarely and costs more than the standard skin from the CS:GO Weapon Case, and its counter is permanent, staying with the item through trades and sales. No Souvenir variant was ever made — Souvenir weapons are produced only from Major-tournament packages, and the Arms Deal Collection has never featured as a Major drop.

Glock-18 | Dragon Tattoo Price

Minimal Wear is the more affordable of the two grades, sitting just below Factory New — though "affordable" is relative, since the finish as a whole is grail-tier among Glock-18 skins and one of the most sought-after pistol designs around. 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 value, often yes. The 0.08 float cap keeps both grades looking almost identical, so a Minimal Wear copy shows only the faintest edge wear while costing less than the top grade. Pay up for Factory New if you want the absolute best condition; otherwise this grade is the smarter buy.

How worn does the Minimal Wear Dragon Tattoo look?

Hardly at all. Thanks to the 0.08 cap, this is the lowest grade the finish reaches, and even here the dragon and metallic coat stay vivid with only trace wear on the edges. It's a far cry from the heavy scuffing you'd see on a lower-capped skin's worst grade.

Why are there only two grades?

The finish is float-capped at 0.08, and the game never rolls a copy above that. Field-Tested and rougher grades need higher float values, so they simply can't exist here — the skin comes only in Factory New and Minimal Wear, both close to pristine.