Glock-18 | Fade (Factory New)

The Glock-18 | Fade (Factory New) is a Restricted pistol skin with a chrome base coat under a sweep of airbrushed purple-and-pink paint. Factory New is the cleanest grade this finish reaches, showing that fade at its sharpest.

Design

Valve built the Fade by airbrushing transparent paints that blend together over a chrome base coat, and the result reads as a bright purple-into-pink gradient across the slide. Its flavor text leans into that showpiece feel: "This isn't just a weapon, it's a conversation piece."

Glock-18 | Fade (Factory New) Float and Wear

The Fade's float range only runs from 0.00 to 0.08, so both available wears sit at the extreme clean end of the scale, and Factory New takes the very lowest floats within that tight band. That matters here specifically because the fade percentage is judged on a mirror-bright chrome surface, and any float at all shows on chrome sooner than on a matte finish.

Glock-18 | Fade Rarity

Rarity: Restricted, the blue-violet tier that sits above Mil-Spec and below Classified — a solid pull among standard pistol grades.

Glock-18 | Fade Case and Collection

This finish is part of The Assault Collection, which arrived with the Arms Deal update in August 2013. This finish exists as a regular finish only — no StatTrak version and no Souvenir version — so ownership comes down to the standard skin at whatever wear and pattern a buyer targets.

Glock-18 | Fade Patterns

The paint seed on this finish controls the fade percentage — how far the purple-and-pink sweep travels across the slide before giving way to chrome — and that percentage is the entire game for collectors. A 100% "Full Fade" copy, where the color covers the whole slide, is the most sought-after roll, and because 99% and 100% look nearly identical to the eye, serious buyers cross-check the actual fade percentage or a known full-fade seed rather than judging by sight alone.

StatTrak & Souvenir

No StatTrak version of this finish was ever made. No Souvenir version — Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages, and this finish was never offered in one.

Glock-18 | Fade Price

Factory New sits at the top of the Fade's price ladder, and a verified 100% Full Fade copy at this grade pushes well past an average low-fade roll — this is a genuine grail-tier pistol skin. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

What's the best pattern for the Glock-18 Fade?

A 100% "Full Fade," where the purple-and-pink gradient covers the entire slide rather than stopping partway, is the pattern collectors chase. Since a 99% fade can look almost identical at a glance, buyers rely on the listed fade percentage or a confirmed full-fade seed rather than eyeballing it.

Is Factory New the only wear worth buying for pattern hunting?

Not strictly, since the whole finish tops out at 0.08 float, but Factory New does hold the lowest floats within that narrow band, and on a chrome-based skin like this even small float differences show. Serious full-fade hunters lean toward Factory New for that reason.

Does the Glock-18 Fade have a StatTrak version?

No. This finish was never issued with a StatTrak counter, so every copy on the market is the standard version — the only variables that affect value are wear, float, and fade percentage.