M4A1-S | Black Lotus (Battle-Scarred)

The M4A1-S | Black Lotus (Battle-Scarred) is a Classified rifle skin with a black lotus flower over a blue and purple base, in its most heavily worn condition. It's the cheapest way into the finish, trading surface condition for the lowest entry price.

Design

Black Lotus stays atmospheric: a black lotus flower painted across a blue-to-purple base, a mystical, art-forward finish that trades busy graphics for mood. Designed by the community artist moonfighter, it ships with a fitting in-game line: "Adds 2 kills during rifle round, then is discarded."

M4A1-S | Black Lotus (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

At Battle-Scarred the finish wears its damage openly — heavy scratching and paint loss spread across the body, and the base thins in places. The lotus flower survives as the anchor that keeps the skin readable. Note the finish is capped at 0.70 rather than the full 1.0, so its Battle-Scarred copies never reach the extreme end of the float scale, and the design stays legible even at its roughest.

M4A1-S | Black Lotus Rarity

Rarity: Classified, the pink tier. It sits directly below Covert as the second-highest of the standard weapon grades, and it's a genuinely uncommon grade to unbox.

M4A1-S | Black Lotus Case and Collection

Black Lotus is part of The Kilowatt Collection and is unboxed from the Kilowatt Case, released together in February 2024. As a group the Classified tier drops about 3.2% of the time (the rate is shared across the tier's skins), which is why most copies are picked up on the market rather than pulled from the case.

M4A1-S | Black Lotus Patterns

The finish has no random pattern variation to speak of — the lotus and the blue-purple base appear the same on every copy, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" to hunt for. Wear and float are all that distinguish one from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There's also a StatTrak™ Black Lotus pulled from the Kilowatt Case, which adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's rarer and costlier than the standard drop, and the counter is permanent, following the item through each trade or sale. No Souvenir variant was produced — Souvenir weapons are handed out only through Major-tournament packages, and a finish unboxed from a case never enters that pool.

M4A1-S | Black Lotus Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade of the skin — the entry-level way to run the design for players who care more about the look than the condition. If you want the blue-and-purple lotus M4A1-S for as little as possible, this is the way in, and it keeps the skin firmly in affordable mid-tier range. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is the Battle-Scarred Black Lotus still recognizable?

Yes. Despite the heavy scuffing, the black lotus and the blue-purple base keep the design readable at a glance in-game. Battle-Scarred is about accepting visible wear in exchange for the lowest price, not losing the artwork entirely.

Why doesn't the Battle-Scarred Black Lotus look completely trashed?

Because the finish is float-capped at 0.70 rather than the full 1.0, its Battle-Scarred copies never hit the most extreme wear. The damage is real and visible, but the ceiling on float keeps the lotus design more legible here than on many lighter-based skins.

Which gloves go with the Black Lotus?

Its blue-and-purple palette suits a cool-toned loadout, so blue or purple gloves work best — a violet pair echoes the base while blue wraps pick up the gradient. Neutral black gloves also hold the mystical mood without pulling attention from the artwork.