M4A4 | Daybreak (Factory New)

The M4A4 | Daybreak (Factory New) is a Restricted rifle skin painted with a sunrise motif in warm orange-yellow metallic paints — a sun-god theme stretched across the body. Factory New is the top grade, showing the metallic dawn artwork at its most vivid before any handling dulls the paint.

Design

Daybreak renders a sunrise across the rifle in warm orange-yellow metallic paints, a sun-god theme that reads as glowing dawn light rather than a busy graphic. It's an in-house Valve finish rather than a community submission, and it carries a fitting line: "The sun rises on the just and unjust alike."

M4A4 | Daybreak (Factory New) Float and Wear

Factory New is the highest grade this skin reaches, and at this level the metallic paints keep their full luster while the sunrise motif reads at peak definition, with the body free of scuffing. For a player who wants the dawn artwork exactly as the designer intended, this is the condition to reach for — and it sits at the top of the finish's own price ladder to match.

M4A4 | Daybreak Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple tier, a mid-tier grade sitting above Mil-Spec and one step below Classified among the standard weapon grades. As a higher-than-average grade, it's a scarcer drop than the blue Mil-Spec skins that share its source.

M4A4 | Daybreak Case and Collection

This rifle isn't tied to a weapon case — it belongs to The Rising Sun Collection, introduced with Operation Bloodhound in May 2015. Because the collection has no case behind it, copies come through trade-up contracts or straight off the market rather than from unboxing, which shapes how supply moves for the finish.

M4A4 | Daybreak Patterns

There's no random pattern variation here — the sunrise artwork is laid out the same way on every copy, so no paint seed or "blue gem" is worth chasing. Wear and float are the only things that set one example apart from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There's no StatTrak version of this skin — StatTrak weapons come only from cases that ship a StatTrak variant, and this finish was never placed in such a case. There's no Souvenir version either: Souvenir weapons drop solely from Major-tournament souvenir packages, and The Rising Sun Collection has never been part of a Major souvenir drop.

M4A4 | Daybreak Price

Factory New sits at the very top of this skin's price ladder as the highest grade available — a clear step above the worn conditions, and a high-end, near-grail pick within the M4A4 lineup. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth it over Minimal Wear?

It depends on how much you value the sharpest artwork. Factory New shows the sunrise motif at peak definition with the metallic paints at full luster, but Minimal Wear looks very close in a match. Since Daybreak is a high-end finish, the Factory New premium is real — pay up for the best condition on the shelf, or take Minimal Wear to save while keeping nearly the same look.

Which gloves go with the Daybreak?

Its warm orange-yellow palette suits a bright, sunlit loadout, so orange, tan, or gold gloves work best — an orange pair echoes the dawn tones, while tan or two-tone wraps keep things warm without clashing. It slots neatly beside other fire- or sunrise-themed skins if you're building a matching warm-toned setup.

Who designed the Daybreak?

It's a Valve in-house finish rather than a community Workshop entry, released within The Rising Sun Collection. The sun-god motif and its flavor line — "The sun rises on the just and unjust alike" — are Valve's own work, part of the studio's Operation Bloodhound collection skins from May 2015.