MP9 | Old Roots (Factory New)

The MP9 | Old Roots (Factory New) is an Industrial Grade SMG finish that sprays the weapon in a vine-and-flower pattern across mixed shades of green. Factory New is the top grade for this finish, showing the artwork at its sharpest.

Design

Old Roots wraps the MP9 body in overlapping vines and small flowers, rendered entirely in shades of green rather than any single flat color. It's a Valve-made finish, and its in-game line — "Established, seasoned, weathered—you can just say old" — leans into the aged, natural look the paint job goes for.

MP9 | Old Roots (Factory New) Float and Wear

Old Roots runs from 0.00 to 0.50, so this finish never reaches the harsher end of the float scale even at its worst. At Factory New the vine-and-flower artwork looks its most legible, with no scuffing breaking up the green tones — this is the grade to grab if you want the design as fresh as it gets.

MP9 | Old Roots Rarity

Old Roots sits at Industrial Grade, one of the more common weapon-skin tiers, so a copy is easy to come by relative to the rarer grades above it.

MP9 | Old Roots Case and Collection

This finish belongs to The 2021 Dust 2 Collection, which arrived with Operation Riptide in September 2021. It isn't tied to a purchasable weapon case — copies come from the collection itself, through trade-ups or map-collection drops from that period, rather than from opening a specific crate.

MP9 | Old Roots Patterns

The vine-and-flower artwork is fixed — the paint-seed index doesn't change how any copy looks, so there's no rare pattern or "best seed" to chase here. Wear and float are the only variables that separate one Old Roots from the next.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There's no StatTrak version of this finish. It does exist as a Souvenir item, though — Souvenir copies first appeared in the Stockholm 2021 Dust II Souvenir Package and have since shown up in later Major souvenir packages, handed out at tournaments rather than tied to one single update. This page covers the regular, non-Souvenir finish.

MP9 | Old Roots Price

Factory New tops the Old Roots price ladder as the highest grade of the finish, priced as an affordable mid-tier pickup rather than a budget throwaway. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

When was the MP9 | Old Roots added to CS2?

Old Roots released with Operation Riptide in September 2021 as part of The 2021 Dust 2 Collection. It wasn't sold through a dedicated weapon case — copies mainly come from the collection itself or the market, though Souvenir versions have appeared in Major tournament packages ever since.

Does the pattern matter on the MP9 | Old Roots?

No. The vine-and-flower design is fixed on every copy, so the paint seed makes zero visual difference and there's no "best pattern" worth hunting. The only thing that changes how an Old Roots looks is its float and wear grade.

What are the best gloves for the MP9 | Old Roots?

Its mixed-green vine artwork pairs naturally with earthy, outdoorsy tones, so green or olive-toned gloves make the best MP9 Old Roots glove combo — think driver gloves in a forest green or a muted khaki pair. Brown leather-look gloves also work if you want a more natural, foliage-matched loadout.