Nova | Antique (Factory New)

The Nova | Antique (Factory New) is a Classified shotgun skin dressed like an heirloom firearm, with a warm wood-stock body and gold inlay running across the receiver. Factory New is the top grade the finish comes in, showing the brass detailing at its brightest.

Design

Antique leans into an old-world, collector's-piece look: hydrographics and dry-transfer decals combine to fake a lacquered wood stock trimmed with gold inlay, a brown-and-brass palette that feels more like a display-cabinet antique than a service weapon. It's a community design by Ancient, and it ships with the in-game line "With age comes wisdom and stopping power."

Nova | Antique (Factory New) Float and Wear

The finish runs a float range of 0.00–0.30, and Factory New sits right at the bottom of it. At this grade the wood grain reads richly and the gold inlay stays bright and unbroken, with no scuffing to dull the brass. If you want the heirloom illusion looking its best, this is the condition to reach for.

Nova | Antique Rarity

Rarity: Classified — the pink tier, second from the top of the standard weapon grades and sitting just under Covert. It's an uncommon grade to pull straight from a case.

Nova | Antique Case and Collection

This skin belongs to The Phoenix Collection and unboxes from the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case, which launched with Operation Phoenix in February 2014. The Classified tier as a whole drops about 3.2% of the time from the case (that rate is shared across the tier), and with the Operation Phoenix Case long out of the active drop pool, most copies now change hands on the market.

Nova | Antique Patterns

There's no random pattern roll here — the wood grain and gold inlay land the same way on every copy, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" worth chasing. Only wear and float tell one Antique apart from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version of this Nova exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's a scarcer, pricier drop, and that counter is permanent — it never gets wiped when the item is traded or sold. There's no Souvenir edition, because Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages and the Phoenix Collection was never handed out at a Major.

Nova | Antique Price

Factory New sits at the top of the Antique price ladder as the highest grade on offer, a clear step above Minimal Wear and Field-Tested. It's a premium pick for the model without climbing into grail money. Available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth the premium on the Antique?

If you want the gold inlay and wood grain at their most vivid, yes. Factory New keeps the brass detailing bright and free of scuffing, which is the whole appeal of the heirloom look. Minimal Wear costs less and stays close, so pay up only if top condition matters to you.

Which gloves suit the Nova Antique?

Its brown-and-brass palette wants a warm, earthy loadout, so tan, leather-brown or gold-accented gloves tie in nicely — think Hand Wraps in a natural leather tone or gloves with a bronze finish. Steer clear of cold blues; they clash with the antique wood-and-gold theme.

Does the Antique have a fixed design?

Yes. The wood-stock texture and gold inlay are painted the same on every copy, so no two-way pattern lottery applies. What separates copies is wear and float, plus whether it carries the StatTrak counter. There's no rare seed to hunt on this Nova.