Nova | Clear Polymer (Battle-Scarred)

The Nova | Clear Polymer (Battle-Scarred) is a Restricted shotgun skin with a paint job that imitates a transparent casing, shown here in its most heavily worn state. It's the cheapest way into the see-inside finish, trading surface condition for the lowest entry price.

Design

The finish is a piece of visual trickery: paint applied so the Nova's shell appears transparent, revealing the workings inside. Strenson designed the look, which ships with the thematically apt in-game line "Your goals are clear" — a fitting tag for a see-through skin.

Nova | Clear Polymer (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

This finish runs the full 0.00–1.00 float range, so Battle-Scarred reaches the extreme worn end of the scale. Heavy scratching and paint loss spread across the body, and the transparent illusion breaks up in the roughest areas. This is as beaten as the finish gets, and the see-inside concept still keeps it recognizable despite the damage.

Nova | Clear Polymer Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple grade, positioned in the upper-middle of the standard weapon tiers. Pulling one from a case is genuinely uncommon, ranking clearly above the common Consumer and Industrial classes.

Nova | Clear Polymer Case and Collection

This skin sits in The Operation Broken Fang Collection and is unboxed from the Operation Broken Fang Case, which released in December 2020. As a group the Restricted tier drops around 15.98% of the time from that case (the rate is shared among the tier's skins), so supply of the finish is limited.

Nova | Clear Polymer Patterns

Because the paint seed doesn't influence the artwork, the finish has no random pattern variation — the transparent-casing look lands the same on every copy. That means there's nothing like a blue-gem seed to hunt for; the only variables are the wear grade and its float value.

StatTrak & Souvenir

You can also find a StatTrak edition, which adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's rarer and more expensive than the standard drop, and its counter is permanent, following the item through every trade or sale without ever getting wiped. There's no Souvenir variant — Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages, and this finish was never in one.

Nova | Clear Polymer Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade of the finish — the entry-level way to run the transparent look for players who value the concept over the condition. If you want the see-inside Nova for as little as possible, this is the way in. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is the Battle-Scarred version still recognizable?

Yes. Despite heavy scuffing, the transparent-casing concept keeps the design readable at a glance in-game. Battle-Scarred is about accepting visible wear in exchange for the lowest price on the finish, not losing the see-inside identity entirely — the effect still comes through across most of the body.

Why is it the cheapest grade?

Battle-Scarred carries the most surface damage of any wear, which puts it at the bottom of the price ladder. For buyers who want the transparent Nova look without paying for a cleaner grade, that heavy wear is the trade-off that makes it the most affordable entry point.

Does it come with StatTrak?

A StatTrak version exists at this grade too, with a permanent frag counter that never gets wiped. Because Battle-Scarred is the least expensive wear, a StatTrak Battle-Scarred is often the cheapest route to owning any StatTrak copy of the finish — handy if you want the counter on a budget.