Nova | Clear Polymer (Minimal Wear)

The Nova | Clear Polymer (Minimal Wear) is a Restricted shotgun skin painted to look like its casing is transparent, revealing the mechanism within. Minimal Wear keeps that see-through illusion looking sharp while trimming a little off the top-grade price.

Design

The finish leans on a clever technical trick: custom paint makes the shotgun's shell appear transparent, so you seem to look right through to its internals. Designer Strenson built the look, which ships with the on-theme flavor line "Your goals are clear."

Nova | Clear Polymer (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

With the finish spanning the full 0.00–1.00 float range, Minimal Wear falls just above Factory New. Expect only faint edge wear here, while the transparent-casing effect stays clear and convincing across the body. For most buyers this grade preserves the illusion almost as well as Factory New for a touch less money.

Nova | Clear Polymer Rarity

Rarity: Restricted. That's the purple class, a respectable mid-to-upper tier on the standard weapon scale and an uncommon grade to unbox — a clear cut above the common lower classes.

Nova | Clear Polymer Case and Collection

The finish belongs to The Operation Broken Fang Collection and comes out of the Operation Broken Fang Case, which launched in December 2020. The Restricted tier drops from that case around 15.98% of the time (a rate shared among the tier's skins), making it one of the scarcer results.

Nova | Clear Polymer Patterns

No random pattern roll applies to this skin — the paint seed doesn't change the artwork, and the transparent-casing look sits the same on every copy. That means there's no blue-gem seed worth hunting; wear and float are the only things that set copies apart.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There's a StatTrak edition too, which tacks on a confirmed-kill counter; it drops more rarely and costs more than the plain version, and its counter is permanent, never getting wiped through trades or sales. No Souvenir variant was ever made — Souvenir weapons are produced only from Major-tournament packages, and this finish never featured in one.

Nova | Clear Polymer Price

Minimal Wear sits one rung under Factory New on the price ladder while staying above Field-Tested — a premium grade that shaves a bit off the top price without giving up much visually. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does the Minimal Wear finish still look transparent?

Yes, clearly. At Minimal Wear the see-through casing effect reads convincingly across the body, with only light edge wear on close inspection. The illusion of exposed internals is the whole point of the skin, and this grade preserves it well for less than Factory New commands.

Is the StatTrak version worth it?

It depends on your goals. StatTrak adds a live frag counter and a bit of prestige, but it costs noticeably more and is rarer on the market. If you like tracking your kills or want the scarcer variant, it's worth the premium; otherwise the standard skin looks identical in-game.

How rare is a Restricted skin?

Restricted is the purple tier, an uncommon grade that pulls from the Operation Broken Fang Case at roughly 15.98% across the whole tier. That's well below the common lower classes, so the finish carries more scarcity — and typically more value — than everyday Consumer or Industrial skins.