Nova | Clear Polymer (Well-Worn)

The Nova | Clear Polymer (Well-Worn) is a Restricted shotgun skin whose paint mimics a transparent casing over the weapon's internals, here in a more battered state. It's a cheaper route into the see-inside finish, with wear the design still works around.

Design

At its core the finish is a technical illusion — custom paint that makes the Nova's shell look see-through, exposing the mechanism beneath. The look was crafted by designer Strenson and carries the on-brand line "Your goals are clear," a nod to the transparent concept.

Nova | Clear Polymer (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

Because the finish uses the full 0.00–1.00 float scale, Well-Worn sits high on it, below only Battle-Scarred. Expect clear scuffing and paint loss across the edges and body, which softens the transparent effect in places. For players who care more about price than a flawless surface, this grade still delivers the recognizable see-inside look for less.

Nova | Clear Polymer Rarity

Rarity: Restricted, the purple tier. It ranks in the upper-middle of the standard weapon grades and is a genuinely uncommon pull — a step up from the common Consumer and Industrial classes below it.

Nova | Clear Polymer Case and Collection

Part of The Operation Broken Fang Collection, the finish drops from the Operation Broken Fang Case launched in December 2020. The Restricted grade unboxes about 15.98% of the time from that case (a rate shared across the tier), placing it among the scarcer results in the pool.

Nova | Clear Polymer Patterns

There's no pattern lottery on this skin — the paint seed has no bearing on the look, and every copy shows the transparent-casing artwork in the same layout. So no blue-gem seed exists to track down; the wear grade and float are what distinguish one copy from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version does exist and adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's a rarer and costlier drop than the plain skin, and the counter is permanent, never getting wiped when the item is traded or sold. No Souvenir edition was ever produced — those come solely from Major-tournament packages, and this finish never appeared in one.

Nova | Clear Polymer Price

Well-Worn sits near the bottom of this finish's price ladder, under Field-Tested and above only Battle-Scarred — a budget way into the transparent look for players who won't pay the mid-grade premium. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does the Well-Worn version look?

Noticeably. Expect visible scratching and paint thinning across the edges and body — more than Field-Tested but short of Battle-Scarred's heaviest battering. The transparent-casing effect fades in the roughest spots, though the skin still reads as the see-inside Nova at a glance in-game.

Is Well-Worn worth buying over Field-Tested?

Only if price leads your decision. Field-Tested looks meaningfully better for a modest step up in cost, so most buyers prefer it. Well-Worn makes sense when you want the transparent finish as cheaply as possible without dropping all the way to Battle-Scarred's condition.

Is there a StatTrak Well-Worn copy?

Yes. StatTrak spans the wear grades, so a StatTrak Well-Worn exists alongside the standard one, with a permanent frag counter that never gets wiped. It's rarer and pricier than the plain version, but at this worn grade the overall cost stays among the more affordable ways to own a StatTrak copy.