Nova | Green Apple (Minimal Wear)

The Nova | Green Apple (Minimal Wear) is an Industrial Grade shotgun finish with a green-and-black scheme painted across individual parts of the weapon. Minimal Wear keeps the colors nearly intact while sitting a step below Factory New.

Design

The look is a straightforward two-tone: green and black solid colors applied to separate sections of the Nova, giving a bold, blocky finish. Valve designed it, and it ships with a wry in-game quote — "An apple a day keeps insurance premiums high."

Nova | Green Apple (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

Within the finish's 0.00–0.30 float range, Minimal Wear takes the second step. The green base holds its brightness and the black panels stay solid, with at most a trace of edge wear. Since the whole finish is capped at a low float, this grade looks very close to Factory New, making it a smart value pick.

Nova | Green Apple Rarity

Rarity: Industrial Grade, the light-blue tier. It sits one rung above Consumer Grade near the lower end of the standard weapon grades — a common class that keeps the finish easy to find.

Nova | Green Apple Case and Collection

Part of The Cobblestone Collection, which arrived with Operation Breakout in July 2014, the regular Green Apple isn't unboxed from a case. It reaches players through collection drops and trade-ups. Its Souvenir counterpart follows a different route, coming solely from Major-tournament packages.

Nova | Green Apple Patterns

This finish carries no random pattern variation: the green-and-black panels are placed the same on every copy, so no paint seed or "blue gem" is worth chasing. Only wear and float distinguish one copy from the next.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There's no StatTrak edition of this finish, but it does exist as both a regular and a Souvenir version. Souvenir copies came from Major-tournament souvenir packages — the ESL One Cologne 2014 Cobblestone package first, with later Major souvenir packages following at subsequent events. The regular version, like this one, is sourced from collection drops and trade-ups.

Nova | Green Apple Price

Minimal Wear sits just below Factory New on the finish's short ladder — a modest step down in price for a nearly identical look. It remains a premium pick among Nova skins overall. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does the Minimal Wear Green Apple look worn?

Barely. At this grade the finish shows at most a hint of edge wear, and the bold panels hide it well, so the green-and-black scheme stays sharp. Because the finish is float-capped low, Minimal Wear reads very close to Factory New, making it a sensible middle choice.

Is there a StatTrak Green Apple?

No. This finish was never made with a StatTrak counter, so there's no kill-tracking version in any grade. It does come as a Souvenir version alongside the regular one, but that's a cosmetic tournament tag from Major packages, not a StatTrak edition. The version you buy here is the standard regular finish.

How does Minimal Wear compare to Field-Tested?

Minimal Wear keeps the green brighter and the panels cleaner, while Field-Tested shows more visible scratching. Because the finish is capped at float 0.30, even Field-Tested stays fairly mild, but Minimal Wear is the pick if you want the two-tone look closer to fresh for a small step up in price.