Nova | Hyper Beast (Battle-Scarred)

The Nova | Hyper Beast (Battle-Scarred) is a Classified shotgun finish with a psychedelic purple-and-green creature, in its most heavily worn condition. It's the cheapest way into this grail-tier Nova finish, trading surface condition for the lowest entry price.

Design

Hyper Beast keeps the Nova loud: a custom-painted creature soaked in psychedelic color, ruled by purple and green swirls. Community artist frontaLOBE made it for the popular Hyper Beast series, and it ships with a chilling in-game line: "They call you The Oni, right? Such a scary name for such a sad man."

Nova | Hyper Beast (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

Battle-Scarred sits at the top of the finish's 0.00–0.60 float range, where wear shows openly — heavy scuffing and paint loss cover the body, dulling the psychedelic colors throughout. Because the finish is float-capped at 0.60 rather than the full 1.0, though, its Battle-Scarred copies never reach the most extreme end of the scale, so the creature stays legible even at its roughest.

Nova | Hyper Beast Rarity

Rarity: Classified — the pink tier, directly below Covert as the second-highest of the standard weapon grades. It's a genuinely uncommon class to unbox, which keeps the finish valuable even in its most worn state.

Nova | Hyper Beast Case and Collection

The finish is part of The Wildfire Collection and is unboxed from the Operation Wildfire Case, released together with Operation Wildfire in February 2016. The Classified tier drops at around 3.2% from the case (a rate shared among the tier's skins), and because the case is out of the active drop pool, supply is fixed — the market, not unboxing, is where most copies come from.

Nova | Hyper Beast Patterns

The beast art stretches across the whole shotgun, and its placement can vary a little from copy to copy with the paint seed. No "blue gem" or premium seed is worth hunting here, though — the differences are minor, leaving wear and float as the only meaningful separators between copies.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak edition of this finish also exists, adding a confirmed-kill counter to the shotgun; it's rarer and pricier than the standard drop, and the counter is permanent — it never gets wiped through trades or sales. There's no Souvenir version, as Souvenir weapons are handed out only in Major-tournament packages and the Operation Wildfire Case was never one.

Nova | Hyper Beast Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade of the finish — the most affordable entry into a design that's high-end across every grade. For players who want the beast on the Nova without paying grail-tier top dollar, 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 Hyper Beast still recognizable?

Yes. Despite the heavy scuffing, the psychedelic colors and creature artwork keep the design readable at a glance in-game. Battle-Scarred is about accepting visible wear for the lowest price on a costly finish, not losing the look — the beast still reads clearly on the Nova.

Why doesn't the Battle-Scarred Hyper Beast look completely trashed?

Because the finish is float-capped at 0.60 rather than the full 1.0, its Battle-Scarred copies stop short of the most extreme wear. The dense, colorful artwork also hides damage well, so the creature stays more legible here than plainer skins do at the same grade.

Is the Battle-Scarred Hyper Beast the cheapest option?

Yes. Battle-Scarred is the lowest grade on the ladder and the least expensive way to own this finish. It's still a Classified grail piece with real demand, so it isn't truly cheap, but this grade is the most budget-friendly route into the Hyper Beast look on the Nova.