Nova | Hyper Beast (Well-Worn)

The Nova | Hyper Beast (Well-Worn) is a Classified shotgun finish with a psychedelic purple-and-green creature, here in a more weathered state. It's a cheaper route into a grail-tier Nova finish, with wear the busy artwork still partly disguises.

Design

At its core this finish is a custom-painted beast drenched in psychedelic color across the Nova, led by purple and green. It began as a community submission from frontaLOBE, part of the celebrated Hyper Beast series, and it carries a dark in-game quote: "They call you The Oni, right? Such a scary name for such a sad man."

Nova | Hyper Beast (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

Within the finish's 0.00–0.60 float range, Well-Worn sits near the top end. Scuffing and paint loss spread across the body and edges, muting the psychedelic colors in places, but the dense artwork keeps the creature recognizable. For players who want a grail finish without the top-grade price, it delivers the look for meaningfully less.

Nova | Hyper Beast Rarity

Rarity: Classified, the pink tier — ranked just beneath Covert and second from the top of the standard weapon grades. Pulling one from a case is genuinely uncommon, which keeps the finish valuable even at worn grades.

Nova | Hyper Beast Case and Collection

Hyper Beast sits in The Wildfire Collection and drops from the Operation Wildfire Case that arrived with Operation Wildfire back in February 2016. As a group the Classified tier unboxes about 3.2% of the time from the case (the figure is shared across the tier), and with the case out of the active drop pool, supply is locked — the market carries the copies.

Nova | Hyper Beast Patterns

Since the beast art covers the entire weapon, its placement can drift a little between copies with the paint seed. There's no recognized "blue gem" or premium seed to chase, though — the variation is subtle, so the wear grade and float value are what really separate one copy from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak edition of this finish is out there too, adding a confirmed-kill counter; it's a rarer, costlier drop than the plain skin, and the counter is permanent, so it never gets wiped across trades or sales. There's no Souvenir variant — Souvenir weapons only come from Major-tournament packages, and the Operation Wildfire Case was never one.

Nova | Hyper Beast Price

Well-Worn sits toward the lower end of the finish's ladder, below Field-Tested and above only Battle-Scarred — a more affordable way into a finish that's high-end across the board. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does the Well-Worn Hyper Beast look?

Noticeably. Expect visible scuffing and muted colors across the body and edges — more than Field-Tested but short of the heavy battering of Battle-Scarred. The dense artwork keeps the creature readable, so the psychedelic look still comes across clearly on the Nova in-game.

Is Well-Worn worth buying over Field-Tested?

Mainly if you want to trim the price on a pricey finish. Field-Tested looks a fair bit fresher for a moderate step up in cost, so many buyers prefer it. Well-Worn makes sense when you want this grail-tier artwork for less and don't mind the extra wear on the colors.

Is the Well-Worn Hyper Beast still worth collecting?

Yes. Even at this grade it's a Classified finish from a retired case, so it holds real value and demand as part of the Hyper Beast series. Well-Worn simply offers a lower entry point into that grail status — the artwork stays recognizable, and a StatTrak version exists here too if you want the counter.