Nova | Red Quartz (Well-Worn)

The Nova | Red Quartz (Well-Worn) is a Restricted shotgun skin with a brown, crystallized metallic finish, here in a more weathered state. It's a cheaper route into the quartz design, with wear that dulls the sheen but never reaches the harshest extreme.

Design

Red Quartz keeps its texture front and center: metallic paint shaped by a crystallizing mask into a faceted brown pattern that catches light like cut stone. The finish is Valve-made, and it carries the in-game aside "Everyone wants to make an impact," a nod to its eye-catching shine.

Nova | Red Quartz (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

The finish is float-capped at 0.40, and Well-Worn is the top-worn grade it reaches — so this exterior stays milder than a Well-Worn on a full-range skin, never touching the most extreme wear. Expect visible scuffing and thinning that dulls the metallic sheen across the edges, though the crystallized brown pattern remains recognizable. For players who prize price over polish, this grade delivers the look for less.

Nova | Red Quartz Rarity

Rarity: Restricted, the pink tier. It ranks mid-to-upper among the standard weapon grades — an uncommon rarity that stands a clear step above the common blue and light-blue tiers.

Nova | Red Quartz Case and Collection

This Nova is drawn from The 2021 Train Collection, released alongside Operation Riptide in September 2021. Restricted items drop at roughly 15.98% within their tier (a rate the whole tier shares). With no case behind the collection, most copies come from collection drops rather than case pulls.

Nova | Red Quartz Patterns

Every Red Quartz shares the same fixed layout — the crystallized brown artwork lands identically no matter the paint seed, so there's no blue-gem or "best pattern" copy to seek out. What separates two copies is purely their wear grade and float reading.

StatTrak & Souvenir

No StatTrak edition of this Nova was ever produced; StatTrak is a case-only feature, and this finish comes from a collection without a case. A Souvenir version is equally absent — Souvenir weapons are minted only for Major-tournament packages, and Red Quartz was never offered in one.

Nova | Red Quartz Price

Well-Worn sits at the bottom of this finish's ladder as the most affordable of the four grades — a budget route into the quartz design for players who won't pay for higher condition. It's the cheapest way to a genuine Red Quartz. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How rough does Well-Worn Red Quartz look?

Fairly worn — scuffing and thinning dull the metallic sheen across the edges and high-contact areas. Because the finish caps at float 0.40, though, its Well-Worn copies never reach the harshest extreme, so the crystallized brown pattern stays recognizable and the skin reads clearly as Red Quartz.

Is Well-Worn worth it over Field-Tested?

Mainly if price is the deciding factor. Field-Tested holds more of the metallic shimmer for a modest step up in cost, so many buyers prefer it. Well-Worn makes sense when you want the quartz design as cheaply as possible, accepting a duller sheen for the lowest entry price.

Does Red Quartz have a StatTrak or Souvenir version?

No to both. StatTrak is minted only inside weapon cases, and this finish comes from a caseless collection, so no counter version exists. Souvenir editions come exclusively from Major-tournament packages that never featured Red Quartz, leaving the regular finish as the only version made.