Nova | Rising Skull (Factory New)

The Nova | Rising Skull (Factory New) is a Restricted shotgun skin — a skull rendered in matte paints and oil-based marker across a white finish. Factory New is the top grade the finish reaches, keeping the white base bright and the skull artwork at its sharpest.

Design

Rising Skull sets a hand-drawn skull, done in matte paints and an oil-based paint marker, against a white body for a stark, gothic contrast. It's a community design by the artist UFOsAreReal, and it carries a bit of Counter-Strike lore in its in-game line: "Mr. Izaki, I'm not complaining... but how many shotguns do you need? - Imogen and The Oni, Part 1."

Nova | Rising Skull (Factory New) Float and Wear

The finish rolls between float 0.00 and 0.50, and Factory New sits at the very bottom of that band. Here the white base stays clean and bright, and the skull's matte-and-marker linework reads crisply with no edge fading. For the design at its most striking, Factory New is the grade to grab.

Nova | Rising Skull Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the pink tier, sitting mid-to-upper on the standard weapon grades. It's a genuinely uncommon rarity to pull, a clear step above the everyday blue and light-blue tiers.

Nova | Rising Skull Case and Collection

This shotgun belongs to The Winter Offensive Collection and drops from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, released with the Winter Offensive update in December 2013. The Restricted tier pulls at roughly 15.98% from the case (a rate shared across the tier). As one of CS's older cases, its supply is fixed, so most copies change hands on the market rather than being unboxed.

Nova | Rising Skull Patterns

Rising Skull uses a fixed design — the paint seed never shifts where the skull sits, so every copy wears the same artwork on the white base. There's no "best pattern" or blue-gem seed to chase here; wear and float are the only things separating one copy from the next.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version of this Nova exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter, dropping from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case as a rarer, pricier variant of the standard skin — and that counter is permanent, carrying over when the item is traded or sold. There's no Souvenir edition, as Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages, and this case was never a Major drop.

Nova | Rising Skull Price

Factory New sits at the top of this finish's price ladder as the cleanest available grade — a premium pick within the Nova lineup that still stops short of grail money. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New Rising Skull worth the premium?

If the stark white-and-skull contrast is the appeal, yes. Factory New keeps the base bright and the marker linework sharp, which is exactly what sells this gothic design. Lower grades cost less but let scuffing creep onto the pale base, so pay up when a bright, clean look is the priority.

Does Rising Skull come in StatTrak?

Yes. A StatTrak edition drops from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, adding a confirmed-kill counter that never gets wiped as the item is traded or sold. It's rarer and pricier than the standard finish. There's no Souvenir version, since those only come from Major-tournament packages.

Which gloves suit Rising Skull?

Its white base with dark skull artwork pairs cleanly with black-and-white or gray gloves — monochrome hand wraps keep the stark, gothic contrast intact without adding competing color. A dark, high-contrast loadout lets this Nova's skull do the talking as the centerpiece.