Nova | Rising Skull (Well-Worn)

The Nova | Rising Skull (Well-Worn) is a Restricted shotgun skin with a white body and a matte-and-marker skull, here in a more weathered state. It's a cheaper route into the gothic design, with wear the pale base shows more openly.

Design

Rising Skull keeps its contrast simple: a hand-drawn skull in matte paints and oil-based marker over a white finish, gothic without any extra clutter. The finish is a community design by UFOsAreReal, and it carries a piece of 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 (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

The finish is float-capped at 0.50, and Well-Worn sits near the top of that range. Expect clear scuffing and paint loss across the edges and the white base, which shows damage more readily than a dark skin would — though the skull stays recognizable throughout. For players who prize price over polish, this grade delivers the look for less.

Nova | Rising Skull 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 | Rising Skull Case and Collection

This Nova is drawn from The Winter Offensive Collection and unboxed from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, released with the Winter Offensive update in December 2013. Restricted items drop at roughly 15.98% from the case (a rate the whole tier shares). As one of the older cases, its supply is fixed, so most copies come from the market rather than case pulls.

Nova | Rising Skull Patterns

Every Rising Skull shares the same fixed layout — the skull lands identically on the white base 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

A StatTrak edition of this Nova does exist, pulled from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case with a confirmed-kill counter along for the ride; it's a scarcer, more expensive drop than the plain skin, and that counter is permanent — it carries over whenever the item is traded or sold. A Souvenir version was never made, since Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages and this case never was one.

Nova | Rising Skull Price

Well-Worn sits low on the finish's ladder, under Field-Tested and above only Battle-Scarred — a budget route into the design for players who won't pay the higher grades. It's among the cheaper ways to a genuine Rising Skull. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How rough does Well-Worn Rising Skull look?

Fairly worn. Scuffing and paint loss show clearly across the edges and the white base, which reveals wear more than a dark skin would — more than Field-Tested but short of Battle-Scarred's heavier battering. The skull stays recognizable throughout, so it still reads as Rising Skull in-game.

Is Well-Worn worth it over Field-Tested?

Mainly if price is the deciding factor. Field-Tested keeps the white base tidier for a modest step up in cost, so many buyers prefer it. Well-Worn makes sense when you want the gothic skull design as cheaply as possible without dropping all the way to Battle-Scarred.

Can I get a StatTrak Well-Worn Rising Skull?

Yes. StatTrak versions drop from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case across the wear range, so a StatTrak Well-Worn copy is possible. It adds a confirmed-kill counter that never gets wiped through trades or sales, at a premium over the standard finish. There's no Souvenir version, though.