Nova | Sobek's Bite (Well-Worn)

The Nova | Sobek's Bite (Well-Worn) is a Restricted Nova finish with gold and black Egyptian artwork, shown in a weathered condition. Well-Worn drops the price in exchange for visible age while keeping the Sobek theme recognizable.

Design

Themed on Sobek, the crocodile god of the Nile, the finish combines a black base with ornate gold Egyptian detailing for a rich, ancient-world aesthetic. Community artist apel8 designed it, and it carries the evocative line "From the water comes chaos."

Nova | Sobek's Bite (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

Working across the full 0.00–1.00 float range, Well-Worn sits high and shows it — clear scuffing and paint thinning spread over the body, with the gold linework taking the brunt where wear collects. The Egyptian design stays identifiable, but this grade wears its age openly, which is the trade for its lower price.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Rarity

The finish is Restricted — the pink tier, one of the upper standard weapon grades and a step above the blue Mil-Spec level. It's an uncommon classification that carries real collector interest regardless of wear.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Case and Collection

This is an Anubis Collection finish, the set having debuted in April 2023. Its Restricted tier drops at about 15.98% from the Anubis Collection Package, a rate shared across every skin in that tier — so a specific finish in a specific grade remains meaningfully scarcer than the shared figure implies.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Patterns

Pattern hunting is a non-starter here. Because the finish is fixed, the paint seed changes nothing about the artwork; the gold Egyptian design is placed the same way on every copy, with no premium seed or blue gem in play. Wear grade is the lone variable between copies.

StatTrak & Souvenir

The finish exists as a regular version and a Souvenir version, with no StatTrak available — that counter is generated only by weapon cases, and the Anubis Collection never came as one. Souvenir copies first surfaced in the Paris 2023 Anubis Souvenir Package and later across additional Major souvenir packages.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Price

Well-Worn sits low on this finish's ladder, above only Battle-Scarred, making it one of the cheaper ways to own the Egyptian design. Even at that level the finish's premium standing in the Nova range keeps it from being pocket change. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does the Well-Worn version look?

Noticeably. Expect visible scuffing and paint thinning across the body, with the gold linework showing the wear most — more than Field-Tested but short of Battle-Scarred's heavy battering. The black base and gold motifs keep it recognizable as Sobek's Bite, so the theme still comes through despite the age.

Is Well-Worn worth buying over Field-Tested?

Chiefly if price drives the decision. Field-Tested keeps the gold detailing tidier for a modest step up in cost, so most buyers prefer it. Well-Worn is the pick when you want the Egyptian design as affordably as possible without dropping all the way to the roughest grade.

Does wear ruin the gold artwork?

It dulls it rather than destroys it. As float climbs, the bright gold linework picks up more scuffing and thinning than the black base does, so the contrast softens. At Well-Worn the gold is clearly aged but still traces the full Egyptian design, so the finish reads as intended from normal viewing distance.