Nova | Wild Six (Minimal Wear)

The Nova | Wild Six (Minimal Wear) is a Restricted shotgun skin with a brown, post-apocalyptic finish over the Nova's shell. Minimal Wear keeps the artwork looking almost untouched while trimming the cost of the top grade.

Design

Built on rugged brown tones, the finish applies a custom post-apocalyptic paint job across the body for a grimy, wasteland look. The design comes from community artists DasDas, Des, and Mia, and it ships with a fitting line: "My gun, my rules."

Nova | Wild Six (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

With a float span of 0.00 to 0.80, Minimal Wear falls just above Factory New on the scale. Any wear at this grade is faint and mostly confined to the edges, and the brown, cluttered artwork masks it easily, so the skin still reads as good as new at a glance. It is the value pick for players who want near-top condition without the Factory New tag.

Nova | Wild Six Rarity

Rarity: Restricted, the purple grade. It ranks one step below Classified and above the blue Mil-Spec tier, making it a genuinely uncommon drop from a case.

Nova | Wild Six Case and Collection

Part of The Clutch Collection, this shotgun comes out of the Clutch Case that launched in February 2018. Across the case the Restricted tier pulls at about 16% (that odds figure is shared among the tier's skins), and with supply fixed, the market is where most buyers find their copy.

Nova | Wild Six Patterns

There is no random pattern roll on this finish. The post-apocalyptic design is placed identically on every copy, which means no paint seed or "blue gem" to track down — copies differ only by their wear and float values.

StatTrak & Souvenir

You can also find a StatTrak edition, which tacks a confirmed-kill counter onto the shell; it is a scarcer, pricier drop than the plain version, and that counter is permanent, following the item through every trade or sale without ever being wiped. No Souvenir edition was made — Souvenir weapons are produced only from Major-tournament packages, and this one never featured in a package.

Nova | Wild Six Price

Minimal Wear sits just under Factory New on the price ladder while looking nearly the same, which makes it the smart-value grade of the finish. It stays comfortably in affordable mid-tier range for a Nova. Grab it on Skin.Land with instant delivery.

FAQ

How different is Minimal Wear from Factory New?

Barely different to the eye. The wear at Minimal Wear is light and edge-bound, and the busy brown artwork hides it well, so most players can't tell the two grades apart in a match. Factory New costs more for a difference you notice mainly on close inspection, so Minimal Wear is the value call.

Is the StatTrak Wild Six worth more?

Yes. StatTrak copies are rarer and carry a premium over the standard finish because of the built-in frag counter. Whether it is worth it depends on you — if you enjoy watching your kill count climb, it adds character, but the standard version gives you the same wasteland look for less.

Why does the pattern look the same on every copy?

Because the design is fixed. The paint seed determines placement only on randomized finishes, and this one is not randomized — the post-apocalyptic artwork lands the same on every Nova. That leaves wear and float as the only meaningful differences between listings.