Nova | Windblown (Factory New)

The Nova | Windblown (Factory New, FN) is a Mil-Spec shotgun skin that spray-paints a whole dandelion field across the body. Factory New is the top grade the finish comes in, showing the yellow-and-green artwork at its most legible.

Design

Windblown covers the Nova in a randomized dandelion-field motif — soft yellow blooms scattered over green stems, a light, almost pastoral look that stands apart from the usual camo-and-hardware treatments on shotguns. It's a community design by the artist MGBazz, and it carries a cheeky in-game line: "Get off my lawn."

Nova | Windblown (Factory New) Float and Wear

The finish runs from float 0.00 to 0.50, and Factory New sits at the bottom of that range. Here the dandelion artwork reads at full clarity, edges free of scuffing and the pale yellows holding their brightness against the green backdrop. If you want the field looking its best, this is the grade to reach for.

Nova | Windblown Rarity

Rarity: Mil-Spec Grade — the blue tier, the most common band of the standard weapon grades. It's the entry rung of the rarity ladder, which keeps the finish easy to find and easy on the wallet.

Nova | Windblown Case and Collection

This skin belongs to The Snakebite Collection and drops from the Snakebite Case, which arrived with the End of Broken Fang update in May 2021. The Mil-Spec tier is the most frequent pull from the case at roughly 79.92% (a rate shared across the tier's skins), so copies are plentiful on the market.

Nova | Windblown Patterns

The dandelion layout is fixed — the paint seed doesn't reshuffle the artwork, so every copy carries the field the same way and there's no "best pattern" or blue-gem seed to chase. Wear and float are the only things that set one copy apart from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter that never gets wiped, carrying over through trades and sales; it's a scarcer, pricier drop than the plain finish. There's no Souvenir version — those are minted only from Major-tournament packages, and the Snakebite Case was never handed out at a Major.

Nova | Windblown Price

Factory New sits at the top of the Windblown ladder, the highest grade and priciest of the bunch — though as a Mil-Spec Nova the whole ladder stays firmly budget-friendly. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is the Factory New Windblown worth paying up for?

If you want the dandelion field at its most vivid, yes. Factory New shows the yellow blooms with no edge scuffing, and because it's a Mil-Spec skin the premium over lower grades is small in absolute terms. Budget buyers can drop to Field-Tested (FT) and still read the artwork fine.

Which gloves match the Nova | Windblown?

Its soft yellow-and-green palette pairs well with light, earthy wraps — think tan or olive gloves that echo the meadow theme rather than fighting it. Sport gloves in muted greens or a pale hand-wrap keep the loadout cohesive without pulling attention from the dandelion artwork.

Does this Nova have a StatTrak version?

Yes. A StatTrak™ Windblown drops from the same Snakebite Case and tracks your confirmed kills on a counter that never gets wiped, staying with the weapon through every trade. It's rarer and costs more than the standard finish, but for a Mil-Spec shotgun the premium is modest.