Nova | Windblown (Minimal Wear)

The Nova | Windblown (Minimal Wear) is a Mil-Spec shotgun skin decorated with a spray-painted dandelion field in yellow and green. Minimal Wear keeps the artwork nearly untouched while shaving a little off the top-grade price.

Design

The look is a scattered dandelion meadow — pale yellow flowers over green stems, spray-painted across the Nova for a breezy, outdoorsy feel that few shotgun skins go for. Community artist MGBazz put it together, and the finish ships with a fitting in-game quip: "Get off my lawn."

Nova | Windblown (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

Within the finish's 0.00–0.50 float span, Minimal Wear sits just above Factory New. Any wear is limited to the faintest thinning on exposed edges, and the dandelion field still reads bright and legible across the body. For most buyers it looks all but identical to the top grade at a slightly friendlier price.

Nova | Windblown Rarity

Rarity: Mil-Spec Grade, the blue tier. It's the most common grade among the standard weapon skins, the first step on the rarity ladder — which is a big part of why this Nova stays cheap and widely available.

Nova | Windblown Case and Collection

Part of The Snakebite Collection, this finish is unboxed from the Snakebite Case that launched with the End of Broken Fang update back in May 2021. As the most common band in the case, the Mil-Spec tier pulls around 79.92% of the time (an odds figure shared across the tier), leaving plenty of copies on the market.

Nova | Windblown Patterns

There's no random pattern roll to speak of: the dandelion artwork lands identically on every copy, so no paint seed or "blue gem" is worth hunting. The only differences between copies come down to wear grade and float value.

StatTrak & Souvenir

You can also find a StatTrak™ Windblown, which adds a confirmed-kill counter — one that never gets wiped and follows the item through trades and sales. It drops more rarely than the standard skin and costs a bit more. No Souvenir edition exists, since Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages and this case was never a Major drop.

Nova | Windblown Price

Minimal Wear sits one rung below Factory New on the price ladder while looking nearly the same — a smart pick for buyers who want a near-top-grade dandelion Nova without paying the very top price. As a Mil-Spec skin it's budget territory throughout. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How does Minimal Wear compare to Factory New here?

Very closely. The dandelion field looks nearly identical between the two grades, with Minimal Wear showing only the faintest edge wear on close inspection. For most players it's the value pick — you keep almost the full Factory New look while paying a touch less for the shotgun.

Is the Nova | Windblown a good budget shotgun skin?

It is. As a Mil-Spec finish it sits at the cheap end of the market, and the bright dandelion artwork gives it far more personality than most shotgun skins in the same price band. It's an easy, wallet-friendly way to add a splash of color to the loadout.

Where does the dandelion design come from?

The finish depicts a randomized field of dandelions, spray-painted across the Nova by community designer MGBazz. Valve added it as part of The Snakebite Collection, and it comes with the tongue-in-cheek in-game line "Get off my lawn," which plays right into the suburban-meadow theme.