Sawed-Off | The Kraken (Factory New)

The Sawed-Off | The Kraken (Factory New) is a Covert shotgun skin hand-painted with a sprawling octopus over an orange field. Factory New is the top grade, showing the sea-monster artwork at its most vivid and detailed.

Design

The Kraken is a community design by Zaphk that wraps the shotgun in a hand-painted octopus, its tentacles spilling across a warm orange background for a bold, illustrative look. It carries a fitting one-line in-game caption: "It has been unleashed."

Sawed-Off | The Kraken (Factory New) Float and Wear

The finish is float-capped at 0.40, spanning just 0.00–0.40, and Factory New sits at the very bottom of that band. Here the orange stays saturated and every tentacle and sucker reads sharply, with no scuffing to interrupt the illustration — the finest this skin looks.

Sawed-Off | The Kraken Rarity

Rarity: Covert — the red tier, the highest of the standard weapon grades. It's a rare and prestigious pull, and on the Sawed-Off it's the most sought-after finish the weapon has.

Sawed-Off | The Kraken Case and Collection

This skin is part of The Winter Offensive Collection and drops from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, released in December 2013. As a Covert, it's the rarest tier in the case, unboxing at roughly 0.64% (a rate shared across the tier), and with the case long out of the active drop pool, supply is fixed — the market is where nearly all copies change hands.

Sawed-Off | The Kraken Patterns

The octopus artwork is fixed, so the paint-seed index doesn't alter the look — every copy carries the illustration the same way, with no rare seed or blue gem to hunt. Wear and float are the only things that separate one copy from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version of The Kraken exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter, dropping more rarely from the case than the standard finish; that counter is permanent and never gets wiped, even when the item is traded or sold. There's no Souvenir version — Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages, and this case was never a Major drop.

Sawed-Off | The Kraken Price

Factory New sits at the very top of this finish's price ladder, and as a grail-tier Covert the whole skin already commands high-end money — this grade is the most expensive of the lot. It's the definitive way to own the game's premier Sawed-Off. Available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Why is The Kraken so expensive?

It's a Covert — the top rarity — from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, which left the active drop pool long ago, so supply is fixed and can't grow. Combine the highest weapon grade, a striking hand-painted octopus, and a small surviving population, and you get one of the priciest Sawed-Off finishes around.

What gloves go with The Kraken?

Its warm orange base pairs naturally with earthy or fiery wraps — orange, tan, or brown gloves echo the background, while teal or ocean-blue picks up the sea-monster theme for contrast. Hand Wraps in a leather or desert tone keep the loadout warm and cohesive around the octopus art.

Does The Kraken have a StatTrak version?

Yes. A StatTrak edition drops from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case alongside the regular finish, adding a counter that tracks confirmed kills. It's an even rarer, pricier pull, and the counter is permanent — it never gets wiped through trades or sales.