What makes a copy Souvenir

The Souvenir XM1014 | Ancient Lore (Battle-Scarred, BS) is the Souvenir copy of this skin — the same Restricted finish, handed out in a souvenir package at a Major rather than pulled from a case. Ancient Lore wraps the shotgun in a mosaic of ancient tiles worked in muted green, beige and red — an artful, heritage-themed finish that stands apart from typical camo patterns. Battle-Scarred covers everything from 0.45 up to 1.00 float — the most heavily worn grade and the cheapest way into the skin.

What the stickers do to the price of the XM1014 | Ancient Lore

Souvenir packages drop to viewers and attendees during a Major, each holding a skin from that tournament's collection. A souvenir copy carries up to four stickers from the match it came out of — the two teams, that match's MVP and the event itself — applied for good. A Souvenir skin is never StatTrak™ — the two are mutually exclusive.

Where it comes from

On a souvenir copy the stickers usually matter more than the finish. A package from a famous match, or one carrying a retired star player's sticker, can be worth many times an ordinary copy at the same exterior, while one from a forgotten group-stage match trades close to the plain version.

FAQ

This finish is drawn from The Ancient Collection, which entered the game with Operation Broken Fang in December 2020.

Can a Souvenir XM1014 | Ancient Lore be StatTrak?

No. Souvenir and StatTrak™ are mutually exclusive — a copy is one or the other, never both, and neither can be added to a skin after it drops.

Can the stickers be removed from a Souvenir XM1014 | Ancient Lore?

No. Souvenir stickers are part of the copy and cannot be scraped off, unlike stickers a player applies themselves. That is why two souvenir copies of one skin at the same exterior can be priced far apart.