Tec-9 | Cracked Opal (Factory New)

The Tec-9 | Cracked Opal (Factory New) is a Mil-Spec pistol finish hand painted to look like cracked, ancient wood with an opal glow showing through the fissures. Factory New sits at the top of the ladder, giving that opal shimmer its clearest showing.

Design

Valve describes the finish as hand painted to resemble cracked, ancient wood with an underlying opal, pairing weathered cyan-and-brown texture with a glowing core beneath the cracks. It's a community design by the artist bee, and the flavor text, "Doubles as a mood ring," plays on the shifting opal colors.

Tec-9 | Cracked Opal (Factory New) Float and Wear

Float on this finish runs the full 0.00–1.00 range, and Factory New sits right at the bottom of it. At this grade the cracked wood texture looks its tightest and the opal underneath reads brightest, giving the mood-ring effect its strongest presentation.

Tec-9 | Cracked Opal Rarity

Rarity: Mil-Spec Grade, the blue tier and the most common of the standard weapon grades. Despite that common classification, the finish still has its own dedicated fan base for the opal look.

Tec-9 | Cracked Opal Case and Collection

This finish is part of The Spectrum 2 Collection and drops from the Spectrum 2 Case, which released in September 2017. As a group, Mil-Spec tier skins from that case pull at roughly 79.92% odds, making Cracked Opal one of the case's more common unboxes.

Tec-9 | Cracked Opal Patterns

The cracked-wood artwork and opal glow sit in a fixed layout on every copy — the paint seed doesn't change how the design looks, so there's no rare pattern or blue-gem seed worth searching for. Wear and float are what actually separate copies here.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version of this finish exists, also sourced from the Spectrum 2 Case, adding a permanent confirmed-kill counter that carries through trades and sales. There's no Souvenir version — Souvenir weapons only come from Major-tournament packages, and the Spectrum 2 Collection has never been one.

Tec-9 | Cracked Opal Price

Factory New tops the Cracked Opal price ladder, though the finish as a whole is a budget pick within the Tec-9 lineup. It's a cheap way to add a bit of shimmer to a loadout. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

What does the opal effect look like on the Tec-9 | Cracked Opal?

The finish is hand painted to resemble cracked, ancient wood, with a colorful opal glow visible through the cracks. At cleaner grades that glow shows through more distinctly, giving the surface a shifting, mood-ring-like quality that inspired the skin's flavor text.

Is Factory New worth it over cheaper grades?

Since the whole finish is already budget-priced, upgrading to Factory New for the crispest wood texture and clearest opal glow costs very little extra — a reasonable choice if you want the sharpest version without spending much more.

Does the Tec-9 | Cracked Opal have a StatTrak version?

Yes, a StatTrak edition drops from the same Spectrum 2 Case and adds a permanent kill counter that stays with the item through trades. There's no Souvenir version, since this collection has never been part of a Major-tournament package.