XM1014 | Irezumi (Battle-Scarred)

The XM1014 | Irezumi (Battle-Scarred) is a Mil-Spec shotgun with a gold-colored base and a snake inked in the Japanese Irezumi style, in its most heavily worn condition. It's the cheapest entry into the tattoo design, trading surface polish for the lowest price on the shelf.

Design

The look is a snake sprawled across a warm gold-colored shotgun body in the bold, sweeping lines of traditional Japanese Irezumi tattooing. Designed by the community artist Madara, it ships with a thematic tag: "Snakes represent wisdom and prophecy, two words which best describe XM1014 users."

XM1014 | Irezumi (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

Battle-Scarred sits at the top of the finish's float range, but that range is capped at 0.80 rather than a full 1.0 — so even the roughest copies stop just short of the extreme end of the wear scale. Heavy scratching and paint loss spread across the body, yet the gold base and snake linework keep the shotgun readable, and it stays a touch milder than a full-1.0 skin would at this grade.

XM1014 | Irezumi Rarity

This finish is Mil-Spec Grade — the blue tier, and the most common of the colored weapon grades. Its common status means copies are always simple to find on the market.

XM1014 | Irezumi Case and Collection

The shotgun is part of The Kilowatt Collection and is unboxed from the Kilowatt Case, released in February 2024. As a group the Mil-Spec tier drops around 79.92% of the time from the case (the rate is shared across the tier), so it's the most common result of an opening — which keeps prices firmly at the low end.

XM1014 | Irezumi Patterns

No pattern hunting applies here: the design is fixed, so the paint-seed index doesn't rearrange the snake or ornaments, and every copy wears the artwork identically. With no rare or blue-gem seed in the pool, wear is the only thing that varies from copy to copy.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ edition exists too, adding a confirmed-kill counter; it's rarer and more expensive than the standard Kilowatt Case drop, and the counter is permanent — it carries over through every trade or sale and never gets wiped. There's no Souvenir variant, as Souvenir weapons are produced only for Major-tournament packages, and this finish never appeared in one.

XM1014 | Irezumi Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade of an already budget-tier finish — the rock-bottom way to run the Irezumi look if condition doesn't matter to you. For Japanese-ink flair on a shotgun at minimal cost, this is the entry point. Available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is the Battle-Scarred version still recognizable?

Yes. Despite heavy wear across the body, the gold base and inked snake keep the design readable at a glance in-game. Battle-Scarred is about accepting a scuffed surface in exchange for the lowest price — it doesn't erase the tattoo, which stays bold enough to carry the shotgun's identity.

Why doesn't this grade look completely destroyed?

Because the finish is float-capped at 0.80 instead of the full 1.0, its Battle-Scarred copies stop just short of the most extreme wear. Combined with bold tattoo linework that stays visible, the shotgun reads a little more legibly here than a full-range skin would at the same grade.

Is Battle-Scarred worth it to save money?

If price is the deciding factor, yes. It's the cheapest way to own the finish, and the bold tattoo linework holds up under the wear. Bear in mind that Well-Worn and Field-Tested look cleaner for only a little more, so weigh the small savings against the rougher surface first.