AWP | Desert Hydra (Factory New)

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AWP | Desert Hydra (Factory New)

Name: AWP | Desert Hydra (Factory New)
Brand: SKIN.LAND
Availability: InStock

RegularSouvenir

Type Sniper Rifle

Rarity Covert

Category Regular

Best offer

Factory New 0.069983899593353

$1223.65

Factory New111 on sale From $1223.65

Minimal Wear85 on sale From $996.83

Field-Tested82 on sale From $913.51

Well-Worn14 on sale From $946.17

Battle-Scarred23 on sale From $961.54

111 offers

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Cutie (Holo)
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$0.46
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$1244.19

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$2.07
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$0.11
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$1244.19

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s1mple (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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$25.13
Baby Karat CT
$7.05
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Bolt Charge
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$0.33
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$0.33
GODSENT (Foil) | 2020 RMR
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$0.33
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100%
$0.33
Bolt Charge
100%
$0.16
Diner Dog
$1.32
Total: $2.80

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Natus Vincere (Glitter) | Antwerp 2022

PGL (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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$2.17
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$2.66
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$6.68
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$18.47
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$1260.82

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Renegades (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
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ENCE (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
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Vitality (Holo) | Stockholm 2021

Renegades (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$2.36
ENCE (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$2.72
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100%
$3.9
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$1.88
Total: $10.86

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$1274.57

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AMANEK (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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G2 Esports (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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PGL (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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Vitality (Gold) | Stockholm 2021

AMANEK (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$3.05
G2 Esports (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$4.01
PGL (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$2.17
Vitality (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$2.66
Total: $11.89

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$1276.11

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dexter (Holo) | Paris 2023

dexter (Holo) | Paris 2023
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$1.67

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$1276.26

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G2 Esports (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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ZywOo (Champion) | Austin 2025
Pocket AWP

G2 Esports (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$4.01
ZywOo (Champion) | Austin 2025
0%
$0.03
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$0.11
Total: $4.15

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$1276.50

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$1283.56

Nametag ★10% 06/10/26 5:43AM

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m0NESY | Paris 2023

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$0.67
m0NESY | Antwerp 2022
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$0.08
Easy For Ricksaw
100%
-
m0NESY | Paris 2023
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$0.03
Total: $0.78

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PGL (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
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PGL (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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Vitality (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
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Natus Vincere (Gold) | Antwerp 2022

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$1.02
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$2.17
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100%
$2.05
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$3.24
Total: $8.48

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$1288.64

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s1mple (Holo) | Stockholm 2021

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Natus Vincere (Gold) | Copenhagen 2024
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$7.97
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$7.97
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$7.97
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$7.97
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$4.89
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Total: $4.46

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G2 Esports (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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PGL (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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Natus Vincere (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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s1mple (Gold) | Stockholm 2021

G2 Esports (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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$4.01
PGL (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$2.17
Natus Vincere (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$6.67
s1mple (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$25.13
Total: $37.98

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$1292.66

0.050268582999706

Lil' No. 2

Lil' No. 2
$0.23

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$1292.66

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$1295.41

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$1303.08

0.067859373986721

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s1mple (Gold) | Stockholm 2021

s1mple (Gold) | Stockholm 2021
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$25.13

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$1308.81

0.057042486965656

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Natus Vincere (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
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IEM (Holo) | Rio 2022
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IEM (Holo) | Rio 2022
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IEM (Holo) | Rio 2022

Natus Vincere (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$1.86
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100%
$0.45
IEM (Holo) | Rio 2022
100%
$0.45
IEM (Holo) | Rio 2022
100%
$0.45
Total: $3.21

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$1313.67

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$1316.41

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Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
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Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
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Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
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Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
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sh1ro (Holo, Champion) | Shanghai 2024

Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$5.58
Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$5.58
Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$5.58
Team Spirit (Gold) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$5.58
sh1ro (Holo, Champion) | Shanghai 2024
52%
$0.18
Total: $22.50

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$1316.89

0.063316866755486

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s1mple (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
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Hydro Geyser

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100%
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100%
$0.02
Total: $1.73

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$1317.62

0.041916418820620

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m0NESY (Champion) | Cologne 2026

m0NESY (Champion) | Cologne 2026
100%
$0.29

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$1324.81

0.069306805729866

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Cloud9 (Holo) | Copenhagen 2024
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Cloud9 (Holo) | Copenhagen 2024
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Cloud9 (Holo) | Copenhagen 2024

Cloud9 (Holo) | Copenhagen 2024
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$6.06
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100%
$6.06
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100%
$6.06
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100%
$6.06
Total: $24.24

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$1324.98

0.037976771593094

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Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
Stone Scales (Foil)

Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
$3.14
Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
$3.14
Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
$3.14
Stone Scales (Foil)
100%
$3.14
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100%
$3.14
Total: $15.70

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$1325.22

0.068573392927647

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$1349.22

0.063627272844315

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Tyloo (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
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Tyloo (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
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Tyloo (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
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Tyloo (Holo) | Stockholm 2021

Tyloo (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$6.42
Tyloo (Holo) | Stockholm 2021
100%
$6.42
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100%
$6.42
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100%
$6.42
Total: $25.68

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$1368.55

0.035806082189083

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Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022
100%
Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022
100%
Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022
100%
Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022

Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$2.41
Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$2.41
Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$2.41
Natus Vincere (Holo) | Antwerp 2022
100%
$2.41
Total: $9.64

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$1373.13

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$1373.46

0.069477356970310

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bLitz | Budapest 2025

bLitz | Budapest 2025
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-
bLitz | Budapest 2025
100%
-
Total: $0.00

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$1385.54

AWP | Desert Hydra (Factory New)

The AWP | Desert Hydra (Factory New, FN) is a Covert sniper skin — gold serpents winding toward the muzzle across a warm desert-toned body, with the scope, barrel, and stock finished in white. Factory New is the top grade, the condition collectors chase and the one that commands grail-tier, top-of-the-market prices.

Design

The Desert Hydra is one of Valve's own in-house finishes rather than a community submission. Its centerpiece is a nest of gold snakes — a nod to the many-headed hydra — creeping up a sandy orange body toward the barrel, with the scope, barrel, and buttstock left a clean white for contrast. It carries a fittingly menacing line of flavor text: "Cutting off one head means two more appear."

AWP | Desert Hydra (Factory New) Float and Wear

Factory New sits at the top of the float scale here, showing the gold serpent artwork at full saturation with the desert body free of scuffs and the white sections at their brightest. Every scale and coil of the snakes reads sharply, and for a skin whose whole appeal is the artwork, this is the grade that displays it best — priced to match.

AWP | Desert Hydra Rarity

Rarity: Covert — the red tier, the very top of the standard weapon rarity grades. On the AWP that ranks the Desert Hydra among the most sought-after skins in the game, sitting in the most exclusive slot a weapon can hold.

AWP | Desert Hydra Case and Collection

The Desert Hydra belongs to The 2021 Mirage Collection, introduced with Operation Riptide in September 2021. As a Covert it's the rarest grade in the set — the Covert tier lands at roughly 0.64% (shared across the tier's skins) — and because copies only ever entered circulation through Mirage tournament souvenir packages, the supply is fixed and small, which is a big part of why the skin trades where it does.

AWP | Desert Hydra Patterns

The Desert Hydra has no random pattern variation — the gold serpents sit the same way on every copy, so there's no paint seed or blue-gem hunt to chase. Float and wear are the only things that separate one from another, though Souvenir copies bearing tournament stickers can carry big premiums of their own.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There's no StatTrak Desert Hydra — StatTrak weapons come from weapon cases that ship with a StatTrak variant, and this finish was never part of such a case. A Souvenir version does exist, though: Souvenir weapons drop only from Major-tournament souvenir packages, and because Mirage is a Major map, packages like the Stockholm 2021 Mirage Souvenir Package could yield a Souvenir Desert Hydra — the most collectible way the skin appears.

AWP | Desert Hydra Price

Factory New sits at the very top of the Desert Hydra ladder, and the skin itself ranks near the top of the AWP market — genuine grail territory, one of the most valuable finishes you can put on the rifle. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Why is the Desert Hydra so expensive?

It comes down to scarcity plus a Covert grade. The skin was never sold in a buyable case — copies only surfaced from Mirage souvenir packages handed out at Majors, so the pool is tiny and fixed. Add its striking gold-serpent artwork and top-tier rarity, and you get one of the priciest, most in-demand AWP finishes around.

Is Factory New worth the premium over Minimal Wear (MW)?

Only if you want the absolute best. Factory New shows the gold snakes at peak saturation with a spotless desert body, but Minimal Wear looks so close that most players can't tell them apart in-game. The premium here is really about collector prestige and owning the top float rather than a visible difference.

Which gloves go with the Desert Hydra?

Its warm sand-and-gold palette suits earthy, desert loadouts — tan, brown, or gold-accented gloves complement the serpent artwork instead of fighting it. Desert or leather-toned Hand Wraps, or wraps with gold detailing, tie the setup together and echo the white-and-sand body without pulling focus from the centerpiece.