Nova | Sobek's Bite (Battle-Scarred)

The Nova | Sobek's Bite (Battle-Scarred) is a Restricted Nova skin with gold and black Egyptian artwork, worn to its roughest grade. Battle-Scarred is the cheapest condition, trading a battered surface for the lowest way into the design.

Design

The finish takes Sobek, the Nile's crocodile god, as its theme: gold Egyptian motifs laid over a black base for an ornate, old-world look. It's a community creation by the artist apel8, and it bears the flavor line "From the water comes chaos," a nod to the river-god idea.

Nova | Sobek's Bite (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

Using the finish's full 0.00–1.00 float range, Battle-Scarred sits at the very top and wears its damage openly — heavy scuffing and broad paint loss across the body, with the gold linework worn thin in places. It's the most weathered the skin gets, but the black-and-gold contrast keeps the Egyptian theme readable even here.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Rarity

Rarity lands at Restricted, the pink tier — an upper rung of the standard weapon grades, sitting above the blue Mil-Spec level. It's an uncommon grade whose desirability holds up across every wear condition.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Case and Collection

Sobek's Bite comes from The Anubis Collection, which arrived in April 2023. The Restricted tier it occupies is pulled at roughly 15.98% from the Anubis Collection Package, and since that rate is spread across the whole tier, any single finish at a given grade is a good deal harder to secure than the headline number.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Patterns

This finish is fixed, so the paint-seed index has no bearing on how it looks — the gold-on-black Egyptian artwork repeats the same on every copy. There's no rare seed or blue gem to seek, which leaves wear as the single meaningful difference between one unit and another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

It's offered as a regular finish and a Souvenir finish, with no StatTrak edition, because that counter comes solely from weapon cases and the Anubis Collection was never packaged as one. Souvenir copies were first handed out in the Paris 2023 Anubis Souvenir Package and later in further Major souvenir packages.

Nova | Sobek's Bite Price

Battle-Scarred is the entry grade, the cheapest route into the Egyptian design for players who care more about the look than a clean surface. It's still tethered to the finish's premium standing in the Nova lineup, so it isn't throwaway money, but it's as low as this ladder goes. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is the Battle-Scarred version still recognizable?

Yes. Even with heavy scuffing and thinned gold, the black base and Egyptian motifs keep the finish clearly readable in-game. Battle-Scarred means accepting the most visible wear the skin offers in exchange for the lowest price — the design stays intact, it just carries plenty of age.

Why choose Battle-Scarred over a cleaner grade?

Purely for cost. If you want Sobek's Bite in your loadout for as little as possible and don't mind obvious wear, this grade delivers the design at the bottom of its price ladder. If a tidier gold finish matters to you, Field-Tested or higher looks noticeably better for a step up in price.

Does the finish have a StatTrak version?

No. Sobek's Bite exists only as a regular finish and a Souvenir finish. StatTrak counters are added exclusively through weapon cases, and the Anubis Collection was never issued as a case — so no StatTrak copy was ever produced. The Souvenir edition, by contrast, came from Major-tournament souvenir packages.