Nova | Walnut (Battle-Scarred)

The Nova | Walnut (Battle-Scarred, BS) is a Consumer Grade Nova skin with a figured walnut wood stock in warm brown, worn down to its roughest available condition. Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade, trading a battered surface for the lowest entry price into the finish.

Design

At heart the finish is a classic wood look: a figured walnut stock in warm brown tones giving the Nova the character of an old-school wood-stocked shotgun, no graphics anywhere. It's a Valve design that relies entirely on natural grain rather than any decal or printed pattern.

Nova | Walnut (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

This finish is float-capped at 0.80 rather than the full 1.0, so even Battle-Scarred — the top of its 0.06–0.80 range — never reaches the most extreme wear a normal skin can show. Expect heavy scuffing and broad finish loss across the body, but the wood grain stays legible thanks to that cap and its warm matte base.

Nova | Walnut Rarity

The finish is Consumer Grade, the white base tier of the standard weapon grades. As with every wear of this skin, that common tier masks genuinely limited supply, a consequence of the collection behind it no longer producing new copies.

Nova | Walnut Case and Collection

Walnut sits in The Inferno Collection, launched with August 2013's "Arms Deal" update. Because the collection has no case, copies came from drops rather than unboxing, and now that it's retired the open market is effectively the only source for one.

Nova | Walnut Patterns

Since this is a fixed finish, the paint-seed value plays no role — the walnut grain appears the same on every copy, and there's no blue gem or standout seed anyone hunts for. The only meaningful difference between copies is how worn the surface is.

StatTrak & Souvenir

The finish is available as a regular version and a Souvenir version, with no StatTrak in the mix, since that counter is generated only by weapon cases and this collection never had one. Souvenir copies were first given out in the ESL One Cologne 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package and later in additional Major souvenir packages.

Nova | Walnut Price

Battle-Scarred is the entry-level grade, the cheapest way to get the wood design into a loadout. It still isn't free money — the retired collection puts a floor under even the roughest copies — but this is as low as the finish's ladder goes. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is the Battle-Scarred Walnut still recognizable?

Yes. Despite the heavy scuffing, the warm brown walnut grain keeps the skin clearly readable in-game — it never turns into an unrecognizable mess. Battle-Scarred is about accepting the most visible wear the finish offers in exchange for the lowest price, not losing the wood look entirely.

Why doesn't the Battle-Scarred version look completely destroyed?

Because the finish is capped at 0.80 rather than 1.0, its Battle-Scarred copies stop short of the extreme end of the wear scale. Paired with a warm matte grain that already hides damage well, the result is a grade that's clearly weathered but stays more legible than a full-range skin would at the same label.

Should I buy Battle-Scarred or spend more for a cleaner grade?

It depends on your goal. If you just want the Walnut design for as little as possible and don't mind visible wear, Battle-Scarred is the pick. If a tidier wood grain matters, Field-Tested (FT) or higher looks noticeably better for a step up in price — the finish's warm matte base makes those grades a real upgrade.