If we talk about the quality of skins in CS GO, then most gamers understand it as wear and tear, i.e. in the narrow sense. In fact, wear and tear is just one of the weapon paint options in Counter Strike.
The purpose of highlighting the various characteristics of skins that affect their quality score is to sort skins by price, popularity and rarity. Simply put, the gradation of the quality of skins in CS GO is necessary so that players understand, for example, which coloring may be of interest to collectors, and which is ordinary and unremarkable, of which there are plenty on the market, and also why some skins are much more expensive than others.
For an ordinary gamer, knowledge about the quality of coloring books can give an invaluable advantage when buying and selling and help save money, i.e. do not overpay for goods when purchasing and do not underprice when selling.
Parameters characterizing the quality of colorings
So, with the goal of finding out what qualities of skins in CS GO affect their price, we can highlight the following:
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Rarity. Here, I think, everything is clear. The less of any weapon coloring there is on the market, the more valuable and expensive it is. Therefore, most skins for knives and AWPs are unaffordable for many players: according to statistics, these skins are difficult to get out of cases.
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Does the skin belong to the souvenir category?
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Availability of stickers and what exactly these stickers are. For example, the very first stickers from the 2014 tournaments still cost a fortune.
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The quality of wear of skins in CS GO, i.e. whether the skin is pristine or completely worn. By the way, there are situations when a “killed” but rare skin can be valued higher than a brand new one.
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Is the StatTrak kill counter attached to the skin.
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Is the skin contraband or not.
The quality of skins in CS GO ascending
Let's start with wear, as a key characteristic of the skin. At the moment, there are 5 different options for worn weapon coloring. The numbers indicate Float or wear coefficient, which can be in the range from 0 to 1. The closer the float value is to 1, the more worn the skin will be.
At the very bottom of the scale is Battle-Scarred wear, with worn textures and fuzzy patterns. This is the worst quality skin in CS GO. From 0.45 to 1. Example: AK-47 “Vulcan”.
The next wear in ascending order is Well-Worn. Practically no different from the abrasion with the previous one. You need to be a pro in skins to notice the difference. From 0.38 to 0.45.
In the middle of the scale is Field-Tested. A good option for those who don’t have the budget for a cool skin. In this quality of skins in CS GO, the graphics and textures are already quite clear, and the price is not so steep. From 0.15 to 0.38.
Near the top is a "Minimal Wear". Almost indistinguishable from Factory New. From 0.07 to 0.15.
The best quality in terms of wear and tear is Factory New. Such skins, as a rule, have no visible defects. From 0 to 0.07. Example: AK-47 “Vulcan”.
English names for wearing skins
Since Counter Strike came to the CIS from the United States (the developer Valve is located in this country), the designation of the quality of skins in CS GO in English is widely used in the gaming community. Foreign names without translation into Russian are often indicated in articles or on exchanges for weapon skins, thereby confusing inexperienced players, not giving them the opportunity to understand what is happening and get real pleasure from playing or buying a skin. LIS-SKINS does not mislead players, provides them with complete information and offers honest and fair conditions for transactions, which each of you can verify by going to the market https://lis-skins.com/market/csgo/
So, the quality of skins in CS GO in ascending order and in English:
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Battle-Scarred is the bottom of the wear scale. There is an abbreviation BS.
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Well-Worn or WW for short.
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Field-Tested. The English abbreviation is FT.
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The next level of wear in ascending order is Minimal Wear. In articles or on exchanges you can find the abbreviation MW.
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In the top Factory New. What most gamers and collectors are interested in. Abbreviated as FN.
Gradation of quality of skins in CS GO by rarity
Valve, the game developer, independently determines the probability of which skins may drop when opening a case. Based on this probability, 7 types of rarity are distinguished, each of which has a specific color assigned to it. When you open the case, you will see that in the list of skins that can drop when opening it, their names are written in different colors.
It is by this color that experienced players understand the quality of skins in CS GO, and what category of rarity the colorings belong to. They are listed below in descending order:
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White, and sometimes gray, indicates Consumer Grade. These are the most common skins.
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Light blue indicates the rarer Industrial Grade.
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The most popular due to their availability, Mil-Spec skins, are written in cases in dark blue shades.
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The next category of rarity, indicated in the game by the color purple, is Restricted.
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In Counter Strike there are only 910 types of weapons that are classified as classified rarities. Getting them in the game is a great success. The developer indicates these coloring pages in pink.
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The “Extraordinary” category applies only to gloves and knives. Indicated in yellow.
Interesting facts
Restricted skins are considered the most optimal when compared in terms of price-quality ratio. The chance of getting them from a case is 15.98%, so they are rare enough, but not so rare that they cost crazy money. A good example of a beautiful Restricted skin is the Griffin for M4A4.
Also in Counter Strike there is the so-called contraband skin “Howl” for the M4A4 machine gun, which appeared due to the fact that Valve was careless about checking the coloring and skipped it into the game. Because of this, the creator of "Howl" went to court and demanded that the developers remove the skin from CS GO. The court sided with the author of the design and forced Valve to exclude the coloring from the cases. But those gamers who managed to buy “Howl” before the court's decision remained the happy owners of the skin that suddenly became more expensive. So a coloring book that once cost about $15 will now cost the player around $3300. And in this case we are talking about the poor quality of the skin in CS GO.
