AK-47 | Crossfade (Minimal Wear)

The AK-47 | Crossfade in Minimal Wear (MW) has a float band of 0.07 to 0.15. It is a Mil-Spec rifle from The Graphic Design Collection. No case holds it, and the wear comes right after Factory New.

What the AK-47 | Crossfade looks like in Minimal Wear

A smooth gradient runs over the receiver and stock: peach-pink near the middle, turquoise-blue closer to the cover, lilac on the stock. The magazine and barrel are dark gray, with no color.

The blend stretches in one piece over the receiver, cover, handguard and stock, with no borders. The stock has a fine mesh texture. The receiver has a red indicator dot and several pale lines.

Pastel tones turn gray first at the edges, meaning the top of the receiver and the butt plate. In Minimal Wear those spots are already noticeable up close, while the main surface stays colored. The dark magazine does not change.

Where the AK-47 | Crossfade came from

The AK-47 | Crossfade was drawn inside Valve, and no Steam Workshop submission exists for it. It appeared in October 2024 together with The Graphic Design Collection. Its number in Valve's catalog is 912.

What to check before buying

When choosing a listing of the AK-47 | Crossfade, this is what counts:

• float: within 0.07 to 0.15 the grayed edges look the same on every listing, and only the number changes;


• the artwork is fixed and does not depend on the copy;


• stickers and a name tag the AK-47 | Crossfade inherited from a previous owner.

What the AK-47 | Crossfade costs in Minimal Wear

Ratios between the wears:

• Factory New costs a quarter more;


• Field-Tested is one and a half times cheaper;


• Well-Worn is about a fifth cheaper;


• Battle-Scarred is one and a half times cheaper.

In the row of seven Mil-Spec AK-47 skins, the AK-47 | Crossfade holds the middle: three skins cheaper, three pricier. AK-47 | Steel Delta is almost level, and AK-47 | Elite Build a little higher. AK-47 | Wintergreen is about half the price, and AK-47 | Uncharted a third. AK-47 | Green Laminate stands almost six times higher, AK-47 | Black Laminate fifteen times.

Getting the AK-47 | Crossfade

The AK-47 | Crossfade does not drop from cases. For a trade-up into it, you gather ten skins one tier below, from this collection.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The AK-47 | Crossfade has no StatTrak version and no Souvenir packages. A Souvenir copy is made through the Souvenir-O-Matic.

Stickers and craft on the AK-47 | Crossfade

The light pastel ground takes dark, saturated CS2 stickers well, and they read crisply on it. Pale and white ones get lost in the blend. The mesh texture of the stock adds noise, so a small sticker looks worse there than on the handguard.

Who this wear suits

Buying the AK-47 | Crossfade in this wear makes sense if one of these fits:

• you want a CS2 rifle with an unbroken blend but without the Factory New premium;


• lightening edges on the receiver do not bother you, and the color on the flat surfaces stays full;


• you are building a pastel loadout and the float difference does not matter.