AK-47 | Midnight Laminate (Field-Tested)

The AK-47 | Midnight Laminate in Field-Tested (FT) has purple wood that is already touched at the corners, while the blue-teal metal keeps its color. Floats here run from 0.15 to 0.38. The skin is Restricted, from the Ascent Collection, and no CS2 case contains it. In this wear the rifle costs only a little less than in Well-Worn.

What the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate looks like in Field-Tested

The color is divided by material. The handguard, stock, grip and magazine are dark purple with cherry-colored veins through the layers; the receiver, top cover and gas tube are blue-teal. The boundary runs exactly along the joint of the parts. There is no applied artwork: the pattern is the texture of the plywood layers. On the stock the veins form rings, and the receiver shows a slight grain.

In Field-Tested the stock corners and handguard edge lighten, and the purple turns pinkish gray there. The metal half lasts longer, and the blue-teal on the receiver stays even. At the bottom of the band the scuffs are pinpoint; at the top, the pale edge reads along the whole length of the handguard.

Where the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate came from

Valve drew the finish itself, so there is no Workshop submission and no author's name behind it. The Ascent Collection was released on March 31, 2025. The finish is number 1218 in Valve's catalog. The rifle's float scale ends at 0.75, so Battle-Scarred takes 0.45 to 0.75, not the whole upper part of the range.

What to check before buying

On AK-47 | Midnight Laminate listings, buyers compare the following:

• float within 0.15 to 0.38: at 0.38 the pale handguard edge shows even in the preview;


• the stock corners, where the purple gives out first;


• any stickers and name tag already applied to the copy.

Listings do not differ in pattern, which is the same on every copy. The band from 0.15 to 0.38 leaves room to choose: copies nearer 0.15 are cleaner.

What the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate costs in Field-Tested

Upward, the price grows in multiples: Factory New costs about four and a half times as much, and Minimal Wear about two and a quarter times.

Downward there is no step: Well-Worn is even a little dearer than Field-Tested, by about an eighth. Only Battle-Scarred is noticeably cheaper, by about a quarter.

Among Restricted AK-47s, this skin in this wear is third from the bottom of nine. Only AK-47 | Emerald Pinstripe and AK-47 | Breakthrough cost less, and AK-47 | Safety Net sits right alongside. The top of the rank is far off. AK-47 | Blue Laminate, a finish from the same laminate line, costs about five times as much, and AK-47 | First Class dozens of times as much.

Getting the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate

This finish has no case: the Ascent Collection is a map collection, and copies are handed out as a weekly reward for time played.

A trade-up for the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate takes ten skins one step down, all from the same collection. The collection has two Restricted finishes, so the chance of landing the rifle is one in two; the other possible result is USP-S | Royal Guard.

StatTrak and Souvenir

A StatTrak version of the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate has never been released. Souvenir copies can be found, though no packages existed for this finish: those were made only for tournament map collections. Copies like these are assembled via the Souvenir-O-Matic, which puts golden tournament stickers and a player autograph onto a regular skin from your inventory.

Stickers and craft on the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate

There is no artwork on the body and plenty of even space for a sticker: the side of the receiver and the magazine both will do. Purple with teal is a cold pair, and white, silver and light-blue stickers read well on it, while yellow and red ones fight the base. At the handguard edge a sticker would land on a worn spot, so a craft is better built nearer the flat areas.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested is a justified choice for the AK-47 | Midnight Laminate in these cases:

• you want a Restricted AK-47 for CS2 without a surcharge for untouched coating;


• price matters: Well-Worn comes closest to this wear in cost;


• the skin is going into matches, not a display case.

For an even color across all the wood, look higher, but the difference in money there is a multiple.