AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge (Minimal Wear)

The AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge in Minimal Wear (MW) is the second wear from the top of five: a rifle with a wine-and-white base and gold trim. Its rank is Classified, and it belongs to the Radiant Collection. The float assigned to this wear is 0.07 to 0.15, with Factory New one step above it on the scale.

What the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge looks like in Minimal Wear

Valve's description calls the base wine with white and the trim gold. The gold accents run along the edges and give the rifle its only metallic glint, while everything else rests on two matte shades.

The 0.07 to 0.15 stretch is short for this finish, so the difference between listings falls within the margin of error. Wear in this range is minimal, as the name promises, and it was fixed at the drop for good.

Where the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge came from

Valve made this finish itself: there was no Steam Workshop submission behind it, and the catalog numbers it 1309. It has belonged to the Radiant Collection from day one, March 31, 2025, and is still the highest rank in that set.

What to check before buying

Before buying the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge, check the following:

• float: at 0.07 the copy is closer to factory condition, while at 0.15 it already borders on Field-Tested;


• any stickers or name tag that this particular rifle has been fitted with.

The finish has one fixed pattern, and the price does not depend on it.

What the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge costs in Minimal Wear

The ladder has one step above this wear and three below:

• one step up, Factory New asks about two and a half times the price;


• Field-Tested is cheaper by a factor of about two and a half;


• Well-Worn is cheaper by a factor of about three and a half;


• Battle-Scarred is cheaper by a factor of about four.

Of the fifteen Classified AK-47s in Minimal Wear, this skin sits seventh from the bottom: six finishes cost less and eight cost more. Right below it come Point Disarray and Cartel, then, after a wide gap, The Outsiders. Above it stand Crane Flight and Frontside Misty, and Hydroponic holds the top of the rank.

Getting the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge

The skin does not come from a case. It is issued as the weekly reward, the Weekly Care Package, whose list Valve added the Radiant Collection to.

A trade-up contract for this rifle takes ten skins from one rank lower in the same collection. There are three such finishes, and among Classified skins the Radiant Collection holds no other, so the result of the trade is predictable.

StatTrak and Souvenir

Stickers and craft on the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge

There is no StatTrak version of the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge. Souvenir packages were never made for this finish either, because they existed only for tournament map collections. A Souvenir copy can still be built by hand: the Souvenir-O-Matic puts gold tournament stickers and a player autograph on an ordinary skin from your inventory. That is why a lone Souvenir copy turns up now and then even where no packages ever existed.

The contrast on this rifle comes from its two base colors, wine and white, while the gold stays an accent along the edges. A bright sticker next to the gold will pull the eye away from it, so it is worth testing the combination of tones beforehand.

In Minimal Wear the rifle costs two and a half times less than in Factory New. A CS2 sticker craft on it therefore runs noticeably cheaper with the same set of stickers.

Who this wear suits

Buying the AK-47 | Nouveau Rouge in Minimal Wear makes sense when:

• you want a rifle that looks clean without the Factory New surcharge;


• the gold trim along the edges should stay almost untouched;


• you need a Classified Terrorist-side rifle in wine and white for CS2.

Choosing inside this wear comes down to one number. There is no reason to pay extra for a value at the bottom of the band, because the gap between 0.08 and 0.14 is small.