AUG | Chameleon (Minimal Wear)

Minimal Wear (MW) is the second step on the AUG | Chameleon scale, with a float of 0.07 to 0.15. The skin is Covert rank, from The Phoenix Collection. This wear takes 16% of the scale length (0.08 of 0.50), and in price it sits between Factory New and the three wears after it.

What the AUG | Chameleon looks like in Minimal Wear

A dark gray AUG with a red line along the top of the receiver and a green chameleon on the stock. The lizard is touched with yellow and orange, and there is no other color on the weapon. The scope, barrel, magazine and grip are left without artwork.

In MW a light wear appears on the edges, but the artwork is intact. The wear of an AUG | Chameleon here lies between 0.07 and 0.15 and stays as it was when the item dropped.

Where the AUG | Chameleon came from

The AUG | Chameleon appeared in the game on February 20, 2014. In the update note Valve announced Operation Phoenix and a new case with 13 finishes made by the community.

What to check before buying

Choosing a particular AUG | Chameleon comes down to these points:

• float: the band is 0.07 to 0.15, and the listings at its ends differ mostly by the number;


• stickers and a name tag already on this copy of the AUG | Chameleon;


• regular or StatTrak.

Every copy of the AUG | Chameleon carries the same pattern. The band of 0.07 to 0.15 is tight, and the outermost listings differ only by the number.

What the AUG | Chameleon costs in Minimal Wear

In price MW almost matches the wears closest to it:

• Factory New costs 9% more;


• Field-Tested is level;


• Well-Worn is 8% cheaper;


• Battle-Scarred is 9% cheaper.

The other Covert AUG, Akihabara Accept, costs about fourteen times as much as the Chameleon in this wear. The Chameleon comes out cheapest in that pair.

Getting the AUG | Chameleon

The skin lies in the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case. By trade-up it works like this: you put in ten skins from the rank below. With all ten from The Phoenix Collection, the result is this skin or the AWP | Asiimov. Five Covert skins make an item with the ★ mark, a rare special item.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The AUG | Chameleon has a StatTrak version. No souvenir packages exist for it.

Stickers and craft on the AUG | Chameleon

White and light stickers show well on the dark base. The chameleon sits on the stock, so a craft is best built on the receiver and the handguard, where the surface is solid. The light edge wear of MW does not touch stickers: a sticker stays in place, with the same transparency and color as on a clean body. White and light gray ones hold their contrast against the dark coating better than the rest.

Who this wear suits

Minimal Wear on the AUG | Chameleon makes sense under these conditions:

• you want an AUG for CS2 with clean artwork but without paying the Factory New premium (9%);


• Field-Tested costs the same, while MW looks neater;


• you choose by float near the lower limit of 0.07.