M4A1-S | Basilisk (Factory New)

The M4A1-S | Basilisk in Factory New (FN) keeps all of the snake's fine engraving in place. The float lies within 0.00 to 0.07, which is 10 percent of the finish's scale. The rank is Restricted, the collection is The Vanguard Collection, and the rifle comes out of the Operation Vanguard Weapon Case. A StatTrak version exists.

What the M4A1-S | Basilisk looks like in Factory New

The base of the rifle is dark gray, nearly black, with a cold bluish cast and no colored patches. The design is a pale engraving one shade lighter than the body. On the side of the receiver a snake is coiled in loops, next to it runs fine engraving that looks like an inscription, and three lines descend onto the magazine. The suppressor, with its rows of dimpled notches, is slightly lighter than the rest of the rifle.

The finish is built on low contrast, and in Factory New that is its main trait: painted and unpainted areas barely differ, and the snake is distinct only up close. The less the wear, the more intact the pale lines on the edges of the receiver and the ribs of the magazine, where scuffing erases them first.

Where the M4A1-S | Basilisk came from

The artist is Gaunt, and BRZF published the Workshop submission on October 20, 2014, under the title "M4A1-S | Basilisk". The author described the work himself: engraved and polished steel on the top and bottom of the receiver, the barrel, the carrying handle and the front sight. The basilisk is done in the spirit of the "dark ages": a king of snakes with four eyes and poisonous breath. He also noted that all the graphics and textures were made by him. The Vanguard collection opened in the game on November 11, 2014, and the skin was there from the first day. The finish's number in Valve's catalog is 383.

What to check before buying

Before paying, it helps to compare:

• the float: it lies within 0.00 to 0.07, and between 0.00 and 0.07 the look does not change;


• a previous owner's stickers and any name tag on the M4A1-S | Basilisk.

What the M4A1-S | Basilisk costs in Factory New

Of all the finish's wears, Factory New asks the most. Minimal Wear is cheaper by 2.4 times, Well-Worn by 2.6 times, Field-Tested by 3 times and Battle-Scarred by 3.2 times. The gap between the top wear and the rest is large because the FN band is only 0.07 of 0.68.

Among Restricted M4 skins in this wear the finish is in the upper part of the row: only Flashback and Icarus Fell cost more. Flashback costs about four times as much, and Icarus Fell an order of magnitude or more. Nitro and Liquidation sit at about two fifths, Electrum and Glitched Paint lower still, and Emphorosaur-S and Night Terror close the row.

Getting the M4A1-S | Basilisk

The skin can be built with a trade-up of ten Mil-Spec skins taken from anywhere: the result comes from the collection of one of the inputs. Ten skins entirely from Vanguard are the player's choice, one that steers the result to that set. The finish also drops from the Operation Vanguard Weapon Case.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The M4A1-S | Basilisk has a StatTrak version, and no Souvenir packages exist for the finish.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Basilisk

The base is dark and uniform, so a sticker reads in any color. The snake engraving is a thin line, and a large sticker on the side of the receiver would cover it. In Factory New, where the design is still whole, the handguard and magazine are better places. For a CS2 sticker set, the base does not distort a sticker's color.

Who this wear suits

Buying the M4A1-S | Basilisk in Factory New makes sense if:

• you want an M4 whose pale snake engraving and magazine lines are untouched by wear;


• the price gap to the other wears matters to you, since it reflects the narrow FN band;


• you want a Restricted M4 for CS2 from the upper part of the row by price.