M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire (Factory New)

This is the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire in Factory New (FN), the top of the price ladder: the other four wears cost 1.9 to 2.1 times less. The Covert skin belongs to The Chroma 3 Collection. Its float values here run from 0.00 to 0.07.

What the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire looks like in Factory New

The rifle is painted all over, with no empty spots. Bright yellow lines outline the receiver, handguard and magazine, and inside lies a thick red pattern with orange and pink blotches. The suppressor is broken up by crosswise red and yellow stripes. The barrel is dark with a red ring, and the stock is red and orange.

Valve describes the finish as hand-painted in bright colors. The 0.00 to 0.07 band is tight, and the listings at its two ends differ only in the number.

What to check before buying

Worth comparing across listings of this M4A1-S:

• float: the band takes up about a seventh of the 0.00 to 0.99 scale;


• any name tag and stickers already applied, since they stay with the listing;


• whether the yellow outlines are intact along the edges of the suppressor and receiver.

A lucky pattern cannot be pulled from the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire: it is always the same one.

What the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire costs in Factory New

The other wears are cheaper:

• Minimal Wear, by 1.87 times;


• Field-Tested, by 1.87 times;


• Battle-Scarred, by 1.94 times;


• Well-Worn, by 2.06 times.

The four lower wears sit close together, and Factory New is set apart from them by one large step. In Factory New this skin costs more than six other Covert M4A1-S rifles. The M4A1-S | Fade, M4A1-S | Mecha Industries, M4A1-S | Cyrex and M4A1-S | Golden Coil cost from three quarters to nine tenths of its price. Higher up are the M4A1-S | Hyper Beast and M4A1-S | Printstream, almost twice as much, and the model's two priciest Covert skins, six to seven times as much.

Getting the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire

Besides the case, there is the trade-up: ten skins one rank down from this collection yield the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire. The inputs are the AUG | Fleet Flock, P250 | Asiimov and UMP-45 | Primal Saber, and the outcome pool holds two Covert skins.

The collection came out with the Chroma 3 Case in April 2016.

StatTrak and Souvenir

A StatTrak version of the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire exists. Souvenir packages were never issued for this finish, but you can assemble a Souvenir copy yourself with the Souvenir-O-Matic.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire

On a solid design a sticker has nowhere to hide, so contrast is what matters. Black and white stickers with a heavy outline show up, while small colored ones sink. In Factory New a craft gets a clean base where no outline has been rubbed away.

Who this wear suits

This wear of the M4A1-S | Chantico's Fire makes sense when:

• the yellow outlines need to stay even along every edge;


• you want a clean base for a set of stickers;


• a premium of 1.9 to 2.1 times over the other wears does not stop you.

For playing CS2, the wear changes only the look, and further down the scale all four cost roughly the same.