M4A1-S | Liquidation (Well-Worn)

Well-Worn (WW) is the wear of the M4A1-S | Liquidation where the least remains of the finish's main trick. The double red and light-blue outline is torn along every edge, while the blue panels are still even. In this wear the float covers 0.38 to 0.45. Rank-wise it is Restricted, and it is supplied by the Sealed Genesis Terminal.

What the M4A1-S | Liquidation looks like in Well-Worn

The handguard, receiver, carry handle, magazine and stock are dark blue with a graphite sheen. The color is not laid on in patches: a double edging runs along every edge, red on one side and light blue on the other. That makes the silhouette seem to split in two, like a picture seen through anaglyph glasses. The suppressor is dark gray with knurling, and the grip is gray-brown factory plastic.

The lines trace the edges of the handguard, the arc of the handle, the rims of the receiver and the edges of the magazine and stock. The suppressor and grip take no part in the effect. There are no inscriptions or figures on the body: the whole artwork is the outline.

In Well-Worn the wear reaches exactly the places where the lines live. The handguard edges, the rim of the magazine opening, the handle arc and the corners of the stock turn lighter, and the outline breaks off there or disappears altogether. The doubling falls apart into pieces, so the silhouette reads in sections rather than as a whole. The panels between the edges have hardly changed, and up close you see that combination: clean fields and an eaten-away outline. In the clean wears the line runs around the silhouette without a gap.

Where the M4A1-S | Liquidation came from

The finish's designer is listed as Mei. The Steam Workshop submission went up on August 7, 2024 under the nickname n1 and the working title "M4A1-S | Quick liquidation". The catalog number Valve gave the finish is 1340.

The collection came out on September 16, 2025. In its post Valve specified separately the countries where opening the Genesis Terminal was allowed: Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

What to check before buying

With the M4A1-S | Liquidation, these are the points to look at before paying:

• float: at 0.38 the breaks in the outline are still spot-like, while at 0.45 the outline is lost on every edge;


• the state of the carry-handle arc, which stands out most and lightens first;


• what the previous owner left on the M4A1-S | Liquidation, meaning stickers and an applied name.

Copies of the M4A1-S | Liquidation differ only in wear, since the artwork is shared. In this wear the band is narrow, 0.38 to 0.45, and copies are almost the same as one another.

What the M4A1-S | Liquidation costs in Well-Worn

How the other wears compare:

• Factory New costs about eight times as much;


• Minimal Wear costs about three and a half times as much;


• Field-Tested costs about two thirds more;


• Battle-Scarred is about a quarter cheaper.

The eightfold gap to the clean wear comes from how the finish is built: you pay for an intact outline, and it is the first thing to go.

There are eight Restricted finishes with a price in this wear, and the Liquidation is fifth of them counting up. Glitched Paint is about one and a half times dearer and Electrum a third cheaper, while Nitro and Emphorosaur-S cost less than half as much. The most expensive finish in the rank is Basilisk.

Getting the M4A1-S | Liquidation

The collection has a single case, the Sealed Genesis Terminal, which arrives as a weekly drop. To get the M4A1-S | Liquidation you hand over ten skins one rank below from the same collection. Five finishes share the Restricted rank in the set, so the chance of this rifle is one in five.

StatTrak and Souvenir

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Liquidation

The M4A1-S | Liquidation has a StatTrak version. Souvenir copies of the finish turn up as well, though no Souvenir packages were ever made for it: packages only ever covered tournament map collections. Those copies are built with the Souvenir-O-Matic, which puts gold tournament stickers and a player autograph on a normal skin from the inventory.

The dark blue panels between the edges are an even field, and almost any sticker reads on it. Red and light-blue stickers continue the outline, but here it is ragged, so that choice emphasizes the breaks. White and yellow ones sit more evenly; the most room is on the receiver and stock.

Who this wear suits

Well-Worn makes sense for the M4A1-S | Liquidation if:

• the rifle is for the hands in CS2 matches, not for close inspection;


• you do not need to pay the eightfold surcharge for a clean outline;


• you are happy with a look in which the outline holds only on the flat panels.

The price difference to the most worn grade is small, but there the outline leaves the flat panels as well. Well-Worn is the last rung on which the doubled silhouette is still recognizable in CS2.