M4A1-S | Party Animal (Battle-Scarred)

For the M4A1-S | Party Animal, Battle-Scarred (BS) is the wear where the scale is cut off at a ceiling of 0.60: the band runs from 0.45 to 0.60. Its rank is Classified. No case holds this finish, and it lives in The Harlequin Collection.

What the M4A1-S | Party Animal looks like in Battle-Scarred

It is a neon animal print, blotches and swirls in purple, hot pink, turquoise and blue. The suppressor is pink-purple with dark streaks, the handguard purple, and the receiver and stock blue-turquoise with pink spots. The magazine is pink with yellow inserts. The print covers the whole rifle with no empty zones.

The rifle's wear was set when it dropped. In Battle-Scarred the bright paint on the ribs of the handguard and the edges of the stock is rubbed down to gray metal. The large pink and turquoise patches on the flat side of the receiver last longer.

Where the M4A1-S | Party Animal came from

Valve drew the M4A1-S | Party Animal itself, and no Steam Workshop submission stands behind the finish. Valve captions it with a line about "several colors" and "the whole color spectrum". The Harlequin Collection entered the game on January 21, 2026, and the skin arrived in the same update. Its number in Valve's catalog is 1376.

What to check before buying

When buying an M4A1-S | Party Animal, these count:

• the float: this wear sits between 0.45 and 0.60, and the lower the number, the brighter the paint;


• how the print sits: the finish is laid on as a film, so blotches fall differently from copy to copy;


• any stickers and name tag already on this M4A1-S | Party Animal.

Between 0.45 and 0.60 the look of the M4A1-S | Party Animal hardly changes: the band is short, and the gap between listings is small.

What the M4A1-S | Party Animal costs in Battle-Scarred

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest wear this skin has. Factory New costs three and a half times as much, Minimal Wear double, Well-Worn one and a half times, and Field-Tested only a few percent more.

Among Classified M4A1-S finishes priced in this wear, the skin is fifth of twelve from the bottom: four are cheaper, seven dearer. Leaded Glass costs half as much again, Nightmare is almost level, and Control Panel, Black Lotus and Stratosphere sit lower. At the top stand Atomic Alloy, Guardian and Master Piece.

Getting the M4A1-S | Party Animal

The M4A1-S | Party Animal never entered a case. The Harlequin Collection is on Valve's weekly reward list.

A trade-up is the other route: ten Restricted skins go in from anywhere, and the result comes from the collection of one of the inputs. Ten from The Harlequin Collection is the player's choice, and then the outcome is one: a Classified skin of that set.

StatTrak and Souvenir

This M4A1-S has no StatTrak version. No Souvenir packages carry the finish, either.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Party Animal

The finish is busy, and any sticker competes with the artwork. Contrasting ones work best: black and white, or stickers with a clear outline. Thin, small icons get lost in the colored patches. For a craft, use the suppressor or the handguard, where the print runs in broad swirls.

Who this wear suits

Battle-Scarred on the M4A1-S | Party Animal is justified in these cases:

• you want the brightest neon M4A1-S for CS2 at the lowest entry cost;


• rubbed paint does not bother you, since the print is variegated and wear dissolves into it;


• the skin is bought for a collection, to close out every wear in CS2.