M4A1-S | Vaporwave (Battle-Scarred)

In Battle-Scarred (BS), the M4A1-S | Vaporwave is the cheapest of its five wears, and the skin's scale is cut off at 0.60. It is the Covert-rank rifle for the Counter-Terrorists, and it drops from the Gallery Case.

What the M4A1-S | Vaporwave looks like in Battle-Scarred

Valve describes the finish as a Greco-Roman statue and distorted images of a bygone era, with the caption "From a hypnagogic dream". On the rifle it is white marble: a bust on the suppressor and a second identical one on the side of the receiver. Around them lies a white-and-pink field with pink-red splotches. The suppressor tip is mint, and the top of the handguard is lilac-purple with stripes. The stock is white with a black-and-pink checkerboard.

In this wear the float runs from 0.45 to 0.60. Almost everything is painted and there is little bare metal, so dark wear marks stand out most on the light surfaces. The wear is fixed when the skin drops.

Where the M4A1-S | Vaporwave came from

The reference data lists Blazer as the author, while the "M4A1-S | Vaporwave" submission in the Steam Workshop was signed by the user Volkovyi. It appeared there on May 2, 2024. In the game, the Gallery Collection opened on October 2, 2024, and the skin was in it from day one. Valve's note on that update lists three weapon collections, two keychain collections, two sticker collections and the Gallery Case.

What to check before buying

For the M4A1-S | Vaporwave, these are worth checking:

• float: the skin's own ceiling is 0.60, and Battle-Scarred takes the top quarter of the scale;


• stickers on the rifle, and a renaming if one has been applied.

The artwork is set and does not change between copies. In this wear the band is a narrow 0.45 to 0.60, and copies barely differ from one another.

What the M4A1-S | Vaporwave costs in Battle-Scarred

Every other wear costs more than BS:

• Factory New costs 3.53 times as much;


• Minimal Wear costs 1.89 times as much;


• Well-Worn costs 1.30 times as much;


• Field-Tested costs 1.19 times as much.

Among Covert M4A1-S skins priced in Battle-Scarred, none is cheaper: the other nine all sit higher. The nearest are Golden Coil and Player Two, a quarter and a third higher. Hyper Beast is three times higher, and Cyrex costs several times more.

Getting the M4A1-S | Vaporwave

There is a single case, the Gallery Case, and the collection shares its name.

A trade-up contract also yields it: ten skins from the rank below. If all ten come from this collection, which has just two Covert skins, the odds come to one in two. Covert is also the rank that can be crafted up to a rare special item, and the Gallery Collection's is a knife.

StatTrak and Souvenir

There is a StatTrak version of the M4A1-S | Vaporwave. Souvenir copies exist as well, but the finish never had souvenir packages of its own: those were made only for tournament map collections. Souvenir copies come from the Souvenir-O-Matic, which puts gold tournament stickers and a player autograph on a regular skin in your inventory.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Vaporwave

There is little free space on the body: the suppressor, both sides of the receiver and the stock are all painted. A dark sticker reads well on the white marble, while a pink one merges into the splotches. A black sticker beside the checks on the stock looks like part of the artwork.

Who this wear suits

Buy the M4A1-S | Vaporwave in this wear if:

• you want a Covert-rank rifle for CS2 at the lowest price of any wear;


• wear up to 0.60 is acceptable;


• you want a Gallery Collection skin without overpaying for Factory New, which costs 3.53 times as much.