M4A1-S | Vaporwave (Well-Worn)

The M4A1-S | Vaporwave in Well-Worn (WW) is a Covert-rank rifle, and the cheapest Covert M4A1-S in this wear. Its float runs from 0.38 to 0.45. The skin drops from the Gallery Case and belongs to the Gallery Collection.

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

The artwork is built from white marble and pink neon. The statue on the suppressor is repeated on the side of the receiver, with pink-red splotches around it, and the white stock is decorated with a black-and-pink checkerboard. The top of the handguard carries lengthwise lilac-purple stripes, the pistol grip is purple, and the suppressor tip wears a mint-turquoise ring.

At this wear the protruding edges, meaning the ribs of the handguard and the checks on the stock, suffer first, while the large white planes hold out longer.

Where the M4A1-S | Vaporwave came from

The skin arrived on October 2, 2024, when the Gallery Collection was added to the game. The Steam Workshop submission is dated May 2, 2024, so about five months passed before release. Valve describes the finish as a Greco-Roman statue and distorted images of a bygone era.

What to check before buying

What matters when buying the M4A1-S | Vaporwave:

• float: this wear takes 12% of the skin's scale;


• a name tag and stickers: on the M4A1-S | Vaporwave they stay on the listing.

You cannot buy an M4A1-S | Vaporwave with a "rare" pattern, because every copy carries the same artwork. In this wear the band is a narrow 0.38 to 0.45, and copies barely differ from one another.

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

• Factory New costs 2.72 times as much;


• Minimal Wear costs 1.45 times as much;


• Field-Tested is 1.09 times cheaper;


• Battle-Scarred is 1.30 times cheaper.

Heavier wear does not make this one cheaper: Well-Worn sits a little above Field-Tested. The nearest Covert skins by price are a tenth higher: Player Two and Golden Coil. Hyper Beast costs more than twice as much, and Cyrex stands higher still.

Getting the M4A1-S | Vaporwave

The skin drops from the Gallery Case. The route that skips buying it is a trade-up contract: ten skins from the rank below, with the M4A1-S | Vaporwave as the result. If all ten are from this collection, which has two Covert skins, one in two is the chance.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The M4A1-S | Vaporwave has a StatTrak version. Souvenir copies of the finish also exist, although no souvenir packages were released for it: those were produced only for tournament map collections. They are made through the Souvenir-O-Matic, which applies gold tournament stickers and a player autograph to a regular skin from your inventory.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Vaporwave

The white receiver with its splotches leaves no calm field, so a sticker placed close to the bust looks cramped. Black stickers give contrast on the white marble, and mint ones pick up the suppressor tip.

Who this wear suits

Buying the M4A1-S | Vaporwave in Well-Worn makes sense when:

• you want a Covert-rank rifle for CS2 and price matters more than clean paint;


• a float of 0.38 to 0.45 suits you;


• you want a Gallery Collection skin and have no use for Factory New at 2.72 times the price.