M4A4 | Royal Paladin (Factory New)

Factory New (FN) on the M4A4 | Royal Paladin is an M4A4 in bronze and silver where engraving and paint lie without a single scuff. The skin is Covert rank, drops from the Revolver Case and belongs to The Revolver Case Collection. It is the 0.00 to 0.07 slice of a float scale that runs to 0.80.

What the M4A4 | Royal Paladin looks like in Factory New

The barrel and receiver are brown, the color of bronze. The handguard, stock and magazine are silver-gray, with a diamond ornament on the first two and fine engraving on the magazine. There is no bright color: the design rests on the difference between warm bronze and cool gray metal.

In Factory New all of the engraving reads and the edges do not lighten. Valve's description speaks of careful engraving and painting meant to give a feeling of grandeur, and on an untouched copy that is easiest to see.

What to check before buying

Before paying, run through the following:

• the float, which runs from 0.00 to 0.07 here;


• the receiver edges and the ornament on the handguard: on a factory copy they have no light spots;


• stickers on the body, and a name tag if one is applied.

There is nothing to choose by pattern, since it is identical on every lot. The 0.00 to 0.07 band is tight, and the lots at the ends differ only by the number. It covers 9% of the scale.

What the M4A4 | Royal Paladin costs in Factory New

Below Factory New, each wear is cheaper by these factors:

• Minimal Wear, 1.7 times;


• Field-Tested, 1.8 times;


• Well-Worn, 1.9 times;


• Battle-Scarred, twice.

The gap to the cheapest wear is a factor of two, and it is even, with no drops. Among the thirteen Covert M4A4 rifles, this skin sits in the middle in Factory New: six are cheaper and six cost more. M4A4 | Full Throttle is almost level, and M4A4 | Bullet Rain and M4A4 | The Emperor are a little higher. M4A4 | X-Ray and M4A4 | Temukau are clearly cheaper. Of the top ones, M4A4 | The Coalition costs almost six times as much.

Getting the M4A4 | Royal Paladin

Another source is a trade-up of ten skins one rank lower. From cases, the skin falls out of the Revolver Case. The odds of getting this M4A4 with a ten from its own collection are one in two.

StatTrak and Souvenir

StatTrak exists for this M4A4. The finish has no Souvenir packages.

Stickers and craft on the M4A4 | Royal Paladin

On clean bronze a sticker shows best, though it also covers untouched paint. The silver handguard and stock with their ornament take stickers less well, because the engraving competes with them. White and gold stickers look crisp on bronze, while brown ones get lost.

Who this wear suits

Factory New is worth buying on the M4A4 | Royal Paladin for these purposes:

• you want an M4A4 with untouched engraving for a CS2 showcase;


• you value predictability within 0.00 to 0.07, where lots do not differ;


• a premium of double the lower wears suits you.