R8 Revolver | Amber Fade (Field-Tested)

For the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade, Field-Tested (FT) is the longest band of the finish, 57% of the scale, running from 0.15 to 0.38. It is a Classified skin from The Dust 2 Collection, available to both sides.

What the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade looks like in Field-Tested

The base is chrome, and Valve laid translucent paints over it that flow into one another. The barrel and the top of the frame are green. Along the body the color changes to amber and copper, and the cylinder and the hammer take on a brown-orange cast. The grip is gray with no pattern. There is no lettering.

In FT the chrome base starts to peek through on the edges of the cylinder and the frame, and the gradient loses its gloss where wear has caught it. The center of the gradient stays readable. The wear is locked in at the moment of the drop, and the picture will not change after purchase.

What to check before buying

Copies of the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade differ in these ways:

• float: the closer to 0.15, the less chrome is exposed on the edges;


• the transition from green to amber on the barrel and the cylinder, which should read as smooth;


• whether the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade carries stickers and a name tag.

The 0.15 to 0.38 band is long, and the copies at either end look noticeably different.

What the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade costs in Field-Tested

The other wears against Field-Tested:

• Factory New is dearer by a factor of 2.7;


• Minimal Wear is dearer by a factor of 1.1;


• Well-Worn is dearer by a factor of 2.9.

This finish has four wears, and Well-Worn turns out the dearest while FT is the cheapest. Among Classified revolvers the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade in FT is cheaper than both of its neighbors in rank. Those are the R8 Revolver | Skull Crusher and the R8 Revolver | Llama Cannon. The Llama Cannon is dearer by roughly ten times.

Getting the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade

The skin has no regular case: it comes out of the Souvenir packages of tournaments played on Dust 2.

The trade-up contract is the second route. It takes ten skins of the rank below, and the collection of the result depends on the inputs. Dust 2 has a single Classified skin, so ten Restricted skins from that collection lead to this revolver.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The R8 Revolver | Amber Fade has no StatTrak version. A Souvenir version exists: the finish is part of the Souvenir packages of tournaments played on Dust 2.

Stickers and craft on the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade

The gradient fills the whole frame and cylinder, so a sticker lands on the color transition. The calm gray grip gives an even field for a sticker. Cool tones set off the green part, while warm ones get lost in the amber.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested on the R8 Revolver | Amber Fade is a reasonable pick in these cases:

• you need a revolver with a green-amber gradient for CS2 at a lower price than the other three wears;


• you choose by float on a long band, not by the label;


• chrome on the edges does not bother you, and the skin is for playing.