StatTrak™ Nova | Hyper Beast (Minimal Wear)

The StatTrak™ Nova | Hyper Beast (Minimal Wear) is a classified Nova skin designed for players who care about both visuals and gameplay comfort. The Nova's rock-bottom price tag makes it a great ambush weapon for a cash-strapped team. It has been custom painted with a beastly creature in psychedelic colors. They call you The Oni, right? Such a scary name for such a sad man... – Elliot Kingsman, Mercenary As a StatTrak version, it includes a built-in kill counter, making it a more premium choice compared to the regular variant.

Color Palette

This style enables extremely customized looks in a full range of colors. The skin has been painted in a color scheme of green and purple.

Pattern Style

Different pattern indexes have no effect on the Hyper Beast finish.

Float Range

This skin is not heavily affected by float variations, and its appearance stays relatively consistent across most copies on the market. The Minimal Wear version keeps the skin looking clean overall, with only small, barely noticeable signs of use on the model.

Rarity & Drop Details

The Nova | Hyper Beast is one of 155 other Shotgun skins. The rarity of the skin is Classified, which makes the Hyper Beast a very rare drop with an estimated drop chance of only 3.2%. Within the item structure it is a Nova Shotgun, which defines where players typically use it in their loadouts.

Release History

The Nova | Hyper Beast was first introduced to CS2 on February 17th, 2016. It was released as part of the Operation Wildfire Case, alongside the "Operation Wildfire" update. The skin was created by the community designer "frontaLOBE". The Nova | Hyper Beast can be obtained by opening a Operation Wildfire Case container. The skin is also part of the The Wildfire Collection.

Popularity & Price Trends

With a popularity of 95%, the Nova | Hyper Beast is currently extremely popular, which makes it one of the most popular items in CS2. This popularity measurement is based on the daily sales volume and the price of the skin. As a StatTrak variant, it generally trades at a premium over the non-StatTrak version, appealing to players who care about visible kill statistics.