Nova | Rising Skull Price
CS2 heavy prices, float values & marketplace comparison
Also priced separately: StatTrak™ Rising Skull
CSDB estimated value · Field-Tested
$4.30–$5.20
Best current price
$3.94
DMarket · 30% below Steam
Lowest recorded ask, 31 Oct 2026 · verify on the marketplace
- Highest buy order
- $5.09Steam
- 30D sales
- 92Steam
- Liquidity
- 46/100Liquid
- Float range
- 0.15–0.38Field-Tested
- Listings
- 171tracked markets
- Markets quoting
- 13
Marketplace prices from the daily snapshot · updated
Marketplace Prices
Field-Tested · updated| Marketplace | Price | vs Steam | vs market median | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMarketBest price★ 4.0Review | $3.94 | −30% | -16.7% | Search |
| Skinport★ 4.9ReviewCode CSDB | $3.99 | −29% | -15.6% | Search |
| Tradeit.gg★ 4.8ReviewCode CSDB | $4.05 | −28% | -14.4% | Search |
| CSFloat★ 4.8Review | $4.14 | −26% | -12.5% | Open |
| Youpin (UU) | $4.51 | −19% | -4.7% | Search |
| HaloSkinsReview | $4.61 | −18% | -2.5% | Search |
| Waxpeer★ 4.0ReviewCode CSDB | $4.73 | −15% | 0.0% | View |
| LIS-SKINS★ 4.8Review | $4.74 | −15% | +0.2% | Search |
| Steam Community MarketWallet funds | $5.59 | — | — |
Each price is that marketplace's lowest listing for this exact wear and variant. Buyer fees, where a marketplace charges them, are on top.
Individual Listings
Field-Tested · CSFloatSee the actual items for sale — exact float, paint seed, stickers and screenshots — and how each is priced against the base value of this wear.
Price History
Field-Tested · CSDB daily cross-market lowest listing · 54 observations
Full Price History
Nova | Rising Skull (Field-Tested) Steam price and trading volume since Dec 2013 — 468 days tracked.
Full price & volume history via SteamWebAPI · Steam Community Market.
Nova Rising Skull Prices by Wear
| Wear | CSDB value | Best price | Steam | 30D sales | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | $5.60–$6.60 | $5.41 | $9.16 | 38 | 13 |
| Minimal Wear | $4.40–$5.00 | $4.37 | $5.77 | 42 | 14 |
| Field-Tested | $4.30–$5.20 | $3.94 | $5.59 | 92 | 13 |
| Well-Worn | $5.20–$6.80 | $4.91 | $5.72 | 5 | 11 |
| Battle-Scarred | $4.60–$10 | $5.80 | $6.70 | 10 | 6 |
StatTrak™
| Wear | CSDB value | Best price | Steam | 30D sales | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | $9.00–$10.60 | $8.99 | $14.88 | 10 | 14 |
| Minimal Wear | $8.40–$12.20 | $8.56 | $11.81 | 11 | 14 |
| Field-Tested | $4.80–$7.20 | $5.64 | $7.32 | 42 | 13 |
| Well-Worn | $11–$14.20 | $12.23 | $9.20 | 9 | 5 |
| Battle-Scarred | $8.80–$11 | $9.01 | $7.04 | 11 | 8 |
CSDB value is an estimate from recorded sales and cleaned marketplace asks, shown as a range. "Best price" is the lowest listing that survived outlier checks. Where a wear has only a few asks and no recorded sales, CSDB shows the ask and declines to value it. Method
CSDB Market Score
Field-Tested- Liquidity4692 sales in 30 days, 171 listings across tracked markets
- Demand100613% of Steam's open offers sold in 30 days
- Market depth7613 marketplaces quoting, 171 listings
- Spread quality033% between the cheapest and dearest cleaned ask
- Data confidence59current listings on 13 marketplaces; 92 Steam sales in 30 days show it trades, but no cash sale prices are recorded
How easy this market is to trade in at a fair price — not a view on where the price is going. Subscores appear only where the inputs exist for this wear.
Market Statistics
Field-Tested- CSDB estimated value
- $4.30–$5.20medium confidence
- Lowest current listing
- $3.94
- Cash-market median ask
- $4.7313 markets
- Steam price
- $5.59wallet funds
- Steam median sale · 30D
- $5.00wallet funds
- Highest buy order
- $5.091,350 wanted · Steam
- Steam bid/ask spread
- 9%
- Steam sales · 7D
- 28
- Steam sales · 30D
- 92
- Steam sales · 90D
- 267
- Median time to sell
- 13 hoursSteam
- Active listings
- 171tracked markets
- Days to clear the book
- 4.9Steam offers at Steam sale rate
- Marketplaces quoting
- 13
- Cross-market spread
- 33%cleaned asks, Steam excluded
- Liquidity
- 46/100Liquid
Only figures the data supports are listed — a missing row means the feed does not report it for this wear, not that it is zero. How these are measured
Float Analysis
0.00–0.50| Wear | Floats this skin can roll | Share of its range | CSDB value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory New | 0.00–0.07 | 14% | $5.60–$6.60 |
| Minimal Wear | 0.07–0.15 | 16% | $4.40–$5.00 |
| Field-Tested | 0.15–0.38 | 46% | $4.30–$5.20 |
| Well-Worn | 0.38–0.45 | 14% | $5.20–$6.80 |
| Battle-Scarred | 0.45–0.50 | 10% | $4.60–$10 |
- Float premium within a wear:not published yet. Measuring it needs completed sales with their exact floats, and CSDB does not hold enough of those for this skin to separate a float premium from ordinary price noise. Load the individual listings above to see how each item's float sits within its wear.
Lowest Floats on the Market
Nova Rising Skull Details
- Weapon
- Nova
- Finish
- Rising Skull
- Rarity
- Restricted
- Category
- Heavy
- Found in
- Winter Offensive Weapon Case
- Collection
- The Winter Offensive Collection
- First seen on market
- 12 Dec 2013
- Float range
- 0.00–0.50
- Paint index
- 263
- StatTrak™ available
- Yes
- Souvenir available
- No
- Unbox chance
- 4.00% one of 4 Restricted finishes sharing 15.98%
- Heavy skins tracked
- 210
- Cheaper than 23% of Nova finishes, comparing each at its most affordable valued wear.
- #33 of 45 Nova finishes by Steam sales in the last 30 days (all wears).
Market Summary
Nova | Rising Skull Field-Tested has a CSDB estimated market value of $4.30–$5.20 (medium confidence), with the cheapest tracked listing at $3.94 on DMarket. Steam lists it at $5.59, so the best cash price is 30% lower. This wear recorded 92 Steam sales in the past 30 days and scores 46/100 for liquidity. Across the wears CSDB can value, Nova | Rising Skull spans about $4.30–$10.
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More From The Winter Offensive Collection
About Nova | Rising Skull
The Nova's rock-bottom price tag makes it a great ambush weapon for a cash-strapped team. It has been customized with an image of a skull using matte paints and an oil-based paint marker. Mr. Izaki, I'm not complaining... but how many shotguns do you need? - Imogen and The Oni, Part 1— Official in-game description
Nova | Rising Skull is a Restricted heavy finish from the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, on the market since 2013. It drops in StatTrak™ as well as the standard version.
The Nova is a heavy in CS2 that costs $1,050 in-game.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much is Nova | Rising Skull worth?
- Nova | Rising Skull is worth roughly $4.30–$10 depending on wear, on CSDB's estimate. Factory New: $5.60–$6.60; Minimal Wear: $4.40–$5.00; Field-Tested: $4.30–$5.20; Well-Worn: $5.20–$6.80; Battle-Scarred: $4.60–$10.
- What is the cheapest Nova | Rising Skull?
- The cheapest tracked listing is Field-Tested at $3.94 on DMarket, 30% below the Steam price of $5.59.
- What is the Factory New Nova | Rising Skull price?
- Factory New Nova | Rising Skull has a CSDB estimated value of $5.60–$6.60 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $5.41 on Buff163, against $9.16 on Steam.
- What is the Minimal Wear Nova | Rising Skull price?
- Minimal Wear Nova | Rising Skull has a CSDB estimated value of $4.40–$5.00 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $4.37 on Buff163, against $5.77 on Steam.
- What is the Field-Tested Nova | Rising Skull price?
- Field-Tested Nova | Rising Skull has a CSDB estimated value of $4.30–$5.20 (medium confidence); the cheapest tracked listing is $3.94 on DMarket, against $5.59 on Steam.
- Is StatTrak™ Nova | Rising Skull more expensive?
- Factory New: StatTrak™ $9.87 vs $6.08 (+62%); Minimal Wear: StatTrak™ $10.29 vs $4.68 (+120%); Field-Tested: StatTrak™ $5.98 vs $4.73 (+26%); Well-Worn: StatTrak™ $12.59 vs $6.00 (+110%); Battle-Scarred: StatTrak™ $9.84 vs $7.34 (+34%). Compared on CSDB estimates for wears where both versions can be valued.
- What float can Nova | Rising Skull have?
- Nova | Rising Skull rolls floats from 0.00 to 0.50. Factory New 0.00–0.07, Minimal Wear 0.07–0.15, Field-Tested 0.15–0.38, Well-Worn 0.38–0.45, Battle-Scarred 0.45–0.50.
- How liquid is Nova | Rising Skull?
- Field-Tested Nova | Rising Skull scores 46/100 on CSDB's liquidity measure (liquid): 92 recorded sales in 30 days, and 171 active listings across the marketplaces we track. Those are separate counts from separate venues, so they are scored as separate signals rather than divided into one another. Within Steam alone, where the sales and the open offers are the same population, the current book would take about 5 days to clear at that rate.
- When was Nova | Rising Skull released?
- Nova | Rising Skull first appeared on the Steam Community Market on 12 December 2013, in the Winter Offensive Weapon Case. That is its first market listing, which for most items is within a day of release.
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