M4A4 Skins in CS2: All 52 Skins

The M4A4 is one of the two Counter-Terrorist rifles, with a 30-round magazine. It carries the only Contraband skin in the game, the Howl.

There are 52 M4A4 skins in CS2 right now: 1 Contraband, 14 Covert, 8 Classified, 11 Restricted, 9 Mil-Spec Grade, 9 Industrial Grade. The most recent case with an M4A4 skin is the Fever Case (2025).

Best and most popular M4A4 skins

What each of these is known for:

• Howl (Contraband, ; Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn only): A snarling wolf in red and orange. It was pulled from cases in 2014 over a copyright issue, which made it the only Contraband skin; no new ones can be unboxed.
• Poseidon (Classified, Gods and Monsters Collection; Factory New, Minimal Wear and Field-Tested only, no StatTrak): Sea-green waves and a trident from an old collection.
• The Emperor (Covert, Prisma Case; all five wears): A lion-headed emperor portrait in rich reds and gold.
• Asiimov (Covert, Winter Offensive Weapon Case; no Factory New or Minimal Wear): The white, orange and black Asiimov look on the M4A4.
• Neo-Noir (Covert, Clutch Case; all five wears): Comic noir art in black, white and red, matching the other Neo-Noir skins.
• Temukau (Covert, Revolution Case; all five wears): Colourful masked-character art in bright blues and pinks.
• In Living Color (Covert, Snakebite Case; all five wears): Pop-art faces in loud colours.
• Buzz Kill (Covert, Glove Case; all five wears): Yellow and black wasp graphics.
• Desolate Space (Classified, Gamma Case; all five wears): An astronaut in a lonely space scene, one of the most loved M4A4 artworks.
• Hellfire (Classified, Operation Hydra Case; all five wears): A fiery red demon design.
• 龍王 (Dragon King) (Classified, Chroma Case; all five wears): A red and gold Chinese dragon, usually called Dragon King.

Tips before you buy an M4A4 skin

• Pick between the M4A4 and M4A1-S first: most players use one and rarely buy both.
• The Howl can never be unboxed again, so all supply is already in inventories.

M4A4 skin wear and StatTrak facts

• No Factory New (1): Asiimov. The lowest float available is the "best" version.
• All five wears: 46 of 52 skins go from Factory New to Battle-Scarred.
• StatTrak: 29 of 52 M4A4 skins come in StatTrak (case skins); the other 23 are collection-only.

Newest and oldest M4A4 skins

The newest case skins for the M4A4 came in the Fever Case (2025-02): Choppa. The oldest are from the Operation Bravo Case (2013-09): Zirka. Since 2022, 5 new cases have added M4A4 skins.

All 52 M4A4 skins by rarity

Linked skins open their price and trade-up page on CS2TradeUp.gg.

Contraband 1 skin

Covert 14 skins

Classified 8 skins

Restricted 11 skins

Mil-Spec Grade 9 skins

Industrial Grade 9 skins

Where M4A4 skins come from

26 weapon cases contain an M4A4 skin, from the Operation Bravo Case (2013) to the Fever Case:

• Fever Case (2025)
• Gallery Case (2024)
• Kilowatt Case (2024)
• Revolution Case (2023)
• Recoil Case (2022)
• Operation Riptide Case (2021)
• Snakebite Case (2021)
• Operation Broken Fang Case (2020)
• Fracture Case (2020)
• Prisma Case (2019)
• Danger Zone Case (2018)
• Clutch Case (2017)
• Operation Hydra Case (2017)
• Glove Case (2016)
• Gamma Case (2016)
• Operation Wildfire Case (2016)
• Falchion Case (2015)
• Revolver Case (2015)
• Chroma Case (2015)
• Operation Vanguard Weapon Case (2014)
• eSports 2014 Summer Case (2014)
• eSports 2013 Winter Case (2014)
• eSports 2013 Case (2014)
• Huntsman Weapon Case (2014)
• Winter Offensive Weapon Case (2013)
• Operation Bravo Case (2013)

Counting every source, M4A4 skins belong to 51 collections: the case collections above plus map collections (Souvenir packages and weekly drops) and newer Armory collections. See every CS2 case and the case odds.

Other rifles: AK-47 skins, AWP skins, M4A1-S skins, FAMAS skins, Galil AR skins, AUG skins, SG 553 skins, SSG 08 skins. All weapons: CS2 skins by weapon.

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