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 eSports 2013 Case (2013-08): Faded Zebra. 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

M4A4 skin prices right now

14 M4A4 skins cost under $1 and 25 under $10 in their cheapest wear.

Cheapest M4A4 skins

Most expensive M4A4 skins

Lowest listing across up to 11 marketplaces in the CS2TradeUp.gg price feed, without StatTrak or Souvenir, checked on 2026-11-11. Prices change every day, so open a skin for live prices.

Where M4A4 skins come from

26 weapon cases contain an M4A4 skin, from the eSports 2013 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)
• Huntsman Weapon Case (2014)
• Winter Offensive Weapon Case (2013)
• eSports 2013 Winter Case (2013)
• Operation Bravo Case (2013)
• eSports 2013 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.

M4A4 skins from map, operation and Armory collections: 2018 Inferno Collection, 2018 Nuke Collection, 2021 Dust 2 Collection, 2021 Train Collection, Achroma Collection, Anubis Collection, Arabesque Collection, Ascent Collection, Aztec Collection, Boreal Collection, Control Collection, Dead Hand Collection, Dust Collection, Genesis Collection, Gods and Monsters Collection, Graphic Design Collection, Inferno Collection, Militia Collection, Nuke Collection, Radiant Collection, Rising Sun Collection, Spy Tech Collection, St. Marc Collection, Train 2025 Collection, Train Collection. See all CS2 collections.

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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