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Historical summary
The Nova | Mandrel was first introduced to CS2 6 years ago, on September 3rd, 2018. It was released as part of the "FACEIT 2018 – Ways to Watch" update.
Origin
The Nova | Mandrel can be obtained by opening one of the 7 containers. This includes Paris 2023 Nuke Souvenir Package, Stockholm 2021 Nuke Souvenir Package, London 2018 Nuke Souvenir Package, and 4 more. This item is also part of The 2018 Nuke Collection.
Rarity
The Nova | Mandrel is one of 137 other shotgun items. The rarity of the skin is Consumer grade, which makes drop Mandrel a pretty common occurrence in the game.
Markets availability
The Nova | Mandrel, with its price of $0.01 to $4935.26, is considered an economically priced skin. It's currently available for purchase in a range of markets with convenient access
Skin exteriors
The float value ranges from 0.00 to 0.50, which makes the skin available in all exteriors. For each exterior, there also exists a Souvenir version.
Skin appearance
This Nova skin has been painted in a "Hydrographic" finish style, with the Mandrel finish. Disassembled weapon parts are lowered through a floating hydrographic film on the surface of a water tank. The film adheres to the primed weapon parts, covering the surface with a pattern. The appearance of the Mandrel finish varies depending on its pattern index.
Other Nova skins
Nova Dark Sigil
![Nova | Dark Sigil](https://cdn.csgodb.net/images/cs2/big/item/nova-dark-sigil/d248a011-c20e-539c-ae5e-866339631ce6.webp)
Nova Sobek's Bite
![Nova | Sobek's Bite](https://cdn.csgodb.net/images/cs2/big/item/nova-sobeks-bite/8764231a-64bb-5d4a-b7b4-78dea0ae5463.webp)
Nova Interlock
![Nova | Interlock](https://cdn.csgodb.net/images/cs2/big/item/nova-interlock/d80b5336-63b3-5b4e-aada-b1e945e53e23.webp)
Nova Quick Sand
![Nova | Quick Sand](https://cdn.csgodb.net/images/cs2/big/item/nova-quick-sand/4ac527a5-db72-516a-a4c1-30f3a642b9a5.webp)
Nova Red Quartz
![Nova | Red Quartz](https://cdn.csgodb.net/images/cs2/big/item/nova-red-quartz/e0d918cc-ee80-5644-98cc-93de89cffd8a.webp)
Nova Windblown
![Nova | Windblown](https://cdn.csgodb.net/images/cs2/big/item/nova-windblown/510954e7-715d-5617-a3fe-d1baded59101.webp)