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TF2 War Paint Collections

Team Fortress 2's classic weapon skins are organised into named collections — themed sets where each weapon carries a grade and ships in five wear tiers. These pages are original, data-backed write-ups of the 8 most substantial classic sets (158 war-painted weapons in total): what each set is about, how its grades are distributed, and what tends to move value inside it.

How to read a collection

Every weapon in a collection has a grade and a wear tier. Grades run, rarest to most common: Elite, Assassin, Commando, Mercenary, Freelance, Civilian — the rarer the grade, the less often that weapon appears. Wear runs Factory New → Minimal Wear → Field-Tested → Well-Worn → Battle Scarred, describing how scuffed the paint looks. Together they set the floor for what a piece is worth before quality (like Strange) and pattern centring come into it.

New to the system? Start with grades & rarity explained and wear levels explained, then dive into the sets below.

The Civilian → Commando sets

In CheckPaint's own data these four collections share a four-rung ladder that tops out at Commando grade. They tend to be the larger, more motif-driven sets — built for matched, grounded loadouts.

Teufort Collection 15 weapons · Civilian → Commando ladder Small-town civic Americana, from the mayor’s office to the rocket-scarred rooftops. Craftsmann Collection 15 weapons · Civilian → Commando ladder Rustic, woodgrain, back-country gunsmithing — the most hand-made-looking set on the board. Gentlemanne's Collection 26 weapons · Civilian → Commando ladder High-roller art-deco glamour — four signature motifs spread across the whole arsenal. Harvest Collection 29 weapons · Civilian → Commando ladder Autumn and Halloween in one set — the largest classic collection on the site.

The Mercenary → Elite sets

These four collections run two grades higher, adding the scarce Assassin and Elite tiers above the base. The chase pieces here are rarer in kind, not just in look — Elite is the rarest Decorated grade.

Concealed Killer Collection 15 weapons · Mercenary → Elite ladder Camouflage and the hunt — woodland, desert and night-stalker patterns up to Elite grade. Powerhouse Collection 15 weapons · Mercenary → Elite ladder High-voltage industry — electricity, oil and raw power, all the way up to Elite. Pyroland Collection 25 weapons · Mercenary → Elite ladder Pyrovision fever dream — rainbows and balloonicorns against a darker "to Hell" undertone. Warbird Collection 18 weapons · Mercenary → Elite ladder WWII warplane heritage — fighter-nose art translated onto the arsenal.

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