Skin snapshot: Red Apple (so_red) ships with the FACEIT 2018 Ways to Watch drop on 3 Sep 2018, sits in the 2018 Inferno Collection, is designed by Valve, tagged uncommon, and uses a solid-color finish with float 0.0–0.3 only.

What you’re actually buying

Valve’s blurb is blunt: selected parts get a red and black pass—no busy pattern, just contrast. On a solid skin that matters in-game: the “pattern” barely moves, so what you see in inspect is mostly what you get. Wear tops out at 0.3, so Battle-Scarred never spawns; from Factory New through Field-Tested, expect darkening and edge wear, not huge scraped-off artwork.

Before you pay, spin the model and check which panels actually carry the red—official copy says partial parts, not a full-body respray.

Drop map (souvenir & collection)

You can pull it from 2018 Inferno Collection or Inferno souvenir packages tied to:

• London 2018
• Katowice 2019
• Berlin 2019
• Stockholm 2021
• Antwerp 2022
• Rio 2022
• Paris 2023
• Copenhagen 2024
• Shanghai 2024
• Austin 2025
• Budapest 2025

Building a Inferno-themed loadout? The timeline above is your checklist. Just want a cheap flex piece? Ignore the tournament label and hunt float + red/black balance.

Shop verdict

• Worth it if you like low-noise skins that match Inferno’s warm map palette, or you want a clean sticker canvas without fighting a loud pattern.
• Skip or downgrade wear if you need mirror-bright red everywhere—solids punish corner fade more than they hide it.
• Where to buy: Steam Community Market and C5GAME both list it; same float band can swing on liquidity, so compare a few listings before you commit.

Editor’s side notes

Uncommon + capped float keeps supply readable, but souvenir hype still spikes around majors—don’t overpay for a city name if you only care about looks. Stickers sit well on the flat fields; purists can run factory red-black and call it done. One habit that saves refunds: always in-game inspect on C5GAME previews when available, then double-check the 0.0–0.3 cap so you’re not shopping a wear tier that doesn’t exist for this skin.