Souvenir USP-S | Night Ops (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

This is the roughest version of the USP-S | Night Ops, a VariCamo finish in slate blue, olive and khaki that turns into a battered, patchy coat. In Battle-Scarred paint loss covers the silencer, the slide edges and the frame, yet the skin's float range stops short of the deepest wear, so the pattern never disappears completely. It suits players who want a gritty, used look at the lowest entry point.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The whole pistol is covered in a VariCamo hydrographic of small irregular patches in slate blue, olive, khaki, grey-green and darker grey. On the silencer the pattern runs along the full length of the tube, while the slide and frame carry the same mottled mix with the slide markings and serrations showing through.

Wear covers large parts of the silencer, the slide edges, the frame and the grip, leaving the camouflage broken into scattered patches. Bare metal is visible on most raised and protruding areas. In game the gun reads as heavily used, with the blue-grey and olive tones still showing in the remaining paint. Because the float range ends before the deepest wear, parts of the pattern survive on the slide sides.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.6

The whole float range of Souvenir USP-S | Night Ops is 0–0.6; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.6 segment (25% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Lake Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 7th of 9 skins Mil-Spec Grade USP-S in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Muted stickers in navy, olive, grey or khaki blend with the camouflage and keep the subdued look. For contrast, a single white, silver or black sticker on the slide or silencer stands out against the busy pattern without clashing.

What to check before buying

• Compare the float within the chosen wear, since a low float keeps the silencer tip and slide edges cleaner.
• Look at the silencer muzzle and slide edges in the inspect view, as these are the first places to lose paint.
• Check whether the copy is a Souvenir, because these carry pre-applied stickers that change the look of the gun.
• Note any stickers or name tag already applied, as they are part of the item you receive.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players who want the lowest entry point into this skin.
• Fans of a gritty, battered look on their sidearm.
• Conclusion: a rough budget choice where the pattern still survives in places.