USP-S | Royal Guard (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

This USP-S finish is recognisable by its plain blue slide and gold accents rather than any pattern. In Field-Tested the blue starts to show light scuffs along the slide edges, while the overall colour still dominates the view. It keeps the royal colour scheme readable without the cost of a clean grade.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

How the skin looks in Field-Tested

The slide is painted a solid, saturated blue from the rear sight to the front edge, with no pattern on it. Gold accents mark the sights, the ring where the silencer meets the barrel, the trigger and small trim parts on the frame.

Light chipping appears along the slide edges and at the front of the slide. The gold accents start to look slightly duller. In first person the wear is noticeable when looking closely but the blue still covers most of the slide. The flat sides of the slide stay largely clean.

Field-Tested quality — float range 0.15–0.38

The float of USP-S | Royal Guard ranges from 0 to 0.6; the Field-Tested quality covers 0.15–0.38 — 38% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Ascent Collection with 28 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Compared with the Field-Tested quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 8.1× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 4× dearer
• Well-Worn — 4% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 24% cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 12 skins of the USP-S in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 11th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, holo-gold and white stickers echo the trim and stand out well against the blue slide. Placing them on the slide keeps the craft in view, while dark stickers tend to blend into the frame and get lost.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear grade, since a solid colour finish shows every scratch on the slide edges.
• Look at the slide corners and the front of the slide in the inspect view, as these lose paint first.
• Pattern does not matter for this skin, so focus on condition and stickers.
• Review any applied stickers and name tag to make sure they fit the blue and gold look.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who want the royal colour scheme for everyday use.
• Buyers who do not mind light wear on the slide edges.
• Conclusion: a sensible middle option for play.