USP-S | Silent Shot (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The design is built on contrast: a long blue silencer filled with dark glyph-like symbols, a matching slide and a plain dark grip with a single shuriken emblem. At Minimal Wear any difference from a fresh copy is usually limited to faint marks on edges, which are hard to see at normal viewing distance and cost less than the top grade.

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.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The silencer is painted bright blue and split into two sections by a dark band, each covered with dark geometric symbols, with a pale blue ribbed collar where it meets the slide. The slide carries the same blue with dark swirling shapes and lighter grey details, while the frame stays a muted gunmetal grey.

Small specks may appear on the front edge of the silencer and the top corners of the slide. The pattern itself stays intact and the blue keeps its saturation. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of USP-S | Silent Shot ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Dead Hand Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Sealed Dead Hand Terminal.

Price by quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 2.6× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.6× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.6× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 10th of 15 skins Mil-Spec Grade USP-S in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 3.9× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Blue, white and black stickers continue the colour scheme of the slide, and holo or foil stickers in cold tones sit well against the dark symbols. Placing them on the slide near the ejection port keeps the silencer pattern uncovered.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the front edge of the silencer and the rings between its sections, since they lose paint first and are always in view.
• Compare the float position within the wear grade, because copies at the clean end of Field-Tested look noticeably better than those near Well-Worn.
• Look at the top of the slide and the magazine base in the inspect view for bare patches.
• Check applied stickers and name tag, as they change the look of the slide and add nothing if they clash with the blue.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look and are fine with faint edge marks.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean slide at a lower cost than the top grade.
• Conclusion: almost the same view in game with some savings.