USP-S | Royal Guard (Well-Worn)

This is the USP-S | Royal Guard in Well-Worn (WW), and its price sits only slightly above the two lowest wears. The wear band in this condition is 0.38 to 0.45. Its rank is Restricted, and it belongs to The Ascent Collection.

What the USP-S | Royal Guard looks like in Well-Worn

The first thing the eye lands on is the blue slide: a flat, saturated plane with no pattern and gold trim near the rear sight. The brass is gathered on small parts, at the safety, the slide's tail and the spring housing. The round mark closer to the muzzle is blue, and a white USP marking is barely visible on the grip. The frame, grip and suppressor remain as the factory made them.

In Well-Worn the gold on the small parts is already rubbed and the blue on the top edge is coming off. The brass on the small parts gives way first: slide tail, safety, spring housing. Then the blue leaves the top edge and the front cut of the slide. The flat side holds out longest, and the suppressor shows no wear, because it has no paint.

Where the USP-S | Royal Guard came from

The author of the USP-S | Royal Guard is Valve itself, with no outside artist behind the finish. Valve's catalog number for it is 1217.

It first appeared on March 31, 2025, the day The Ascent Collection was added. You will not find the skin in CS2 cases. Items of The Ascent Collection are awarded in the weekly playtime reward.

What to check before buying

Choosing a particular copy of this USP-S comes down to these points:

• float 0.38 to 0.45;


• the top edge and front cut of the slide;


• whether it carries stickers or a name tag.

Choosing by artwork does not exist on this USP-S as such.

There is hardly anything to pick by float, since the 0.38 to 0.45 stretch is short.

What the USP-S | Royal Guard costs in Well-Worn

Factory New is dearer by almost eight times and Minimal Wear by almost four. Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred are cheaper by a fifth and a quarter respectively.

Among Restricted USP-S finishes in this wear, two cost slightly less and six cost more. Flashback and Ticket to Hell sit a few percent lower, Sleeping Potion and Bleeding Edge are dearer by almost double, and Cyrex by more than five times.

Getting the USP-S | Royal Guard

For the trade-up you gather ten Mil-Spec skins. They can come from any collections, and the result arrives from the collection of one of the inputs; a ten made entirely from The Ascent is the player's choice that steers the outcome, not a condition. Items of The Ascent Collection are awarded in the weekly playtime reward.

StatTrak and Souvenir

No StatTrak version exists for the USP-S | Royal Guard. The finish has no Souvenir packages either.

Stickers and craft on the USP-S | Royal Guard

The blue slide with gold takes stickers by contrast: light ones stand out on the blue, gold ones match the brass. There is little room, and the flat side of the slide is the level spot.

Who this wear suits

The USP-S | Royal Guard in Well-Worn is worth buying when:

• you want a price a little above the two lowest wears with a clearly better float;


• the blue slide matters more to you than brass on the small parts;


• the 0.38 to 0.45 band suits you without selection.

In CS2 the wear does not change how the weapon performs, only how it looks.