What Are Service Medals in CS2?
Service Medals are special in-game rewards that represent your dedication, playtime, and experience over a given year. Instead of giving you competitive advantages, they act as prestige badges displayed on your profile and next to your name in lobbies.
Once you reach Global General (Rank 40), you can reset your profile rank to earn a Service Medal. Doing so restarts your XP progress but rewards you with a unique medal that reflects your achievement for that year. Each year’s Service Medal comes in several color tiers, showing how many times you’ve “prestiged” during that year: from basic bronze to elite diamond.
Colors of 2026 CS2 Service Medal
Here are the known colors for the 2025 CS2 Service Medals and how they correspond to medal tiers:
Level 1: Gray – awarded after your first reset at Rank 40.
Level 2: Green – after your second reset
Level 3: Blue – third reset
Level 4: Purple – fourth reset.
Level 6: Red – the highest tier (sixth reset).
How to Get and Claim 2026 Service Medal in CS2?
The only way to get the service medal is to reach Rank 40. You can do it by playing any official matchmaking mode (Casual, Competitive, Wingman, or Premier).
When you hit Rank 40, a prompt appears allowing you to redeem the 2026 Service Medal. Confirming this resets your profile rank back to Private Rank 1, but you’ll receive the medal as a permanent reward.
Each time you reach Rank 40 again and reset your rank within the same year, your medal color upgrades: Gray → Green → Blue → Purple → Pink → Red, showcasing your continued progress.
After claiming it, the medal appears on your CS2 profile, and other players can see it next to your name in-game, showing your dedication and experience.
How to Upgrade CS2 Service Medals?
After claiming your first Service Medal of the year, your profile resets to Private Rank 1.
To upgrade the medal, you must once again play official matchmaking modes and level up all the way to Rank 40.
When you hit Rank 40 again, CS2 will offer you the option to redeem an upgraded version of that year’s medal.
Every time you upgrade, your profile rank resets back to Rank 1, but all earned medals remain in your inventory permanently. All upgrades must be earned before the yearly reset on January 1.
When a new year begins, the medal design changes, and you start earning the new year’s version from scratch.
All CS:GO and CS2 Service Medals
Service medals appeared in CS:GO in 2015. First year it had only 2 levels, while in 2016 it expanded to 7 levels. It was kept in 2017, but since 2018, service medals have had only six levels. The system continues from CS:GO into CS2: in 2021-24, similarly have their own medal designs and upgrade-levels. In 2025, service medals still have six different colors.
CS2 Service Medals FAQ
What level for service medals in CS2?
In CS2, each yearly Service Medal has 6 levels. Every time you reach Profile Rank 40 and reset your rank within the same year, your medal upgrades to the next level.
How long does it take to get a service medal CS2?
You must reach Profile Rank 40 (Global General), which requires around 172,000 XP. For most players it will take around 25-40 hours of gameplay. For active grinders - 15-20. If you’re casual, you need to spend 40-60 hours in CS2.
When do you get a service medal in CS2?
You get a Service Medal in CS2 when you reach the maximum profile rank, Global General (Rank 40), and then choose to reset your profile rank.
How to redeem the service medal CS2?
Redeeming a Service Medal in CS2 is very simple, but it only becomes available once you reach the maximum profile rank.
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