USP-S | Black Lotus (Factory New)

The USP-S | Black Lotus (Factory New) is a Mil-Spec pistol skin — a deep blue finish with a black lotus flower painted across the slide. Factory New is the top grade, showing the artwork at its most vivid before any wear touches it.

Design

The finish leans on a rich blue body with a black lotus flower custom painted on the slide, an elegant, understated look built around a single floral motif rather than busy graphics. It's a community design by moonfighter and Ariata, and it carries a tongue-in-cheek in-game line: "Adds 3 kills during pistol round, then is discarded."

USP-S | Black Lotus (Factory New) Float and Wear

Float on this finish runs 0.00–0.90, and Factory New sits at the very bottom of that scale as the highest grade you can buy. Here the blue stays fully saturated and the lotus reads with every edge intact, with no scuffing anywhere on the slide. For collectors who want the design exactly as the artists intended, this is the grade to reach for.

USP-S | Black Lotus Rarity

Rarity: Mil-Spec Grade — the blue tier, the base rarity for weapon skins that come out of a case. It's the most common grade in the box, which is part of why it's an accessible pickup.

USP-S | Black Lotus Case and Collection

This skin belongs to The Operation Riptide Collection and drops from the Operation Riptide Case, released with Operation Riptide in September 2021. The Mil-Spec tier as a whole pulls at roughly 79.92% from the case (a rate shared across the tier's skins), so blue-grade items like this one appear far more often than the rarer finishes above them.

USP-S | Black Lotus Patterns

There's no random pattern variation on this finish — the blue base and the black lotus land the same way on every copy, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" to chase. Wear and float are the only things that tell one copy from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter; it comes from the Operation Riptide Case as a rarer, pricier drop than the standard skin, and the counter is permanent, carrying over when the item is traded or sold. There's no Souvenir edition — Souvenir weapons are produced only from Major-tournament souvenir packages, and this finish was never part of a Major drop.

USP-S | Black Lotus Price

Factory New sits at the top of the price ladder for this skin as the highest grade available — a step above Minimal Wear, though the finish stays an affordable mid-tier pick within the USP-S lineup rather than grail money. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth the premium here?

If you want the artwork at its sharpest, yes. Factory New shows the blue at full saturation with the lotus edges crisp and no surface scuffing, and it's the grade collectors chase. That said, the design hides light wear well, so Minimal Wear looks close for less if budget matters more than the top grade.

What makes the Black Lotus stand out?

It's the combination of a clean blue body and a single black lotus flower on the slide — an elegant, minimalist design from community artists moonfighter and Ariata. It skips the busy overlays common on pistol skins, which is a big part of its appeal at an accessible price point.

Which gloves go with the Black Lotus?

Its blue-and-black palette suits a cool-toned loadout, so blue or dark gloves work best — a blue pair echoes the body while black wraps pick up the lotus. Pair it with other blue-accented gear for a coordinated pistol-round setup.