USP-S | Guardian (Factory New)

The USP-S | Guardian (Factory New) is a Restricted pistol skin — a cobalt-blue body with the CT logo stenciled onto the magazine. Factory New is the top grade, showing the design at its most vivid and free of any wear.

Design

Guardian keeps things deliberately spare: a smooth cobalt-blue coat over the frame and slide, with a single CT logo stenciled on the magazine as the only graphic. It's a community design by the artist J4CK, built on clean lines rather than clutter, and it carries a fitting in-game line: "I don't have to like you, I have to keep you safe — Carmen Cocinero, Extraction Expert."

USP-S | Guardian (Factory New) Float and Wear

Guardian is float-capped at 0.38, so the whole skin spans only 0.00–0.38 and Factory New sits at the very bottom of that band. At this grade the blue reads deep and even, the stencil is razor-sharp, and there's no scuffing anywhere on the slide. If you want the paint exactly as intended, this is the condition to reach for.

USP-S | Guardian Rarity

Rarity: Restricted — the purple tier, sitting in the middle of the standard weapon grades above Mil-Spec and below Classified. It's a common enough color to see but a solid step up from the base blues.

USP-S | Guardian Case and Collection

This finish is part of The Phoenix Collection and drops from the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case, released alongside Operation Phoenix in February 2014. The Restricted tier as a whole unboxes about 15.98% of the time (a rate shared across the tier's skins), and with the Operation Phoenix Case out of the active drop pool, supply is fixed — most copies change hands on the market rather than from unboxing.

USP-S | Guardian Patterns

Guardian has no random pattern variation — the cobalt coat and the CT stencil land the same way on every copy, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" to hunt. Wear and float are the only things separating one from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ USP-S | Guardian exists and adds a confirmed-kill counter; it's 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 version — Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages, and the Phoenix Collection has never been a Major drop.

USP-S | Guardian Price

Factory New sits at the top of the Guardian price ladder as the cleanest grade available, a clear step above Minimal Wear. It's an affordable mid-tier USP-S pick rather than a grail, so the flawless condition stays within reach. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth it over Minimal Wear?

If you want the cobalt at its most saturated and the CT stencil perfectly crisp, yes. Factory New shows zero wear, while Minimal Wear picks up only the faintest edge marks. The gap is small on a solid-colored skin like this, so Minimal Wear is the smarter value if you're watching the price.

Which gloves go with Guardian?

Its cobalt-blue coat calls for a cool, matching loadout, so blue gloves are the natural fit — a pair like the Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono won't work, but blue-toned wraps or the Hydra Gloves lean right into the palette. Gray or white gloves also keep the look tidy without fighting the blue.

What is the float range on Guardian?

The skin runs from 0.00 to 0.38, capped well below the usual 1.0 ceiling. That's why it only comes in Factory New, Minimal Wear, and Field-Tested — the paint never wears far enough to reach Well-Worn or Battle-Scarred, so even the roughest copy stays fairly tidy.