USP-S | Serum (Minimal Wear)

The USP-S | Serum (Minimal Wear, MW) is a Classified pistol skin built on a bold red digital pattern over a chrome base. Minimal Wear keeps the color vivid and the metallic shine intact while trimming the price from the top grade.

Design

A Valve creation, Serum commits to one loud red across the whole slide. Metallic paints of varying reflectivity are printed as a digital pattern over a chrome base coat, giving the surface a shifting look — parts read as dark crimson while others flash brighter as the light and the gun move.

USP-S | Serum (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

At Minimal Wear the finish takes on only the faintest edge wear, and the chrome base hides it well enough that most copies still read essentially flawless at a glance. The red stays saturated and the metallic reflectivity is unaffected. Note that the whole finish is float-capped at 0.25, so it tops out at Field-Tested (FT) — Minimal Wear is a hair off the cleanest the skin gets.

USP-S | Serum Rarity

Rarity: Classified. That's the pink tier, sitting one rung under Covert and second-highest among the standard weapon grades — an uncommon pull from any case.

USP-S | Serum Case and Collection

This finish is part of The Arms Deal 2 Collection and comes out of the CS:GO Weapon Case 2, which launched alongside The Arms Deal 2 update on November 8, 2013. Across the case the Classified tier pulls at roughly 3.2% (that figure is shared among the tier's skins), and because this vintage case has left the active drop pool, supply is capped — buyers pick copies up on the market rather than unboxing them.

USP-S | Serum Patterns

Serum carries no random pattern roll: the red digital design and chrome base land identically on every copy, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" worth hunting. The only things that separate copies are wear and float.

StatTrak & Souvenir

There is a StatTrak™ Serum, also found in the CS:GO Weapon Case 2, which tacks on a confirmed-kill counter; it's a scarcer, pricier drop than the plain skin, and the counter is permanent, staying with the item through trades and sales. No Souvenir version was ever made, since Souvenir weapons are produced only from Major-tournament packages and this case never featured as a Major drop.

USP-S | Serum Price

Minimal Wear slots just beneath Factory New (FN) on the price ladder while looking nearly identical, which makes it the value-minded route to a near-mint slide. It's a premium pistol finish that still won't break the bank. Available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does Minimal Wear look worn?

Barely. The chrome base and dense red pattern mask the light edge wear this grade carries, so a Minimal Wear copy reads as near-flawless to most eyes, with any scuffing only visible on close inspection. The color and the metallic reflectivity are untouched by float, so the skin's signature look always lands.

Is Minimal Wear the best value Serum?

For a lot of buyers, yes. It costs less than Factory New but looks almost the same thanks to the wear-hiding base, so you keep the vivid red and the shine without paying the top-grade premium. Field-Tested is cheaper still if you want the lowest entry point and don't mind a bit more visible wear.

Does the StatTrak Serum come in Minimal Wear?

Yes. The StatTrak edition spans the same grades as the standard skin, Minimal Wear included, so you can run the kill counter without dropping to a rougher condition. Expect it to cost more and turn up less often than the plain version, since StatTrak is the rarer drop from the case.