2021 Service Medal

The 2021 Service Medal was awarded to players who reached Global General Rank 40 and then claimed the medal during the 2021 service year. After claiming it, players could continue earning XP to upgrade the medal’s color tier by ranking up again within the same service year. It is a profile collectible, not a weapon skin, and it cannot be opened from a case.

The 2021 Service Medal marks that a player completed the annual XP grind needed to reach Rank 40 during the 2021 service year. Higher medal tiers indicate additional progress beyond the first claim, so the medal can reflect how much a player continued playing and leveling that year. It functions as an account collectible tied to service progress rather than match performance alone.

To upgrade the 2021 Service Medal, a player first had to earn the base medal by reaching Rank 40, then reset their profile rank to claim it. After that, continuing to gain XP and reaching Rank 40 again during the same 2021 service period would upgrade the medal to the next color tier. Each upgrade represented another full cycle of rank progression in that year.

The 2021 Service Medal had multiple upgrade tiers, ending with the red tier as the highest level. Reaching that top version required several full Rank 40 cycles during the 2021 service year, which meant a substantial amount of XP beyond the initial medal claim. The exact tier shown on an account depends on how many times the player completed that yearly progression.