2026 Service Medal

You earn the 2026 Service Medal by reaching Global General Rank 40 during the 2026 service year and then choosing to reset your Profile Rank. After the reset, the medal is awarded to your account and your rank starts over from 1 for that service year. If you reach Rank 40 again and reset again within 2026, the medal can be upgraded to higher color tiers.

A Service Medal is a collectible account reward tied to your Profile Rank progression during a specific calendar service year. Unlike weapon skins or knives, it is not applied in matches as a weapon finish; it appears on your profile as proof that you reached Rank 40 and redeemed that year’s medal. Each yearly medal has its own design and upgrade path.

The 2026 Service Medal follows the usual CS2 service medal structure, where the base medal is awarded on your first Rank 40 reset and later upgrades change the medal’s color tier. In past service years, these tiers have progressed through multiple colors as players complete additional Rank 40 resets in the same year. The exact visual sequence for 2026 is tied to Valve’s official medal design for that year, but the core system remains the same: more resets unlock higher medal levels.

For the 2026 Service Medal, each level corresponds to another time you reach Profile Rank 40 and claim a reset during the 2026 service year. Your first reset gives the base version, and each additional full climb to Rank 40 upgrades the same medal rather than giving you a separate item. This means higher-tier 2026 medals represent repeated rank progression within that single year.