Patch Notes

Act 2 starts now with the arrival of Miks and some other updates!

Patch 12.04 is all about a refreshed quality of life experience.

Modes updates, Gekko changes, and more.

Adjustments to Harbor and Reyna, and more.

MFA coming to EU, Esports hub is back for VCT26

Welcome to Season 2026! Strap in, this patch is a big one.

Minor UI updates, Bug Fixes, VP gifting, and a festive surprise coming soon.

The Harbor Rework is here! Along with QoL updates, balance updates to Clove, and bug fixes.

MFA added for shared accounts, quality of life updates, and bug fixes.

VALAPALOOZA! Agents, maps, & weapon changes arrive to bring the game more in line with our long-term vision of VALORANT.

Veto is out and Skirmish is live.

Visual clarity updates, consistent information across abilities, new customs-only game mode, and more.

Yes, it’s happening. Replays are here.

Light changes as we lead up into Champions Paris.

Sage mains rejoice, new map rotation, and some more.

VALORANT is upgrading to Unreal 5, plus some bug fixes.

We’re skipping this patch to prepare for the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade with 11.02.

Agent updates, new map Corrode, map rotation, and so much more!

New Premier rewards, a new Death Cam for skinline finishers, and a music vibe change on the Career page.

Updates to Raze explosion VFX, Collections page, Ranked Rollback, and more.

Tejo and Breach changes, Swiftplay updates, and bug fixes.

Agent updates, Gifting, and throwback VALORANT music.

Bug fixes to Agents and UI, new Timeline view for console, and more.

New KAY/O mechanic and buffs, plus loads of bug fixes.

Ranked Rollbacks are now live along with some minor bug fixes.

New Duelist: Waylay, major updates to various Agents, new map rotation, updates to Ascent, and more.

A small patch with minimap clarity updates and bug fixes.

Small patch with important bug fixes to Agents and more.

Rank Shields have been added to Competitive Mode. It’s time to start the grind.

Tejo joins the roster. Plus new cosmetics, a new map rotation, updates to Remake Voting, and more.

Updates to Neon, Vyse, and gameplay systems like communication pings and weapon skin upgrades.

Updates to Sentinels, Controllers, and Phoenix, the addition of a Regen Shield, changes to gameplay systems, and much much more.

Bug fixes to various Agents, such as Gekko, Fade, and Deadlock, and more.

Updates to Yoru’s Fakeout, Gekko’s abilities, and Sunset. New: TDM map Glitch.

Astra’s Cosmic Divide and Cypher’s Spycam updates, various bug fixes, and more.

Player Behavior and Gameplay Systems updates, New Player Tips for those new to VALORANT, and more.

Updates to the number of Astra’s stars, Chamber’s Rendezvous radius, Player Behavior, and more.

Vyse joins the team as our newest Sentinel, Split is entering Unrated and Swift Play on Console.

Improvements to ground spreading abilities, Pearl is entering Unrated and Swift Play on Console.

Basic Training comes to PC, Icebox comes to Console.

Console players: time to put your Lotus strats to the test.

Welcome to the first patch and Act of Episode 9.

Watch your step… check out our latest map, Abyss.

Get your Basic Training on.

Brimmy with a stimmy? How about Brimmy with appropriately sized smokes?

Viper and Cypher kinda rhyme, no?

Omen said “doors can’t stop me now.”

🦋Clove arrives, a small update to Premier, and a few bug fixes, welcome to Patch 8.05!🦋

We’ve got some updates to Premier, just in time for the next Stage. As well as some bug fixes across the board.

Chamber mains: have fun with Tour De Force.

Get ready—the Esports Hub is back. Plus art updates to Viper’s Poison Cloud and the Snakebite Shorty.

We’re out here reopening halls and updating Agent abilities.

New: the Outlaw. Old, but also kinda new: Lotus and Icebox.

It’s the last Patch for 2023 and Episode 7!

A Deadlock update and more ahead.

Say hello to Iso and Episode 7 Act III.

Where there's smoke, there's… Brimstone?

Is someone knocking on Haven’s door?

Sage has something to say.

Go Astral in Patch 7.05.

Come on down to Sunset. We’ve got some food trucks and tons of traffic.

Rejoice - favoriting newly required items has been made easier.

Here come some Deadlock bug fixes.

We’ve got Agent updates, Player Behavior updates, and a (big) Competitive update for you (hint: get your Premier team ready).

Welcome to VALORANT’s next Evolution.

Pearl B Site updates go into effect. Read about that as well as changes to Chamber, the Shorty, and more here.

Which sprays will make it onto your wheel? Read about our newest feature and more here.

Before you start grinding the new battlepass, we’ve made some updates to Killjoy and Gekko. Check those out and more here.

Bind is back! But now with updates. Check those out and more here.

We're in our instalock Gekko era.

We’ve got a short patch notes this week. Check it out here.

Liking Gekko so far? We’ve got updates and bug fixes for him as well as other areas of the game in this week’s patch.

Say hello to Gekko and his friends. The new Act starts soon.

We’ve got good news about Swiftplay.

Bug fixes and an update to make it less frustrating to play against high ping.

Lotus, Lotus, Lotus. And more Lotus!

Split returns (with some changes), a change to Ranked Rating, and the addition of favoriting variants.

Agent updates, you say? Check out all the new Agent updates and more here.

Cypher mains, where you at?

You got Agent bugs? We got Agent bug fixes.

Hope you remembered it’s the beginning of Act III and the last Act before Episode 6.

Why stop with Pearl? Let’s remodel Fracture, balance the flash meta, and let you better curate your collection with this patch.

Pearl gets the home renovation treatment and Stinger updates arrive with a splash.

Lighter notes, but still some meaningful Social updates.

Don’t forget! It’s also the start of Episode 5 Act II.

You want to play? Let’s play with Chamber’s balance.

Phoenix, KAY/O, and Yoru on on the balance beams and some updated smurf detection.

New map, new rank, new Episode.

New “clutch mute” system and loads of Agent bug fixes.

Quality of life Agent fixes, Haven tweaks, and changes that should help VALORANT feel more consistent.

Out of PBE and into Patch 4.09—it’s a Chamber nerf.

Fade haunts! Also, Jett, Neon and Sova are on the workbench, and tweaks to 5-stack Rank Rating penalties.