Closed Beta

The Closed Beta is a period when players could play the game in beta stage. While in the Beta stage, software is generally functional but many features are either missing or incomplete. The focus of testing in beta stage is reducing the impact of glitches and bugs to users when the game is released publicly, and often incorporates . The process of delivering a beta version to the users is called beta release and this is typically the first time that the software is available outside of the organization that developed it.
Closed Beta period occurred from 5 a.m. PDT April 7, 2020–10:30 a.m. PDT May 28, 2020. Initial regions included Europe, Canada, United States, Türkiye, Russia, and CIS countries. On May 1, 2020, additional regions included Korea, Latin America, and Brazil.
==Closed Beta Access==
 streamers that participated in Valorant Bootcamp were given access as well as the ability to distribute access via Twitch drops. Drops occurred on April 3, 2020; then again on April 7, 2020 onward until the end of the Closed Beta.Valorant Twitch Drops Announcement
Distribution was random and determined by game accounts. Players needed to watch a minimum total of two hours of Valorant streams with drops enabled, after which they were eligible for access even when not watching. More watch time increased selection chances with diminishing returns.Clarity on Beta Access
Twitch Streamers with drops	Twitch Streamers with drops 	Twitch Streamers with drops
Name 	Concurrent Topic 	
ONSCREEN 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
TwitchRivals 	Tournament 	
Acue 	Variety 	
aSmoogl 	Variety 	
Annemunition 	Competitive FPS 	
Anomaly 	Competitive FPS 	
Azox360 	Competitive FPS 	
Bnans 	Competitive FPS 	
Brax 	Counter-Strike 	
CDNThe3rd 	Battle Royale 	
Classify 	Battle Royale 	
Cloakzy 	Competitive FPS 	
Cyanide 	Variety 	
Dhalucard 	Variety 	
Dizzy 	Competitive FPS 	
DrLupo 	Variety 	
Electra 	Battle Royale 	
EthanBenard 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Fl0m 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Forsen 	Variety 	
GDolphn 	Battle Royale 	
GeT_RiGhT 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Gotaga 	Variety 	
Hammehow 	Variety 	
HighDistortion 	Fortnite 	
HigsScoreHeros 	Overwatch 	
HOUNGOUNGAGNE 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Hiko 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Iridium 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
JordanFisher 	Overwatch 	
LIRIK 	Variety 	
LotharHS 	Variety 	
Lululuvely 	Battle Royale 	
m0xyy 	Overwatch 	
Mendokusaii 	Battle Royale 	
Mickalow 	Battle Royale 	
MissHarvey 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Miss_Rage 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
MoMan 	Variety 	
Myth 	Fortnite 	
Mysca 	Variety 	
Nadeshot 	Competitive FPS 	
NeoG5 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
noizeeh 	Fortnite 	
n0thing 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Orb 	Variety 	
PAGO3 	Variety 	
Pengu 	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 	
PMLeek 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Pokimane 	Variety 	
Stormen 	Battle Royale 	
Shahzam 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Skadoodle 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
Summit1G 	Competitive FPS 	
Stylosa 	Overwatch 	
TimTheTatMan 	Variety 	
Trilluxe 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
rivington 	Variety 	
RyanCentral 	Overwatch 	
Valkia 	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	
xQcOW 	Overwatch 	
yousif 	Battle Royale 	
Zander 	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 	
==Closed Beta Rewards==
VALORANT Points purchased during the Closed Beta were refunded at release, along with an additional 20% of the points as a bonus for participation.
Players also received exclusive cosmetic items.Valorant datamine
===Pass===
Tier	Image	Item 	Category
1 	 	First Title 	Player Titles
2 	 	VALORANT Beta Card 	Player Cards
3 	 	V1.0 Title 	Player Titles
4 	 	Beta Pioneer Card 	Player Cards
5 	 	Closed Beta Coin Buddy	Buddies
===Other rewards===
Image	Item 	Source 	Category
 	Beta Watch Card	Given to players who watched VALORANT Twitch streams for long enough during the Closed Beta to be eligible for a beta access key DropVALORANT Closed Beta ending	Player Cards
== Removed Items ==
* The Reaver Collection consisted of a Reaver Vandal, Reaver Operator, Reaver Sheriff, & Reaver Knife. The Reaver Vandal, Reaver Operator, & Reaver Sheriff all had unlockable/purchasable special effects, reload animations, and final kill effects. The Reaver Operator had an additional red & black variation rather than the usual purple & silver skin. The final effect consisted of a slow blast of purple energy being released from the death area. When the Reaver Operator's red & black variation is used, the purple energy appears as red & black also, matching the skin. At the end of the Closed Beta, these skins were removed, refunded with a 20% increase, and seemingly replaced by the Prime Collection.
* The original Luxe Collection consisting of a Luxe Ghost, Luxe Vandal, Luxe Judge, Luxe Spectre, Luxe Operator, & Luxe Knife. All of these skins were originally red & silver, with some of the skins having unlockable/purchasable variations. These variations could be blue, black & brown camouflage with a shark decal, or bronze. At the end of the Closed Beta, these skins were replaced with an identical collection with the same name, but were Blue & Silver at default, and had no variants.
==Gallery==
Closed Beta begins in EU NA VALORANT
Closed Beta Promo 01.jpg|Closed Beta Announcement
==References==
Category:Valorant