Patch Notes

are a list of changes made in updates to VALORANT. These can include adjustments to agents, weapons, maps, or system changes, as well as having fixes for bugs. 
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==Patch Schedule==
Typically, a new patch arrives for VALORANT every two weeks, with each episode containing around 11-12 patches. Using a local date and time from the Pacific Time Zone, (due to Riot Games being based in Los Angeles, California), patch days usually occur on a Tuesday, starting in the morning around 06:00-07:00 where the notes are released globally. Some regional accounts, such as VALORANT Brasil or Korea, will also post these notes in a video format during the same time, which also contains visual comparisons for some major changes. The patch itself will then release over the next 12-15 hours in three stages:
Stage 	Region 	Affected shards	Estimated patch release time
Stage 1	Americas	
*Brazil
*LATAM
*North America	14:00-18:00 UTC
Stage 2	APAC 	
*Asia Pacific
*Korea	21:00-23:00 UTC
Stage 3	EMEA 	
*Europe 	02:00-05:00 UTC
Occasionally, a patch may become available to download but the server itself will still be down for maintenance for a few more hours.
As Riot is a US-based company, patch schedules can be affected by any federal holidays that occur in the country. In most cases, these holidays will push an upcoming patch release to later by one day for a Wednesday release. Some larger holiday periods can cause patches during this time to be longer than two weeks, with a three-week patch occurring over Thanksgiving, and a five-week patch occurring over Christmas and the New Year. Three to four-week patches can also occur when the game undergoes an engine update and also during Riot's week-long summer break around July-August each year. In some cases for these longer patches that occur in the middle of an episode, a patch number may be "skipped" to reflect this.
==List of Patch Notes==
Episode 09: COLLISION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes	Major Changes	Major Changes
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	AllPlatforms 	PC 	Console
Act 1	 	June 25th, 2024 	Agents 	Premier 	—
Act 1	 	July 16th, 2024 	Weapons 	— 	Agents
Act 1	 	July 30th, 2024 	— 	Premier 	MapsAgents
Act 1	 	August 13th, 2024	Agents 	— 	Maps
Act 2	 	August 27th, 2024	Vyse release 	Premier 	AgentsMaps
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Episode 08: DEFIANCE
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	January 9th, 2024 	Outlaw releaseAgentsMapsMap rotation updateGame ModesPremier
Act 1	 	January 23rd, 2024 	MapsAgents
Act 1	 	February 6th, 2024 	AgentsCosmetics
Act 1	 	February 21st, 2024	AgentsCosmetics
Act 2	 	March 5th, 2024 	Game ModesPremier
Act 2	 	March 26th, 2024 	Clove releasePremier
Act 2	 	April 16th, 2024 	Agents
Act 3	 	April 30th, 2024 	AgentsPremier
Act 3	 	May 14th, 2024 	Agents
Act 3	 	May 29th, 2024 	Progression
Act 3	 	June 11th, 2024 	Abyss releaseAgentsMap rotation update
Episode 07: EVOLUTION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	June 27th, 2023 	Deadlock releaseTeam Deathmatch releaseCosmetics
Act 1	 	July 11th, 2023 	Premier
Act 1	 	August 1st, 2023 	Minor patch
Act 1	 	August 8th, 2023 	Minor patch
Act 2	 	August 29th, 2023 	Sunset releaseAgentsMapsMap rotation update
Act 2	 	September 6th, 2023 	AgentsMaps
Act 2	 	September 19th, 2023	Competitive
Act 2	 	October 3rd, 2023 	CompetitiveMaps
Act 2	 	October 17th, 2023 	AgentsPremierCosmetics
Act 3	 	October 31st, 2023 	Iso releaseAgentsWeaponsPremier
Act 3	 	November 14th, 2023 	AgentsGame Modes
Act 3	 	December 5th, 2023 	Drift releaseAgents
Episode 06: REVELATION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	January 10th, 2023 	Lotus releaseAgentsWeaponsMapsMap rotation updateCompetitive
Act 1	 	January 18th, 2023 	MapsGame Modes
Act 1	 	February 7th, 2023 	Weapons
Act 1	 	February 14th, 2023	AgentsGame Modes
Act 2	 	March 7th, 2023 	Gekko release
Act 2	 	March 14th, 2023 	Agents
Act 2	 	March 28th, 2023 	AgentsMaps
Act 2	 	April 11th, 2023 	AgentsMaps
Act 3	 	April 25th, 2023 	AgentsMap rotation updateCosmetics
Act 3	 	May 23rd, 2023 	AgentsCosmetics
Act 3	 	June 6th, 2023 	AgentsMapsWeapons
Episode 05: DIMENSION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	June 22nd, 2022 	Pearl releaseMap rotations addedCompetitive
Act 1	 	July 12th, 2022 	Agents
Act 1	 	August 9th, 2022 	Agents
Act 2	 	August 23rd, 2022 	Minor patch
Act 2	 	September 7th, 2022 	Minor patch
Act 2	 	September 20th, 2022	WeaponsMaps
Act 2	 	October 4th, 2022 	AgentsMapsCosmetics
Act 3	 	October 18th, 2022 	Harbor release
Act 3	 	November 1st, 2022 	Minor patch
Act 3	 	November 15th, 2022 	Agents
Act 3	 	December 6th, 2022 	AgentsWeaponsSwiftplay beta
Episode 04: DISRUPTION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	January 11th, 2022 	AgentsNeon releaseWeaponsMapsCompetitive
Act 1	 	January 19th, 2022 	Weapons
Act 1	 	February 1st, 2022 	Minor patch
Act 1	 	February 15th, 2022	Deathmatch
Act 2	 	March 1st, 2022 	AgentsYoru reworkMaps
Act 2	 	March 22nd, 2022 	Agents
Act 2	 	April 12th, 2022 	Minor patch
Act 3	 	April 27th, 2022 	AgentsFade releaseCompetitive
Act 3	 	May 10th, 2022 	Agents
Act 3	 	May 24th, 2022 	Minor patch
Act 3	 	June 7th, 2022 	Minor patch
Episode 03: REFLECTION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	June 22nd, 2021 	AgentsKAY/O releaseWeaponsCompetitiveAccount Level
Act 1	 	July 7th, 2021 	Minor patch
Act 1	 	July 20th, 2021 	Minor patch
Act 1	 	August 10th, 2021 	Minor patch
Act 1	 	August 24th, 2021 	Minor patch
Act 2	 	September 8th, 2021 	AgentsFracture releaseCompetitive
Act 2	 	September 21st, 2021	AgentsMaps
Act 2	 	October 5th, 2021 	Minor patch
Act 2	 	October 19th, 2021 	Minor patch
Act 3	 	November 2nd, 2021 	WeaponsMaps
Act 3	 	November 16th, 2021 	Chamber releaseCompetitive
Act 3	 	December 7th, 2021 	Minor patch
Episode 02: FORMATION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	January 12th, 2021 	AgentsYoru releaseWeaponsCompetitive
Act 1	 	January 20th, 2021 	AgentsMaps
Act 1	 	February 2nd, 2021 	WeaponsCompetitive
Act 1	 	February 17th, 2021	AgentsWeaponsEscalation release
Act 2	 	March 2nd, 2021 	Astra releaseEscalationCompetitive
Act 2	 	March 16th, 2021 	Minor patch
Act 2	 	March 30th, 2021 	AgentsWeaponsEscalation
Act 2	 	April 13th, 2021 	Agents
Act 3	 	April 27th, 2021 	Breeze release
Act 3	 	May 11th, 2021 	AgentsGame ModesReplication release
Act 3	 	June 8th, 2021 	Minor patch
Episode 01: IGNITION
Act 	Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
Act 1	 	June 2nd, 2020 	AgentsReyna releaseMapsAscent releaseSpike Rush releaseFirst Battle Pass
Act 1	 	June 9th, 2020 	AgentsSpike Rush
Act 1	 	June 23rd, 2020 	AgentsWeaponsMapsCompetitive releaseSpike RushSurrenderBullet tagging
Act 1	 	July 7th, 2020 	WeaponsSpike RushSurrender
Act 1	 	July 21st, 2020 	AgentsWeapons
Act 2	 	August 4th, 2020 	AgentsKilljoy releaseCompetitiveDeathmatch release
Act 2	 	August 20th, 2020 	Weapons
Act 2	 	September 1st, 2020 	AgentsWeaponsCompetitive
Act 2	 	September 15th, 2020	AgentsWeapons
Act 2	 	September 29th, 2020	AgentsWeapons
Act 3	 	October 13th, 2020 	Icebox releaseCompetitiveDeathmatch
Act 3	 	October 27th, 2020 	AgentsSkye releaseCreds
Act 3	 	November 10th, 2020 	Minor patch
Act 3	 	December 8th, 2020 	AgentsMapsCompetitiveSnowball Fight releaseFirst Night.Market
Closed Beta
Patch	Date Released 	Major Changes
 	April 15th, 2020	Hotfix
 	April 21st, 2020	AgentsWeaponsMaps
 	April 28th, 2020	AgentsMaps
 	May 12th, 2020 	AgentsWeaponsMapsShieldsCreds
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