Quality of life
- The Battlepass now has upgrade Variants for the Surge skin line, including the free track Surge Sheriff.
- Minimap performance increased.
- Tournament mode enabled custom games can now fit up to 12 observers.
- Requested guns can now be sold back to the shop, doing so will refund the player who fulfilled the request.
- Observer can now hold walk when in freecam mode to reduce speed (fast and slow speed can be configured in settings menu).
- In-world pings are now team-colored for observers.
- Reyna and Phoenix ult timers correctly update for observers.
- The keybind text in the current spectate target widget has been removed for observers.
- Flashed indicator for observers has been updated with new art.
- Crosshair setting added that allows crosshair colors to be locked to team color for observers.
- Players no longer get stuck trying to descend vent ropes while walking (leaving A-Tower).
- Added new modifier keybind for observers to jump straight to freecam when jumping to a player (left shift by default).
- Plant/defuse progress UI is now always visible to observers, and includes which player is taking the action.
- Observer player no longer see player-specific hud indicators (e.g. taking damage indicator) when in freecam.
- Ability timers now work for dead / spectating players & observers (e.g. reyna & phoenix ult durations).
Social updates
- Players will now be able to add and view friend notes. Notes from League of Legends will transfer over to VALORANT as well. Players will be able to edit these notes from VALORANT.
- Social panel will now pause sorting for a short time while you’re interacting with it.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a Shooting Range bug in the plant/defuse module in the shooting range where players couldn’t buy abilities.
- Various Shooting Range UI bug fixes in the plant/defuse module, including incorrect text in the buy phase announcement, also adding a halfway tick to the defuse progress bar.
- Fixed a bug where other players’ messages would be forcefully filtered out of chat after you sent a message.
- Fixed a bug where the text box would not fade away in game.
Get ready to experience Icebox from the start of Act 3 of Valorant. The map seems to be in a cold region and gives pride of place to verticality.
