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Valorant's Night Market is a periodic rolling shop with a fancy game of chance that sees players get their hands on some premium edition skins for a fraction of the price! These discounts range from 10% to 49%, but any bargain is welcome!
With no community marketplace, the Valorant Night Market is the next best thing, allowing players to get their hands on some new skins without breaking the bank.
A question on player's minds may be how often is the Valorant Night Market, and which skins are available? Never fear, Rivalry are here to shed light on the situation. Find everything you need to know about the next Valorant Night Market here to upgrade your cosmetic gains to the next level!
Modeled after the League of Legends Your Shop feature, Valorant's Night Market takes on a similar premise of being a rotating store. They occur once every Act, with six random weapon skins on offer.
Following some criticism, Riot Games have now implemented a Bad Luck Protection feature to guarantee players are satisfied. Players are guaranteed at least two Premium Edition (PE) skins if they do not already own every PE in the game.
Players will also be pleased to know that you can no longer get two skins for the same weapon, increasing the variety of eligible skins.
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to find the Valorant Night Market, so you can get access to your Valorant Night Market skins.
The color of the card's background indicates the skin tier and its rarity. The gun skins on discount will vary from each account, so you will have different weapons on offer compared to your friends.
Players should note that they cannot reroll the skins once they have flipped a card. The randomness of the Valorant Night Market is frustrating, but it is also part of what makes it fun!
The Night Market typically debuts in Valorant every 8 weeks or once per in-game Act. The next Valorant Night Market for Episode 6, Act 3, will likely return at the mid-end of June 2023 with an estimated date of June 26.
Riot Games will make an announcement on their Twitter closer to the event's release date. Valorant Night Markets tend to last anywhere between 2-3 weeks, giving players plenty of time to log in and snag themselves a bargain!
Riot Games will typically announce the Night Market dates around 1-2 weeks before the event, so there's no chance of you missing out! Here is a list of the previous Night Markets to get an idea of how frequent they are and what months they occur in
The skins eligible to appear are any gun skins classed as a Select, Deluxe, or Premium Edition, as well as most knife skins in these tiers. Suitable skins must also have been released in the Store at least two Acts before the Night Market opened.
Below is a list of the skins that will not appear in the Night Market
That's everything you need to know about the Valorant Night Market. Please remember that any skins purchased from the Night Market do not reward players with any competitive advantage in-game and are simply for cosmetic purposes. If you are looking to level up your Valorant gameplay, check out this guide for some helpful tips and tricks!
Watch this space as we will update this article with the next Night Market dates and the current Valorant Night Market when more information is released.
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