VALORANT Patch 10.00
Released 7 January 2025 during ACT III. Tejo joins the roster. Plus new cosmetics, a new map rotation, updates to Remake Voting, and more.
Structured from Riot's official patch notes. The bullets below are the announced changes; anything VALDB detected in the game files beyond them lives on the detected changes feed and is never mixed into this page.
Overview
Happy New Year, gamers! Welcome to Season 2025. It’s Kenny here, and I’m beyond stoked to share the first set of patch notes for the year. Patch 10.00 is now live.
With 10.00, Tejo explodes his way onto the battlefield with guided ballistics and superior swagger. Anybody know where I can get those glasses?
ALL PLATFORMS
- Starting in 2025, VALORANT will no longer be using Episodes. This year we’ll be introducing a year-long calendar called Season 2025.
- Ranks will be resetting at the beginning of Season 2025, and will also reset again at an upcoming midseason moment.
- Gameplay logic around ability effects themed as explosions has been updated
- Most notably, this should affect instances where Raze’s Showstopper (X) fails to deal damage in situations where it clips into level geometry.
ALL PLATFORMS
Tejo is en route. Our newest Initiator from Colombia will be released in a staggered rollout to all regions starting at 9:00 AM PT on January 8th .
- Tejo
- Stealth Drone
- Guided Salvo
- CONSOLE ONLY: EQUIP an AR targeting system. ALT FIRE to select up to two target locations on the map. FIRE to launch missiles that autonomously navigate to target locations, detonating on arrival.
- Armageddon
- CONSOLE ONLY: EQUIP a tactical strike targeting map. ALT FIRE to select the origin point of the strike. FIRE to set the end point and launch the attack, unleashing a wave of explosions along the strike path. ALT FIRE during map targeting to cancel the origin point.
- Brimstone
- Equip time after casting adjusted from Normal >>> Fast
ALL PLATFORMS
- You can now access the FLEX cosmetic customization menu in Collections. Everyone will have a default FLEX, STAT-COM, added to their inventory. You can equip a FLEX by assigning them to your Spray Wheel, which from now on will be referred to as the Expressions Wheel.
PC ONLY
- The Esports Hub is back for VCT25!
- See where everyone landed after roster-mania and get familiar with our four new guest teams!
- Dive into the brackets for the International League Kickoff starting on January 11!
ALL PLATFORMS
- Automatic Remake Voting
- Ping System
- When enabled, this cheat reverts the map pinging behavior to pre-patch 9.11 behavior.
ALL PLATFORMS
- Map Rotations
- 10.00 Map Rotation:
- Ascent and Sunset are OUT of the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues.
PC ONLY
- Welcome to Stage V25A1! Matches start on January 15
- If your team was in the Invite Division in Stage E9A3 and did not finish the Stage in the top 16 teams, your team has been demoted. You’ll see your new Provisional Division in the Premier hub. Demoted teams seeded into the zone they originally promoted from. Your Team Owner can change your team’s zone in the Team Settings dropdown anytime before your team plays a match.
- If your team cannot be placed into a zone, your Team Owner will be prompted to select a zone.
- Agents
- Clove
- Skye
- Fixed a bug where Guiding Light’s hit confirm sound and VO would not play when hitting Yoru’s Fakeout Clone
- Cypher and Viper
- Phoenix
- Fixed an issue where Blaze’s visual effects could be slightly offset
- Improved the performance around Brimstone’s Sky Smoke dissipation effect
- Fixed an issue where specific flashbang projectile visuals would stick around for Observers
- Fixed an issue where players taking damage with Regen Shields would play hit-confirm sounds regardless of player visibility
- Weapons
- Cosmetics