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VALORANT Patch 12.01

Released 20 January 2026 during ACT I. MFA coming to EU, Esports hub is back for VCT26

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 2026, everyone! It’s Ash and we got a short and sweet one for you in patch 12.01.

If you haven’t heard already, we did a lore panel in the VALORANT Lore Discord where we chatted through the Why We Fight Back music video and may or may not have elaborated on Viper and Chamber’s relationship. 👀Check out their Discord to see the recording!

  • For those in EU, Ascendant+ players and those detected for account sharing will need to enable MFA to play in Comp.
  • The Esports hub is back for VCT26.

COMPETITIVE UPDATES

  • Starting in 12.01 in EU, accounts detected for sharing and all Ascendant+ players must enable Riot Mobile multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access Competitive queue. Other modes will remain unaffected.

ESPORTS FEATURES

  • The Esports Hub is back for VCT 2026! Meet the teams on the Path to Champions and follow their journey through the International League Kickoffs.

BUG FIXES

  • Agents
  • Harbor
  • Fixed a bug where Harbor’s Cove was missing an ability icon when viewing it on the placement minimap.
  • Fade
  • Gekko
  • Fixed a bug where Gekko’s globules were sometimes visible on the enemy minimap even when out of sight.
  • Viper
  • Chamber / Veto
  • Killjoy
  • Sage
  • Phoenix
  • Fixed a bug where Phoenix’s Hot Hands VFX trail would sometimes emerge from an inaccurate location when thrown from B Window on Bind.
  • Yoru
  • Fixed a bug where Yoru’s Fakeout clone could be pushed away by Veto’s Chokehold if Chokehold was on an elevated surface.
  • Modes
  • Fixed a text overrun that could occur in certain localizations on console within the Next Random Agent widget.
  • Fixed a glass breaking audio event on Ascent when A site is out of bounds.
  • Fixed an issue where Loadouts would occasionally reset to default selections.
  • Gameplay Systems

BUG FIXES

  • Premier
  • Fixed an issue where long Premier team names and tags were sometimes overlapping.

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