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VALORANT Patch 9.03

Released 13 August 2024 during ACT I. Improvements to ground spreading abilities, Pearl is entering Unrated and Swift Play on Console.

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

Hey folks! I’m Ash and I’m a new Community Manager on the team. Don’t worry, Jo-Ellen is still here – I’ll be helping her out with patch notes from now on so you’ll see me from time to time. I’m excited to start sharing game updates with y’all so let’s get right to it with Patch Notes 9.03.

We’ve made improvements to ground spreading abilities and added a preview to Sage’s Barrier Orb so the placement preview now also shows up on the minimap. Additionally, Pearl is entering Unrated and Swift Play queues on Console.

GENERAL UPDATES

  • Made improvements to how overlapping interactable objects work. You should now perform the desired action more consistently.

AGENT UPDATES

  • Ground Spreading Abilities
  • Map Targeted Abilities Improvements
  • Sage’s Barrier Orb

PERFORMANCE UPDATES

  • Improved the performance of Iso’s Kill Contract ability.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed issue where opening menus would reset your toggle crouch / toggle walk state.
  • Fixed a bug where pinging guns on the ground was not displaying the gun's name in the text feed.
  • Fixed a rare bug that resulted in the defuse timer showing up as ‘-00.00’ if the Spike was defused as the round timer hit 0.
  • Fixed an issue with Ability icons not appearing on the minimap as an Observer.
  • Fixed an issue where in certain scenarios, you can see an enemy but they don’t appear on the minimap.
  • Fixed an issue where "DAMAGE TO YOU/YOU DEALT" is overlapping the Combat Report widget.
  • Fixed font size readability issues with Combat Report in certain languages.
  • Fixed an issue with auto re-scoping for Outlaw, Marshall, Operator staying active while the gun goes through a reload.
  • Abyss
  • Fixed a spot where Agent utility could be thrown off the map and used as a platform.
  • Revised the message from the Scions of the Hourglass to fix text errors.
  • Fixed a minor visual issue for the railings around Defender Spawn.
  • The Range

BUG FIXES

  • Combat Report

MAP UPDATES

  • Pearl enters Unrated & Swift Play queues.

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Fixed issue where opening an Ability map and the Shop/Scoreboard simultaneously could result in a loss of input.
  • Fixed an issue where pressing an Ability button while defusing the Spike would equip a weapon.
  • Harbor

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