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Doodle Buds Shorty
Doodle Buds Shorty is a Premium tier skin for the Shorty. It is part of the Doodle Buds collection. It has 2 upgrade levels. It also has 3 colour variants.
The price published by Riot for a single Premium tier skin. Bundle pricing differs, and we do not claim a per-skin figure we cannot verify.
- Weapon
- Shorty
- Collection
- Doodle Buds
- Tier
- Premium
- Variants
- 3
- Upgrade levels
- 2
What each upgrade unlocks
Upgrade levels are bought with Radianite Points once you own the skin. Each level is permanent and stacks on the last.
- 1
Level 1
The base skin as it arrives, before any Radianite is spent.
- 2
Level 2 — Kill Effect
Adds a visual effect on each kill.
What Premium tier means
Premium is one of the content tiers in VALORANT.
Tier sets the price band and the ceiling on effects, not the art style — a Select skin can look better than a Premium one, it just carries less behind it.
About the Shorty
The Shorty costs 300 credits. The Shorty deals 22 to the head and 11 to the body. That holds between 0 and 7m.
There are 38 Shorty skins in the game, so this is one of the more contested slots to dress.
Shorty stats and every skin →Rest of the Doodle Buds collection
Other Shorty skins
Doodle Buds Shorty FAQ
What tier is Doodle Buds Shorty?
Doodle Buds Shorty is a Premium tier skin. one of the content tiers in VALORANT.
How much does Doodle Buds Shorty cost?
Individual Premium tier skins are priced at 1,775 VP as standard. Buying one as part of a bundle usually works out cheaper per item than buying pieces separately, and store prices can change between releases.
What do the Doodle Buds Shorty upgrades give you?
Doodle Buds Shorty has 2 levels, unlocked with Radianite Points. Level 2 adds a visual effect on each kill.
How many variants does Doodle Buds Shorty have?
3, including the base finish. Variants are recolours unlocked with Radianite Points once you own the skin — they change the colourway, not the effects.
The rest of this collection — 4 more
Skins released alongside this one as part of the same set. They share the theme's finisher, VFX and inspect animation, so owning several is what the collection is designed around.