VALORANT Patch 13.06

VALORANT Patch 13.06 introduces the Warden rifle, Agent Mastery, Gauntlet: Glitched, Range access while queueing, and major client and Competitive updates.

All Platforms

General Updates

• Riot reports banning approximately 1,600 accounts daily through boosting detection—over 90,000 accounts since July 20.

Client Updates

• Home and Lobby merge into one hub with party controls, Events, Missions, the active map pool, Leaderboards, and limited-time features.

• Global Navigation receives a revised layout and more consistent navigation and back behavior.

• New Collection indicators identify recently earned content.

  • Indicators clear when viewing the Collection or leaving the game and do not persist into the next session.

• Additional Mode Select changes are planned for Patch 13.08.

Competitive Updates

• Range and Queue

  • Enter the Range after starting matchmaking, or start matchmaking from inside the Range.

  • Range access may initially be unavailable for expected short queues, becoming available if the wait runs longer.

  • Premier, Deathmatch, and other modes without Agent Select do not support queueing from the Range.

• Performance Score replaces Average Combat Score (ACS).

  • A 0–500 score measures contributions beyond damage and kills.

  • Available in Competitive, Unrated, Swiftplay, and Premier; determines MVP and scoreboard placement in these modes.

  • End of Game details explain score contributions and proximity to a Masterful performance.

• Accolades

  • Track standout performances and personal bests for the current Act and lifetime.

  • Earned only in Competitive and Premier.

  • Tracking begins with this patch; historical matches do not count.

• Rank Legacy

  • Tracks how often each rank has been achieved.

  • Each rank’s counter can increase once per three-Act period: Acts I–III and Acts IV–VI.

  • Demoting into a rank does not increase its counter.

• Career and Competitive Hub

  • Career combines top Agents, Match History, and rank.

  • Competitive Hub adds dedicated Accolade and Rank Legacy pages.

  • Friends can view Career and the Competitive Hub Overview; dedicated pages are private.

• Upcoming features:

  Map Rating in 13.08, plus Competitive Flex and Radiant experience updates in 14.00.

Gameplay Systems Updates

• Redesigned End of Game flow highlights performance, rewards, match details, MVPs, promotions, and progression.

• Players can advance through the screens, inspect details, requeue, or return to the Lobby.

Modes Updates

• Gauntlet: Glitched — new limited-time mode

  • Eight duos—16 players—compete in rotating 2v2 battles across four arenas.

  • Round losses reduce team health; reaching zero eliminates the team.

  • Eliminated players can leave and requeue immediately.

  • Weapons change between stages, and later losses cost more health.

  • Queue solo or with a friend.

  • Draft randomized abilities from different Agents between rounds.

    • Add abilities or upgrade existing abilities from Level 1 to Level 3.

    • Reroll options or craft another slot to develop a build.

    • Level 2 upgrades have a rare chance to glitch, including manually detonated Raze Boom Bots and enlarged Gekko Wingmen.

  • Round winners enter the Winner’s Circle to watch remaining fights.

• Retake leaves the limited-time mode rotation.

Player Behavior Updates

• Riot Voice Evaluation expands detection support for Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean.

• Voice Comms Abuse reports help identify disruptive behavior and improve detection.

Progression Updates

• Agent Mastery

  • Each Agent receives separate Act Levels, Lifetime Levels, a Reward Track, and an Agent ID.

  • Everyone starts at zero; previous Agent playtime and progression do not carry over.

• Mastery Points (MP)

  • Earned by playing an Agent in supported modes, with bonuses for wins and strong performance.

  • Increasing an Act Level also increases Lifetime Level: 1 Act Level = 1 Lifetime Level.

• Act Levels

  • Reset each Act, with 10 main levels per Agent.

  • Levels 4, 7, and 10 unlock Portrait Accents showcasing investment from the current and previous Act.

  • Overleveling continues after Act Level 10.

• Lifetime Levels and rewards

  • Lifetime Levels persist across Acts and unlock access to Reward Track items.

  • Rewards are purchased with Kingdom Credits.

  • Tracks include previous Agent Gear rewards and new items; already unlocked Agent Gear is retained.

  • Agent ID components can be unlocked, customized, and equipped through each Agent’s Reward Track.

Weapons Updates

• Warden — new automatic Rifle

  • Price: 2900 credits

  • Scope: 2x magnification

  • Magazine: 18; reserve: 36

  • Damage at all ranges:

    • Body: 50

    • Head: 200

    • Leg: 42

  • Fire Rate: 6.5

  • Reload Timing: 2.5

  • Equip Timing:

    • Normal: 1.0

    • Fast: .6

    • Instant: .2

  • Wall Penetration: Medium

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Ultimate Ability voiceover being cut off when another ability was cast immediately afterward.

• Fixed Tejo, Sova, Gekko, Cypher, and Skye avoiding flashes when exiting possessable abilities exactly as a flash activated.

• Fixed Cypher’s Trapwire appearing active when he was killed or suppressed precisely as it reactivated.

• The displayed threshold for the Masterful Accolade is incorrect.

  • This visual issue does not affect earning the Accolade; a fix is planned for the next patch.

• Riot confirms the Flex-equipped jiggle-peek bug was fixed in Patch 13.02, but omitted from those notes.

Console Only

General Updates

• VALORANT Console launches in Australia and New Zealand with Patch 13.06.

Known Issues

• Mode selection has an issue while using Range in Queue.

• After exiting a queue, Range access may briefly remain unavailable.

  • A fix is planned for a following patch.