In the Riot Games shooter, there are many cosmetic items with which players can decorate their profiles and more. However, unlike its main competitor, CS2, Valorant offers fewer options to customize one's own weapon. Valve's shooter allows players to apply various stickers, and autographs, and position them at will. In Valorant, the customization options are much more limited, consisting only of skins and weapon charms, which developers and the community call Gunbuddies. Everyone knows what skins are and their functionality, so today, Bo3 editorial has prepared material for you, where we will tell you what Gunbuddies in Valorant are, how to obtain them, and use them.
What are Gunbuddies in Valorant?
Gunbuddies, or weapon charms, are a type of cosmetic decoration that attaches to a weapon and minimally changes its appearance. The uniqueness of Gunbuddies lies in the fact that they are attached directly to the weapon itself, not to the skin. This means that if you equip a charm, it will always be displayed on your rifle, regardless of whether you change skins and their variations.
Gunbuddies can be obtained in various ways. Sometimes they are distributed by the developers themselves for various major events or occasions, they are available for purchase in the accessory store, and they are also part of the content of skin bundles and in battle passes. As of today, there are 482 different weapon charms available in Valorant, but not all are accessible to regular players. We will explain below how to get Gunbuddies.
Where to find your own Gunbuddies?
To begin with, we'll explain where to find your own Gunbuddies. To view which weapon charms are available, as well as equip them, you need to go to the Collection section where you will see all available weapons. Next, you need to select the weapon you want to put a charm on, for example, Phantom. After this, you will automatically be taken to the Skins section, where you can see all the skins available for this weapon. Then, you must proceed to the next section, Buddies, where the entire list of charms, those that are available to you, as well as their quantity, will be displayed.
With the last point, there is a particular feature because you cannot equip one Gunbuddies on all 18 types of weapons. For example, if you have two identical charms, you can only put them on two weapons, due to the limit on the number. If you want to put it on any third weapon, the charm will disappear from the one where it was first equipped. Therefore, if you plan to use one charm on all types of weapons, you need 18 copies of it.
How to get new Gunbuddies
You followed the step-by-step instructions and entered the section, but the number of your charms is quite small, or you found the one you really want to get. Now we will tell you where to find new Gunbuddies, how to buy them or get them for free.
Free Gunbuddies
We will start with free methods that do not require an investment of real or in-game currency. Most often, to get such charms, you just need to spend time in Valorant and level up, but sometimes you don't even need to do that.
- Battle and event passes
With each new act, Valorant releases a new battle pass filled with various content. Although the Battle Pass in the game is paid, and most rewards are unlocked only after its purchase, Riot Games does not forget about players who do not want to invest money in Valorant, so they added several free rewards. Among them are player titles, cards, graffiti sprays, and also Gunbuddies. On average, most battle passes have 7 paid charms, as well as 3 free ones.
In addition, Riot Games releases passes dedicated to specific events and occasions. The content in them is almost identical to battle passes, and among all the paid content, there are several free accessories, including Gunbuddies.
- Rewards for watching
Another free way to obtain Gunbuddies is through rewards for watching. Each major Valorant tournament has its own official broadcast on Twitch and other platforms. By watching matches on certain days, players will receive rewards, including weapon charms.
- Agent charms
You can get new Gunbuddies for free by levelling up agents. Each Valorant character has their own progression scale, during which you receive titles, graffiti, weapon skins, and also the desired charms. Note that rewards can also be unlocked with Kingdom Credits, which are free, and you earn them during the game and by completing tasks. Also, note that the feature of these charms is that they are often styled after their agent. For example, the Cypher charm is designed in the form of the hat worn by the agent himself.
- Reward for ranked mode
Another free and simple way to obtain Gunbuddies is to compete in ranked mode. At the end of each episode in Valorant, the system determines your highest rank achieved during the season, resulting in you receiving a charm with that rank. There are a total of 9, like the ranks: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Ascendant, Immortal, Radiant. They differ in colour depending on the rank, as well as the inscription indicating in which episode the particular rank was obtained.
- Reward for Premier mode
You can also get a reward in the form of Gunbuddies for free with the new Premier mode, but you need to make an effort. Starting with the third act of episode 7, players receive rewards in the form of charms, but only if they become champions of their division. There are a total of 5 such charms, as well as divisions, and they differ in colour depending on which division you and your team became champions of.
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Paid Gunbuddies
After the above description, it becomes clear that most ways to get weapon charms are free. But it should be noted that rewards for paid versions are more vivid and interesting, so each player should choose which Gunbuddies they want to use and the methods to obtain them.
- Battle and event passes
The first way to get charms, as in the free list, is to buy them during battle and event passes. As we wrote above, their content can include up to 7 paid Gunbuddies, so if the 3 free rewards do not satisfy you, you will need to buy a battle or event pass, each time for real money.
- Rewards for Amazon Prime Gaming subscription
We should note that this method in 2024 is no longer relevant because Riot Games ended their collaboration with Amazon, as a result of which the subscription will no longer bring rewards. But the developers promised to add an alternative in the future, so we'll briefly tell you about this method. If a player had an Amazon Prime subscription and linked their Valorant account, they periodically received various rewards. Among them were graffiti, player cards, Radianite Points currency, and several interesting and unusual weapon charms.
- Valorant team bundles
A new way to get Gunbuddies, which only appeared in 2024. At the beginning of the year, Riot Games, together with professional partner teams, added team bundles to Valorant. Their content included skins for the Classic pistol, graffiti spray with the team logo, a player card, and Gunbuddies, which are also designed in the form of the logo. As of today, there are 33 team capsules available from partner teams from EMEA, Pacific, and Americas, but in the near future, another 11 bundles will be added from Chinese clubs. Their cost is 2,340VP, and the bundles can be purchased until the end of the current competitive season.
Other ways to obtain Gunbuddies
We should note that apart from paid and free methods, there are a few more unique opportunities to get weapon charms. These include local events occasionally held by Riot Games, unique tasks that need to be completed in the game, and also charms of professional players, which they receive for winning tournaments. We will not delve into this topic because we will have material in the future where we will tell you about interesting and unique Gunbuddies that are or were available in Valorant.
Conclusion
After reading our material, you learned what Gunbuddies in Valorant are, as well as ways to obtain these weapon charms. We note that they are only a cosmetic decoration, which does not affect the gameplay in any way but will allow you to show off in front of friends or other players who get your weapon during the match. Continue to follow our portal to learn more interesting information about Valorant.
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