The third act of the 2025 season is approaching, and there’s plenty of exciting content ahead. Today, Riot Games released the patch notes for the upcoming 10.08 update, which details the new gifting system and much more.

What the New Act Brings to Valorant

A new post has just appeared on the official Valorant website, where company representatives address players. Our familiar Karnifexlol explains how the new gifting system will work, how the main menu audio will change, and what players can expect in the upcoming act.

Hello everyone, Kenny here, welcoming you to the start of Act 3 of the 2025 season and Patch 10.08. This patch includes some agent balance updates for Brim, Astra, and Yoru, the long-awaited gifting feature in the store, and a bunch of fixes. Oh, and you can take a little nostalgic trip if you listen to the music that plays throughout the game — the Episode 1 menu music really takes me back.

CLIENT UPDATES

To celebrate VALORANT’s fifth anniversary, we’re bringing back music from Episode 1 in patches 10.08 and 10.09 — including menu music, agent selection, and win/loss themes.

GENERAL UPDATES

Gifting Feature

With patch 10.08, the gifting feature is finally here. Items and bundles from the fixed rotation store — including the first bundle of this Act — can be sent to friends. To send a gift, follow these steps:

1. Go to the store.
2. Open the details page of a fixed-rotation bundle or item.
3. Click the “Gift” button in the bottom-right corner.
4. Choose the player you want to send the gift to (restrictions may apply).
5. Select whether to send the entire bundle or individual items.
6. Send the gift!

The recipient will be able to accept or decline the gift the next time they log in to Valorant. Currently, gifting is limited to fixed-rotation store items. We plan to expand this in future updates.

Ranked Gun Buddies

Act 3 has begun! This is your last chance to climb the ranks before we start distributing ranked gun buddies in patch 11.00 at the start of Act 4.

Once Act 3 ends, you’ll receive a gun buddy matching the highest rank you achieved across the first three Acts of the 2025 Season.

AGENT CHANGES

Brimstone

We continue improving gameplay clarity and visual feedback, similar to recent updates to Neon’s High Gear VFX and Deadlock’s Barrier Mesh durability.

• Incendiary: Brimstone’s grenade sound effect is now easier to hear, especially when thrown into smoke.

Astra

We’re toning down overly effective abilities. Most stuns in the game last 3.5 seconds, so we’ve adjusted Nova Pulse to match.

• Nova Pulse: Stun duration reduced from 4 to 3.5 seconds.

Yoru

Dimensional Drift is a powerful ultimate requiring quick reactions. We're reducing its duration and increasing its cost.

• Dimensional Drift: Duration reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.
• Cost: Increased from 7 to 8 points.

BUG FIXES

Waylay

• Fixed a bug where Refraction couldn’t be used immediately after Convergence.

Harbor

• Fixed a bug where Harbor’s bracelet model could clip through thin objects (e.g. doors on Ascent).

Deadlock

• Fixed a bug where the Barrier Mesh hit sound wouldn’t play when shot in the center.
• Fixed the ability to use Barrier Mesh to climb onto obstacles.

Vyse

• Fixed cooldown timing after destroying Arc Rose.
• Fixed missing fade-out VFX on Enclosure wall.
• Fixed Enclosure continuing to block bullets after disappearing.
• Fixed incorrect Iron Bloom damage zone display for enemies.

Yoru

• Reverted a previous fix where Yoru’s clone moved incorrectly after hitting a wall.

Skye

• Fixed a bug where Trailblazer jumps weren’t slowed by Light Pollution (Waylay).

Gekko

• Fixed a bug where Boom Bot jumps weren’t slowed by Light Pollution (Waylay).

Tejo

• Fixed an exploit allowing players to climb on the Stealth Drone.
• Fixed an issue where the Stealth Drone couldn’t be marked by Cypher’s camera.
• Fixed a bug where the Armageddon VFX wouldn’t disappear after activation.
• Fixed a missing danger indicator when running through the back of Armageddon’s effect zone.

Reyna

• Fixed an issue where overhealing from Devour wasn’t interrupted by damage if it was lower than the overheal amount.

Iso

• Final Shot now mentions faster reload in its description.

PREMIER CHANGES

Get ready for Stage V25A3! Matches start May 7.

• We’ve updated Premier restrictions. Suspensions are no longer a flat 30 days — they now vary based on the severity of the violation and existing infractions.

CONSOLE BUG FIXES

• Reduced font size for the rank loss protection popup on the match result screen.
• Fixed long player names overlapping UI elements in the match timeline screen.
• Fixed seasonal rank requirements not displaying on the act rank screen.
• The act rank screen now also shows season information.

When Patch 10.08 Releases

The patch notes for the upcoming update are already out, which means the patch itself is coming very soon. Update 10.08 will release this evening in the Americas, and tomorrow morning in Europe and other regions.