In the last few weeks, the entire Valorant community has been buzzing about a new weapon set to appear in the game. Today, these rumors have been intensified thanks to well-known dataminers who have confirmed the imminent release of the Outlaw sniper rifle at the beginning of next year.

It's worth recalling that at the beginning of December, Riot Games, during the announcement of the Night Market, again released a hidden teaser for the upcoming novelty. Among the sniper rifle sections for Marshall and Operator, there was one empty cabinet where the Outlaw is supposed to be located. Read more about this in our article. After this, the Valorant community began to predict that the new rifle would appear in the game along with the eighth episode, and judging by the information from dataminers, this seems to be the case. The well-known insider from the Mike | Valorant Leaks & News channel, confirmed this information.

Later, Brazilian dataminer KINGDOM LABORATORIES joined him, revealing new details about the upcoming Outlaw rifle. According to his information, the sniper will have the following characteristics:

• Cost - 2400 credits

• Body damage - 140 units

• Fires two rounds simultaneously

The dataminer also mentioned that initially, the Outlaw will only have static, non-animated skins, and showed what the new rifle will approximately look like.

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It's also noted that the release of the eighth episode is planned for January 2024. Although it is still unknown in which exact act the rifle will appear, Riot Games may decide to keep the intrigue and release the weapon in later acts.