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How to get a black crosshair in VALORANT

Bold and deadly.

In VALORANT, there are many different factors that will help you succeed in the heat of battle. You need the right mouse sensitivity and graphic settings to help turn the tides in a firefight, but, sometimes, the perfect crosshair can make you feel like the most accurate shooter on the server. Maybe, for you, that perfect crosshair needs to be black.

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Creating a black crosshair in VALORANT

There are a collection of different colors that you can change your crosshair to, but there isn’t a default option to switch things to black. After all, VALORANT doesn’t give you complete customization control over the color of your crosshair with something like an RGB wheel. As a result, you aren’t able to create a full black crosshair. However, there is a way to make one with other options in the settings.

It’s fairly easy to make a pure black crosshair in the game, and here’s what you’ll have to do:

Screenshot of the Crosshair settings in VALORANT.
  1. Head over to the game’s settings, where you’ll see the crosshair options for your crosshair profiles.
  2. In the main section, turn on outlines and turn off inner lines.
  3. Now, set the crosshair’s outline opacity to one and the outline thickness to one or two, depending on how large you want the crosshair to be.
  4. The outer line and inner line opacity should both be at zero as well.
  5. Then set the outer line’s thickness, length, and offset to your own preferences.

The result should be a black crosshair without any other colors.

Tip:

If you’re worried about how your new, black crosshair will look during the heat of battle, you can always take a custom match or the VALORANT Practice Range for a spin. Here, you’ll be able to get a feel for how your crosshair works without the pressure of battling other players. Give it a few adjustments until it’s ready to go!


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