While VALORANT doesn’t have actual seasons, it does use what is effectively a seasonal model, with roughly six-month-long Episodes broken into Acts, which are a couple of months long.
With each Act, VALORANT players get treated to new content like new agents, new maps, and new modes. Each Act gives the new addition time to play with the community without overloading players with too much new content.
At the time of writing, VALORANT is hosting the second Act of Episode Eight, which began on March 5. This Act coincides with Patch 8.4, which included updates to Sage, changes to Premier, and a host of bug fixes.
All VALORANT Act start and end dates
| Episode One: IGNITION | Start date | End date |
| Episode One, Act One | June 2, 2020 | Aug. 13, 2020 |
| Episode One, Act Two | Aug. 4, 2020 | Oct. 13, 2020 |
| Episode One, Act Three | Oct. 13, 2020 | Jan. 12, 2021 |
| Episode Two: FORMATION | ||
| Episode Two, Act One | Jan. 12, 2021 | March 2, 2021 |
| Episode Two, Act Two | March 2, 2021 | April 27, 2021 |
| Episode Two, Act Two | April 27, 2021 | June 22, 2021 |
| Episode Three: REFLECTION | ||
| Episode Three, Act One | June 22, 2021 | Sept. 8, 2021 |
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| Episode Three, Act Two | Sept. 8, 2021 | Nov. 2, 2021 |
| Episode Three, Act Three | Nov. 2, 2021 | Jan. 11, 2022 |
| Episode Four: DISRUPTION | ||
| Episode Four, Act One | Jan. 11, 2022 | March 1, 2022 |
| Episode Four, Act Two | March 1, 2022 | April 27, 2022 |
| Episode Four, Act Three | April 27, 2022 | June 22, 2022 |
| Episode Five: DIMENSION | ||
| Episode Five, Act One | June 22, 2022 | Aug. 23, 2022 |
| Episode Five, Act Two | Aug. 23, 2022 | Oct. 17, 2022 |
| Episode Five, Act Three | Oct. 17, 2022 | Jan. 10, 2023 |
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| Episode Six: REVELATION | ||
| Episode Six, Act One | Jan. 10, 2023 | March 6, 2023 |
| Episode Six, Act Two | March 6, 2023 | April 25, 2023 |
| Episode Six, Act Three | April 25, 2023 | June 26, 2023 |
| Episode Seven: EVOLUTION | ||
| Episode Seven, Act One | June 27, 2023 | Aug. 29, 2023 |
| Episode Seven, Act Two | Aug. 29, 2023 | Oct. 31, 2023 |
| Episode Seven, Act Three | Oct. 31, 2023 | Jan. 9, 2024 |
| Episode Eight: DEFIANCE | ||
| Episode Eight, Act One | Jan. 9, 2024 | March 5, 2024 |
| Episode Eight, Act Two | March 5, 2024 | April 30, 2024 |
| Episode Eight, Act Three | April 30, 2024 | July 2024 |
When is the next VALORANT Act?
According to VALORANT’s in-game timer, Episode Eight, Act Two will end on April 30, 2024. Considering previous trends, Act Three should begin on April 30 after Riot finishes periodic server maintenance.
This will be updated once more concrete dates are shared.
