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, which comes with its own battle pass and ranked competitive window, VALORANT players also 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 first Act of Episode Eight, which began on Jan. 9. This act coincides with Patch 8.0, which includes updates to playable agents Deadlock and Killjoy, the addition of new weapon Outlaw to the arsenal, as well as updates to the Icebox map.
All VALORANT Act start and end dates
![Omen aiming down the sights of the Outlaw sniper rifle in VALORANT.](https://vip-preprod.dotesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/VAL_Outlaw_3PB.png?w=640)
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 |
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 |
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 | May 2024 |
Episode Eight, Act Three | May 2024 | July 2024 |
When is the next VALORANT Act?
According to VALORANT’s in-game timer, Episode Eight, Act One will end on March 5, 2024. Considering previous trends, Act Two should begin on March 5 after Riot finishes periodic server maintenance. There’s no official end date for Act Three, but Acts usually last a couple of months, we can guess it will begin in May 2024.
This will be updated once more concrete dates are shared.