Developer and publisher Riot Games has officially released the official patch notes of Valorant update 3.0. Valorant players can now download this new update on PC.
The release of patch 3.0 for Valorant marks the arrival of Valorant Episode 3 Act 1. Act 1 of Episode 3 will run until August 24, 2021. Once it ended, Act 2 will immediately begin, which will last until October 19. Episode 3 Act 3, will start on October 19, 2020, until January 11, 2022.
Apart from Act 1 of Valorant Episode 3, the new update 3.0 also brings some game changes, bug fixes, and more. Below, you will find the changes that have been implemented in patch 3.0.
Valorant Update 3.0 Patch Notes
All Agents
- Signature abilities now only provide a minimum of one charge per round instead of accumulating a charge every round.
- For example, if you have a two charge signature ability and you end the round with one charge remaining, you will not gain an additional charge
- Charges gained from cooldowns are now always temporary
- Visibility returns faster during the fadeout period of all flashes
Jett
- Cloudburst now costs 200 (was 100)
- Updraft now costs 150 (was 100)
- Blade Storm now costs 7 Ult points (was 6)
- Jett’s Tailwind can no longer dash through Cypher’s tripwires
Omen
- Shrouded step now costs 150 (was 100)
- Paranoia now costs 300 (was 400)
- Dark cover charge reduced to 1 (was 2)
- Dark cover second smoke now costs 100
- Dark Cover smokes regenerate after 40 seconds
Skye
- Trailblazer vision radius increased 1750 >>> 2250
- Trailblazer max concussion duration increased 3 >>> 4
- Trailblazer price increased to 250 (was 200)
- Charges reduced 3 >>> 2
- Charges are now replenished on a 40-second cooldown
- Skye no longer needs to re-equip to trigger her flash
- Guiding Light’s projectile now goes around corners tighter when free flying and is more responsive to guiding
- Audio attenuation when cast reduced 3250 >>> 1250
- Cost of charges increased 100 >>> 250
Yoru
- Blindside price increased to 250 (from 200)
- Gatecrash cooldown time increased to 40 (was 35)
Brimstone
- Incendiary price increased to 250 (from 200)
Sova
- Owl Drone price increased to 400 (was 300)
- Shock Dart price increased to 150 (from 100)
- Recon Bolt cooldown time increased to 40 (was 35)
- Hunter’s Fury Ult points increased to 8 (from 7)
Sage
- Slow Orb price increased to 200 from 100
- Barrier Orb cost increased to 400 (from 300)
- Resurrection increased to 8 Ult points (from 7)
Breach
- Aftershock price increased to 200 (was 100)
- Aftershock has 3 small burst shocks instead of 1 big shock
- Flashpoint price increased to 250 (was 200)
- Flashpoint charge decreased to 2 (was 3)
- Flashpoint Projectile speed decreased 2500 >>>2000
- Faultline full charge time decreased 1.5 >>> 1 second
- Faultline width increased 600 >>> 750
- Faultline telegraph windup time decreased 1.3 >>> 1
- Faultline concussion duration increased 3 >>> 3.5
- Faultline unequip time after firing decreased 1 >>> .7
- Faultline cooldown time increased 35 >>> 40
- Rolling Thunder width of all explosions increased to 2300, which was the previous width of the final explosion
Reyna
- Leer Price increased to 250 (was 200)
Phoenix
- Curveball price increased to 250 (was 200)
Viper
- Snakebite duration reduced 8 >>> 6.5
- Snakebite outer edges of Viper’s acid patch form faster to ensure it is lethal if an enemy sits in the entire duration
- Snakebit cost increased 100 >>> 200
Raze
- Model has been updated with a polish pass
- Boombot price increased to 400 (was 200)
- Showstopper now costs 8 Ult points (was 7)
Astra
- Gravity Well: Cooldown time increased 12 >>> 25
- Nova Pulse: Cooldown time increased 12 >>> 25
- Stars are now inactive when placed during the buy phase
- On Attack, Astra can now see the Spike’s location in Astral form
- Recall cooldown increased 8 >>> 15
- Astral Form price decreased to 150 (was 200)
- Astral Form (Stars) decreased to 1 (was 2)
Cypher
- Neural theft now costs 6 Ult Points (was 7)
Killjoy
- Alarmbot cooldown after pickup increased 7 >>> 20
- Turret cooldown after pickup increased 10 >>> 20
Weapon Changes
All Weapons
- Bullet tagging changed from 75% slow >>> 72.5% slow
- Weapon Deadzones changed from 30% >>> 27.5%
All Rifles
- Walking inaccuracy changed from 1.3 >>> 2.0
- Running unchanged at 5.0
All Heavies
- Walking Inaccuracy changed from .5 >>> 2.4
- Running unchanged at 6.0
All SMGs
- Walking inaccuracy changed from .3 >>> 1.0
- Running inaccuracy changed from 2.0 >>> 2.5
Classic
- Walking inaccuracy changed from .25 >>> .84
- Running inaccuracy changed from 1.5 >>> 2.1
Frenzy
- Price decreased 500 >>> 450
- Walking inaccuracy changed from .25 >>> .8
- Running inaccuracy changed from 1.0 >>> 2.0
Ghost
- Walking inaccuracy changed from .25 >>> .92
- Running Inaccuracy changed from 1.85 >>> 2.3
Sheriff
- Walking inaccuracy changed from .25 >>> 1.2
- Running inaccuracy changed from 2.0 >>> 3.0
Judge
- Price increased 1600 >>> 1850
- Damage falloff at 10m changed from 13 per pellet >>> 10 per pellet
- Damage falloff at 15m changed from 10 per pellet >>> 7 per pellet
Bulldog
- Hip-fire (full auto mode) firing rate increased from 9.15 RPS >>> 9.5 RPS
- Price decreased 2100 >>> 2050
Shorty
- Price decreased 200 >>> 150
Stinger
- Price decreased 1100 >>> 950
Bucky
- Price decreased 900 >>> 850
Marshal
- Price decreased 1000 >>> 950
Ares
- Price decreased 1600 >>> 1550
Operator
- Price decreased from 5000 >>> 4700
Competitive Changes
- Reduced the possibility of feeling “hard stuck” on older accounts. If your skill improves, your rank should properly reflect that, regardless of account age.
- Matchmaking accuracy will improve across all ranks, which should lead to a smoother ranked climb and reduce how hard you may swing up and down in rank
- While winning games is still the most important factor, individual performance will also be accounted for to improve matchmaking at Immortal+
- This should result in better matches at the highest levels.
- Close games will have a smaller effect on rank rating gains and losses
- Adjusted our Rank Rating curves, so climbing (or falling) should feel less volatile
- Updated Rank distribution
- Placements raised to Diamond 1
Performance Changes
- Improved clipping plane calculations using multithreading
- Improved thread utilization across multiple cores for distributed tasks
- Optimized camera calculations
- Optimized ambient audio for each map
- General optimizations for all ability animations
Social Updates
- Improved clipping plane calculations using multithreading
- Improved thread utilization across multiple cores for distributed tasks
- Optimized camera calculations
- Optimized ambient audio for each map
- General optimizations for all ability animations
Bug Updates
Agents
- Characters blocked by Sage’s Barrier Orb when resurrected now break the wall to ensure they don’t get pushed inside map geo
- Fixed Skye’s Seekers showing up on the minimap even when they aren’t visible to an enemy
- Fixed Viper’s ultimate not showing as active on the team UI when Viper’s Pit is up
- Fixed bug where Cypher’s Spy Camera could be placed inside the map on mid Icebox
- Fixed a bug where Reyna’s Dismiss ability could not be rebought if the Buy Menu is closed and reopened during the same Buy Phase
- Fixed a bug where canceling Sova’s Hunter’s Fury while charging the shot allows the player to skip unequip animation by equipping a weapon, ability, or Spike
- Fixed a bug where picking up Cypher’s TrapWires/Cages and Killjoy’s Nano Swarms during the Buy phase would prevent you from purchasing a second charge
Competitive
- Fixed a bug that was causing a delay in recent Competitive game’s Ranked Rating updates in Match History
- Fixed a Career screen visual bug that would show up for those who dropped out of Immortal
- Fixed a bug that caused a friend’s career to infinitely load
Social
- Fixed a bug where friends’ names were merging together in the social panel when interacting with them, jumbling them together at times. Word scramble no longer!
Content Support
- Fixed an issue causing a hitch when viewing skins in the Collection
Gameplay Technology
- Fixed a bug where the inner crosshair toggle feature wasn’t working
- Fixed a bug where AOE kills were not rewarding the appropriate character if the enemy was in a debuffed state
- Fixed a bug where the Spike icon pulse and beeping sound were not in sync
- Fixed a bug where Ally defuse progress bar sometimes fails to appear
- Fixed a bug where Observer’s Killfeed has no team colors
- Reverted our fix for the “swirly arms” in the last patch, since it was causing significant animation snapping
