Buddies (or gunbuddies, gun buddies) are a type of cosmetic in VALORANT. They are weapon charms that attach to guns to slightly modify their appearance. Buddies can only be seen in first-person view.
To access the inventory of buddies, the player has to select a weapon (excluding Melee) in their Collection and navigate to Buddies on top to view.
There are currently 577 different buddies.
Current Buddies[]
Collection Bundles[]
Buddies from collection bundles can usually be bought on their own for 475 but are given for free should the player choose to buy the whole bundle. For bundles containing buddies, the bundle price is usually equal to the total cost of the gun skins. Most collection bundles that have buddies only contain one each, though occasionally some bundles have multiple. Players will have x2 each of the buddy in their inventory upon purchase.
Certain buddies must be purchased as part of the entire bundle, thus losing the opportunity to purchase the buddy individually. The buddies are from these collections:
- "Monkey Business" from Arcane Collection's Collector's Set
- "Duo's Day" from Duo's Day Capsule
- "In and Out of Trouble" from Troublemaker Capsule
- All buddies from VCT Team Capsules and Tacti-Force Capsule
Certain collections have different pricing for their buddies. The pricing and collections are:
- 0 for Pride
- 675 each for Doombringer and Dream Charm
- 975 each for Give Back, Give Back // 2022, Give Back // 2023 and Give Back // 2024
- * If equipped on a skin variant of the respective skin collection, the buddy's color will change to match it. May not apply to all weapon skins within the collection, see the respective collection page for more details.
- ^ If equipped on a weapon skin within the collection, the buddy's color will change to match it.
- # Has unique interaction(s) upon doing certain actions. See the respective collection page for more details.
VCT Team Capsules[]
Battle Passes[]
Act Battle Pass[]
- To see the tiers that each buddy was unlocked at, see the article for that Battle Pass' act linked in the table.
The act battle pass contains between 9 to 12 buddies which are spread out over both the paid and free tracks. These buddies are always earned at the same tier or chapter (depending on how many buddies the pass has). The free track always has 3 buddies that are always unlocked after completing chapters 2, 6, 9, and unlocking the paid tracks gives access to up to 5-8 more buddies that are unlocked at other tiers. Another free track buddy may also be available at Epilogue 1, depending on whether the cosmetic at that tier for each pass is either a buddy or a spray. Players will have x2 each of the buddy in their inventory upon unlock.
Kingdom Credits can also be used to unlock when buddies appear as part of the weekly set of four offers available in Accessory Store (excluding Epilogue items and Episode Coin Collection items).
- ↑ If Ancient Mysteries Revealed buddy is equipped on Soul Silencer Ghost, the buddy's color will change to match it. For the buddy preview, see Omen → Gallery.
Event Passes[]
Players will have x2 each of the buddy in their inventory upon unlock.
Buddy | Name | Event Pass | Tier |
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Arcane Cupcake | RiotX Arcane | 10 | |
Champions 2022 Dad Hat | Champions | 7 | |
Closed Beta Coin | Closed Beta | 5 | |
Fortune Paws | Scales of Fortune | 1 | |
Good Luck Knot | 2023 Horizons | 4 | |
Happy Dumpling | Lunar Celebration | 5 | |
Octobuddy | Champions 2023 | 7 | |
Pocket Jett | Collision | 4 | |
Walis Tambo | Recall | 8 | |
Year One | YR 1 Anniversary | 7 |
Gear[]
All agent gear contains a buddy available at Tier 6. Players will have x2 each of the buddy in their inventory upon unlock.
Agent | Buddy | Name |
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Astra | Stardust | |
Breach | Hammer Time | |
Brimstone | Dog Tags | |
Chamber | Call Me | |
Clove | Metal Wings | |
Cypher | White Hat | |
Deadlock | Nanowire Cartridge | |
Fade | Nazar Bead | |
Gekko | Cruiser | |
Harbor | Beckoner | |
Iso | Peripherals | |
Jett | Pocket Knife | |
KAY/O | Memory Chip | |
Killjoy | Bot | |
Neon | Surge Protector | |
Omen | Grim Delight | |
Phoenix | Hot Bling | |
Raze | Blast Pin | |
Reyna | Soul Capsule | |
Sage | Radianite Orb | |
Skye | Hawko | |
Sova | Owl Charm | |
Viper | Venom Vial | |
Vyse | Metal Petals | |
Yoru | Dimensional Fragment |
Prime Gaming Drops[]
The following buddies are drop rewards from Prime Gaming. Players will have x1 each of the buddy in their inventory upon claim.
- ↑ Also available in limited quantities as part of Make-A-Wish x VALORANT Console Charity Fundraiser from October 2024, supported by Riot Games.
Broadcast Drops[]
The following buddies were obtained by watching certain live events on official broadcasts or other official selected streams. To be eligible to obtain the rewards, players must have their Riot account connected to their account used on the streaming service and use it to watch the event for a certain duration, at most for one hour. Players will have x1 each of the buddy in their inventory upon claim.
Buddy | Name | Event | Eligible Dates |
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High Top Heat | 2021 Spike Nations Also available as part of promotion organized by Verizon during VALORANT Champions Tour 2023. |
October 9, 2021 | |
Fishbones | Arcane Premiere Twitch Streams | November 6, 2021 | |
VCT 2021 Spark | VCT Champions 2021: Grand Finals | December 12, 2021 | |
VCT LOCK//IN Dad Hat | VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo: Grand Finals | March 4, 2023 | |
Game Changers Trophy | Game Changers 2023 Championship | December 3, 2023 | |
Sheng Jian Bao | VALORANT Masters Shanghai 2024: Grand Finals | June 9, 2024 |
Competitive[]
At the end of each episode, players who played Competitive games and earned a rank will receive a buddy based on the highest Act Rank they achieved during the episode. Each episode has its own ranked buddies, and there are buddies for every rank. Players must obtain 9 wins in any of an Act within that Episode to be rewarded with the buddy matching their rank. Players will have x2 of the buddy in their inventory upon unlock.
Ranked Episode | Buddies |
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01: IGNITION | |
02: FORMATION | |
03: REFLECTION | |
04: DISRUPTION | |
05: DIMENSION | |
06: REVELATION | |
07: EVOLUTION | |
08: DEFIANCE |
Premier[]
The following buddies are rewards available from Premier, distributed to players after a stage ends for winning a Playoff Tournament. Starting from Launch in Episode 07: EVOLUTION: Act 2, winning players receive a buddy based on the division their team was placed in. Players will have x1 of the buddy in their inventory upon unlock.
Stage | Buddies |
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Ignition Stage (Beta) | |
Launch Stage | |
E7A3 Stage | |
E8A1 Stage | |
E8A2 Stage | |
E8A3 Stage | |
E9A1 Stage | |
E9A2 Stage |
Pro play[]
The following buddies are given to professional players and coaches who have won tournaments organized by Riot Games. Eligible players reaching the necessary criteria will have x1 each of the buddy in their inventory.
Miscellaneous[]
Buddy | Name | Notes | Inventory |
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Arcane Poro | Given to players who completed a set of VALORANT-related missions on the RiotXArcane site | x1 | |
Bear Hug | Obtained by players who redeemed a code (CC-VAL24-HEART-BUDDY ) until June 25th, 2024 at 2pm PT.
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x1 | |
Cloudburst Soles | Given to players who redeemed a code by attending the Watch Party of VALORANT Champions 2024 Finals. Code redeemable till September 1, 2024.[1][2] | x1 | |
Dallah | Given to all accounts that existed when the Middle Eastern region was launched | x1 | |
Exquisitely Wrapped | Given to players who logged into their account after December 14, 2021[3] | x1 | |
Fist Bump | Given to players by Riot and their employees only, such as from demonstrating good sportsmanship in a match with the employee. Each Rioter has a limited supply of these buddies to give out and so they will only give them to those who they think truly deserve one; direct requests to Riot or Rioters for a buddy through chat, comments, or DMs will only be ignored.[4] |
x1 | |
Gonggi | Participate in Champions Seoul Pick 'Ems 2024 and be in top 50% spot | x1 | |
Keep it Safer | Given to players who enable two-factor authentication on their Riot account. | x1 | |
Pocket Sage | Given to players who linked their Riot Account to their Xbox profile for a limited time during December 2022, celebrating the launch of a partnership between Riot and Xbox Game Pass. | x1 | |
Pick 'Em Master Gonggi | Participate in Champions Seoul Pick 'Ems 2024 and be in top 20% spot | x1 | |
Riptide | Available as part of promotion organized by Verizon during VALORANT Champions Tour 2023. | x1 | |
Seal of Approval | Obtained by players who redeemed a code (CC-VLRNT-CCHAL-00001 ) from the "Gaining Approval in TDM" 2023 Community Challenge till December 31, 2023 at 11.59pm Pacific.[5]
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x1 | |
Snow Bro | Given to players who played a game of Snowball Fight during its availability in Patch 1.14 | x1 | |
VALORANT Coin | Complete Milestone 5: Win of the Basic Training Event | x1 |
Upcoming Buddies[]
The following buddies are currently not obtainable but are visible within VALORANT and may eventually become available at a later date:
Buddy | Name | In-game since |
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Hang Time | v7.04 (August 2023) | |
Lightning Kicks | v8.04 (March 2024) | |
Ping Pong |