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Gunbuddy

Buddies interface, showing a variety of buddies at the bottom and VALORANT Coin Buddy being equipped on Reaver Vandal.

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 698 different buddies.

Current Buddies[]

Collection Bundles[]

Buddies from collection bundles can usually be bought on their own for Valorant Points 475 but are either given for free or discounted 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 (excluding countries with laws against bundle-only purchases). The buddies are from these collections:

Certain collections have different pricing for their buddies. The pricing and collections are:

* 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 Coin Collection items).

Seasons
Season Act Buddies
V25 Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Episodes
Episode Act Buddies
01: IGNITION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
02: FORMATION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
03: REFLECTION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
04: DISRUPTION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
05: DIMENSION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
06: REVELATION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
07: EVOLUTION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
08: DEFIANCE Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
09: COLLISION Act 1
Act 2
Act 3

  1. 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
5 Years 5 Years 10
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
Spoonful Year of the Snake 6
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
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
Tejo Misilito
Viper Venom Vial
Vyse Metal Petals
Waylay Prism
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.

  1. 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
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 season, players who played Competitive games and earned a rank will receive a buddy based on the highest Act Rank they achieved during the season. Each season has its own ranked buddies, and there are buddies for every rank. Players must obtain 9 wins in any of an Act within that season to be rewarded with the buddy matching their rank. Players will have x2 of the buddy in their inventory upon unlock.

Ranked Season/
Episode
Buddies
Episode 01: IGNITION
Episode 02: FORMATION
Episode 03: REFLECTION
Episode 04: DISRUPTION
Episode 05: DIMENSION
Episode 06: REVELATION
Episode 07: EVOLUTION
Episode 08: DEFIANCE
Episode 09: COLLISION
Season 2025 (Act 1-3)

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
Ignition Stage (Beta)
Launch Stage
E7A3 Stage
E8A1 Stage
E8A2 Stage
E8A3 Stage
E9A1 Stage
E9A2 Stage
E9A3 Stage
V25A1 Stage
V25A2 Stage
V25A3 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.

Buddy Name Tournament Won Team
Game Changers Winner Game Changers 2022 Championship G2 Gozen
Game Changers 2023 Championship Shopify Rebellion
Game Changers 2024 Championship Shopify Rebellion
VCT Champions Winner VALORANT Champions 2021 Acend
VALORANT Champions 2022 LOUD
VALORANT Champions 2023 Evil Geniuses
VALORANT Champions 2024 EDward Gaming
VCT LOCK//IN Winner VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo Fnatic
VCT Masters Winner Any 2021 VCT Stage 1 Masters event Acend
Australs
Crazy Raccoon
FUT Esports
Gambit Esports
LDM Esports
Sentinels
Team Vikings
Vision Strikers
X10 Esports
2021 VCT Stage 2 Masters: Reykjavík Sentinels
2021 VCT Stage 3 Masters: Berlin Gambit Esports
2022 VCT Stage 1 Masters: Reykjavík OpTic Gaming
2022 VCT Stage 2 Masters: Copenhagen FunPlus Phoenix
VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo Fnatic
VCT 2024 Masters: Madrid Sentinels
VCT 2024 Masters: Shanghai Gen.G
VCT 2025 Masters: Bangkok T1
VCT 2025 Masters: Toronto TBD

Miscellaneous[]

Buddy Name Acquisition Inventory
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. 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]
  • Compensation for Attendees who traveled more than 200km on April 24 2025 due to VCT EMEA Tech Issues[5]
x1
Flyby Hug Obtained by players who redeemed a code (CC-VAL25-FLYBY-BUDDY). x1
Gonggi Participate in Champions Seoul Pick'Ems 2024 and be in top 50% spot x1
Golden Smite Knife Own any Smite or Bolt item (weapon skin, buddy, player card, Flex or spray) within April 24th to June 1st 2025. x1
I Create Given to players by creating fan content noticed by Riot Games[6] 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
Pick 'Em Master Sweet Victory Participate in Masters Toronto Pick'Ems 2025 and be in top 20% spot
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.[7] x1
Snow Bro Given to players who played a game of Snowball Fight during its availability in Patch 1.14 x1
Smite Knife Log in on April 1st - 14th 2025. x1
Sweet Victory Participate in Masters Toronto Pick'Ems 2025 and be in top 50% spot
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
Hang Time v7.04
(August 2023)
Lightning Kicks v8.04
(March 2024)
Ping Pong
Justice Served v10.05
(March 2025)
Slime Mosh

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