Ion Collection

Ion
Cosmetics	Weapon Skins • Buddies • Player Cards • Sprays
Collection Type	7,100 Bundles
Edition	Premium
Release Patch	1.12 (EP 1) 5.08 (EP 5)
Codename	Oblivion
Video(s)
Wield your fate -- Ion Skin Reveal Trailer - VALORANT EP 1 Reveal Trailer The New Era -- 2022 Ion Skin Reveal - VALORANT EP 5 Reveal Trailer

The Ion Collection is a collection of cosmetics in VALORANT. The contents of each of its bundles have been available to be obtained when they have been released in the Store for a limited time. After this, only the collection's weapon skins can be obtained whenever they become available in a player's daily Featured Store Offers.

Cosmetics

Weapon Skins

Image	Weapon	Cost	Upgrade Levels	Variants	Introduced in	Also part of Collection
	Sheriff	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	—	Episode 1	Give Back // 2024
	Bucky	1,775	—
	Phantom	1,775	Run It Back, EP 5
	Operator	1,775	Give Back
	Melee: Ion Energy Sword	3,550	Level 2: VFX			—
	Frenzy	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Yellow Variant 3: Blue	Episode 5
	Spectre	1,775
	Vandal	1,775
	Ares	1,775
	Melee: Ion Karambit	4,350	Level 2: VFX
For each weapon,  10 per upgrade level, and after a weapon is fully upgraded,  15 per variant. Variants must be used with the fully upgraded weapon skin set. For upgraded and variant models of each weapon, see this section.

Accessories

Image	Item	Cost	Category	Introduced in
	Ion Buddy	475	Buddies	Episode 1
	Ion Card	375	Player Cards
	Ion Spray	325	Sprays
	Ion, Ep5 Buddy	475	Buddies	Episode 5
	Ion, Ep5 Card	375	Player Cards
	Ion, Ep5 Spray	325	Sprays
For other appearances of the player cards, see this section.

Upgrades

A downloadable folder containing all the audio files on this page can be found here.

Kill Banner

Kill Banner
Base	Green	Yellow	Blue
Kill Audio
Successive    Individual 1st kill 2nd kill 3rd kill 4th kill 5th+ kill
Kill banner and audio are only available when the gun skin is upgraded to Level 4 or using other variants.

Upgrade Effects

Guns
Level	Upgrade	Effects	Preview
2	EP 1: VFX EP 5: Sound Effects	New muzzle flash + gunfire VFX and SFX	Muzzle Flash
3	Animation	New model VFX Transparent chambers revealing the gun's power source New equip VFX and SFX New inspect SFX Any visible motor will become active during gunfire New reload VFX and SFX The power source will disappear whilst a new magazine is being added	Lvl 3 Gun model Gun equip Reload
4	Finisher	New Kill Banner and Kill SFX Final kill of the round plays a finisher animation Victim is contained within an orb that shrinks down, then explodes The orb's colors match the variant color of the skin used.	Finisher
Melee
Level	Upgrade	Effects	Preview
2	VFX	New model VFX Transparent blades Exposed energy source on karambit New equip VFX and SFX New inspect SFX Additional VFX for the karambit New slash VFX and SFX	Lvl 2 Ion Energy Sword model Ion Energy Sword equip Ion Energy Sword Primary Slash Ion Energy Sword Alt Slash Ion Karambit equip Ion Karambit Inspect Ion Karambit Primary Slash Ion Karambit Alt Slash

Appearance

Cosmetic	Appearance
Weapon Skins	Weapon Variants Green Yellow Blue Frenzy Spectre Vandal Ares Melee: Ion Karambit
Player Cards	Ion Card Card Banner Avatar Ion, Ep5 Card Card Banner Avatar

Trivia

• Before patch v8.07, Ion Sheriff, along with Glitchpop, Prime, Cryostasis, Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster, Spectrum Classic, and Elderflame Operator had their firing SFX bugged if upgraded. They were fixed afterwards.