Valorant Skin Rarity & Pricing Explained

Valorant

16 Oct

Valorant features numerous skin collections that you can acquire from different methods such as the store, night market, agent gear, battle pass etc. The skins usually have an icon representing their rarity. If you’re wondering what that icon meant then keep reading as I will break down each rarity, it’s price and what it means.

First off, here’s all the rarities that are present in the game.

Select
Deluxe
Premium
Exclusive
Ultra

*The skin rarity and it’s base pricing.*

The Select and Deluxe skins can be bought or obtained via the Battle Pass however, the other 3 rarities can only be purchased. The exception being some bundles that could be acquired through different events or methods.

Skin Rarity Pricing:

Here is the pricing range for each rarity. The pricing may vary for each bundle:

Edition		Price
		Gun	Melee	Bundle
	Select	875 Valorant Points	1,750 Valorant Points	2,930 – 3,500 Valorant Points
	Deluxe	1,275 Valorant Points	2,550 Valorant Points	4,270 – 5,100 Valorant Points
	Premium	1,775 Valorant Points	3,550 Valorant Points	7,100 – 8,855 Valorant Points
	Exclusive (Prices vary)	2,175 – 2,675 Valorant Points	4,350 – 5,350 Valorant Points	8,700 – 10,700 Valorant Points
	Ultra (Prices vary)	2,475 – 2,975 Valorant Points	4,950 – 5,950 Valorant Points	9,900 – 11,900 Valorant Points

The exception being that there may be some skins/bundles that are not in this range and may have a different pricing than the range, such as melee skin of the Luna’s descent bundle which is a Deluxe rarity skin but it costs 3,550 VP instead of the usual 2,550 VP for Deluxe melee skins.

Night Market

The night market is a limited time store that shows up periodically for a few weeks. It contains 6 random weapon skins at a discounted rate (from 10% to 49%). The offers are a random variety of Select, Deluxe and Premium weapon skins and knife skins. There’s at least 2 offers either containing a knife skin or a premium edition skin.

The following skins will not appear in the Night.Market:

Gear skins
Battle Pass skins
Any Tactical Knife/Melee skins priced above 3,550 Valorant Points.
Any gun skins classed as Exclusive or Ultra Edition, as well as any knives that are part of a skin collection classed as one of these editions.
Any skins that were released in the last two acts prior to the night market.

Not sure when the Night Market is available? Take a look at our blog where the duration for the Night Market and the current Ranked Act is listed.

Valorant Skin Rarity Explained:

I will now discuss each of the rarities individually. Keep in mind that some of the skins from a rarity may include a feature that is common in other collections (variants, animations etc), this is due to Riot classifying the rarities by price range and not what features they have.

Select Edition Tier

The skins classified as Select edition are the most basic skins that you will find in the game, Riot has these skins as a way to make weapon skins accessible for everyone. You can find these skins in the Battle Pass and also in the store starting from 875 Valorant Points (VP). Most of these skins do not have anything fancy and are the most basic skins that you will find in the game.

Deluxe Edition Tier

The Deluxe edition skins are a step above the Select edition. They are still not that fancy however, they are a bit better looking than the previous rarity. The price for these skins start at 1,275 VP and sometimes there may be deluxe skins released in the Battle Pass as well. Some collections in the deluxe edition tier also include a few upgrades such as different color variants or animations but nothing too fancy.

Premium Edition Tier

Premium skins are where the magic starts to happen, even though it is in the middle of the rarity chart; it starts to introduce some more fancy things that you would need apart from just a cool looking skin. These skins do start at a hefty price tag of 1,775 VP however, there are some skins that would come with a variation of multiple upgrades such as different animations, color variants, kill banners or finishers.

Some collections may have 2 upgrades however, there are still some collections that come with 4 upgrades for each gun.

Exclusive Edition Tier

The exclusive edition skins are technically the best skins that you can have as apart from looking flashy; they would feature different animations, color variants, kill sound effects and much more. A great example would be the RGX 11z Pro Collection which can be upgraded to make each variant actually change colors when inspecting it.

These skins do cost a lot though as their prices may vary from 2,175 - 2,675 VP per skin depending on the collection. Also, since these skins do not show up in the market the only way to purchase these skins are when they are featured on the store as a bundle or individual skins that are offered to the players in the store daily.

Ultra Edition Tier

These are some of the rarest skins that you will find in the game as there aren’t that many ultra edition collections that are released. These skins will make you stand out from the crowd as they feature multiple features such as different animations, models, and may even include voices so you may even have a gun that would talk to you or play music when inspecting or reloading.

These skins are worth alot and could cost you 2,475 - 2,975 VP per individual skin and just like the previous tier, you can not get it from the night market so you have to rely it on either being featured again sometime in the future or checking the store daily to have it offered to you.

Hashir "HasH" Anis

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