While VALORANT doesn’t have actual seasons, its progression system is based on an interesting model, featuring a single “Season” and multiple “Acts” in it. If you want to know more about competitive seasons, season dates, and the next VALORANT Act, you’ve come to the right place.
Starting in 2025, VALORANT shifted to a new seasonal format, featuring a year-long Season that hosts six Acts of two months each. Previously, there were “Episodes” that ran for six months with three two-month Acts in them. Everything is essentially the same, but players can now enjoy a seamless yearly seasonal transition instead of switching every six months.
With every Act comes a major update, which treats VALORANT players to new content like agents, maps, and modes. This design gives the community enough time to enjoy the additions without overloading them with too much new content, keeping the game fresh and fun. To help you keep track, here’re the start and end dates of all VALORANT Episodes, Seasons, and Acts so far.
All VALORANT Act start and end dates
To make it easier, we’ve added seperate tables for Acts in the old Episode model and the current Season model.
All VALORANT Episodes and Acts (2020-2024)
| Episodes and Acts | Start date | End date | Major changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode One: IGNITION | |||
| Episode One, Act One | June 2, 2020 | Aug. 13, 2020 | New agent: Reyna, New modes: Competitive and Spike Rush, New map: Ascent |
| Episode One, Act Two | Aug. 4, 2020 | Oct. 13, 2020 | New agent: Killjoy, New mode: Deathmatch |
| Episode One, Act Three | Oct. 13, 2020 | Jan. 12, 2021 | New agent: Skye, New map: Icebox, New mode: Snowball Fight, First Night Market |
| Episode Two: FORMATION | |||
| Episode Two, Act One | Jan. 12, 2021 | March 2, 2021 | New agent: Yoru, New mode: Escalation |
| Episode Two, Act Two | March 2, 2021 | April 27, 2021 | New agent: Astra |
| Episode Two, Act Two | April 27, 2021 | June 22, 2021 | New map: Breeze, New mode: Replication |
| Episode Three: REFLECTION | |||
| Episode Three, Act One | June 22, 2021 | Sept. 8, 2021 | New agent: KAY/O |
| Episode Three, Act Two | Sept. 8, 2021 | Nov. 2, 2021 | New map: Fracture |
| Episode Three, Act Three | Nov. 2, 2021 | Jan. 11, 2022 | New agent: Chamber |
| Episode Four: DISRUPTION | |||
| Episode Four, Act One | Jan. 11, 2022 | March 1, 2022 | New agent: Neon |
| Episode Four, Act Two | March 1, 2022 | April 27, 2022 | Major agent rework: Yoru |
| Episode Four, Act Three | April 27, 2022 | June 22, 2022 | New agent: Fade |
| Episode Five: DIMENSION | |||
| Episode Five, Act One | June 22, 2022 | Aug. 23, 2022 | New map: Pearl, Competitive map rotations |
| Episode Five, Act Two | Aug. 23, 2022 | Oct. 17, 2022 | Major agent, weapon, and map changes, Minor changes throughout |
| Episode Five, Act Three | Oct. 17, 2022 | Jan. 10, 2023 | New agent: Harbor, Huge agent changes |
| Episode Six: REVELATION | |||
| Episode Six, Act One | Jan. 10, 2023 | March 6, 2023 | New map: Lotus |
| Episode Six, Act Two | March 6, 2023 | April 25, 2023 | New agent: Gekko |
| Episode Six, Act Three | April 25, 2023 | June 26, 2023 | Map rotation and agent changes |
| Episode Seven: EVOLUTION | |||
| Episode Seven, Act One | June 27, 2023 | Aug. 29, 2023 | New agent: Deadlock, New mode: Team Deathmatch, New mode: Premier |
| Episode Seven, Act Two | Aug. 29, 2023 | Oct. 31, 2023 | New map: Sunset, various agent and map updates |
| Episode Seven, Act Three | Oct. 31, 2023 | Jan. 9, 2024 | New agent: Iso, New Team Deathmatch map: Drift |
| Episode Eight: DEFIANCE | |||
| Episode Eight, Act One | Jan. 9, 2024 | March 5, 2024 | New weapon: Outlaw, major agent and map rotation updates |
| Episode Eight, Act Two | March 5, 2024 | April 30, 2024 | New agent: Clove |
| Episode Eight, Act Three | April 30, 2024 | June 25, 2024 | New map: Abyss |
| Episode Nine: COLLISION | |||
| Episode Nine, Act One | June 25, 2024 | Aug. 28, 2024 | VALORANT console release, agent, mode, and map updates |
| Episode Nine, Act Two | Aug. 28, 2024 | Oct. 23, 2024 | New agent: Vyse, Competitive mode releases on console |
| Episode Nine, Act Three | Oct. 23, 2024 | Jan. 7, 2025 | New Team Deathmatch map: Glitch, various agent and feature updates |
All VALORANT Seasons and Acts (2025-Present)
| Seasons and Acts | Start date | End date | Major changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season V25 | |||
| Season V25, Act one | Jan. 7, 2025 | March 5, 2025 | New agent: Tejo, New cosmetic type: Flex, other agent and feature changes |
| Season V25, Act two | March 5, 2025 | April 30, 2025 | New agent: Waylay |
| Season V25, Act three | April 30, 2025 | TBA | TBA |
When is the next VALORANT Act?
According to the in-game timer, the ongoing Season V25, Act two ends on April 30. New Acts usually start on the same day as old Acts end, so the upcoming VALORANT Season V25, Act three is expected to commence on April 30 after a brief downtime for server maintenance. Here’s when the update will likely go live, according to regions:
- North America, LATAM, Brazil: April 30 at 9am-1pm CT
- Korea, Asia-Pacific: May 1 at 6am-8am KST
- Europe: May 1 at 2am-5am UTC
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