VALORANT Night Market: Dates, Deals, And Details
The VALORANT Night Market means that while it is ostensibly a free-to-play game, there are times to dive into your wallet and let loose. Fortunately, there are bargains to be made if you are at the right place at the right time and bring a little bit of luck. In VALORANT, the Night Market is a relatively frequent sale event in the shop, offers big discounts for some of the best skins in the game. Here is all you need to know about it.
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What Is The VALORANT Night Market?
The VALORANT Night Market is an event that irregularly rolls around at an interval of about four to seven weeks. During the event, you can get all kinds of considerable discounts for some of the best skins in the game.
Discounts can go as low as 40% off the normal price so it’s definitely worth waiting on the VALORANT Night Market now, especially because it’s likely to pop up sometime soon. Once it’s ongoing, the game will usually tell you loud and clear that it’s around with advertisements in the sidebar and the launcher. The Night Market usually stays up for about 12-13 days with the notable exception of the first one, which was over a month long.
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Which Skins Are In The VALORANT Night Market?
All skins from two acts prior to the release of the respective Night Market can be on sale. The Exclusive and the Ultra Edition (orange and yellow) tier weapons appear to be the exception. Six different discounts will be offered to you at a time of varying tiers. If you play on multiple accounts, you will get different Night Market offerings as the discounted skins are account-wide, giving you another chance at top loot.
Knives and such are also available in the VALORANT Night Market and might be one of the most desirable skins given their hefty base price. Moreover, the Tigris Collection is likely to be introduced to the Night Market selection the next time it comes around.
When is the next VALORANT Night Market?
Forecasting the next VALORANT Night Market is an exercise in looking at the past releases and extrapolating. Initially, it looked to be every six weeks but the most recent one in December 2021 had an eight-week break. Given that the last VALORANT Night Market appeared on December, 9th 2021 and concluded on the 21st, we can expect another one to hit in about mid to late February.
Given the increasing number of weeks between VALORANT Night Markets, it stands to reason that Riot wants it to be more of an exclusive event and communicate a strong sense of urgency. If that was true, it could be the case that they are currently playing around with increasing the duration between each one while also looking at the user behaviour in regards to increased scarcity.
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