How to Get Valorant Skins

Valorant skins are bought with Valorant Points (VP), a premium currency you pay real money for, through four channels: your four daily store offers, limited-time featured bundles, the occasional Night Market, and the Battle Pass. Once you know how each channel works, you can plan your spending instead of buying on impulse whenever something flashy rotates in.

Valorant Points (VP) explained

VP is the currency behind Valorant's cosmetics. You can't earn meaningful VP by playing; you buy it in the in-game store or your platform's store. In the US store in September 2026, 475 VP cost $4.99, 1,000 VP cost $9.99, 2,050 VP cost $19.99, 5,350 VP cost $49.99 and 11,000 VP cost $99.99. Bigger packs give slightly more VP per dollar, and prices vary by region, platform and currency.

VP stays on your account and can't be moved to another account or turned back into cash. Valorant also has a free currency, Kingdom Credits, which you earn by playing. Kingdom Credits unlock agents and agent-themed cosmetics, and they buy items in the weekly Accessory Store, such as player cards, gun buddies, sprays and titles. They can't buy weapon or melee skins.

Your daily store and featured bundles

Every player gets four daily offers: four skins you don't own, picked at random and sold at full price. The offers refresh every day, and you can buy any of them on its own.

Alongside the daily offers, the store shows featured bundles for a limited time. A bundle packages a themed set, usually several weapon skins and a melee plus accessories, at a lower price than buying each piece. Typical bundle prices by edition:

Edition	Price per weapon skin	Typical bundle price
Select	875 VP	2,930–3,500 VP
Deluxe	1,275 VP	4,270–5,100 VP
Premium	1,775 VP	7,100 VP
Exclusive	2,175 VP	8,700–10,700 VP
Ultra	2,475 VP	9,900 VP

Melee skins cost more than guns: 3,550 VP in most Premium bundles and up to 4,950 VP at Ultra edition. Because skins keep reappearing in daily offers and bundles, patience is a legitimate strategy for most of them. The big exceptions are the yearly Champions bundles and Battle Pass weapon skins, which aren't sold again. Our guide to the rarest Valorant skins covers which is which.

The Night Market

A few times a year, Riot opens the Night Market: a personal selection of six skins you don't own, each discounted by somewhere between 10% and 49%. You reveal them one by one, and you can't reroll the selection. Not everything can appear. Exclusive and Ultra-edition skins, skins released in the last couple of Acts, and melees priced above 3,550 VP are left out.

The Night Market is one of the few ways to get a real discount on individual skins, so it's worth keeping some VP in reserve. If none of your six cards is a skin you want, skip it; there will be another one.

Battle Pass and event rewards

Each Act, which lasts about two months, brings a new Battle Pass. The premium track costs 1,000 VP and unlocks weapon skins, sprays, player cards, gun buddies and Radianite Points as you earn XP by playing. Battle Pass skins are simpler than premium store skins, but the value per VP is strong if you play regularly.

Battle Pass weapon skins aren't sold again once their pass ends, so if you want one, finish it in time. Some older pass accessories (cards, buddies, sprays and titles) can come back later in the Accessory Store for Kingdom Credits. Events also hand out free accessories now and then. For how the calendar works, see our guide to Valorant Seasons, Episodes and Acts.

Upgrades and Radianite Points

Premium and higher-edition skins usually have upgrade levels, which add effects such as new animations, sounds and a finisher, and variants, which are alternative color schemes. You unlock them with Radianite Points (RP), not VP. Each upgrade level typically costs 10 RP and each variant 15 RP, so fully upgrading one Premium skin takes roughly 40–80 RP. You earn Radianite through the Battle Pass and can also buy it with VP, which is the expensive route.

A straight-talking note on skin ownership

Every skin you buy is permanently tied to your account. Skins you own can't be traded, sold or moved to another account, and Riot's refund options for store purchases are limited, so check Riot Support before relying on one. Skins are purely cosmetic: they never change damage, fire rate or accuracy.

That permanence is also why an account that already has a large skin collection has real value. Someone who missed a Champions bundle can't get those skins from the store anymore. To see which lines buyers value most, check our Valorant skin tier list and the best knife skins.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you get Valorant skins for free?

Only in a limited way. The free Battle Pass rewards and events can give you accessories, and Kingdom Credits buy cards, buddies, sprays and titles. Weapon skins from the premium Battle Pass need the 1,000 VP purchase, and store skins always cost VP.

How many skins are in the daily store?

Four. Your daily offers show four random skins you don't own, at full price, and they refresh every day. The Night Market, when it runs, shows six discounted skins instead.

Are Valorant skins tradeable between players?

No. Skins are account-bound from the moment you buy them and can't be transferred, traded or sold. That's why players who want a specific retired collection often buy an account that already has it.

Do skins affect gameplay or give any advantage?

No. Valorant skins are strictly cosmetic. A Phantom with a premium skin behaves exactly like the default one. Skins change only how the weapon looks and sounds.

Would rather start with a locker that's already built? Browse Valorant accounts with the skins named on every listing, or check what a collection is worth in our Valorant account value guide.