Get Great Skins at Discounted Prices!
Here's everything you need to know about the Night Market in Valorant on Console
Image Credits: Riot Games
Skins in Valorant are absurdly expensive compared to most games… But they’re also really pretty. So, what should you do? Wait for the Night Market!
A ton of new players are joining Valorant for the first time thanks to the game’s recent release on console, and many of them have never even heard of this event. If you’re one such player, here is everything you need to know about the Night Market.
What Is the Night Market?
The Night Market is a recurring event in Valorant that usually lasts for a few weeks and takes place about once every couple of months. During the Night Market, each player is offered discounts on six random skins from the store, and these deals are unique to each player; you might be offered the Prime Vandal with 30% off, and I might get the Kuronami Vandal with only 15% off.
Unlike the normal store, the skins will not change every 24 hours. So you have the whole two weeks during each Night Market event to decide whether any of the six discounts you have been offered are worth it. The discounts range from 10-49%, but we urge you not to get too excited, anything over 30% is rare.
The Night Market symbol looks like a playing card, and it appears next to your Valorant Points, in the top-right of the main menu screen. Simply click this symbol during a Night Market event, and you will be taken to the following screen that shows six cards turned down:
Image Credits: Riot Games
When you select one of the downturned cards, it will flip over and reveal a skin at a discounted price. At the end of the Night Market, the symbol is simply removed from the main menu.
Will the Night Market Come to Console?
Yes, the next Night Market will come to console, just as every other part of the game that exists on PC also made it over to the console version of the game. This was to be expected, it is after all a great way for Riot to monetize Valorant.
Image Credits: Riot Games
Even if the Night Market did not come to console for some reason, accounts are linked between console and PC. A player could therefore access the game on PC, buy any number of Night Market deals, and these skins would then also appear for them on console. But as mentioned, the Night Market will come to the console version of Valorant.
When Is the Next Night Market?
The next Night Market events are expected to begin on these dates:
- August 15, 2024 (Confirmed)
- October 9, 2024 (Predicted)
- December 11, 2024 (Predicted)
These predictions are based on previous Night Market events, which take place every two months and always begin on a Wednesday or Thursday.
Whenever the Night Market rolls around, we wish you the best of luck getting the skin you’ve been hoping for!
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