Valorant
Valorant recently launched Episode 9, Act 1, and the last Night Market ended right before that.
By the way, we did tier lists for Episode 9. You might be interested in Find Out The Best Valorant Maps: Tier List or Valorant Agents Tier List Patch 9.0.
Every time after this event, players ask the same question—when is the next Night Market? Newcomers also have questions about how it works. In our article, we will answer all your questions, discuss the community's reaction to each event, and try to predict the next Night Market date.
In this article, we wrote about the last one: When Is The Next Valorant Night Market? Dates and Details.
Highlights
- A breakdown of how and when the Night Market in Vallorant operates
- The importance of the Night Market for the community
What is a Night Market?
The Night Market
First, let's understand what the Night Market in Valorant is for those needing to learn. The Night Market (a reference to the Black Market) is an in-game event that appears periodically. Each Night Market lasts between 10 and 30 days
The essence of the event is that each player receives a new section where they find six closed cards. Turning over each card reveals a random weapon skin with a personalized discount. You can get your desired discounted skin, so many people look forward to this event.
However, there are a few restrictions, which we will talk about below.
How Does Night Market Work? Features and Dates
Cards at the Night Market
When Night Market launched, randomness was getting a little out of hand: some players could get expensive skins, while others were left with ones no one wanted to buy. After that, Riot changed the luck parameters and ensured no player left Night Market disappointed.
Players without Premium Edition skins will get at least 2 Premium Edition skins in their pool, and you also can't get two skins for the same weapon.
Each time a new Night Market opens, players will receive offers for six random weapon skins at discounts ranging from 10% to 49%. These offers are unique to each player.
Open cards on the Night Market
Any weapon skins categorized as Select, Deluxe, or Premium, as well as most knife skins associated with those edition levels, can appear in the game. Suitable skins must also have been released in the store at least two acts before the one in which Night Market was opened.
Another disappointment for players is the inability to change skins received; the Valorant Community has been asking Riot Games to add an option to update Night Market content for some time now, but this has been unsuccessful.
The following collections will be added to the Night Market pool at the start of Episode 9, Act 1:
- Select Fortune's Hand
- Premium Sovereign
- Select Switchback
By the way, a new skins collection was recently released in Valorant. There was a post about it on Twitter.
We list all the dates of the Night Markets that have ever taken place in Valorant:
- Episode 1 Act 3 - from December 10, 2020 to January 11, 2021.
- Episode 2 Act 1 - from February 11 to February 23, 2021.
- Episode 2 Act 2 - from April 8 to April 20, 2021.
- Episode 2 Act 3 - June 2 to June 15, 2021.
- Episode 3 Act 1 - July 28 to August 10, 2021.
- Episode 3 Act 2 - from September 29 to October 12, 2021.
- Episode 3 Act 3 - from December 9 to December 21, 2021.
- Episode 4 Act 1 - from February 9 to February 22, 2022.
- Episode 4 Act 2 - from April 6 to April 19, 2022.
- Episode 4 Act 3 - May 18 to May 31, 2022.
- Episode 5 Act 1 - from July 20 to August 2, 2022.
- Episode 5 Act 2 - from September 28 to October 11, 2022.
- Episode 5 Act 3 - from December 7, 2022 to January 4, 2023.
- Episode 6 Act 1 - from February 15 to March 7, 2023.
- Episode 6 Act 2 - from April 5 to April 25, 2023.
- Episode 6 Act 3 - May 14 to May 27, 2023.
- Episode 7 Act 1 - August 9 to August 28, 2023.
- Episode 7 Act 2 - from October 11 to October 23, 2023.
- Episode 7 Act 3 - from December 13, 2023 to January 8, 2024.
- Episode 8 Act 1 - from January 31, 2024 to February 28, 2024.
- Episode 8 Act 2 - from April 10, 2024 to April 29, 2024.
- Episode 8 Act 3 - May 22, 2024 to June 12, 2024.
The next Night Market, based on counts, will be in late July/early August.
How to Access the Night Market in Valorant
Night Market Icon
When the market is available, a special icon will appear near the store in the upper right corner of the above panel. Its logo includes a noticeably brighter card than the other menu items.
Click on the card icon to access Night Market. Once inside, you'll need to manually click on all the cards to open them and see which skins you can purchase at a discount.
Importance of the Night Market to the Community
Skins at one of the Night Markets
The night market is an additional chance to get cherished skin, especially at a lower price.
Interestingly, Valorant is a game played in many countries. One user on Reddit said that the discounted bottom skins in this event are essential to him. We'll leave the discussion on Reddit here for you to read.
It's worth noting that the gaming community has critically received recent events. Users on Reddit and other platforms complain about the incredibly bad randomization and terrible skins available for purchase. For example, here are discussions of the recent Night Market.
Some players even suggest that the night market is not for players to buy discounted skins but rather to spend more real money on Valorant.
Summary
Judging by the dates of Night Market's previous returns to the game, the next one will likely happen around August.
