VALORANT 11.09 Patch Notes

Written by: Wei

28/10/2025

MFA required for accounts we’ve flagged as shared accounts to play Competitive queue
Quality of life updates for interactive objects and abilities
Many map and Agent bug fixes
As always, we’re regularly evaluating and improving our detection systems for botting and are happy to share that we’ve banned a significant number of accounts. Farewell botters, you will not be missed!
Separately, we’ve started penalizing some of the most egregious offenders of smurfing–purchased accounts that have been detected for boosting will be banned starting this patch.

ALL PLATFORMS

COMPETITIVE UPDATES

Starting in 11.09, accounts detected for sharing in NA, LATAM, BR, and KR, must enable Riot Mobile multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access Competitive queue. Other modes will remain unaffected.

You can check out this article for more information on why we’re making this change, or get yourself set up with MFA now using this how-to guide.

Reminder: Please report players for smurfing as Rank Manipulation. Your reports will help us level up our detections!

And lastly, a quick reminder that all Ascendant+ players will be required to add Riot Mobile MFA to their accounts in the above regions in an upcoming patch.

GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES

We’re rolling out some small quality of life updates that should make it easier for you to perform the action you intend to in-game.

Interactive objects are the focus of this patch, and this will cover everything your “Use Object” button will do, basically, anything where you press “F” on PC or Square/X on Console by default.

Interactive Object Highlighting

World interactions including Switches, Ropes, Ziplines and Ultimate Orbs have been updated to use the standard green highlight color that other interactive objects in the game use.

Interactive Object Prioritization

Aiming can now prioritize highlighted actions when multiple are possible. So now when you’re in a Deadlock GravNet next to a Rope, you’ll have more control over what you’re interacting with first.

BUG FIXES

MAPS

Pearl

Fixed an issue where a crate on B Site was missing collision in certain game modes

Breeze

Fixed a spot on Breeze where players could destroy utility through a wall

Abyss

Fixed a spot on the map where using Deadlock’s GravNet could potentially instantly eliminate teleporting agents like Yoru and Omen

Corrode

Adjusted an area on A Site to prevent Agents such as Waylay, Jett, and Raze from accessing unintended locations above the playable space

AGENTS

Astra

Fixed an issue that caused a Star activation sound for an already used Star to play when Astra was revived

Gekko

Fixed a bug where Gekko's Wingman did not play the intended animation when defusing the Spike

Gekko and Killjoy

Fixed a bug that caused Detain visual effects to show through thin walls and doors.

Iso

Fixed a bug that caused Iso’s Kill Contract to scale up when spectating Iso with this ability equipped

Omen

Omen’s Paranoia icon will be smaller so the overlay does not cover the minimap.

Reyna

Fixed a bug where using Reyna's Empress would sometimes not progress the Use Your Ultimate Ability mission

Skye

Fixed an issue that caused Skye’s Guiding Light visual effects to linger when equipping and unequipping immediately

Sage

Fixed an issue that allowed Sage’s Healing Orb to target players who were decayed but fully healed underneath the decay

Veto

Fixed an issue where the radius indicator when placing the Crosscut vortex wouldn't match the placed one
Softened the visual effects during Veto’s Evolution transformation and fixed some bright spots flickering in Agent Select
Fixed an issue where Veto's Crosscut and Chokehold ability descriptions were inconsistent with their in-game behavior
Fixed the tendrils' exit animation on the Chokehold ability that was not showing up
Fixed an issue where some visual swirl effects wouldn't show up during the Crosscut equip animation in some specific occasions
Fixed a bug where using Veto’s Evolution would sometimes not count towards weekly mission progress

Viper

Fixed a bug where Viper’s Snake Bite visual effects didn’t fade at the same time for allies and enemies
Fixed a bug that caused Viper’s Viper Pit to linger in front of you when unequipped without casting

Vyse

Fixed a bug that caused Razorvine to appear to be missing its bottom half when Vyse died or Razorvine became inactive

Yoru

Fixed a bug where Yoru’s Fakeout wasn’t being destroyed by abilities it took lethal damage
Fixed a bug where Yoru’s Fakeout didn’t collide with things in the game as if it were a player

Multiple Agents

Fixed a bug that caused Concuss visual effects to show through thin walls and doors
Fixed an issue where audio timing for Suppress audio didn’t end when the Suppress duration actually ended