Valorant Season 2025: New Agent, Battle Pass, new skin collection and more!

On the last 8th, Valorant brought players Act 1 of Season 2025, several new features arrived with the end of Episode 9, such as a new agent, an unprecedented battle pass and another rotation of maps influencing the competitive and knockout stages. Additionally, we will have access to another type of cosmetic for your collection and more bug fixes.

We at UmGamer are playing this new update to provide you with this complete article about the changes in the year 2025. Check it out!

Announced days before its release, Tejo is a Colombian with a strong personality who seems to enjoy combat! Fans point out some similarities with Breach, both are initiators and have several area damage and group control abilities. Still, Tejo has his peculiarities, such as a drone that silences the enemies it hits, in addition to releasing its abilities differently than Breach.

For us to understand better, Riot Games made available a trailer of the Colombian's gameplay mechanics available on Valorant's official YouTube channel.

It’s possible to receive Tejo for free, so you can save your credits to spend on another agent. Just accumulate 200 thousand experience in the next 27 days! But if you want to unlock him instantly, you need to invest 8 thousand credits or a thousand Valorant Points.

The Battle Pass is a way to receive cosmetics and a skin for free, or even more items if you purchase the premium version. The reception of this trail will probably be greater than that of other seasons, given the above average quality for the price offered.

One of the highlights goes to the Celestial Ghost, a look granted to all players who complete the progress. This line of skins is also present on other weapons such as Stinger, Specter and Operator on the premium track, and was one of the most praised by the community.

Hieroscape Blades is this act’s knife. Since it’s two-handed, it differs greatly from the common features provided in other versions, both in terms of appearance and animations.

You can check out all the rewards in the video below. Also consider reading our analysis information about the Season 2025 Act 1 Battle Pass.

EX.O is the newest set of skins and has arrived for Vandal, Outlaw, Spectre, Sheriff and Faca! The purple hue is extremely eye-catching for fans, but it’s also possible to use other variants such as gold and red. The visuals are beautiful and well done, despite not having a unique loading animation, the effect after eliminating the last enemy is a highlight.

You can check out the complete Gamer Tweak ShowCase of all the weapons in this new collection:

Not all maps are always available in all game modes, rotations are present so as not to burden eSports players, or those more competitive, with training in all scenarios. Furthermore, it’s a way to renew the atmosphere of the matches.

With this, Ascent and Sunset give way to Fracture and Lotus.

Fans report that they will miss Ascent, one of the game's best-rated scenarios, but the return of Fracture is also highly anticipated by the community. Lotus returning to competitive play may bring higher victory rates for the attacking side, as along with Haven, there will be two maps with three bomb areas.

A new type of cosmetic is available for players to collect and use during matches. Gestures are a way of interacting with objects in your hand, from the launch all users will have access to the standard cell phone gesture, where you can pick up the cell phone to see your character, or your Valorant icon and name.

Another unlockable gesture is Stellar Dendrite, a snowflake available to those who purchased the premium Battle Pass.

As the focus was on the launch of Tejo, few agents underwent changes in patch 10.0.0, so the main changes were some bug fixes, you can check them all out in the image below.

It wasn't a season full of new features with big events or game modes. But Riot Games did what it set out to do well, the rotation of maps and the new gesture give the game a certain renewal, even though they are small changes. The Battle Pass is better than average, in addition to the very interesting Tejo release.

I hope that this year 2025 will see more and more successes and innovations coming from the company. They have already confirmed in a video published on YouTube that they will work with six acts per year, making room for greater content in the future.

I’m available to answer questions and suggestions in the comments.