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Season 2026 – Act 5
The current Valorant season has no official end date yet — based on the last 10 seasons it is projected to end around October 13, 2026 (EST.). 33 days left.
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Valorant Season 2026 – Act 5 is estimated to end around October 13, 2026, based on its 56-day season cadence (verified August 19, 2026). Riot holds Valorant Acts to 55 or 56 days with unusual discipline — five of the last eight landed there. The exceptions cluster around the turn of the year, where one Act stretched to 84 days to bridge into the new season, so a mid-year estimate like this one is far safer than a December one.
Valorant Season 2026 Act 5 went live on August 18, 2026 with patch 13.04. Riot has not published a firm Act 5 end date yet — the live countdown above tracks the best estimate to the Act 6 rollover, including the ranked reset and Battle Pass deadline, and syncs to the in-game timer once Riot sets it.
Valorant acts typically run about 56 days (eight weeks), so Act 5 is estimated to end in mid-October 2026. Ranked soft-resets and the Act 5 Battle Pass expires the moment the act closes.
Season 2026 Act 5 started August 18, 2026 and is expected to run roughly eight weeks, in line with Riot's standard act cadence. The act launched alongside the Aeris skin line, a new Battle Pass, and a competitive map-pool rotation.
The most reliable source for the exact end is the in-game Battle Pass screen — the timer in the top-right corner reflects Riot's official deadline. This page syncs to that same timestamp.
At act end, your ranked badge and RR are soft-reset — you keep your rank icon but must complete fresh placement matches to set your Act 6 rank. Any unfinished ranked goals stop counting.
The Battle Pass expires permanently. Any tiers you haven't unlocked are gone — no grace period, no VP refund. Claim every reward before the act closes.
Act 5 launched with patch 13.04 on August 18, 2026. The headline cosmetic is the new Aeris skin line, while the 1,000 VP Battle Pass leans into food, restaurant, and city themes across three weapon collections — Gourmand, Verdant Cafe, and Last Stop — with Verdant Cafe carrying the act's melee.
The biggest competitive change is the map pool: Abyss rotates in and Breeze rotates out of both Competitive and Deathmatch. The rotation also finalizes the map pool for Valorant Champions 2026.
Abyss joins the Competitive and Deathmatch queues for Act 5, replacing Breeze. The change locks the competitive pool ahead of Valorant Champions 2026, so the maps you practice this act are the maps the pros play at the world championship.
Deathmatch follows the same rotation, so warm-up map exposure now matches the ranked pool.
Valorant's act system means ranked resets roughly every eight weeks. Act 5 opens with a competitive soft rank reset — your Act 4 badge is preserved as a collectible, but placements decide your Act 5 starting rank, usually within 1–2 ranks of your previous peak.
Each Battle Pass tier needs about 2,000 XP. Daily and weekly missions are the fastest path — clearing the full weekly set nets roughly 12,000–15,000 XP, enough to advance 6–7 tiers per week.
Valorant acts have settled into a ~56-day (eight-week) cadence since Episode 8 in January 2024, with transitional acts at year boundaries running longer or shorter. The prior act — Season 2026 Act 4 — ran 55 days, from June 24 to August 18, 2026.
Under the current six-acts-per-year structure, players see a ranked reset roughly every two months — the most frequent competitive refresh of any major shooter. For the full act-by-act record, see the Valorant acts and episodes timeline.
Season 2026 Act 4 ran 55 days (Jun 24 – Aug 18, 2026), Act 3 ran 55 days (Apr 29 – Jun 24), and Act 2 ran 42 days — the shortest act on record, a calendar adjustment. Act 1 ran 70 days to open the 2026 year.
Across the last two years the standard has been 56 days; only year-boundary acts deviate.
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Riot has not confirmed an exact Act 5 end date. Season 2026 Act 5 went live August 18, 2026, and Valorant acts typically run about 56 days, so it is estimated to end in mid-October 2026. The live timer on this page counts down to the official act rollover and updates if Riot sets a firm date.
Valorant Season 2026 Act 5 started August 18, 2026 with patch 13.04. It introduced the Aeris skin line, a new Battle Pass, a competitive soft rank reset, and a map-pool change bringing Abyss in and rotating Breeze out.
Valorant Season 2026 Act 4 ended on August 18, 2026, when Act 5 launched with patch 13.04. Act 4 ran 55 days after starting June 24, 2026. Its ranked rewards and Battle Pass locked at that transition.
For Act 5, Abyss rotates into the Competitive and Deathmatch queues and Breeze rotates out. The change also finalizes the competitive map pool for Valorant Champions 2026.
The Act 5 Battle Pass features three weapon collections — Gourmand, Verdant Cafe, and Last Stop — with a food, restaurant, and city theme. Verdant Cafe also includes the act's melee weapon. The premium pass costs 1,000 VP.
Yes. Act 5 opened August 18, 2026 with a competitive soft rank reset. Your previous act badge is preserved, but RR is wiped and you must complete placement matches to set your new rank.
The Act 5 Battle Pass expires when the act ends — estimated mid-October 2026. Any tiers you haven't unlocked are lost permanently, with no VP refund. Claim every reward before the Act 6 patch.
A Valorant act typically lasts about 56 days (eight weeks), with year-boundary acts running longer or shorter. Season 2026 Act 5 started August 18, 2026. Ranked soft-resets at every act rollover.
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