TL;DR
- The Valorant Night Market runs from May 7 to May 28, 2026, providing players a chance to buy discounted cosmetics.
- There is one Night Market per Act, occurring roughly every two months, with players getting six random offers from a pool of eligible skins.
- Players are encouraged to flip all six cards before making a purchase, as the offers are fixed and there are no rerolls or resets.
Disclaimer: This summary was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We all know the cycle. You spend all evening losing RR to Reyna smurfs, getting one-tapped through Viper walls while dealing with 80 ping, and trying to salvage the team economy because your duelist keeps forcing every round. And then, the much sought-after tarot cards are displayed on the home screen. The Valorant Night Market is our opportunity as a community to take a short break from the solo queue grind to beg the gods of RNG for a massive discount on cosmetics.
If you’re looking for a clean Vandal to improve your crosshair placement or a flashy melee to inspect while holding the flank, here’s a comprehensive list of the current store rotation.
Valorant Night Market 2026 Dates & Time
The community tracks these cycles relentlessly, and Riot has officially confirmed the schedule for Act 3.
These are the precise Valorant Night Market 2026 schedules that you should put in your calendar:
- Start Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026
- End Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
- Duration: Exactly 21 days (three weeks).
The cards go live at different times depending on your regional server reset. If you are waiting to log in, expect the drop at:
- Los Angeles (PDT): 5:00 PM on May 7
- New York (EST): 8:00 PM on May 7
- Frankfurt (CET): 1:00 AM on May 8
- Mumbai (IST): 5:30 AM on May 8
- Seoul/Tokyo (KST/JST): 9:00 AM on May 8
- Sydney (AEDT): 11:00 AM on May 8.
How Often is Night Market Valorant?
One Night Market per Act, every Act. Acts run roughly six to seven weeks, and the Night Market drops in the final two to three weeks of each one.
Riot has held this pattern without a single skip since Episode 1, Act 3. That means if you miss one, the next chance is about two months out, which is why it’s worth planning around rather than impulse spending the moment your cards load.
At that pace, you’re looking at five to six Night Markets per year. Those are five to six shots at discounted Premium skins, which sounds like a lot until you remember the pool has hundreds of eligible skins and your six offers are entirely random.
Still, consistent cadence means you can budget VP across Acts instead of burning everything at once.
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How to Access the Night Market in Valorant
Getting in is straightforward. Log in to Valorant after 5:00 PM PDT on May 7. A prompt appears on the left side of the main menu as soon as you land, so that’s your Night Market.
Click it, flip your six mystery cards one by one, and your discounted offers reveal themselves. Once you’ve flipped them all, they stay visible until the market closes on May 28.
If you close the prompt and want to come back later, look for the Tarot card icon near the top right of the screen by the Store tab. That’s your shortcut back in anytime during the three-week window.
Remember these hard rules with no exceptions:
You get one set of six offers. There are no rerolls, no resets, no second sets. What is generated on your account is what you have for the full three weeks.
Riot’s support page confirms there’s no trading and no refunds after purchase, so take your time before you buy anything.
Valorant Night Market Skins & Bundles for Act 3 (May 2026)
Your six offers pull from the Select, Deluxe, and Premium skin tiers. Exclusive Edition and Ultra Edition skins are off the table entirely.
Battle Pass skins, Agent gear, and knife/melee skins priced at 4,350 VP or higher are also excluded. A skin needs to be at least two Acts old before it can appear in the Night Market pool, which is why you won’t see anything from the last couple of releases.
New additions to the eligible pool for Act 3 include the Combat Crafts, Aperture, and Wonderstallion collections.
A couple of rules shape every player’s offer set: at least two of your six will be knife skins or Premium-tier gun skins, and you won’t see more than two skins for the same weapon type (unless the algorithm needs them to fill your six). Skins you already own are automatically filtered out, so no wasted offers on duplicates.
Full Eligible Pool for Act 3 2026
| Tier | Eligible Collections |
|---|---|
Select Tier | Convex, Daydreams, Endeavour, Fortune’s Hand, Galleria, Infantry, Intergrade, Luxe, Prism II, Reverie, Rupture, Rush, Sensation, Smite, Storm Maw, Switchback, Wonderstallion |
Deluxe Tier | Abyssal, Altitude, Aperture, Aristocrat, Avalanche, Chromedek, Combat Crafts, Emberclad, Holomoku, Horizon, Kohaku & Matsuba, Luna, Minima, MK.VII Liberty, Nanomight, NO LIMITS, Nunca Olvidados, Orion, Prism, Sakura, Sarmad, SilkLeaf, Silvanus, Snowfall, Team Ace, Tigris, Titanmail, VALORANT GO! Vol. 3, Wasteland, Winterwunderland |
Premium Tier | Aemondir, Black.Market, Bolt, Celestial, Crimsonbeast, Cryostasis, Doodle Buds, Ego, Forsaken, Gaia’s Vengeance, Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster, Helix, Ion, Magepunk, Nebula, Neptune, Oni, Origin, Prime, Prime//2.0, Radiant Crisis 001, Reaver, Recon, Solarstride, Sovereign, Spline, Tethered Realms, Undercity, Valiant Hero, VALORANT GO! Vol. 1 & 2, Xenohunter, XERØFANG |
That Premium list is where the community excitement comes from. Rolling a Reaver Vandal, Forsaken Operator, Oni Phantom, or Prime Vandal at a steep discount is the Night Market equivalent of a clutch 1v4; statistically unlikely, but it happens.
Meanwhile, rolling a full set of Select skins you don’t play feels like going 0-13 in ranked. We’ve been there. You’ve been there. It’s RNG.
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Tips to Get the Best Price on Night Market Skins
The discount range runs from 10% to 49% off the original VP price. That spread matters a lot. A 10% discount on a 1,775 VP skin saves you a trivial amount of VP. A 49% discount on a 1,775 VP skin is actually worth thinking hard about. Below are the rules we actually follow when Night Market drops.
- Flip all six cards before buying a single skin. Once you purchase one offer, the rest stay available; but you can’t undo a purchase. See everything first, then decide where to spend.
- Prioritize discounts above 35%. Anything below 20% on a skin you weren’t already saving for is rarely worth it. The point of Night Market is value, not convenience.
- Only buy weapons you actually play. A Phantom main has no business buying a Marshal skin just because the discount looks good. VP spent on shelved cosmetics is VP you can’t spend next Act.
- Set a VP budget before you log in. Night Market can run three weeks, but the temptation to justify every card hits hard at midnight after a loss streak. Know your ceiling before you’re in the shop.
- There’s no way to “farm” better offers. Account level, hours played, previous purchases, and none of it influences your six cards. It’s account-specific RNG, full stop. Anyone claiming otherwise is wrong.
- If your set is weak, save your VP. Act 4’s Night Market is roughly two months away. Popular skin lines like Reaver, Prime, and Forsaken cycle back. A bad market today is not a permanent miss.
The Best Price Window is Now
Night Market is the only time you can buy individual skins from older bundles at a discount. Outside of this event, those skins return to full price in the featured store; no second chances.
If you see a skin you’ve had on your wishlist for more than one Act at 30%+ off, that’s probably your best shot at it for months.
Previous Valorant Night Market Dates (All-Time)
The Night Market has run every Act without exception since December 2020. Below is the full historical record, useful for tracking the cadence and understanding just how reliable this schedule has been.
| Episode / Act | Dates |
|---|---|
| V26 Act 2 | Mar 26 – Apr 16, 2026 |
| V26 Act 1 | Feb 5 – Mar 2, 2026 |
| V25 Act 6 | Dec 11, 2025 – Jan 6, 2026 |
| V25 Act 5 | Sep 25 – Oct 9, 2025 |
| V25 Act 4 | Jul 10 – 24, 2025 |
| V25 Act 3 | Jun 5 – 24, 2025 |
| V25 Act 2 | Apr 9 – 29, 2025 |
| V25 Act 1 | Feb 13 – Mar 4, 2025 |
| EP9 Act 3 | Dec 16, 2024 – Jan 7, 2025 |
| EP9 Act 2 | Sep 27 – Oct 22, 2024 |
| EP9 Act 1 | Aug 15 – 28, 2024 |
| EP8 Act 3 | May 22 – Jun 12, 2024 |
| EP8 Act 2 | Apr 10 – 29, 2024 |
| EP8 Act 1 | Jan 31 – Feb 28, 2024 |
| EP7 Act 3 | Dec 13, 2023 – Jan 8, 2024 |
| EP7 Act 2 | Oct 11 – 30, 2023 |
| EP7 Act 1 | Aug 9 – 28, 2023 |
| EP6 Act 3 | Jun 14 – 27, 2023 |
| EP6 Act 2 | Apr 5 – 25, 2023 |
| EP6 Act 1 | Feb 15 – 27, 2023 |
| EP5 Act 3 | Dec 7, 2022 – Jan 4, 2023 |
| EP5 Act 2 | Sep 28 – Oct 11, 2022 |
| EP1 Act 3 | Dec 10, 2020 – Jan 11, 2021 |
Quick Answers: Night Market FAQ
Q: Can I reroll my Night Market offers?
A: No. Your six cards are fixed for the entire three-week window. There are no rerolls, no premium reroll option, nothing. What you see is what you get until the market closes.
Q: Will skins from recent bundles show up?
A: No. Any skin released within the last two Acts is locked out of the Night Market pool. Riot added this rule to prevent Night Market from cannibalizing new release sales. The pool does expand over time as older collections age into eligibility.
Q: Do discounts apply to upgraded (Radianite) versions?
A: Night Market covers the base skin only. Any Radianite upgrades for levels, finishers, or VFX are purchased separately at full price after you buy the skin.
Q: What if I already own some skins in the pool?
A: Skins you already own are excluded from your six offers. The algorithm won’t offer you duplicates, which is one of the few things in your favor during the RNG process.
Q: Is the Night Market available in all regions?
A: Yes, all server regions get Night Market simultaneously (with minor time offsets due to server resets). The offers themselves are drawn from the same pool regardless of region, but your account’s six cards are special to you.
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Navigating the Valorant Night Market is just another RNG mechanic we have to deal with, like bullet spread and random queue teammates.
If you manage to hit the jackpot with a top-tier collection but find your VP balance sitting at zero, you need a quick reload before the shop disappears on May 28.
To secure your skin instantly, buy a Valorant Gift Card at Joytify for fast, reliable account funding. Good luck with your card flips; protect your economy, and we will see you on the server.
FAQs
The Valorant Night Market is a special in-game store event that appears periodically, offering players discounted weapon skins and cosmetics at reduced prices compared to regular shop prices.
The Night Market appears on a rotating schedule throughout the year, with specific dates announced by Riot Games in advance. Check the official Valorant website or launcher for exact 2026 dates and availability windows.
Prices during the Night Market are typically discounted compared to standard shop prices, though the exact discount percentage varies by skin rarity and availability. The discounts make it an ideal time to purchase cosmetics you've been wanting.
TL;DR
- The Valorant Night Market runs from May 7 to May 28, 2026, providing players a chance to buy discounted cosmetics.
- There is one Night Market per Act, occurring roughly every two months, with players getting six random offers from a pool of eligible skins.
- Players are encouraged to flip all six cards before making a purchase, as the offers are fixed and there are no rerolls or resets.
