While Riot Games has previously confirmed thatValorantwill not haveloot boxes, there are certainly a variety of cosmetic items for players to purchase with real world money in this new shooter. Specifically, these purchasable cosmetics areValorant’s weapon skins, and indeed players can obtain them during the game’s beta period. As such, some fans may be curious ifValorantskins will carry over into the official release if they are purchased now, and this guide will address exactly that.
To put things simply,Valorantskins will not carry over from the beta, but that does not mean that players will lose the money that they have spent on these cosmetics. In fact, Riot Games is offering an incentive for fans to purchase cosmetics during the beta, as players will not only be refunded all of theValorantPoints that they spend during this period when the retail release comes, they will receive a 20% bonus on top of that.
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For full clarity, this means that if a players receives aValorantbeta keyand then purchases 1,000ValorantPoints for $10, they can expect to receive 1,200 of these points when the game officially releases later this year. While certainly not every player will be interested in engaging withValorant’s microtransactions, this bonus may indeed be tempting to those fans that are certain that they will want to purchase cosmetics in the retail release.
To say a few words about the process for obtaining weapon skins in theValorantbeta, there is one featured skin that rotates on a weekly basis and four skins that rotate on a daily basis. The amount ofValorantPoints a player will need to spend on these skins varies byweapon type, and there is indication that the skins that are available at any one time are not the same for every player.
This systems means that it may take players a bit of time to reacquire their favorites skins when the game’s full release occurs, as againValorantskins do not carry over from the beta, and this may prove slightly disappointing to some fans . However, hopefully the aforementioned 20%ValorantPoints bonus thatRiot Gamesis offering will help players get past any frustration that they are feeling relatively quickly.
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