Patch Notes 5.08: Episode 5 Act III and Harbor

The new patch of VALORANT is the start of Episode 5 Act III and the latest agent, Harbor, is now available for players’ use. Here is everything you need to know about VALORANT Patch Notes 5.08!

Agent Updates

• Harbor is now available for players to pick in their matches. If you want to learn more about Harbor, click here to see its abilities and even more!

Bugs

Agents

• An issue regarding friendly versions of area-damage abilities could overwrite enemy versions of those abilities to deal less damage is fixed.
• Viper’s Toxic Screen is fixed as it could have small gaps around ground level in specific map locations

Gameplay Systems

• Various minimap bugs are fixed:
  • Ally position indicators would persist on the edge of minimap even after ally came back into view
  • In some cases, KAY/O’s Suppression Blade position indicator could appear twice on the minimap
  • Opening the larger map (defaulted to Caps Lock and ‘M’) during round transition could cause spawn barriers to appear as a single pixel
  • “Recently Seen Enemy” icon indicators could sometimes update their position without the enemy being visible

Maps

• PEARL
  • A sliver line of sight from A Main to A Link is fixed

The new patch mainly focuses on Episode 5 Act III and the new agent Harbor. As there aren’t many VALORANT tournaments, this is only a warm-up patch for players to get used to the new agent.