How to get a rank gun buddy in VALORANT
After equipping your favorite weapon skins from the wide variety in VALORANT, one piece of equipment that makes your weapon unique is your weapon gun buddy. Like weapon skins, there are loads of different gun buddies, and each buddy is unique. As the name suggests, you can equip these gun buddies with your favorite weapon. There are over 250 gun buddies in VALORANT; some are available exclusively when a Skin Bundle is released, with the Battle Pass, or if you complete an agent contract, and some are rank buddies. One of the most hyped buddies in the game is the VALORANT rank buddy.
How to get a rank gun buddy in VALORANT?
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If you haven’t already guessed yet, it is rewarded to you after the end of an Episode in VALORANT on the basis of the highest rank you have achieved over the course of the previous Episode's Acts. Each Episode has a total of three Acts.
To achieve a rank in VALORANT, you must first get your account to level 20 to unlock the competitive game mode. After unlocking the competitive game mode, you must play at least five competitive games, also known as placement matches, to determine your Act rank. At the start of the Act, you can achieve Ascendant 1 as the highest rank placement possible.
You can look at your Act rank on the career page and head to the Act rank tab. To qualify for the ranked reward, you need first to unlock your Act rank and play and win at least nine competitive games, which is the minimum number of wins to get the Act Rank Border.
Why didn't I get my rank buddy in VALORANT?
Sometimes players get confused after the end of an episode and ask themselves "why didn’t I get my rank buddy?" The answer is actually very simple. Players get their Episode rewards when the current one ends, and a new one starts. Everyone should receive their Episode rewards with the launch of the following one, including the VALORANT rank gun buddy!
Also, make sure to check your inventory. You may have skipped the rewards screen when the new Episode started. If so, your VALORANT rank buddy may be waiting in your "Collections" tab.
All rank buddies in VALORANT
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If you are curious how many ranked buddies are in VALORANT, here they are:
- Iron Buddy
- Bronze Buddy
- Silver Buddy
- Gold Buddy
- Platinum Buddy
- Diamond Buddy
- Ascendant Buddy
- Immortal Buddy
- Radiant Buddy
There is an ongoing meme in the VALORANT community that getting the Iron gun buddy is the most difficult buddy, and it is the most prestigious one. You can also see professional players repping the Iron gun buddy on their favorite weapon and represent the Iron players. Let us know which gun buddy you have and which buddy you want to get by the end of this Episode.
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