Luckily for you, you have two ways to unlock agents in Valorant. The first way requires some effort from you, to grind and gain XP then you unlock the agent. The second way is easier, you just buy Valorant points and unlock the agent.
How To Unlock Agents in Valorant (free)
- Go to the main menu in the game
- Click on Agents
- Click on the Valorant agent you would like to unlock
- Select “ACTIVATE” – That way, you have successfully activated the contract of the agent, which means that when you gain XP, the XP will go towards the contract, and, therefore, the agent will be unlocked after the required XP has been successfully gained.
- Complete Valorant Challenges and gain XP
- Agent will be automatically unlocked once the XP has been achieved
How to Gain XP fast in Valorant
Even though it’s all about grinding the game out, we have researched which game modes get you the most XP.
Deathmatch: This game mode is a nine-minutes deathmatch game, which ends once a player gets 40 kills. You can gain up to 900 XP per deathmatch game.
Unrated: You could gain 100 XP per round and 200 XP per round win.
Competitive: Same as Unrated. You could gain 100 XP per round and 200 XP per round win.
Spike Rush: By playing Spike Rush, you will get gain 1000 XP per game.
Escalation: You will get 800 XP per Escalation game, plus an extra 200 XP per win.
Replication: Same as Unrated and Competitive, you will gain 100 XP per round and 200 XP per round win.
It is also possible to gain more XP in Valorant by completing the daily and weekly missions. Those missions differ from one player to another player. It is relevant that when you complete those missions you will gain even more XP. Try to combine these missions while playing in the game modes that get you the most XP so you could gain as much XP as possible per game.
How To Buy Agents in Valorant
The fastest way to unlock agents in Valorant is when you buy them. Even though it’s not the preferred method but it is still an option that you could use.
- Go to the main menu in the game
- Click on Agents
- Click on the Valorant agent you would like to unlock
- Select “VIEW CONTRACT”
- Select Tier 5
- As per paying the required amount, the agent will be unlocked
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Which Agents should you unlock first
Reyna
Reyna has relatively simple abilities which means that you could focus on getting better at the game instead of thinking too much about your abilities. Reyna’s leer ability allows her to throw out an eye that blinds the enemy team when they look at it. It is useful to throw when going into a site. Her passive ability is when an enemy dies to Reyna or she contributes in an assist then she gets the ability of the orb, to heal up or dismiss. However, the orb only remains for three seconds. Reyna’s ultimate is Empress, which allows her to shoot faster, and reload faster. Not only that but she could also heal up and dismiss anytime while she has her ultimate on.
Skye
Skye is a very important agent that a lot of players like. She has two hawks that could flash your enemies when activated, not only that but she says “Blinded” when her hawks successfully flash her opponents. She also has a wolf that you could control to gather information and damage your enemies. Skye also has the ability to heal up her team. Her ultimate ability seekers send out three cabbages that track down the nearest three enemies which are great for information gathering.
Viper
Viper is a quite useful and easy agent to learn. She has the ability to activate both, a wall and a cloud of smoke which is pretty sufficient to support your team when you’re pushing a site. She also has two mollys that you could use. Her ultimate is the Viper’s pit, she fires out a chemical cloud in a specific direction that reduces the vision range of all players. The maximum health for enemies in Viper’s pit is 1 HP.
Chamber
Chamber’s most important ability is Rendezvous, which gives him the power to place two different teleports. This allows him to get out of any tough situation easily. His second ability is the Trap ability, which is similar to Killjoy’s traps, it slows down enemies when they are hit by the trap. Chamber also has a special deagle as one of the abilities that he could use. His ultimate is basically an upgraded version of the Operator. It is basically a light operator with a quite fast fire rate. It also activates a slow, similar to his Trademark (trap) ability when an enemy is killed.
Conclusion
In the end, it’s all about the player’s preference whether he wants to grind out the game and gain XP to unlock the desired agents or choose the easier alternative way which is purchasing the agents with VP points. It takes around 14-28 hours of playtime to unlock an agent in Valorant. So if you have got the time, then you should grind out the game, if not, you still have the option to purchase the agents.
