The fourth act of the current 2025 season is coming to an end. Along with this, a new act will begin, bringing a battle pass to the game. As always, it will start with the release of a new update, this time 11.04, and below we will tell you about all the changes.

What will be in patch 11.04
A message from the developers appeared today on Valorant's official social media accounts. As usual, Riot representatives congratulated players on the upcoming update and briefly announced what the upcoming patch 11.04 will bring to the game:

Agent abilities changed = Chamber, SAGE

Maps
Abyss RETURNED, Icebox REMOVED

Game systems
Ping sound is now less harsh
AOE ultra ability indicator colors changed for greater clarity

GENERAL UPDATES
Gifting for the esports store is live!

PHILIPPINES SERVER MENTIONED

A new server is opening up in Manila. This will be the sixth server available for selection in the Asia Pacific Shard, bringing better connectivity and game experience to our players.

AGENT UPDATES
We've updated Phoenix's voice lines and added interaction lines with Vyse. Enemies and allies beware!

Chamber

Range restriction has been removed. We’re giving a little bit more strategic & positional flexibility for Chamber as his trap hasn’t felt like it warrants a range restriction in modern VALORANT. This went live accidentally in patch 11.02 and we didn’t want to revert a buff that was planned for 11.04 anyways.
SAGE

We’re leaning into SAGE ’s identity as a Controller-leaning Sentinel hybrid by allowing her to control space from further safety.

Barrier Orb: SAGE wall cast range has increased from 10m >>> 15m.
Resurrection: SAGE resurrection range has increased from 6m >>> 12m

Sova

Visual effects around Hunter Fury’s have been adjusted to resolve more quickly and take up less gameplay space

GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS UPDATES
Pings that are placed on the minimap have had their audio adjusted to be less harsh.
AOE Ultimate indicator colors on the minimap have been updated to reflect if they were cast by an ally or enemy.
All ally zones will now appear a consistent teal and enemy zones should now be consistently yellow. Ability icons will now only appear in the minimap zone if the ultimate is destructible.

MAP UPDATES
ABYSS is back IN the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues.
ICEBOX is OUT of the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues

BUG FIXES
Fixed an issue where a Concussed player's crosshair would stop swaying while debuffed if they quickly entered and exited a pilotable ability like Cypher cam or Sova drone.

Chamber

Fixed an issue where the minimap would still show the deactivation range of Chamber's Trademark while the ability was equipped.

KAY/O

Fixed a bug where Kayo’s Zero/Point revealed exact opponent locations with an audio cue.

astra & Harbor:

Fixed an issue where bullet tracers could be seen passing through astra 's Cosmic Divide and Harbor's Cove.

Phoenix & Tejo

Fixed a bug where the wrong voiceline played during round-start when Phoenix & Tejo are both present.

Neon

Fixed a bug where Neon could skip her unequip delay by binding High Gear to multiple keys.

Maps

Split.

Fixed an issue where Molotov abilities did not properly spread up stairs after hitting the ground.

KNOWN ISSUES
There is a known issue where player resolution and display settings reset the first time people play after patching to UE5. We will not issue a fix, but make sure to adjust your resolution and display settings to your preferred settings after patching the game.

BUG FIXES
Competitive Updates
Fixed an issue for end-of-game screens where characters were cut off in some languages.

Premier Updates
Fixed an issue on the Awards tab where characters were cut off in some languages.

When will patch 11.04 be released
Update 11.04, which will bring many changes to the game and open a new act, will be released in Valorant in the next two days, August 19 and 20. On August 19, the patch will first be available in the American region, and on August 20, at approximately 5-6 a.m., the patch will be released in Europe and other regions.