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Turtle BeachMarch 26, 2024

Valorant Patch 8.05: Full Patch Notes, Clove, Agent Changes and more

The premier of any new Valorant Act or Episode is an exciting time to be playing the game, as Riot has consistently added new maps, agents and tweaked the game throughout the years.

Now, Riot have gone ahead and revealed the brand new agent, Clove, alongside a full patch in 8.05.

Here’s what you need to know.

Valorant Patch 8.05: Full Patch Notes, Clove, Agent Changes and more

Clove is the latest agent to join the cast of growing characters in Valorant, and like any other agent, players are going to want to dive into the game and check them out as soon as they can. Clove will be released during today’s update.

Riot has now posted the full update notes, which can be viewed here, or below.

AGENT UPDATES

  • Clove goes live!
    • Abilities:
      • Ruse (E): EQUIP to view the battlefield. FIRE to set the locations where Clove’s clouds will settle. ALT FIRE to confirm, launching clouds that block vision in the chosen areas. Clove can use this ability after death.
      • Meddle (Q): EQUIP a fragment of immortality essence. FIRE to throw the fragment, which erupts after a short delay and temporarily decays all targets caught inside.
      • Pick-me-up (C): INSTANTLY absorb the life force of a fallen enemy that Clove damaged or killed, gaining haste and temporary health.
      • Not Dead Yet (X): After dying, ACTIVATE to resurrect. Once resurrected, Clove must earn a kill or a damaging assist within a set time or they will die.
    • You can also learn more about Clove from our in devs in the Clove: Death is Only The Beginning article or on our Agents page.
    • Watch our newest Controller defy death below.

PREMIER UPDATES

  • We’ve added a cooldown period between phone number verification attempts. If you run into any issues with verifying your phone number, please reach out to Player Support.

SOCIAL UPDATES

  •  Voice Indicators
    • We made some updates to the voice indicators that appear above an Agent’s head. You will now be able to more clearly see who you can hear and who you can’t. The voice icon will now also show when a teammate is muted or disconnected from voice, and differentiates when a party member is speaking in party voice. The icon for team voice activity is unchanged.

BUG FIXES

  •  Agent
    • Fixed an issue where the cover walls in Iso’s Kill Contract (X) would not appear when playing with an unstable network connection.
  •  Gameplay Systems
    • Multispeaker surround sound formats such as 5.1 and 7.1 are now fully supported. The stereo mix is not affected.
  •  Premier
    • Team creation deadline references have been removed from the schedule. There are still some references to the team creation deadline that are no longer valid. Pardon our dust!
    • The queue button now shows the correct error message when a player has reached their weekly