Valorant Skin Prices Explained: Every Skin Tier & VP Cost

Valorant Skin Economy

Valorant skins run from simple recolors to evolving, finisher-equipped showpieces, and the price tier tells you exactly which you are getting. This guide breaks down all five skin tiers, what each VP price actually buys, how Radianite upgrades work, and where the Night Market fits. VP costs verified against Riot's official pricing page.

The Five Skin Tiers and Their VP Cost

Every Valorant weapon skin belongs to one of five named price tiers. Riot's official support page lists fixed Valorant Points (VP) for the lower three tiers, while the top two are listed as varying. The de-facto standard per-gun prices, confirmed across multiple sources, are:

Tier	VP per gun skin	Icon
Select	875	Blue
Deluxe	1,275	Green
Premium	1,775	Pink
Exclusive	2,175	Orange
Ultra	2,475	Yellow

Select, Deluxe, and Premium prices (875, 1,275, 1,775 VP) are confirmed directly on Riot's official page (source: Riot Support). Riot lists Exclusive and Ultra as varying, but the standard prices reported across the community are 2,175 and 2,475 VP respectively (source: PCGamesN).

One quirk worth noting: despite the premium-sounding name, an Exclusive skin (2,175 VP) is cheaper per gun than an Ultra skin (2,475 VP). Ultra is the most expensive single-gun tier. These are per-weapon prices; skins are usually sold in bundles that include a melee and several guns, and melee skins typically cost about double the per-gun rate of their tier.

What Each Tier Actually Gets You

Price tracks features. Higher tiers add visual effects, custom audio, animations, and finishers (source: Beebom):

Select & Deluxe

A reskin and a theme. Select is a basic model swap. Deluxe adds a color theme and light effects, but generally no full custom animations or audio.

Premium

The first full-featured tier: custom firing, reload and inspect animations, custom audio, a finisher, and Radianite-upgradable variants.

Exclusive & Ultra

The showpiece tiers: elaborate VFX, multiple finishers, kill counters, and (for Ultra) evolving forms and sometimes voice lines.

Radianite Points: Upgrading a Skin

Buying a Premium or Ultra skin is only the first step. To unlock its color variants, animated effects, and finisher, you spend a separate currency called Radianite Points (RP). Each upgrade level costs 10 RP, and fully upgrading a skin including all three color variants costs 75 RP total (source: The Spike). Radianite is earned mainly through the Battle Pass and event tracks, and it is purely cosmetic. It never affects how a weapon shoots.

Valorant Points and Real Money

You buy skins with Valorant Points (VP), purchased with real currency. Larger bundles include bonus VP, lowering the effective cost. The US pricing tiers:

USD	VP (incl. bonus)
$4.99	475
$9.99	1,000
$19.99	~2,100
$34.99	~3,850
$99.99	~11,000

Prices and exact VP amounts vary by region, and Riot adjusts pack sizes over time, so check the in-client store for current numbers (source: bo3.gg). The largest pack is always the best value per VP.

The Night Market

The Night Market is a personalized discount store that opens roughly every couple of months for a few weeks. It shows six random weapon skins at reduced prices, unique to each player, with discounts ranging from about 10% to 49% (source: Turbosmurfs). Only Select, Deluxe, and Premium skins that have been out for at least two acts can appear. Ultra, Exclusive, Battle Pass, and limited or Champions skins never show up in it.

Limited and Champions Skins

Some bundles, such as the annual Champions skins and certain crossovers, carry a Limited Edition tag. Once their store window closes they do not return to the rotating store or the Night Market (source: Beebom). Top-tier and limited skins are also never discounted. That permanence is exactly what makes accounts carrying older Champions or sold-out crossover bundles collectible.

Battle Pass weapon skins, by contrast, are typically Select or Deluxe quality: clean recolors without the full custom audio, animations, and Radianite variants of premium store lines.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the Valorant skin tiers?

Five tiers, from cheapest to most premium per gun: Select (875 VP), Deluxe (1,275 VP), Premium (1,775 VP), Exclusive (2,175 VP), and Ultra (2,475 VP). Select, Deluxe, and Premium prices are fixed by Riot; Exclusive and Ultra are listed as varying but use those standard prices.

How much do Valorant skins cost?

Per-gun prices range from 875 VP at Select up to 2,475 VP at Ultra. Most skins are sold in bundles that include a melee plus several guns, so a full premium bundle commonly runs several thousand VP. At roughly $9.99 for 1,000 VP, that translates to real money in the tens of dollars per bundle.

Is Ultra or Exclusive the higher tier?

Ultra is the most expensive single-gun tier at 2,475 VP, slightly above Exclusive at 2,175 VP, even though "Exclusive" sounds more premium. Ultra skins are the feature-rich, evolving showpieces.

What are Radianite Points for?

Radianite Points (RP) upgrade a skin's extra effects: color variants, animations, and finishers, mostly on Premium and Ultra skins. Each level costs 10 RP and a full upgrade with all variants costs 75 RP. RP is cosmetic only and never changes gameplay.

Do Valorant skins give any gameplay advantage?

No. Every skin and every Radianite upgrade is purely cosmetic. They change how a weapon looks and sounds, not how it shoots, so there is no pay-to-win element.

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