As Christmas is right around the corner, the developers of online multiplayer games have started to add limited-time festive game modes to their titles. Riot Games has added a ton of new joyful elements, including a brand new game mode, for Valorant players to enjoy during the holiday season. And here is everything you need to know about Valorant’s Christmas event.
- “Snowball Fight” Mode
- “Snowbro” Gun-Buddy
- The “Night Market”
- Get Into the Festive Mood With Valorant
Snowball Fight Mode
The Valorant developers announced the new “Snowball Fight” game mode via a recent tweet (below).
Season’s beatings!
Now, the rules of this new game-mode are pretty simple. Each game has a timer of 5 minutes and the first team to reach the threshold of 50 team-kills wins. Pretty deathmatch-like, right?
Well, kind of, but not completely. See, there are special orbs that you can collect to gain special abilities and equipment like ice-skates, bigger snowballs, rapid-fire snow-gun, and many more. These orbs appear as gift boxes and spawn in various parts of the map. Also, when you kill an enemy with multiple abilities, you will get to collect all the ability-orbs that he/she was using.
Now, despite all the fun elements, there is one major question that many players (including me) are asking. Why is there a need to select an agent in a game-mode like this? It absolutely makes no sense as you won’t be able to use any of the agents’ abilities in the game. Moreover, it is pretty frustrating to wait for every player to unnecessarily choose an agent before a Snowball Fight match.
In addition to the new game mode, Riot is also giving away a snowman gun-buddy called the “Snowbro”. It is a cute snowglobe that you can attach it to any of the guns in your inventory.
How to Get Snowbro Buddy in Valorant?
Getting the new buddy is pretty simple. You just have to play one game of Snowball Fight and that’s it. Following your first Snowball Fight match, go to your inventory to find the new gun-buddy sitting right there in your collection.
With this Christmas event, Riot also added a “Night Market” where players can get huge discounts on cosmetic in-game items. It is a pretty decent idea for those who were looking to invest their mullah in cool skins and knives. However, there is one major issue with it.
As a result, ever since the developers added the Night Market, players have been complaining about this issue on various social platforms. However, the developers have not yet addressed it officially.
So, this was all about the Christmas event in Valorant. Apart from the above elements and features, Riot also added a new collection of skin called the “WinterWunderland”, which looks pretty dope. Moreover, the festive decorations in Icebox add joy to the experience and give a feel-good vibe during these tough times.
