Valorant battle pass: Episode 5 Act 3 skins, cards, gun buddies

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The Valorant battle pass for Episode 5 Act 3 adds a slew of new skins, gun buddies, and cards to Riot’s FPS game, allowing players to expand their cosmetic library. Here’s a rundown of all of the rewards on both the free and premium tracks.

There are three new skin lines accompanying the Valorant Episode 5 Act 3 battle pass: Iridian Thorn, Rune Stone, and Starlit Odyssey. Each of these have a distinct otherworldly theme, and producer Laura Baltzer writes that the team wanted it to “feel mysterious and fun” and “lean into the thematic of adventure.”

Iridian Thorn is certainly the most futuristic skin line, characterised by silvery purples and spherical, orb-like inlays. You can pick it up for the Bucky, Judge, Operator, and Sheriff. Our personal favourite is the melee knife, though, which again leans into the circular theme and coils around your hand like an interstellar glaive.

Rune Stone is much more traditional, and is inspired by archaeology and unearthing ancient treasures. A skin line that would make both new agent, Harbor (who Baltzer claims inspired it), and Uncharted’s Nate Drake proud, you can kit out your Bulldog, Marshal, Odin, and Shorty with these skins.

Last but very much not least, the evolving skins of the bunch are the Starlit Odyssey cosmetics. Letting you deck out your weapons with the stars themselves, you can choose from aqua, navy and gold, black and gold, and purple chromas (I recommend the purple). The skins are available for Ghost, Guardian, Spectre, and Vandal, and are my personal favourite of the bunch.

There are a plethora of different gun buddies up for grabs, but associate integration artist Catalina Faerman draws attention to Corbin’s Light, a stunning crystalline star-shaped sapphire