When is Valorant patch 5.0 expected to drop this week with Pearl: Expected updates, regional patch timings, and more explained

Riot Games is ready to drop a new Valorant update. The latest patch 5.0 will arrive sometime this week to mark the commencement of yet another chapter in the game.

Valorant recently celebrated its two-year anniversary earlier this month and the journey will be divided into four different chapters, with each saga lasting six months. The upcoming chapter will be the fifth one in the game and is called Dimension.

The update will also announce the start of another Act in the game, and Riot Games has already revealed every single detail in the patch 5.0 notes. Players will no doubt be excited about it and are eagerly waiting to experience the new update. Here are some details that they may like to know about the upcoming patch update.

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Everything to know about Valorant patch 5.0 update

The upcoming Valorant patch 5.0 is set to be one of the biggest updates in recent times. Developers are all set to make several key changes to the game, along with the introduction of a new map, Battle Pass rewards, items, weapon skin bundles, and much more.

Upcoming updates

With the start of every new Act, developers come up with a new Agent or Map in the game. In this upcoming update, developers are ready to introduce the game's eighth map, Pearl, which will have an underwater theme. However, developers will temporarily remove Split from the map pool in this new Act, which means the game will continue shuffle seven maps.

Players will also receive a new rank called Ascendant, between Diamond and Immortal, with the upcoming update. The developers believe that this move will decrease player density in the lower ranks.

The developers are also ready to drop another new Battle Pass full of exciting weapon skins, cosmetics, player cards, gun buddies, and more. Players will also receive a new dark sci-fi-themed Prelude to Chaos bundle with the upcoming patch 5.0 update. Here is the list of items that will be available in the bundle:

• Blade of Chaos Sword (two-handed melee)
• Prelude to Chaos Vandal
• Prelude to Chaos Operator
• Prelude to Chaos Shorty
• Prelude to Chaos Stinger

The bundle will be available in the Valorant Store and players can purchase the whole bundle by spending 8,700 VP. However, every individual skin will cost around 2,175 VP, except for the melee weapon skin, of course. The unique two-handed sword (melee weapon) could possibly cost around 4,350 VP.

Release date

All of these updates and items should be live in the game with the arrival of the patch 5.0 update. As expected, Valorant Episode 5 Act 1 Dimension will also arrive with this update. Riot has already revealed that the update will be available on June 22, 2022. Here are the timings of the update for each region:

• 02.00 pm PDT
• 05.00 pm ET
• 10.00 pm BST
• 02.30 am IST (next day, June 23)
• 07.00 am JST (next day, June 23)

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Based on this, players will need to wait a few more days to get a taste of the new update. Until then, they can look to focus on their current Battle Pass grind and rank up before its conclusion.