Valorant Update: Patch 2.05 just landed and it brought a number of changes that seeks to address toxicity issues within Valorant. The social and player dynamics team talked about the changes in the patch notes and revealed that the new update will allow the game to detect AFKing better and promotes better behaviour through harsher penalties. Starting with Valorant Update: Patch 2.05 players who are comms-restricted will no longer be able to queue into competitive matches. There are some agent updates as well along with a host of bug fixes. Here is everything you need to know about Valorant Update: Patch 2.05.
Sova
Sova now has unique keybinds in the options menu for flying up and down when using his Owl Drone.
Astra
Sova now has unique keybinds in the options menu for flying up and down when using her Astral Form.
Valorant Update: Patch 2.05 now allows the game to detect AFK behaviour easily and penalties for AFK offences have been added. AFKing in matches can lead to:
Chat-based offences have also been updated and such offences can lead to:
These changes do not apply to zero-tolerance offences which include breaking terms of service (e.g. cheating and game manipulation).
Other changes in the patch include bugfixes, network issues and exploits. The patch has also led to an issue where players are unable to login due to Valorant Shipping Error 0xc0000005. Riot has acknowledged the issue and has stated “we're currently investigating a fix for this. One of the client updates is not playing nicely with some non-riot software on some players' machines. We're working to narrow it down and get a fix out as soon as possible.”
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