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- Playing Valorant in different regions will soon be a streamlined experience with Riot Games promising server transfers in the near future.
- Naoise Creaven, Senior Producer for Valorant confirmed that the feature is coming to the game mid-2021.
- Currently, the only workaround is to use a VPN and create multiple accounts for different regions.
If you want to play Valorant with players from different regions, it can be difficult to do so. One of the only workarounds is to play Valorant with players from different regions is to use a VPN which can lead to higher latency. In most other FPS titles, you get a server select option, and all of your progress is retained, allowing you to head into any region at a moment’s notice. This is not the case with Valorant with Riot Games automatically assigning and restricting you to a specific region. If you want to play Valorant with players from different regions, here is what you need to do.
Play Valorant With Players from Different Regions
Currently, the only way to play Valorant with players from different regions is to make a separate account altogether. You can request a permanent server transfer from Riot’s support staff, but it is inconvenient compared to having different accounts for different regions.
If you created a Valorant account in the Philippines, you would be assigned the SEA server. A server change will mean that you lose all progress. The workaround uses a VPN and connects to your desired region to bypass the Valorant region lock. Once your VPN is set up, you can create a new Riot account, and you should be able to play Valorant with players from different regions. This might not be convenient, but it is the only option we have at the moment. However, there may be good news on the horizon with Riot Games announcing region locks' removal sometime in 2021.
Request A Server Change
If you want to play Valorant with players from a different region permanently you can request a server change. Here is how you can submit a ticket in Valorant and request a server change.
- Head to the official Riot Games Support website at https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us
- Click on Valorant
- You can check the self-help section if you are facing a common issue
- Scroll down and click on “Can’t find what you’re looking for? Submit A Ticket”
- Choose the appropriate option
- You will get a prompt saying “You must be logged in before you can submit this type of ticket” if you are not logged in.
- Click on Sign-in
- Once you are signed in, enter the Subject
- Choose Your Enquiry
- In the Description Box, enter all necessary information.
- Attach any supporting images or documents in the attachments section.
- Click on Submit
When Are Server Transfers Coming to Valorant?
Riot revealed that server transfers were coming to Valorant in a blog post from November 2020, which should help with the Valorant region lock problem. We have received multiple patches since then, but the feature is still pending. There is currently no word on when the feature will be added to the game, but all we know that you will be able to move across servers without losing your unlocked agents, cosmetics, and account statistics. Riot did not confirm if your leaderboard data will be transferred mid-season or not. Once the update goes live, you will be able to play Valorant with players from different regions.
In the Q&A blog that Riot posted talking about the feature, they revealed, “This is something we definitely know is important, and it’s on our list behind a couple of other critical priorities for VALORANT. We'd like it to be sooner, but it's looking like this option will be available towards the middle of 2021.” We might have to wait at least a few months until the feature is implemented in the game, according to Naoise Creaven, Senior Producer for Valorant.
