Valorant active map pool: All maps, their release dates, and more

Modified Oct 22, 2024 13:08 GMT

Valorant map list — Abyss in Valorant active map pool (Image via Riot Games)

Valorant active map pool is something every player should know about. Over the years, the developers have added several maps that players can check in the Valorant maps list. The developers are constantly making adjustments and tweaks to the map, allowing them to discover new ways to use the maps to their advantage. While making changes to a map, the developers usually take some off the active map pool and replace it with others.

This article takes a deep dive and lists the current Valorant active map pool while also detailing their release dates and more.

Valorant active map pool: All maps in the competitive playlist

Sunset map in Valorant (Image via Riot Games)

The list of maps active during Episode 9 Act 3 are as follows:

Abyss
Ascent
Bind
Haven
Pearl
Sunset
Split

With the release of Episode 9 Act 3, some changes have been made to the Valorant active map pool. For the competitive mode, Pearl and Split will be added back in the competitive mode While Split was still available to play in 2024, it has been a very long time since Pearl made its way back to the game's ranked queue.

Due to this change, the two maps that will leave the Valorant active map pool are Icebox and Lotus. While they may not be available in the competitive mode, players can still get to play on these maps in other game modes like Escalation, Spike Rush, Unrated, and Swiftplay. This excludes Team Deathmatch, which has its unique map pool.

Valorant Maps List: All maps and their release dates

Valorant's latest map Abyss (Image via Riot Games)

The Valorant maps list consists of 11 maps. As the developers take some of the maps away for balancing and tweaks, gamers can only play a handful of them while queueing competitively. All eleven Valorant maps along with their release dates are listed in the following section:

Bind – April 7, 2020 (Beta)
Haven – April 7, 2020 (Beta)
Split – April 7, 2020 (Beta)
Ascent – June 2, 2020 (Patch 1.0)
Icebox – October 13, 2020 (Patch 1.10)
Breeze – April 27, 2021 (Patch 2.08)
Fracture – September 8, 2021 (Patch 3.05)
Pearl – June 22, 2022 (Patch 5.0)
Lotus – January 10, 2023 (Patch 6.0)
Sunset – August 29, 2023 (Patch 7.4)
Abyss - June 11, 2024 (Patch 8.11)

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Edited by Arundhoti Palit