Riot teases new upcoming Valorant agent with mysterious image

Riot has officially teased the 14th agent for popular tactical shooter Valorant. 

Riot uploaded three new wallpapers to the Valorant media page that showed the silhouette of an unknown agent. Even though Valorant developers didn’t officially announce the new wallpapers, a Valorant lore account on Twitter saw the wallpapers and informed the Valorant community earlier today. 

The silhouettes show what is likely a male agent with straight hair and a jagged, spiked arm. It’s possible that it’s part of his jacket, or that he has some type of altered arm that represents a new ability. 

Aside from the outline, Riot hasn’t released any further information. But data miners have already dug around for clues and files to find out more about the 14th agent on their own. Riot notoriously includes clues about upcoming agents in their battle passes, meaning Valorant fans have been looking for easter eggs since the last Act was released. 

Who is agent 14 in Valorant?

It’s popularly theorized that the 14th agent will be a samurai who can manipulate death in some way. This was summarized from teasers found on Icebox. There is samurai armor on the map itself. A lab experiment in the A Site look related to samurai, and a computer screen in the attacker’s spawn shows the outline of samurai armor as well. 

The Act III battle pass had even more hints about Japanese warriors. A samurai holding a gun can be seen as an outline on tier four. A cyber samurai mask is depicted on the Secret Lineage card on tier 38. Getting up to tier 48 will reveal a player card with a dog tag that reads “memento mori,” a Latin phrase that warns readers of impending death. The player card also shows an hourglass, which is what led to data miners wondering if the samurai agent can control death and time in some way. 

It’s possible that agent 14 will focus on stealth instead of death and time. Another data miner, Valorant Leaks, recently discovered a codename for the agent in the game’s files back in September. The codename said “Stealth.” 

There was another easter egg discovered last week that hinted at the stealth agent theory. It showed an invisible person walking on Icebox. The transparent figure left behind footprints, showing that someone was there but unable to be seen. 

The 14th agent will likely be released in one month from now when Valorant’s second episode arrives. 

How many Valorant agents will there be? 

Valorant developers said in past blogs that they wanted to release between 50 and 60 agents in the game. That means there would be six agents dropped per year, and that it would take eight years to get to the proposed cap of 60 agents. 

Can you unlock all agents for free in Valorant? 

Agents in Valorant are unlocked simply by playing games. By gaining XP and winning games, players will move up in level. When players reach level 5, they will have multiple agents to choose from. The other locked agents can be  “activated” on the collection menu. Press “view contract” on the bottom right corner. The contract will reveal how to unlock that specific agent, potentially for free, though it may take some time.