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Valorant - Known Bugs, Crashes & Community Fixes

2 June 2020
Valorant

About this game

Valorant is a free to play, team based first person tactical hero shooter set in a near future global setting where two teams of five face off in objective based rounds. Players choose from a growing roster of 29 Agents inspired by different countries and cultures, each with distinct abilities, a charge based ultimate, and a signature ability available from round start. Every round begins with a classic pistol and limited ability charges, with additional weapons and utility bought through an economy system that rewards credits for round wins, kills, and completed objectives. The arsenal spans sidearms, SMGs, shotguns, rifles, machine guns, and sniper rifles, with each automatic and semi automatic weapon featuring a unique recoil pattern that must be mastered for accurate fire. Five Agents are unlocked when you create an account, while the others are obtained using Kingdom Credits earned by playing and completing daily or weekly tasks, or with Valorant Points, a premium currency purchased with real money and required alongside recruitment events or Xbox Game Pass during the first weeks after a new Agent’s release.

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Bugs, Crashes & Solutions

Set V-Sync to Fast in the Nvidia Control Panel and test if the micro-stutters every few seconds are reduced.
Enable the in-game game latency (CPU) graph and adjust system and background processes if you see CPU spikes that coincide with stutters.
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Check your Windows page file configuration and ensure it is not using an HDD; move it to an SSD-only configuration to help with stuttering.
Update to a stable AMD driver version such as 26.3.1, then test Valorant again to see if texture glitches or micro-freezes improve.
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Reinstall Riot Vanguard and then relaunch the game.
Update your network adapter drivers to the latest version and then test Valorant again to see if match stutters are reduced.
Check Riot Games’ official service status page for ongoing outages or maintenance affecting Valorant before troubleshooting your PC.
Completely close Valorant and the Riot Client, end any remaining Riot processes in Task Manager, then relaunch the Riot Client and attempt to connect again.
Restart your modem or router to refresh the network connection, then try reconnecting to Valorant to see if the VAN 84 error is resolved.
Configure your firewall and antivirus so that Valorant and Riot Vanguard are whitelisted, or temporarily disable them, then retry connecting to verify whether VAN 84 was caused by blocked traffic.
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Update Riot Vanguard to the latest version by fully closing Valorant and the Riot Client, restarting your PC, and launching Valorant again so Vanguard patches are applied and OBS Game Capture can display the game feed.
Use Window Capture or Display Capture in OBS instead of Game Capture when streaming Valorant to bypass the black screen issue caused by Vanguard blocking direct game capture.
  • Completely close the Riot Client and Riot Vanguard from the system tray and Task Manager so that no Valorant processes remain.
  • Run the Riot Client as administrator and attempt the update again.
  • Check for and install pending Windows updates, then restart the PC and retry the update.
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Repair Valorant through the Riot Client to restore missing or corrupted files.
Update your GPU drivers before launching the game again.
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Move the game to an SSD if it is installed on a hard drive.

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Known issues (no solution listed yet)

These are community-reported issues we don’t have a listed fix for yet. If something worked for you, share it.

  • Audio stops working during gameplay until the PC is restarted

    Last reported: August 15, 2026

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