The second Act of VALORANT's Episode 9 is coming to a close. That will bring us to the release of VALORANT Episode 9 Act 3, which reaches the end of the year and is the final step before the milestone of Episode 10.

So, when exactly is the new episode? We've got a countdown for you, so you know when it begins.

VALORANT Episode 9 Act 2 ends on October 23 at 6 a.m. PT. The Battle Pass concludes, the Act's Premier schedule ends, and we're off to a new adventure. So, you can expect VALORANT Episode 9 Act 3 to start up almost immediately after Act 2 ends.

Here's the countdown we promised:

You'll get the patch the day prior, on Tuesday, October 22. Just remember the rule change for content releases that arrived with Patch 9.0 back in June.

New in-game content comes the day after the patch, which is when the new Act releases. When it comes to store updates, that happens typically a day after that even, refreshing the shop items on Thursdays.

It doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary is coming to VALORANT with the release of Episode 9 Act 3. You can still assume the following new pieces of content will come, however:

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