Season 2025 Act 5 of Valorant is approaching its final stages, and Champions 2025 is taking place in Paris, France. With many things happening, Riot Games has also announced an incoming change in the map pool.
Unlike other shooters, not every map is always available in the Competitive playlists. Instead, Riot selects a handful to include in the map pool and leaves a few out. With this system, developers can work on inactive maps, whether to fix an issue, add new stuff, or modify their layout.
We have gathered all the information you need to know about the current map pool in case you don't know what maps are in the game.
What is the Valorant map pool?
The game features two separate map pools, one for Competitive, Deathmatch, and Premier queues, and another for the remaining game modes. Here is how the map pools are organized after patch 10.11:
Unrated, Swift Play, Spike Rush, and Escalation map pool
All maps are available when queueing up for the casual game modes. This change was implemented after the arrival of patch 8.11, switching things up and allowing players to enjoy every map the game has to offer.
Competitive, Deathmatch, and Premier map pool
The competitive playlists still feature a restricted map pool, and here is the complete list of maps available on all platforms:
- Abyss
- Ascent
- Bind
- Corrode
- Haven
- Lotus
- Sunset
The latest change came with the Season 2025 Act 5 update, version 11.04. The patch added Abyss back and removed Icebox to make room for it.
In the midst of Champions 2025 taking place, Riot confirmed that the next rotation in the competitive map pool will arrive with patch 11.08, which is scheduled to go live on Tuesday, October 14th, or Wednesday, October 15th, depending on your region.
For this rotation, both Ascent and Lotus will be removed and will be replaced by Pearl and Split. This new rotation will arrive just in time for Season 2025 Act 6, which is also set to kick off that same week after the patch rolls out to all regions.
We will update this article whenever changes are announced or go live in the game to reflect the correct map set.
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