How to Get Radianite Points in Valorant: Every Free Source and VP Price (2026)

Bought a skin with a slick finisher in the trailer, only to find your copy looks plain? That's because the flashy stuff sits behind Radianite Points (RP), the second premium currency in Valorant. You can't buy skins with it, but you need it to unlock a skin's higher levels and color variants.

RP is much scarcer than Valorant Points (VP), and there's no way to farm it with unlimited playtime. This guide covers every legitimate source in the current game – Season 2026 Act 6 and patch 13.09 – and how to spend it without wasting any.

Quick answer

Kingdom Credits can't be used for Radianite. They only buy Agents, Agent Gear and items from the Accessory Store.

What Radianite Points are for

RP has one job: upgrading weapon skins you already own. Riot describes it as a way to evolve your guns cosmetically, and none of it affects gameplay.

• Skin levels typically cost 10 RP each. Higher levels add things like new visual effects, custom sounds, reload or equip animations, and kill finishers.
• Variants (alternate colorways) typically cost 15 RP each and come after the levels.
• The first level and the base color are included when you buy the skin.

Not every skin has upgrades. Before you spend anything, open the skin in your Collection and check how many levels and variants it actually offers.

Step-by-step: getting Radianite for free

1. Play through the free Battlepass track. Every Act has a Battlepass, and the free track in both Act 5 and the current Act 6 includes 60 RP in total, alongside the free skin, cards, sprays and titles. You unlock tiers simply by earning XP from matches and contracts, so normal play gets you there.
2. Keep an eye on the Act timer. Each tier needs more XP than the last, so play steadily across the Act rather than cramming the final week, and you'll reach the Radianite tiers with time to spare.
3. Grab every Event Pass. Riot regularly runs free Event Passes, and they've reliably included 20 RP. The 2026 Lunar New Year pass had 20 RP, and the summer 2026 FC event pass handed out 10 RP at tier 2 and another 10 at tier 4. Check the event tab in the client whenever a new one appears – they only last a few weeks.
4. Claim before the deadline. Battlepass and Event Pass rewards are tied to their Act or event. If you don't reach a tier in time, that Radianite is gone.

Step-by-step: buying Radianite with VP

1. Buy VP first. Radianite isn't sold for money directly in most regions – you buy VP, then trade it for RP.
2. Open the Store and go to the Radianite section.
3. Pick a bundle: 20 RP for 1,600 VP, 40 RP for 2,800 VP, or 80 RP for 4,800 VP.
4. Go to your Collection, select the skin and spend the RP on the level or variant you want.

The bundles scale in your favor. The small pack works out to 80 VP per Radianite Point, the medium one to 70, and the large one to 60. If you know you'll fully upgrade a premium skin, the bigger pack wastes less money.

The premium Battlepass as a Radianite source

The premium track costs 1,000 VP per Act and adds 13 more Radianite rewards on top of the free ones, spread across the chapters and the Epilogue. If you were going to buy a Battlepass anyway, it's the cheapest Radianite in the game per VP spent. Just remember you have to grind all the way into the Epilogue to collect every drop.

Recent changes to know about

• Patch 13.09 (October 27, 2026) added an option to buy Radianite Points directly in-game, but only in Korea. Everywhere else, VP bundles are still the paid route.
• Kingdom Credits remain a separate free currency. You earn them from matches and Daily Rewards, and they cap at 10,000. They're great for unlocking Agents and old Battlepass accessories, but Riot's own FAQ lists no way to turn them into Radianite or VP.

Tips and common mistakes

• Don't buy small RP packs one at a time. Three 20 RP packs cost 4,800 VP for 60 RP; the 80 RP pack costs the same and gives you 20 more.
• Upgrade your main weapons first. Free Radianite is limited to roughly 60 RP per Act plus event drops. Put it into the Vandal, Phantom or knife you actually use instead of spreading it thin.
• Check the upgrade path before buying a skin. Some skins have little or nothing to upgrade, while others need several levels before the finisher appears.
• Ignore "free Radianite" generators and codes. They're scams that put your Riot account at risk. The only free RP comes from the Battlepass, Event Passes and other rewards Riot announces in the client.
• Don't confuse Radiant with Radianite. Radiant is the top competitive rank; Radianite is the upgrade currency.
• Remember Kingdom Credits won't help here. Save them for Agents and accessories, and keep them under the 10,000 cap so you don't stop earning.