Valorant is fun enough in a casual environment, but players have been clamoring for a proper ranked mode since its launch. After some delay since patch 1.02, Riot is finally ready to roll out a ranked mode (called Rated) to the entire world. Just not all at once.

Ranked will launch at different times in different regions. If you are in North America, Brazil, Latin America, Korea, or the APAC region, you are in luck. If you are in most of Europe, you will have to wait a bit.

Here are the times when Valorant ranked will start in each region:

These may seem like awkward times to launch a long-awaited feature in Valorant, but that's kind of the point: Riot is trying to minimize technical inconveniences targeting off-peak times to drop ranks in order to minimize and "monitor stability."

If you haven't kept track of Valorant's rank mode since it was first introduced in closed beta, you should know that Riot has made some adjustments to the ranks themselves. The top rank is now called Radiant (previously it was called "Valorant," which was obviously confusing). The rank badges themselves have also been updated in appearance. See below.