Navigate Valorant's User Interface with ease. Understand every element, from the HUD to menus, to enhance your gameplay and strategy. Your essential guide to Valorant's UI.
This guide will help you understand the User Interface (UI) of Valorant. We will cover all the essential elements that make up the game's display, ensuring you have a clear understanding of how to interpret information and navigate menus effectively.
| Cosmetic | Description |
|---|---|
| Level Borders | Level borders surround a player's selected player card icon whenever it's displayed in game. Unlike other cosmetics, level borders are earned through progression only by increasing your [account level](https://valorant.fandom.com/wiki/Account_level "Account level"), receiving a new one every 20 levels. |
| Buddies | Buddies are weapon charms that attach to the side of [guns](https://valorant.fandom.com/wiki/Weapons "Weapons"). |
| Flex | Flex are items that can be equipped by the player in game from the Expression Wheel. |
| Player Cards | Player Cards are images that change multiple parts of a player's account, from their icon to their loading screen banner and their background image seen by an enemy when they kill them. |
| Player Titles | Player Titles are the titles shown beneath everyone's in-game name while in the lobby or while in the game loading screen. |
| Sprays | Sprays are images that can be applied on any map surface from the Expression Wheel. Some sprays are animated and others also have sound effects. |
| Weapon Skins | Weapon Skins modify the appearance of [weapons](https://valorant.fandom.com/wiki/Weapons "Weapons"). These can be as simple as recolors to as complex as turning the weapon into a [dragon](https://valorant.fandom.com/wiki/Elderflame_Collection "Elderflame Collection"). They can also come with a variety of upgrades to include additional visual effects, sound effects, and animation changes. Players have the option to equip "Random Favorite" as a choice instead. For each new game that this option is equipped, a skin from the player's favorite skins for that weapon and one of its variants (if applicable) will be chosen at random to be used for that game. |
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