Riot Games recently released the latest Valorant 1.09 update, which means there’s a ton of new information in the game’s files for dataminers to go through. As such, one hardworking dataminer was able to uncover information on an unreleased Agent called “Stealth,” among other details.
The game’s backend files also has an updated audio file for an Agent called ‘Necro,’ but we haven’t heard anything new about that character since the release of Reyna. That being said, Valorant’s latest update has new assets that give us some kind of clue about Riot Games’ progress on the thirteenth Agent.
It’s definitely worth noting, however, that for these kinds of backend files, dataminers only have so much to work off of. In fact, they only get vague images and audio files. As a result, this can sometimes lead to file names being more straight to the point than its actual content.
Recently, dataminer “Mang0eleaks” sifted through the nooks and crannies of Valorant’s most recent patch to check what it has to offer. They were actually able to find some pretty exciting stuff, as the backend files show the progress Riot has made for possible Agents, as well as a bit of information about the rumored mobile version.
From what Mang0eleaks could find, Riot is currently working on a new Agent that has been codenamed as “Stealth.” There’s not much for us to go on here, except for a few images of different textures.
Some of the files also mention “Invisibility,” which is possibly a clue about the upcoming Agent’s abilities. Aside from that, Mang0eleaks wasn’t able to find anything else on Stealth, as Riot has only added materials and textures for the character so far.
According to the leak, the Agent “has been in development since Alpha.” Although, the dataminer did notice that some of the files were entitled “Radianite,” which is a supposedly important material in Valorant’s lore.
We assume that this material has something to do with or is responsible for the Agents getting their powers and abilities.
Among other things, Mang0eleaks also discovered a “geometrical mesh” in the backend files, which they speculate could be a “Tunnel” ability for Agent 13. Of course, these are all theories and we don’t know for certain for now.
There's a new agent being worked on codenamed: "Stealth" nothing added but some textures for it's abilities.
The textures names are related to radianite.
"tex_radianite_rgb_01" "tex_radianite_01" pic.twitter.com/YQuAoPFt4W— Valorant Express – Datamining And News (@ValorantExpress) September 29, 2020
Aside from progress updates on Agent 13, Mang0eleaks was also able to find new details about the alleged mobile port of Valorant. We have yet to find out what kind of app Riot Games has planned for Valorant, but the datamined files imply that they’re currently working on simple commands.
Valorant on mobile is still being workled on. For this patch some adjustments were made to some iOS devices. pic.twitter.com/H3E4WXYKMR
— Valorant Express – Datamining And News (@ValorantExpress) September 29, 2020
Remember last update we tweeted about the string "tapping on the right hand side of the screen" being added
This patch "tapping on left handside" was added.
These are related to the valorant mobile development. pic.twitter.com/ln85BSeBT9
— Valorant Express – Datamining And News (@ValorantExpress) September 29, 2020
Based on these leaks, there are two possibilities: either Riot Games is working on an actual mobile Valorant port, or they’re simply working on a companion app similar to the one League of Legends has.
We can’t know for certain yet, especially since phrases like “action to perform when double tapping on left hand side of screen,” “BaseProfileName,” and “iPhoneXS Device Profile” could either mean any of the two possibilities.
