Valorant Patch 13.06: Agent Gear Rework Hits Malaysia 22 September
Published: 2026-09-08
Patch 13.06 rewrites how Malaysia earns Agent Gear
Riot ships Valorant Patch 13.06 on 22 September 2026, and the update tears up the old Agent Gear track. From that Monday reset, every free cosmetic on a hero's Gear ladder is earned by playing that specific hero, not from generic XP. Boleh tahan — a KL Chamber main who never touches Reyna will stop climbing her Gear tier, full stop.
The mechanics come from a short line inside the official Patch 13.05 notes: "With the release of Patch 13.06 on September 22, we'll be revamping the Agent Gear system and the way you unlock items on that progression track. You will still keep the gear you've already earned." That last sentence matters. Nothing already logged on your account vanishes. What changes is what you can still earn after 21:00 MYT on 22 September, once the Malaysia login queue clears.
Kingdom Credits stay the currency. Fresh gear still costs them. The twist is agent-locked playtime as the second lever — no more parking one hero while grinding another's ladder from your duo partner's Iso spam.
What Malaysian players should grind before 22 September
Two weeks. That is what Riot's post-patch note leaves you if the deadline holds. Anyone with a half-finished Gear ladder on an agent you no longer play should treat this fortnight as a sprint. Log the ranked hours now.
Start with the fastest tiers on your least-played agent. Deathmatch and Swiftplay still feed the Kingdom Credit meter, so PJ ping-limited players do not need to force competitive queue at 2 a.m. Slot two forty-minute matches after work; that is roughly one Kingdom Credit tier per session for a solo. Save VCT viewing for the weekends — pick'ems drop through the Champions Shanghai bracket that opens 24 September, two days after the rework goes live.
Team Secret and Paper Rex mains who buy VCT bundle skins should top up their VP wallet ahead of that Shanghai window. REDX Game lists 1,000 VP at RM 33.90 with 1–3 minute delivery through Touch 'n Go and Boost, which is faster than routing a bank card through Riot's overseas gateway. Order the VP once, then focus on the Iso queue.
The Kingdom Credits math for RM-sensitive players
Kingdom Credits themselves are not for sale. The official Valorant Gear wiki is explicit: they only drop from missions and match completions. So the real math for a Malaysian player is not Kingdom Credits versus ringgit. It is what a 1,000-VP bundle actually gets you once patch 13.06 slows the free track.
At Riot's Malaysia store, 1,000 VP lists at RM 33.90; the same 1,000 VP through REDX Game's Valorant top-up page is also RM 33.90 but settles via DuitNow, TNG or Boost, none of which the Riot store accepts natively. Look further and the regional gap sharpens: the same 1,000 VP in Singapore's SGD store converts to roughly RM 35.60 at current mid-market rates, so an MY-region account remains the cheapest legitimate route. The 475 VP starter at RM 16.90 covers the cheapest Gear bundle skin, the 2,050 VP tier at RM 67.90 clears a mid Battle Pass jump, and RM 118.90 buys 3,650 VP for a full Champions Shanghai Event Pass.
Kingdom Credits let you cash the Gear ladder in for weapon skins after enough playtime, so the VP top-up is a parallel spend, not a substitute. Buy VP through REDX Game for the cosmetics you want now. Grind Kingdom Credits for the free-track piece the new system will otherwise gate. If you are unsure which agent to prioritise, cross the Gear tier costs on the wiki against your current VP wallet before committing to a top-up.
FAQ for Malaysian Valorant players
Bila patch 13.06 keluar di Malaysia?
Riot patches Valorant globally on 22 September 2026. Malaysian servers usually get the update in the evening MYT after the PBE window closes; expect a queue between 20:00 and 22:00 MYT on that Monday.
Adakah gear saya hilang selepas rework?
Tidak. Semua Agent Gear yang sudah dibuka masih kekal pada akaun anda. Yang berubah cuma cara buka gear baru selepas 22 September, mengikut jam main setiap agent.
Boleh beli Kingdom Credits guna VP?
No. Kingdom Credits are earned only through gameplay missions and match completion. Any site claiming to sell them is scamming or laundering an account. Top up VP through REDX Game instead if you want a legitimate paid shortcut to skins.
Berapa lama nak grind gear satu agent?
Rough count from the patch note framing: the first Kingdom Credit tier lands after about 40–60 minutes of that agent's match time in Unrated or Swiftplay. Higher tiers stretch to several hours each. A Selangor grinder who plays Iso for two nights a week should clear the free-track basics inside a month.
Where can I top up Valorant Points in Malaysia after 13.06?
REDX Game accepts DuitNow, Touch 'n Go, Boost and Maybank2u for VP top-ups, with 1–3 minute delivery to any MY-region Riot account.
The risk of the new grind for off-meta mains
Here is the sting. Anyone whose favourite agent is now out of the meta will feel this rework hardest. Cypher one-trickers, Yoru mains, Deadlock players who refuse to touch Sova — their Kingdom Credit intake was already thin. Locking free gear behind per-agent hours turns that thin trickle into a drip.
Two follow-on risks sit on top of that. Off-meta players will be tempted by third-party sellers promising Kingdom Credits or Gear boosts; those are account bans waiting to happen, and the 13.05 crackdown on stream sniping and instalock tools shows Riot's enforcement team is watching. Burnout is the other risk — grinding an agent you dislike is how tilt sneaks in, and any Ipoh coach running a ranked bootcamp will tell you comfort pool matters more than agent completion.
Play the agents you enjoy. Kingdom Credits will accrue at your natural pace, and REDX Game keeps VP on-tap when the Champions Shanghai bundle drops mid-tournament. The Gear ladder is a two-year build, not a September sprint. Memang best if you can stay patient.
