Valorant Night Queue Event: Dates, Rewards, and How to Join Fast

Night Queue is a limited-time Valorant event that runs from March 4 to March 23, 2026, letting you earn free cosmetics by completing in-game missions and a small web challenge. You earn points by playing matches, winning rounds, teaming up with friends, and optionally submitting a TikTok clip through Riot’s FTW challenge platform.

The event is split into two 500‑point phases, Warming Up and Night Owl, with a unique Player Card tied to each phase and a bonus spray for joining the creative challenge. If you’re already queuing nightly in Valorant on PC, this is essentially free progression you can stack in the background just by playing normally.

How to start Night Queue

1. Go to the official Night Queue FTW page in your browser.

2. Log in with the Riot account you use for Valorant and join the event.

3. Check the current phase (Warming Up or Night Owl) and its missions on the FTW page.

4. Play eligible Valorant modes during March 4–23, 2026 to earn points.

5. Optional: Create a TikTok with the official WINGMAN filter, submit it via FTW for bonus points and the AlarmBoi Out Spray.

6. Claim your rewards from the FTW site once you hit each 500‑point milestone.

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Night Queue Dates, Phases, and How It Works

Night Queue is officially live from March 4, 2026 at 12 PM GMT until March 23, 2026 at 12 PM GMT. The entire event is tracked on Riot’s FTW site, not inside the Valorant client, so you need that link in place or your games won’t count.

The structure is simple:

• Two phases: Warming Up, then Night Owl.

• Each phase has its own 500‑point cap and reward.

• Points from Warming Up do not roll over into Night Owl, so you have to grind both separately.

From a player’s perspective, you just keep playing Valorant as usual but lean into the missions listed on the FTW page for your current phase to speed things up.

All Night Queue Rewards and What They Do

You’re grinding for three main cosmetics in Night Queue, all confirmed by Riot and partner coverage.

These cosmetics are event-limited and sit outside the normal battle pass and skin store rotation. The Player Cards lean into regional festivities and late‑night queue vibes, while the spray is tied to the Wingman-themed social challenge.

Phase 1 – Warming Up: Easiest Way To Hit 500 Points

Warming Up is the first Night Queue phase and focuses on volume over difficulty. It’s available across all game modes except customs, so anything from Unrated to Swiftplay will move your bar.

According to the FTW event page and coverage, you earn points in Warming Up by:

• Winning a match in any mode: 5 points

• Finishing a match (win or loss): 1 point

• Getting a kill: 1 point per kill

• Spending 10,000 credits in a match: 10 points

• Playing with friends in a pre-made lobby: 1 point per friend (up to 4) per match

• Joining the creative challenge once: 20 bonus points

A practical route for casual players is to spam shorter modes like Swiftplay or Spike Rush in a duo or trio, stacking constant kill and completion points while letting wins happen naturally. If you’re logging in most evenings, it’s entirely realistic to cap Warming Up well before the midpoint of the event window.

Expert insight: If you’re the kind of player who auto‑queues solo after work, even inviting one or two friends for a daily block makes a noticeable difference over a week thanks to the per‑match friend bonus.

Phase 2 – Night Owl: Harder Missions, Same 500‑Point Goal

Night Owl is the second Night Queue phase and leans into more demanding, performance‑based missions. This phase only counts matches from Competitive, Unrated, Swiftplay, and Spike Rush. No Deathmatch or customs here.

Confirmed Night Owl point sources include:

• Reaching 15 or more headshots in a match: 20 points

• Each spike plant or defuse by your team: 5 points

• Every 10 rounds won: 15 points

• Playing with friends in a pre-made lobby: 1 point per friend (up to 4) per match

• Joining the creative challenge (if you didn’t already): 20 points

Because headshots and round wins matter more here, your choice of agent and mode matters a bit. Agents who take frequent duels (Duelists, some Initiators) make it easier to hit the headshot threshold, while objective‑focused players can lean into planting and defusing on maps they know well.

If you’re not confident in aim, focusing on consistent plants/defuses and queueing with a coordinated stack is safer than tunnel‑visioning on headshots alone. You’re still aiming for 500 points, so mixing different mission types across a few sessions keeps the grind from feeling stuck.

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How to Join the FTW Creative Challenge for Extra Points

The creative side of Night Queue revolves around Wingman and a TikTok filter, and it’s the only way to unlock the AlarmBoi Out Spray.

Here’s how it works:

• Use the official WINGMAN filter on TikTok to record a Night Queue-themed clip.

• Make sure both your TikTok account and the video are set to public.

• Submit the clip through the FTW Night Queue page while logged into your Riot account.

• Once approved, you receive a one-time 20‑point bonus and get flagged to receive the AlarmBoi Out Spray after the event.

This is optional but highly efficient: 20 points in both phases is effectively four match wins’ worth of value for just setting up a short clip.

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Is Night Queue Worth Your Time?

If you already play Valorant several nights a week, Night Queue is almost pure upside. You’re earning cosmetic rewards for actions you’re taking anyway, with only a small amount of planning needed to line up missions and the FTW tracking.

You’ll like Night Queue if:

• You enjoy collecting limited‑time Player Cards and sprays.

• You queue casually and don’t mind a passive grind.

• You play with a regular stack and can farm the friend bonuses.

You might skip or only lightly touch it if:

• You rarely play during the event window.

• You don’t care about profile cosmetics or sprays.

• You dislike tying your playtime to time‑limited objectives.

For most active players, Night Queue is a low-friction way to grab some unique cosmetics and add a bit of structure to your nightly games before it disappears on March 23, 2026.