Three skinlines, one melee at Tier 50, 1,000 VP. Sky Reaper is clean sci-fi. Intertwine goes loud purple-pink. Tacti-Guild is cartoon chaos. Here is everything in Act 4 and whether it is worth buying.
Valorant Act 4 dropped June 24, 2026 alongside Patch 13.00, the new Summit map, and the Retake 3v3 mode. The Battle Pass launched at the same time. Spending 1,000 VP blind on a pass before seeing what is inside is a recurring mistake, and Act 4 has enough variety that the decision actually depends on which of the three skinlines lands. This guide breaks down every skin, what the free track gives, and whether the pass earns the VP. VP at better rates is available through LootBar.
Act 4 Battle Pass at a Glance
Three skinlines. 55 tiers across 11 chapters. Free track plus premium track. The premium track costs 1,000 VP. Act 4 runs from June 24 to August 19, 2026. That is roughly eight weeks to complete 55 tiers, which is achievable for anyone doing daily and weekly missions consistently.
The Blackspyre Collection — Phantom, Sheriff, Spectre, Ares, and the melee The Divide — is a separate premium bundle and not part of the Battle Pass. Anything described as Blackspyre costs extra on top of the 1,000 VP pass.
Free Track: What Everyone Gets
Free track rewards do not require buying the premium pass. Anyone who plays during Act 4 and earns XP will unlock these:
Sky Reaper Ghost is the headline free reward — a pistol skin from the same collection as the premium Sword melee. Getting a skin from the pass’s best collection without spending VP is genuinely useful. The Sky Reaper design is clean metallic frames with green energy highlights. It reads as sci-fi without being flashy.
Heal Up Squad Card, Binding Thread Buddy, and On Your Feet Spray round out the free track. The buddy and spray are tied to the wider Valorant story context of Act 4, which makes them more interesting than generic cosmetics.
Sky Reaper: The Premium Skinline Worth Chasing
Sky Reaper is the strongest skinline in the Act 4 pass. Crisp metallic construction with green energy tracing along the rails. The design is grounded and cohesive — every weapon in the collection looks like it belongs to the same set, which is not always true of Battle Pass skinlines.
The Sky Reaper Sword is the Tier 50 melee and the most valuable individual item in the pass. Melee weapons in Valorant are always equipped, which means a good melee gets seen in every single match. Sky Reaper Sword has the same aesthetic discipline as the rest of the collection. It does not try to be flashy. It just looks expensive.
The fact that Sky Reaper spans both free and premium tracks is a design choice that works in the player’s favor. Even on the free track, the Ghost gives a taste of the collection. On the premium track, the Sword is the payoff.
Intertwine: The Loud One
Intertwine swaps Sky Reaper’s restraint for a moody purple and pink palette with glowing accents. The collection covers a rifle, an SMG, a sniper, and a shotgun. If the Sky Reaper set is the choice for players who want something clean, Intertwine is for players who want their loadout to be seen.
Intertwine Guardian is the standout. The Guardian is a reliable rifle that a lot of players run, which makes the skin visible in actual gameplay rather than sitting in the collection unused. The purple-pink glow on a weapon that shows up regularly in matches is what makes Intertwine worth noting.
Whether Intertwine is worth the pass on its own depends on whether that color scheme is appealing. It is polarizing by design.
Tacti-Guild: The Cartoon Wildcard
Tacti-Guild Phantom is the most unusual item in the pass. The skin features cartoon-style adventurer characters — a duck wizard, a knight, and a bunny ranger — on a weapon that players use in serious ranked matches. It is deliberately absurd and that is the point.
Tacti-Guild is a single skin, not a full collection like Sky Reaper or Intertwine. The Phantom is one of the two most commonly used rifles in Valorant alongside the Vandal. A Phantom skin that looks like this in a competitive match gets a reaction, and not always a negative one. The playful design breaks up the visual seriousness of the rest of the pass.
Accessories: Buddies, Cards, Sprays, and the Flex
Beyond skins, the premium track includes Boom Ball Flex, Prooooowler Buddy, Unstoppable // Iso Card, Soft and Deadly Card, Blep Spray, Unimpressed Spray, and a V26 Act 4 commemorative coin buddy.
The Boom Ball Flex is the only Flex in the pass. Flex cosmetics are visible in-game and in lobby screens. The Iso card and Soft and Deadly card are tied to Act 4 themes. The sprays (Blep and Unimpressed) are the kind of self-aware accessories that fit the Tacti-Guild energy of the pass.
This is a larger accessories haul than some recent passes. Players who care about card and buddy variety will find more to use here than in Act 3.
Is the Act 4 Battle Pass Worth 1,000 VP?
Yes — if at least one of these is true: the Sky Reaper Sword melee is wanted, the Intertwine Guardian is the target, or the Tacti-Guild Phantom sounds fun. The pass covers enough different aesthetics that finding at least one item worth 1,000 VP is realistic for most players.
The Sky Reaper Sword alone justifies the price for players who care about melees. A melee weapon shows in every match. Getting one with a coherent premium design from a Battle Pass is consistently better value than buying a standalone melee from the store.
The pass is not worth buying if none of the three skinlines are appealing. Spending 1,000 VP to grind 55 tiers for accessories alone is not a good trade when those same accessories become available in the Kingdom Credits store after enough time passes.
One tip from the official Fandom Wiki: buying the premium track late is not a penalty. Progress earned on the free track while playing before the purchase is retroactively unlocked when the premium pass is activated. The 3% XP boost does not apply retroactively, but the tier rewards do. Waiting until week four or five to decide, once enough tiers are earned to judge whether the remaining premium rewards are worth it, is a legitimate strategy.
Blackspyre: The Separate Bundle
Blackspyre is not the Battle Pass. It is a premium skin collection released alongside Act 4 featuring Phantom, Sheriff, Spectre, Ares, and the melee The Divide. The design blends sci-fi and dark mystical aesthetics — human silhouettes being pulled into the abyss, consistent with a dark energy theme.
Blackspyre costs VP separately from the Battle Pass. Buying the pass does not include Blackspyre. If both are wanted, that is two separate purchases. Evaluate them independently.
Conclusion
Act 4 Battle Pass has three distinct skinlines for three different tastes: Sky Reaper for clean metallic sci-fi, Intertwine for loud purple-pink energy, Tacti-Guild for cartoon absurdism on a rifle. The Tier 50 Sky Reaper Sword melee is the most valuable item. The free track gives the Sky Reaper Ghost without requiring a purchase. 1,000 VP for the premium track. June 24 to August 19, 2026. Eight weeks to complete 55 tiers. Buy it if any of the three skinlines land. Wait if none of them do — the accessories show up in the Kingdom Credits store eventually.
VP for the Act 4 Battle Pass is available through Valorant top up on LootBar.
