Not all this information should be taken as facts.

Hello again everyone! I was very glad to see the first report got an excellent reception, and what better way to keep it that way than to do another one with the new teasers. Come discuss all of it to the VALORANT Lore // Art Discord!

Just like last time I also made a video to go along with the post.

A recap of known information and the previous report

As of right now the only confirmed knowledge is that the next agent will be a controller that plays very different to other agents. Not much to go off.

However, in the previous report I threw in some possibilities.

• Both the Bridge Between Worlds and the Night Market point towards a Ghanaian agent.
• The colors on the Bridge Between Worlds hint at a woman that is part of the royalty.
• The State of the Agents article hints at the agent being a Radiant.

This report will go over how the newest developments influence these possibilities as well as any new information that has come out.

The orbs

There have been many orbs popping up throughout the maps with the release of Patch 2.03. Their coloring suggests they are closely related to the Bridge Between Worlds card and as a result are part of the new agent teaser.

The first one was found on Haven and the only map that remains without a map is The Range, with the most remarkable orbs out of all are the two below Bind’s B site with a spawn rate of 100%.

Here are all the known locations, ordered by map:

Ascent

Bind

Icebox

Split

Haven

On the orbs’ spawn rate

The locations in which orbs spawn are decided when starting a match, meaning that in order to get different locations the match must be left entirely. The “Restart Game” button on the Cheats menu is not enough to reset spawns, nor is changing rounds.

Although spawn rates are unknown (with the exception of Bind’s B Site), finding an orb is not extremely uncommon and having more than one spawning is also possible.

The datamines

Dataminers got to work immediately after the patch dropped. There were two main findings: a new title string and agent related teasers.

New title string

This title is quite short, just “Pioneer”. It is found listed as “VNLaunch” (meaning unknown) in the files under Premium Content, more specifically among other sprays and buddies that could be obtained via Twitch Prime or other in game events.

Agent related teasers

Datamining revealed the internal name for the orbs, “Floating Ember”, although the relevance of this name is unclear.

Furthermore and as with Yoru, the “Codenamed” folder is of great importance. It contains a folder named “PainAuxRaisins”, which is the codename given to the new agent.

Putting it all together (again)

Given that the last time a teaser of this type was seen it teased the ability of the next agent it is safe to assume that this is the case again, probably a smoke or a flash.

The similar color schemes of the Bridge Between Worlds card and the Floating Embers create a correlation between the two, meaning that the Bridge Between Worlds card does hint at an agent. Furthermore, the orbs also support the next agent being Radiant.

The codename “PainAuxRaisins”, French for “Raisin Bread”, reinforces the idea of the next agent coming from Ghana, a country where one of the most spoken languages is French.

Going further, the codename for Yoru was an anagram for his internal name (“JLatte”, extended to “John’s Latte” and rearranged to “Stealth Jon”), so it is possible “PainAuxRaisins” is also an anagram or something of the like, but so far nothing has been found.

Sources

Datamines
https://twitter.com/ValorLeaks/status/1362092734006321158
https://twitter.com/Shiick/status/1362563536896065538

Other
Yoru teaser: https://twitter.com/YamiValorant/status/1336380889622867968
Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/lksp4a/a_report_on_the_15th_agent/

People
Shiick: https://twitter.com/Shiick
ValorLeaks: https://twitter.com/ValorLeaks
floxay: https://twitter.com/floxayyy
NotToDisturb: https://twitter.com/NotToDisturb
hayley
Dem0nZ
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Unluky
Revenos
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Good riddance

We’re nearing the end of this ride! With the release of the battlepass trailer coming soon we will probably get a major teaser or an explicit reveal, so let’s hope I got some predictions right.

Thank you to all who commented and upvoted the previous report and to those who watched the video as well. I will be doing more things like this in the future, including look backs at what the other agent teasers have been like and whatnot.

Again, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed and do reply if you have any theory or the like!