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•Hamza Rashid• 10 min read
Valorant
Rarest Valorant Gun Buddies Ranked by How Hard to Get
The rarest Valorant gun buddies are the Fist Bump, which only Riot employees hand out, followed by the pro tournament winner buddies, the Closed Beta Coin, and the first Radiant rank set. Each one sits behind a route that most players can never repeat.
Gun buddies are small weapon charms that hang from a gun in Valorant, and most arrive through agent contracts, battle pass progression, or store bundles. The charms above skip all of those routes and depend on a Riot employee's pick, a trophy, a closed beta, or a top rank. Each rare entry comes with its exact earning route, release season, and the reason it sits so far out of reach.
Rarest Valorant Gun Buddies Summary
Fist Bump sits at the top of the list, and only a Riot employee can hand it out after a match with good sportsmanship.
Pro winner buddies belong to rosters that win Game Changers, Champions, LOCK//IN, or Masters events.
Closed Beta Coin came from Tier 5 of the beta rewards track and carried into the full game.
Radiant buddy and Premier Ignition Champions buddy sit behind top rank results and division playoff wins.
Dallah buddy, Year One buddy, and Snow Bro buddy came from a regional launch, an anniversary event pass, and a limited snowball mode.
Prime Gaming, Game Pass, and Spike Nations buddies came from partner promotions with fixed windows.
Rarity depends on the access route, since a person, a closed window, or a trophy decides who earns each charm.
What Makes a Valorant Gun Buddy Rare
Price rarely decides how rare a gun buddy is, since contracts and bundles hand most charms to anyone willing to play. Rarity comes from the route, and the rarest routes shut out almost everyone.
Rare buddies tend to follow a few access patterns, and each one narrows the pool of holders in its own way.
A person decides who receives the charm: a Riot employee gives the Fist Bump by hand, so behavior and luck both play a part.
A closed window decides who receives the charm: beta rewards, anniversary passes, and partner drops reached players only during their run.
A trophy or rank decides who receives the charm: tournament wins, Radiant, and Premier playoffs lock the buddy behind proven results.
Tournament winner buddies sit above ranked buddies in rarity, since pro winners form a smaller group than top-rank players.
Window-based buddies vary widely, and the holder pool depends on how many players logged in or watched during the run.
Fist Bump Riot Gun Buddy as the Rarest of All
The Fist Bump carries the Riot Games logo over a red shade, and it tops every rarity list. The shop, every battle pass, and the Night Market all skip it, so Riot employees act as the only source.
Riot support names good sportsmanship during a match with a Riot employee as the one surefire route. A positive, motivating teammate earns a chance, but the employee has to see that behavior in action.
Asking a Rioter for the buddy does not help, and neither do support tickets or direct messages on social media. Each employee holds only a limited number to give, so each award follows serious consideration. Players who want the complete earning steps can follow the Riot Gun Buddy walkthrough.
Pro Tournament Winner Buddies
Winner buddies go to the rosters that lift a trophy at a major Riot-run event. Each version matches a different tournament, so the holder pool changes with every variant.
The versions below cover every winner family and the route each one follows.
Image | Buddy | Tournament Covered | Way to Acquire | Release Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Game Changers Winner | Game Changers Championship | Win the women's world championship as part of the roster | Episode 5 Act 3 |
 | VCT Champions Winner | VCT Champions | Win the world championship as part of the roster | Episode 3 Act 3 |
 | VCT LOCK//IN Winner | VCT LOCK//IN São Paulo | Win the single LOCK//IN tournament as part of the roster | Episode 6 Act 1 |
 | VCT Masters Winner | VCT Masters events | Win any Masters event as part of the roster | Episode 3 Act 3 |
The Champions version ranks above Masters in rarity, since higher stakes produce fewer champions. LOCK//IN sits even tighter on holders, since the buddy covers one tournament only.
The Masters version spans several events, so more rosters carry it than any other winner variant. Game Changers limits the holder pool to women's world championship winners.
Closed Beta Coin Buddy From the Beta Rewards Track
The Closed Beta Coin came from the beta rewards track, where XP alone moved players through five tiers. Tier 5 held the buddy, and the full set of beta rewards carried into the launch version as the only beta content that kept its place on accounts.
The coin carries a black finish with a small B beside the V logo, a quiet mark of its beta origin. The beta window closed once the rewards track finished, so only accounts from that period hold the coin. Collectors hunting this charm can start with Beta accounts from that era.
Radiant and Premier Ignition Competitive Buddies
Rank buddies reflect the highest rank a player reached during a ranked period, and the top of that ladder holds the smallest group of owners. Reaching those tiers takes consistent wins plus a clear picture of how MMR and climbing work.
The competitive buddies below split into rank rewards and a Premier playoff reward.
Image | Buddy | Way to Acquire | Release Season | Holder Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | EP1: Radiant buddy | Reach Radiant rank during a ranked period | Episode 2 Act 1 | Top-rank players only |
 | EP1: Immortal buddy | Reach Immortal rank during a ranked period | Episode 2 Act 1 | Top-rank players only |
 | Premier Ignition Champions buddy | Win a division playoff bracket during the Ignition stage | Episode 7 Act 1 | Division playoff winners only |
Radiant sits above Immortal, so the group of players who can equip the Radiant buddy stays smaller. Rank buddies also track steady play across a whole ranked period.
The Ignition buddy came from the final test stage of Premier, Riot's team competitive mode. Later Premier stages reward winners with buddies matched to their division, so the Ignition version stays tied to the test run.
Dallah, Year One, and Snow Bro Event Buddies
Each of these buddies ties to a single moment in the game, so account activity at that moment decided who ended up with one.
The entries below list how each event buddy reached players.
Image | Buddy | Way to Acquire | Release Season | Event Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dallah buddy | Hold an account when the Middle Eastern region launched | Episode 1 Act 3 | Regional launch |
 | Year One buddy | Reach the final reward of the YR 1 Anniversary event pass | Episode 3 Act 1 | Anniversary event pass |
 | Snow Bro buddy | Play a round of Snowball Fight | Episode 1 Act 3 | Limited-time mode |
Account age mattered most for Dallah, so players who joined after the launch missed it completely. The Year One buddy rewarded players who stayed active through the whole anniversary pass.
Snow Bro asked for far less effort, yet the limited-time mode set a hard deadline on the holder pool. Each buddy therefore reads as proof of presence at a specific moment.
Prime Gaming, Game Pass, and Spike Nations Partner Buddies
Partner promotions with Riot produced several rare charms, and each one ran inside a fixed window with its own claim step.
The buddies below show how each partner reward reached players.
Image | Buddy | Partner | Way to Acquire | Release Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dance of Luck | Prime Gaming | Claim as Prime Gaming loot with linked accounts | Episode 4 Act 1 |
 | Pay Respects | Prime Gaming | Claim as Prime Gaming loot with linked accounts | Episode 1 Act 3 |
 | Pocket Sage | Game Pass | Link a Riot account to an Xbox profile during the promotion | Episode 5 Act 3 |
 | High Top Heat | Spike Nations broadcast | Watch the broadcast for an hour | Episode 3 Act 2 |
Prime Gaming loot needed a linked Twitch and Valorant setup, and the Twitch linking steps show how that connection works. The Prime program ended once Riot's partnership with Prime Gaming closed, so the holder pool stopped growing.
Pocket Sage did not depend on a paid subscription, so any linked profile received it automatically. A Verizon promotion also handed out High Top Heat during a later Champions event.
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Final Words
Rarity among Valorant gun buddies comes from how few players can repeat the route that earned them. Fist Bump, Radiant, and Premier playoff wins reward conduct and results, so consistent teamwork and steady ranked improvement give players a real shot at joining the small group of owners.
Window-based charms work differently, since the holder pool stopped growing once each promotion ended. Collectors who want an account that already carries one of these charms can check GameBoost, where the category page below lists matching options.
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