Mystbloom Valorant skin gives players unintended wallhacks

The Mystbloom skin line in Valorant has been found to provide players with unintended wallhacks, leading to accusations of pay-to-win mechanics by some players.

On April 30, Mystbloom was made available in Valorant for the price of 8,700 VP. This bundle includes four gun skins: the Phantom, Sheriff, Judge, and Operator. The community had already shown interest in the cosmetic collection prior to its release with the launch of Episode 8 Act 3, as many players had been requesting for more pink-themed skins to be added by the developers.

Shortly after the release of the content, players noticed a potential bug where Mystbloom skin owners are able to see enemies through walls while inspecting their weapons.

The initial discovery of the unintended wallhacks occurred on TikTok, as a result of a video showcasing Chinese players utilizing the weapon inspection feature to gain a tactical advantage by seeing enemies through walls with the Operator and Sheriff.

skins disabled gg pic.twitter.com/AU0rXbCxMm

— zekei (@zekeiVAL) May 1, 2024

On May 1, content creator Jonas ‘AverageJonas’ Navarsete tested the new skin line and effortlessly replicated the inspection wallhack of the weapon.

“According to a social media post, he initially believed that the rumors of the new skin providing wallhack abilities were just jokes, but he discovered that they were actually true after testing it out, which he found amusing.”

I thought people were memeing about the new skin being wallhack but it’s actually real LMAO. Mostly on the Operator from my testing pic.twitter.com/PKjKsVuTho

— AverageJonas 🇳🇴 (@Average_Jonas) May 1, 2024

By utilizing the Mystbloom Operator skin while playing on Acsent, AverageJonas was able to effectively shoot an enemy through the boxes on the B site with precision and accuracy.

The ability of the skin to see through walls was not mentioned by Riot Games when they announced the cosmetic bundle. Some players have humorously referred to the bundle as “pay to win.”

Sorry, Jonas! You know we wanna make cool skins but pay-to-win isn’t acceptable or intentional. 🫤 😭We didn’t catch this, but appreciate the community helped us find this. We’re fixing this bug now and will push out a fix soon. 🙏 https://t.co/zNzryh4Rsz

— Preeti Khanolkar (VALORANT) (@Preeti_Riot) May 1, 2024

Preeti Khanolkar, the Lead Producer for Valorant cosmetic content, has confirmed that Riot is aware of the bug and is actively working to resolve it.

“In response to concerns about pay-to-win elements in our skins, Khanolkar stated on social media that while our intention was to create cool skins, we do not condone pay-to-win tactics. We apologize for not catching this and we are grateful to the community for bringing it to our attention.”