Players can potentially get their hands on two free Smite Knife Gun Buddies in VALORANT, with the second coming if you own a Smite weapon.
The Smite bundle is a popular one in VALORANT, and it's 2.0 edition is coming to the first-person shooter. To celebrate that, Riot Games is giving everyone a reward with a chance at a second one. You can get a free Smite Knife Gun Buddy in VALORANT just for logging in.
And if you own one of the weapons from the Smite collection, you'll be eligible to receive a golden edition of that buddy. Let's go over all of the simple details on how you can get your hands on a free item in VALORANT.
Note: This could very well be, and more than likely is, an April Fools' Day joke.
How to receive the free gun buddy of the Smite Knife in VALORANT
We'll start with the basic free reward. Everyone that logs into VALORANT between April 1 and April 14, 2025 gets the reward. A notification that you've received it will pop up, then you can go into your collection and equip it to a weapon.
There's no code required, no special patch or update to install, or even an in-game button to press to claim it. You just need to open up VALORANT, load into the home screen, and the free Smite Knife gun buddy is yours for the taking.
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How you can get the Gold Smite Knife Gun Buddy in VALORANT
There's a secondary reward players can get, but only if they own a Smite weapon. If you have any weapon, gun or melee, from the original Smite collection or the second version, enjoy an additional gun buddy.
The Gold Smite Knife Gun Buddy is yours, and you can even get it later on in the month. It doesn't follow the same timeframe as the regular gun buddy. If you own a Smite weapon at all by April 23, the gold one is yours. This is because Smite 2.0 is only coming to the rotating area of the shop instead of as a bundle.
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