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One savvy fan even analogized the titles of Reddit posts to the Five Stages of Grief, harking back to their psychology class in hilarious fashion. VALORANT players can buy weapon cosmetics using Valorant Points (VP). Premier skins, like the Oni or Elderflame Collections, can be upgraded using Radianite to unlock cool animations and color variants. Fans first have to buy the skin using VP and then spend more money to call swords or dragons from the sky when executing their opponents\u2014and it isn\u2019t cheap. Related: VALORANT\u2019s Elderflame Collection will light a fire in your heart and burn a hole in your wallet: A review Let\u2019s break down the math. To buy 80 Radianite, for example, players need to spend 4,800 VP (roughly $45). To purchase one single gun from the Oni Collection, it costs 1,775 VP (roughly $17). To fully upgrade your Oni weapon with all the bells and whistles, it takes 75 Radianite. So a fully-kitted Oni Phantom can cost a player over $60. There are definitely loopholes for discounts, such as buying the entire skin bundle or unlocking a limited amount of Radianite through the $10 battle pass. And if you don\u2019t want to spend money at all, you can always pick up the gun from a fallen player\u2019s corpse. But a tried-and-true system for free-to-play games is to sell cosmetics. Companies need to earn profits to be able to produce more content, potentially hold tournaments, and keep the game running. 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