Ascent

These are the 22 callouts the game shows on Ascent's minimap, the names your team sees in the HUD. Site callouts start with the site letter, so "A Main" is the main entrance to A site.

A Garden A Lobby A Main A Rafters A Site A Tree A Window A Wine Attacker Spawn Boat House B Lobby B Main B Site Defender Spawn Mid Bottom Mid Catwalk Mid Courtyard Mid Cubby Mid Link Mid Market Mid Pizza Mid Top

Yes. Ascent is in the competitive, Premier and Deathmatch map pool as of patch 12.08, and has been since patch 12.08.

Map pool data adapted from Maps on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. The rotation started in patch 5.00; it changes every act.

Ascent has been changed in 12 patches, most recently in patch 12.08. Each entry links to the full notes.

1. Patch 12.08 April 28, 2026
   • Ascent is IN the Competitive and Deathmatch queues.
2. Patch 11.08 October 14, 2025
   • Lotus and Ascent are OUT of the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues
3. Patch 10.04 March 4, 2025
   • Icebox and Ascent are back IN the COMPETITIVE and DEATHMATCH queues.

   • B Main
     • Changed part of the B Main wall along B Lane to non-pennable.
4. Patch 7.05 September 6, 2023
   • Competitive map rotation includes: Sunset, Breeze, Ascent, Haven, Bind, Split, and Lotus
5. Patch 6.0 January 10, 2023
   • Ascent
     • Fixed a bug when breaking the door at Market by using an ability on the wall to the side of it.
6. Patch 4.04 March 1, 2022
   • B orb can now be taken from the lower box (previously, you had to double jump up to the box to get it)
7. Patch 3.06 September 21, 2021
   • One crate on A site is no longer pennable, this is to create a safer position on site for defenders
8. Patch 2.09 May 11, 2021
   • Fixed an issue where players could sandwich themselves in between Sage’s wall and the Mechanical Doors on Breeze (or Ascent)
9. Patch 1.10 October 13, 2020
   • Vision Cones accuracy improved for Ascent.
10. Patch 1.02 June 23, 2020
    • Defender spawn entrance

    • Attacker side of A Main (Including a self-boost to gain an additional angle to peek A Main as an attacker)

    • Garden entrance
11. Patch 1.01 June 9, 2020
    • Fixed several spots where weapons were falling through the world and issues with wall penetration
12. Patch 1.0 June 2, 2020
    • Ascent is a map set in Italy that features a large, open middle area that both teams can skirmish over. Mid is a playground for diverse ability use and successfully controlling the area opens additional routes for Attackers to both Spike sites.

    • As our new map for launch, Ascent will be slightly more common in our Matchmaking rotation for the first few days so that you can get more opportunities to play on the map.

    • Expanded our new system that combats map exploits to all other maps—this will eradicate anyone trying to escape the playspace

    • Continued to fix level collision in order to enhance the smoothness of the gameplay space

    • Completed draw call optimizations

    • Also continued to block spots for Cypher’s Spycam that prevented counter-play; as always, huge thanks to everyone who helps us find these!

Patch change data adapted from Patch Notes on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.