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Developed and published by Riot Games, Valorant is a first-person shooting game that is inspired by popular titles in the same genre such as Overwatch and Counter-Strike.

Launched in June of 2020, the game has steadily risen in terms of player count, with somewhere around 1.5 million players logging in to the game every day in the last month.

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Riot Games even copied some mechanics such as the buy menu and spray patterns from Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

The gameplay is a combination of Counter-Strike and Overwatch with players starting with an ability and a pistol in hand.

But as is the case with the majority of recently released games, players have reported several issues such as unfair matchmaking and getting stuck on the loading screen.

Having said that, Valorant players are now reporting a new issue where sparks show up instead of blood (1,2,3,4,5). It looks like the toggle for blood is not working at the moment.

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Many are angry and confused since blood often lets players know they have hit their shots. Some said they tried restarting the game, toggling on blood again, and reinstalling the game but nothing seems to work right now.

Below are a few reports from Valorant players who see sparks instead of blood even though the toggle is on.

No Blood After Recent Update? Pretty much what the title says. I have blood turned on in the settings yet there is none showing. It’s not like a major problem but it wasn’t like this last update.
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After this Valorant patch, I can’t see blood. Even with the setting ‘show blood – on’, no matter what I try, I can’t see it. Lmk when there is a fix or if anyone else is having this issue. Thx @PlayVALORANT
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Thankfully, Valorant developers were quick to comment on the matter and said they are aware of the issue where sparks are showing up instead of blood.

While they said that a fix will be implemented in the next patch, there is no timeframe of when it will be out.

We’re aware of a bug that’s causing sparks to show instead of blood when the Show Blood setting is turned On. Aiming for a fix by next patch.
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We hope they soon release an update that fixes the problem. As always, we will be keeping an eye out for further developments and let you know once the issue is resolved so stay tuned.

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Anurag Chawake
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My fascination with technology and computers goes back to the days of Windows XP. Since then, I have been tinkering with OS, mobile phones, and other things. When I am not working on anything, you will find me enjoying video games on some Discord server.

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