Valorant Melee Skins by the Numbers: Every Knife Tier and VP Price (2026)
Melee skins are the single most expensive item you can buy in Valorant. A full bundle looks pricey mostly because of the knife sitting inside it, and once you understand how the tiers work, the numbers stop feeling random.
This is a straight breakdown of every melee tier, what each one costs in VP, and roughly what that works out to in real money in 2026. No hype, just the pricing structure and the data behind it.
How melee pricing actually works
Valorant sorts every cosmetic into a rarity tier, and each tier has a set price. Guns and knives from the same tier do not cost the same, though. The rule is simple: a melee skin costs about double what a single gun skin in the same tier costs.
That doubling is the reason knives always look expensive next to the rest of a collection. You are paying tier price times two for a weapon you swap to far less often than your Vandal or Phantom.
Here is the standard pricing for each tier, with the single gun skin price next to it so you can see the pattern.
| Rarity tier | Single gun skin | Melee skin |
|---|---|---|
| Select | 875 VP | 1,750 VP |
| Deluxe | 1,275 VP | 2,550 VP |
| Premium | 1,775 VP | 3,550 VP |
| Exclusive | 2,175 VP | 4,350 VP |
| Ultra | 2,475 VP | 4,950 VP |
The doubling holds cleanly across every tier. If you know the gun price, you can work out the knife price in your head.
One thing worth noting from the table: Exclusive melees (4,350 VP) are actually cheaper than Ultra melees (4,950 VP), even though Exclusive sits above Premium in the store. Rarity tier and price do not line up perfectly, so it pays to check the number rather than assume.
What each tier gets you
Select (1,750 VP) is the entry point for melee skins. These are usually simple recolors or light reworks with no upgrade levels. If you just want your knife to stop being the default, this is the cheapest way to do it.
Deluxe (2,550 VP) adds a bit more, often a custom model and some basic effects, but still keeps things modest.
Premium (3,550 VP) is where most of the popular knives live. This tier gets custom animations, sound design, and Radianite upgrade levels that change the finisher and color variants. A large share of the melees players actually recognize come from here.
Exclusive (4,350 VP) and Ultra (4,950 VP) are the top of the standard structure. These are the flashiest knives with the most detailed animations, full variant sets, and the finishers people buy the bundle for in the first place.
Prices can shift slightly by set. Some Premium and Exclusive collections come in a little above these base numbers depending on what Riot packs into them, so treat the table as the baseline rather than a fixed law.
The outlier: the 5,950 VP Power Fist
The one melee that breaks the whole structure is the Power Fist from the Radiant Entertainment System collection. At 5,950 VP, it is the most expensive weapon skin Riot has ever released, priced at double a normal Ultra melee. The full bundle runs 11,900 VP.
Nothing else in the game comes close on price alone, which makes it the natural ceiling for any melee pricing chart. When people talk about the most expensive knife in Valorant, this is the one.
If you want to see how these knives actually look and animate rather than just reading the numbers, this Valorant knife database has high-resolution renders, chroma variants, and upgrade levels for every melee, which is the part a price table can never show you.
What that costs in real money
VP is sold in fixed packs, so the price you see in the store does not translate to an exact dollar amount. As a rough guide, 1,000 VP costs about $9.99 USD, and the packs scale up from there to 11,000 VP for $99.99 USD.
Using that rate, here is what each melee tier costs in approximate real money.
| Melee tier | VP price | Approx. USD |
|---|---|---|
| Select | 1,750 VP | ~$18 USD |
| Deluxe | 2,550 VP | ~$26 USD |
| Premium | 3,550 VP | ~$36 USD |
| Exclusive | 4,350 VP | ~$44 USD |
| Ultra | 4,950 VP | ~$50 USD |
| Power Fist | 5,950 VP | ~$60 USD |
Two things push the real cost higher than these figures suggest. First, you almost never have the exact VP you need, so you end up buying a bigger pack and leaving change in your account. Second, that leftover balance usually nudges you toward the next purchase, which is exactly how the store is built to work.
A quick note on the Night Market
If you are hoping to grab a knife at a discount, the Night Market is not really your route. Its discount pool is limited to Select, Deluxe, and Premium items that have been out for at least two acts. Ultra skins, Exclusive skins, Battle Pass rewards, and limited or Champions items never appear.
In practice, melees show up in the Night Market far less often than gun skins do, so plan on paying full store price for the knife you actually want.
The numbers that matter
If you only remember a few figures from all this, make it these:
- Melee skins cost roughly double the single gun skin price in the same tier.
- The standard range runs from 1,750 VP (Select) up to 4,950 VP (Ultra).
- The Power Fist sits alone at 5,950 VP, the most expensive weapon skin in the game.
- Full melee price in real money lands somewhere between $18 and $60 USD depending on tier.
Knives are the priciest thing in any Valorant bundle for a reason, and now you know exactly how that price is built. Before you spend on one, it is worth knowing which tier it sits in and what you are really paying, in VP and in cash.
Pricing reflects standard tier costs as of 2026. Exact VP figures can vary slightly by collection and region, and USD estimates are based on Riot's VP pack rates.
