How to Fix Slow Downloading Client in Valorant

Whether there's a new patch or you just want to download Valorant, you might run into some issues or errors. In most cases, players would complain about their game client's slow download speed and how it only stuck at 0.1KB/s – making them uninstall Valorant. The game shouldn't take too long to download so if ever this problem arises, here are some solutions for you!

Reason Why Your Downloading Client is Slow

There are multiple cases and probable causes of why your client is updating slowly. Here are some reasons why:

• There is an issue with the client.

• Slow Internet Speed.

• Valorant Servers are Down.

• There are a lot of apps running in the background.

• Your Drivers Aren't Updated.

Ways to Fix Slow Downloading Riot Client

Minimize Client

Minimizing the client can potentially increase download speeds by lowering CPU or RAM utilization. The game client will require additional pc resources because it simultaneously downloads and patches the game. Additionally, minimizing the game client will reduce client consumption and improve performance.

Check If Valorant's Servers Are Down

Before proceeding to complex methods to fix slow download speed, checking if the Valorant servers are down may be one of the options you need to take into account first.

You can go to the Riot games service status website to ensure that there are no recent issues or events to report regarding their servers. As an alternative, you can also browse websites that confide in user reports that indicate if the game's server is down.

Reset Your Router

A weak internet connection is one of the most prevalent causes of a slow download speed. Before updating or downloading Valorant, you should check your internet speed and internet provider. If your internet speed seems to be slower than usual, try resetting both the router and modem, this may give you a more stable internet connection.

At times, your VPN might be slowing down your update process. Turning off your VPN before updating or downloading Valorant may help fix the issue.

Restart Riot Client

If you think that your internet isn't the problem, try to restart the download or Riot client. This is one of the easiest and most efficient method to fix your slow download speed.

Close Network Intensive Processes

Running applications in the background may lower your download speed. Heavy applications such as other game launchers and streaming services may consume more bandwidth. So, to end network-intensive processes you need to check your task manager:

1. Open task manager.

2. Go to the Processes tab and click on the Network category. By doing this, all of your applications will be automatically sorted according to how much bandwidth they are using.

Right-click on the application that is unneeded and takes a lot of bandwidth then click End Task.

Update Your Drivers

If there's a Valorant update, you should also update your network drivers. An outdated or corrupt network driver can also contribute to slow download speeds and a weaker connection overall.

Steps in updating your network drivers:

1. Open Device Manager

2. Click on Network Adapters

3. Right-click on your network driver and select Update Driver

4. Select Search Automatically For Drivers

After the steps aforementioned and you already updated your drivers, try to restart your device and check if it helped fix the problem.

Troubleshoot or Change DNS Server Address

If anything above still doesn't work for you, changing your DNS server may fix the issue. Your DNS is pre-determined by your internet service provider but you can change them to other servers in the meantime. Try to browse some popular DNS addresses such as Google's and change your address before updating the Riot client again. As a result, your update speed may become faster.

The following is an example of changing your DNS to a popular Google server:

1. Open Control Panel.

2. Click on Network and Internet and open Network and Sharing Center.

3. Click Change Adapter Settings as seen at the left-most part of the panel.

4. Right-click your current network and choose Properties.

5. Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4).

6. Click on Use the Following DNS server addresses and type the following:
   Preferred DNS server: 8.8.8.8
   Alternate DNS server: 8.8.4.4

7. Click OK to save changes.

8. After all those steps, you need to reset the DNS cache. Type cmd in the search box and make it Run as administrator.

9. Type in ipconfig /flushdns and press enter.

There may be tons of ways to make your download speeds faster, it is up to you to choose which method works for your device!