Loot Milestones:
Looking for info about Loot Milestones specifically? Check out the dedicated Loot Milestones FAQ!
Hextech is pretty magical... No really. It's the fusion of technology and magic! For those of us just learning about wizardry, Hextech Crafting may seem overwhelming. Worry not! It's time to answer some frequently asked questions. Interested in learning some more terminology? Check out the Hextech Crafting Glossary.
How do I get Hextech Chests?
Purchase Hextech Chests with RP in the store, then unlock them with keys to reveal shards, permanents, and essence. Turn shards and essence into permanents, turn permanents into content. That’s it!
Where can I find the Hextech Crafting table?
The Hextech Crafting table comes with its own inventory separate from your current inventory. You can’t disenchant content that you’ve purchased from the store, and anything you earn in Hextech Crafting must be manually redeemed into your personal inventory before you can use it. It also means that there’s some new content types, so there are a few terms you need to know.
What's inside Hextech Chests?
Hextech Chests are little treasure chests full of goodies from League's store. You can earn them directly from the store. Below, you can see full loot tables—and lists of special rules—that determine what loot is included in each Hextech chest type.
Hextech chests are purchasable from the store for 125RP (195 RP for a Chest and Key), or 1950 RP for a bundle of 11 chests and keys.
What's in a Hextech Chest?
| Content Type | % of Openings |
|---|---|
| Skin Shard | 50% |
| Champion Shard | 25% |
| Emote Permanent | 10% |
| Ward Skin Shard + 150 Bonus Orange Essence | 11.5% |
| Summoner Icon Permanent + 150 Bonus Orange Essence | 3.5% |
Bonus Drops
| Content Type | % of Openings |
|---|---|
| 10 Mythic Essence | 3.6% |
| Bonus Chest + Key | 10% |
There are some special rules for Hextech Chests:
Big Drops, Free Unlock: Ultimate and mythic skins drop as auto-redeeming permanents (no orange essence required to upgrade them). If you already own the skin, you'll be able to disenchant them for orange essence.
Bad Luck Protection: You can't open three chests in a row without dropping at least one skin shard. This raises the effective drop rate of skin shards to roughly 57 percent.
Bonus Mythic Essence: Mythic Essence has a chance of dropping as a bonus alongside normal chest content. Mythic Essence has light "bad luck protection," so you can't go more than 50 boxes without getting Mythic Essence. This results in a 3.6% chance of getting ME. ME can also drop from bonus chests, bringing the overall drop rate up to 4%.
Chests inside Chests: Bonus chests (with a key) have a 10 percent chance to drop whenever you open a Hextech chest. Each of these chests also have a 10 percent chance to drop with another bonus chest (and key).
Hextech Exclusives: Outside of redeeming Mythic Essence for these skins, they also have a 1 in 2,500 chance to drop alongside the normal Hextech chest content.
No Cheap Champs: Hextech chests only drop shards for champions worth 4800BE or more. Sorry, Nunu fans.
What are Loot Odds?
Loot Odds are League’s way of leveling up transparency so that players can make more informed decisions around how to spend their hard-earned RP.
With Loot Odds, players who visit the Store and shop for Loot will be able to see drop rates for the various types of content that can be obtained from Loot items. Previously, drop rate information was primarily available in this FAQ; with Loot Odds, we’re bringing that info directly into the client at the point-of-purchase of Loot.
Why can’t I see Loot Odds in my region?
We’re taking extra care to make sure Loot Odds deliver a great experience to League players all over the globe. Some regions have unique approaches to Loot and legal requirements around selling it, and it’ll take additional time to verify if Loot Odds sufficiently supports those.
Will Loot Odds exist in the Loot tab?
Currently, Loot Odds only exists in the Store tab, since the feature is meant to provide players with more information to guide their purchase of Loot. Since drop rate information is less relevant for the decision to open or craft a Loot item once you’ve acquired it, we won’t be adding Loot Odds to the Loot tab just yet.
Will all Loot items have Loot Odds enabled?
Only Loot items that can be purchased in the Store—whether individually or as part of a bundle—will have drop rate information displayed in the client. Loot items acquired through other means will not have Loot Odds enabled.
Why do chests contain content that I already own?
Chests are random, and can contain content you may already own.
We're looking at features to allow you to use the duplicate shards in various ways. For now, you can re-roll shards to guarantee a piece of content you don't own, or you can disenchant already-owned shards to help you create permanent content from shards you don't own.
Can I earn content that just got added to the store?
Yes! However, it takes a bit for new content to get added to the Hextech system, so we recommend waiting at least a day after a new item hits the store before trying to roll for anything new. Some Mythic Content (such as Prestige and Mythic skins) will not be added into the Hextech system until after they are no longer obtainable through their debut means (whether Mythic Shop, Event Pass, etc.). Note: Mythic Content received through loot won't include accessories such as borders and icons.