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Here's a short video previewing the new system:





You can access the new crafting system by pressing the gem looking button next to shop and profile.





earn and/or purchase chests and keys then open them for loot! Keys can be earned by winning matchmade games or purchased in the shop. Chests can be earned by getting S ranks in matchmade games (limit of 4 per month, 1 per champ per season) or purchased in the shop - more details available here. In short the new system allows you toandorchests and keys then open them for loot! Keys can be earned by winning matchmade games or purchased in the shop. Chests can be earned by getting S ranks in matchmade games (limit of 4 per month, 1 per champ per season) or purchased in the shop -

Opening chests awards loot - unlocks, champion shards, skin shards, ward skins shards, summoner icons, rare gems, and more. Note that you CAN acquire multiple shards for the same champion or for content you already own. You can get shards for any tier of champion or skin, as well as shards for legacy skins!

Once you have a shard- champion or skin - you can combine it with the appropriate essence - champion or cosmetic - to create a permanent unlock for that content! In the screen shot below I need 580 champion essence to make my Trundle champion shard into a permanent unlock of Trundle. unfortunately, I don't yet have enough essence yet!

To get more essence, you can DISENCHANT any of your shards into essence based on their normal value. Below I can disenchant Kennen, who is normally 880 RP, for 290 champion essence.

With my new champion essence in hand, I can now create a permanent Trundle unlock!

If you'd simple like to try out content, each individual champion or skin shard can be redeemed for a temporary 7 day rental of content by selecting "Activate rental" on the right click drop down. This only requires a shard and does not consume any essence.





You also have the option of REROLLING three permanent skin unlocks or three shards to obtain a random permanent unlock for that type of content. You will always reroll into an unowned champion or skin!





In the shot below I'm rerolling 3 skin shards and end up creating a new permanent skin unlock for Workshop Nunu!

The permanent skin unlock goes into your inventory where you can redeem it to permanently unlock the skin, RE-ROLL it again, or simply disenchant it for more essence. Permanent unlocks have a gold border rather than the teal border for shards.

Unlike skin unlocks, Champion permanent unlocks go right to your account rather than hanging around in your inventory.





RARE GEM that, in addition to also including a random shard, will give you a free chest and key! *NOTE: Socrates these may be for something else. You can also open up athat, in addition to also including a random shard, will give you a free chest and key! * mentioned these may be for something else.

As you can only earn four chests a month, you can track how many you have left to earn on your profile page:

As you can only earn 1 chest per champion per season, you can track who you have earned a chest with so far on your champion page:





While things may change, here are a few notes on current values:

Disenchants yield essence equal to ~33% of the normal RP price for the content

Example: 975 RP skin will disenchant into 322 cosmetic essence.

It currently takes the content's RP cost minus 300 to upgrade a shard into a permanent piece of loot.

Example: Gnar costs 975 RP. To upgrade Gnar's shard into a permanent unlock, it will take 675 champion essence.





For Hextech Crafting and Loot - Looks like a few new assets added for various types of chests including "New Player" "Day One" and "Promotion".

Introductory message for the Hextech crafting and loot system added, which includes granting the user a free chest containing a skin shard, ward skin shard, and some essence.





No global release date yet! Socrates has noted it will test on TR for several weeks prior to wide launch.