Patch 1.0 Notes
Mobile Launch
Right alongside Rising Tides, LoR is officially launching on iOS and Android!
- On April 30, mobile should be fully live in all launch regions and LoR will officially be launched!
- Note: LoR will not be launching in China or Vietnam at this time.
While a Riot account will not be required to access LoR on mobile, we strongly encourage you to use your existing Riot account (or create one), as a Riot account is required for cross-platform play and sharing your account progress between PC and mobile. (We also can’t help you out with account recoveries if it’s not a Riot account.)
Ranked
Launch also brings the end of the Beta Season and the start of LoR’s first post-launch ranked season—the Season of Plunder. Beta participants will earn a Beta Season-exclusive icon based on the highest tier they reached. Beta ranks will be partially reset for the new season, then you’ll have about two months to climb as high as you can before the Season of Plunder ends and the next Ranked reward is granted (reward details coming soon).
- Beta Season will end at approximately 9 AM, April 28 PT.
- Beta Season ranked rewards will be granted with your first login after Patch 1.0.
- Ranked queue will be disabled for approximately 24 hours, then we’ll start the Season of Plunder around 10 AM, April 29 PT.
- Ranks partially reset: Master accounts will drop 800LP (8 divisions).
Diamond and Platinum accounts will drop 750LP (7 divisions + 50LP).
Gold and Silver accounts will drop 675LP (6 divisions + 75LP).
Bronze and Iron accounts will reset to Iron IV.
Moonstruck Poro Launch Reward
As a special thank you to beta players and everyone who joins us at launch, all accounts that log in to LoR by 11:59 PM, May 7 PT will receive an exclusive Moonstruck Poro Guardian.
The next day, we’ll begin distributing the reward, and you should see it in your collection within 24 hours. If you still don’t see your guardian after 48 hours, please contact Player Support. Don’t worry, your poro pal will wait for you.
First-Week Login Rewards
To help get new folks started in LoR, we’ve added a one-time per account track of first-week login rewards. All existing accounts as of Patch 1.0 will get to run through the track—enjoy!
New LoR accounts (and those existing as of Patch 1.0) can now redeem login rewards each of the first seven days they log in:
- Day 1: 1x Capsule
- Day 2: 1x Expedition Token
- Day 3: 1x Golden Chest
- Day 4: 1x Commander Ledros, 2x Atrocity
- Day 5: 1x Champion Capsule
- Day 6: 1x Platinum Chest
- Day 7: 2x Ashe, 1x Rimetusk Shaman, 1x Icy Yeti, 2x Icevale Archer, 2x Shatter
A new starter deck (Freeze and Decay) will be added to your collection, based on the above 8 cards plus others acquired in the Prologue starter decks.
While we’re turning this track on for current players, there is one known issue—players who own duplicate copies of Day 4's rewards (2x Atrocity, 1x Commander Ledros) will have them converted into shards without a visualisation or duplicate protection. All Day 7 rewards ARE covered by duplicated protection (and fully visualized).
Region Road Updates
Bilgewater joins the regions of Runeterra with its own Region Road, and all Region Roads are now extended so you can pursue all the new cards (and regional card backs!) in Rising Tides. New and returning players (or those who just like to take their time) can now earn extra XP for early levels in the original regions.
Bilgewater Region Road added.
All Region Roads extended from 20 to 25 levels.New levels for existing regions will only drop Rising Tides cards (until you unlock them all).
Levels 1-20 can now drop Rising Tides cards.
The last level for each region rewards a regional card back!
“XP Boost Level” system added—earn extra XP towards completing early Region Road levels. From Patch 1.0, the first 12 levels on the original six Region Roads (i.e., not Bilgewater) will multiply XP applied toward them by 50%.
System will be adjusted over time—for example, to include Bilgewater levels, or to advance further down Region Roads with future releases.
Expeditions Archetypes
We’ve got a ton of Expeditions updates for Rising Tides, with both eight new archetypes to draft and updates to all existing archetypes.
Eight new Rising Tides archetypes added to the Expeditions draft pool. This includes six new archetypes for every existing region paired with Bilgewater and one for solo Bilgewater, as well as one new bonus archetype featuring Jinx and Fizz.
Rising Tides archetypes will temporarily be twice as likely as they would be otherwise to appear in the initial Champion Picks. We’ll even out these chances in a later patch.
Card lists have been adjusted for all existing archetypes, primarily adding cards from Rising Tides and in many cases removing older cards to make room for them.
Personalization
Rising Tides ships with all-new emotes and card backs as well as a Bilgewater-inspired board and two new guardians. Emotes and card backs are available in the store, or you can unlock regional card backs in the extended Region Roads.
- Boards
- Guardians
- Card backs
- Emotes
What do you think of this new expansion? Are you hyped by this initial release? Feel free to drop your opinion in the comment section below!
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