League of Legends drop rates

Riot publishes the odds for both of League of Legends' paid random items on its own support site: the Sanctum, where Ancient Sparks are spent on draws, and Hextech Chests.

What the rates mean in practice

The Sanctum has two banners, each with its own guarantee counter. On the Exalted Skins banner an S tier Exalted Skin has a 0.5% chance per draw and is guaranteed by the 80th draw; the counter carries over between Exalted banners and resets when you get one. With that guarantee, the average number of draws to an Exalted Skin is (1 − (1 − 0.005)^80) ÷ 0.005, about 66.1. Without it the average would be 200. The guarantee does a lot of the work: only about one player in three (32.7%) gets the skin before draw 80.

The Mythic Variants banner has the same 0.5% S tier rate but guarantees it by the 40th draw, which brings the average down to about 36.3 draws. On both banners the A tier (10%) is guaranteed every 10 draws, an average of about 6.5.

A Hextech Chest gives one main drop: a skin shard half the time, a champion shard a quarter of the time, and an emote, ward skin shard or summoner icon otherwise. Riot adds that you can't open three chests in a row without a skin shard, which it says lifts the effective skin shard rate to roughly 57%. It also lists a 1 in 2,500 chance of a Hextech Exclusive alongside the normal contents, a 10% chance of an extra chest and key, and a cap of 50 chests without Mythic Essence.

How it plays

League of Legends is a free-to-play team game in which two teams of five battle on a map, each trying to fight its way across and destroy the enemy Nexus. Riot describes it as combining team strategy with solo mastery: you pick a role, choose how to build your champion during the match and work with your team to push forward. The game is viewed from above.

There are more than 150 champions, from assassins and marksmen to supports who shield their teammates, and you master one or several to suit your style. The main battleground is Summoner's Rift; All Random, All Mid and a monthly rotation of other modes offer different ways to play.

You can play ranked matches on your own, with a partner or as a team (Flex), and enter Clash tournaments with friends. Skins, icons and other cosmetics change how your champions look.

What it costs

Riot prices the items in Riot Points (RP): 400 RP per Ancient Spark, 125 RP for a chest, 195 RP for a chest and key, and 1,950 RP for 11 chests and keys. Riot doesn't publish RP bundle prices in pounds on a public page, so we haven't converted these, and its Sanctum page doesn't say how many sparks one draw costs. Unused sparks can be refunded to RP within 14 days with a Refund Token; drawn items can't.

Sanctum draws and Hextech Chests are paid random items. Under the criteria that took effect in June 2026, PEGI has re-rated League of Legends from PEGI 12 to PEGI 16 because of them, and its pegi.info entry notes that the game can still be played without buying them (see what PEGI's paid random items label means).

How we checked

Rates and RP prices come from Riot's Sanctum page (updated 24 May 2026) and Hextech Crafting FAQ (updated 5 March 2026), both read on 3 October 2026. The PEGI rating was rechecked on pegi.info on 7 November 2026. League of Legends runs on Riot's own client rather than Steam, so we don't show a player count. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Epic Games Store page.

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