The biggest “chase” cosmetics in League of Legends are Prestige Edition skins, normally characterized by rich gold colors and visual effects that easily stand out—and they all boast unique methods of collecting them.
Introduced to the game back during Worlds 2018, Prestige K/DA Kai’Sa was the first skin that sparked the rise of Prestige Edition skins. Seeing this trend catch on among the wider League audience, Riot Games regularly designed and shipped out Prestige Edition skins for selected champions.
Today, there are dozens of Prestige Edition skins in League, each more stunning and unique than the last. Since Riot has reworked the Prestige Edition shop several times, we’ll explain how the shop functions today. On top of that, we’ll tackle exactly how you can get your hands on those special Prestige Edition skins for your main champions.
What are Prestige Edition skins in League?
Prestige Edition skins are rare League skins you can’t buy with Riot Points, unlike Epic, Legendary, and Ultimate skins. Besides their rarity, they usually have gold borders during the loading screen, gold colors on splash art, and visual effects.
After years of feedback from the League community that Prestige skins are glorified expensive chromas for the given skin and don’t live up to the exclusivity fantasy, Riot expanded the color palette and quality.
All Prestige Edition skins in League
Here are all the Prestige Edition skins in League right now, ranging from the original K/DA pair released in 2018 all the way to the latest to drop in recent years.
New Prestige skins coming in 2024
The Riot skins team has already teased several new Prestige skins that will be added to the League store in 2024, including Evelynn, Kayle, Yuumi, and Leona.
- Evelynn — Released
- Kayle — Released
- Yuumi — Released
- Leona — Still being designed
Upcoming Prestige skins get unveiled once every quarter, so we’ll update this article again when the League devs grace us with the next teaser.
How to get Prestige skins
Depending on whether the skin features in the Mythic Essence shop or a specific event storefront, there are three ways of collecting your favorite Prestige skin—events, Hextech and Masterwork Chests, and Mythic Essence.
Even after Riot reworked the Prestige system, the devs wanted to keep the core value of Prestige skins—rarity. To this day, prestige skins are not obtainable by buying RP, but RP can help you get your hands on the skin.
Events
Seasonal events in League have become so regular that it’s impossible to imagine a skin release without an accompanying event and a fresh Prestige skin. A limited-time event usually comes to an event shop offering loads of goodies like chromas, skin borders, and icons. The event shop also features a new Prestige skin tied to an event and 125 Mythic Essence at the cost of roughly 2,200 event tokens. Once you grind enough tokens, you can choose Prestige skin, Mythic Essence, or use them to buy event orbs.
Hextech Chest and Masterwork Chests
Hextech Chests, Masterwork Chests, and various orbs tied to specific events have always had a chance to drop a Mythic skin. Although it has always been an option, the drop chance is extremely small (almost non-existent). So, your safest bet is collecting Mythic Essence and waiting for your desired Prestige skin to return to the shop.
Mythic Essence
Mythic Essence is a currency in League that was introduced with Prestige shop rework that replaced Gemstones and Prestige Points. You can earn Mythic Essence from event mission rewards, various event orbs and capsules, Masterwork Chests, leveling rewards, and loot milestone rewards. Once you’ve gathered enough Mythic Essence, you can visit the Mythic Essence shop and buy your next Prestige skin there.
Schedule for Mythic Shop
| Annual Mythic Content | New theme and a ward skin will be released each year. |
| Six-Patch Mythic Content | Released every six Patches: March, June, September, and December. |
| Monthly Prestige Unvault | Two Prestige skins are unvaulted every two patches, replacing the previously unvaulted Prestige selections. |
| Mythic Shop Prestige Release | A new Prestige skin debuts for the first time in the Mythic Shop and is available for two patches before rotating out. There is no strict schedule for these releases, but they can happen at any time during the year. |
What are Commemorative Prestige Edition skins?
The biggest selling point of Prestige Edition skins is, without a doubt, their rarity and exclusivity. The original Prestige shop heavily supported this idea by having seasonal Prestige skins available to purchase only for a limited amount of time and by having yet another Prestige shop that allowed the community to buy Prestige edition skins for Prestige Points. Although it was essentially a well-thought-out system that emphasized the exclusivity of these skins, it was still flawed. For example, once the event ends, you can no longer obtain a rare skin featured during the event.
On top of that, each year has had Prestige Points that would expire by the end of the year, meaning you could spend time and money grinding them and get nothing in return.
Once Riot revamped the entire Prestige system and once again put the Prestige skins we hadn’t seen for years in circulation, the devs thought of a way to reward the most dedicated players who farmed event tokens and Prestige Points in the first place. So, Riot invented Commemorative Prestige Edition skins that the proud owners of early Prestige skins like Prestige K/DA Kai’Sa and Akali would get for free.
These Commemorative Prestige Edition skins are recolored versions of the original League Prestige skins. Since Riot gave out these skins to only the original owners of Prestige skins, they are no longer obtainable.
How Riot chooses which champion is getting a Prestige skin
According to Ask Riot piece, Riot’s selection process for Prestige skins is complex and long to ensure the right champion is getting a Prestige skin for a specific event. First, the devs select the skins and champions that suit the theme. Afterward, they choose a champ from the pool that best fits the Prestige skin.
They then see if a champion ticks four important boxes:
- How popular the champion is
- When was the last time they received a skin?
- Does the champion already have a Prestige skin?
- Did they get a Legendary skin this year?
If all of these are ticked, the champ gets the skin.
Prestige FAQs
- Can I craft anything else with Mythic Essence except Prestige skins? Yes. You can craft Mythic skins that were previously available for Gemstones, Blue Essence, Orange Essence, random skin shards, Mythic ward skins, Mythic emotes, and chromas.
- When will a specific Prestige skin come to the Mythic Essence shop? Riot doesn’t reveal the exact schedule for unvaulted Prestige skins, so there’s no telling before they reveal it on PBE.
- Where did all my Gems and Prestige Points go? Riot converted Gemstones into Mythic Essence with the value of one Gemstone equal to 10 Mythic Essence. Prestige Points, on the other hand, expired.
- I missed a Prestige skin that came back to the Mythic Essence shop. What should I do? The Prestige skins rotate to the shop, so your favorite skin will definitely come back.
