Hextech Crafting

Hextech Crafting is a new gameplay reward system implemented by Riot Games for League of Legends. The reward system is directly tied with Champion Mastery.

Loot

 * Mastery Chests
 * You will earn a Mastery Chest whenever you or a member of your premade party earn an S-, S or S+.
 * You can only earn up to 4 Mastery Chests per month. This is shown in the Champion Profile.
 * You can only earn 1 Mastery Chests per S-ranked champion per year.
 * The content within a Mastery Chests is not tied to the S-ranked champion.
 * Mastery Chests can also be purchased in the store for.
 * Purchased Mastery Chests do not count toward the earned limit.


 * Keys
 * You have a chance to earn Keys with each matchmade victory, with an increased chance the more players in your premade party.
 * Keys can also be purchased in the store for.
 * Keys unlock Mastery Chests at the Hextech Crafting Table, which earns "Loot". Loot is a general term for Rare Gems, content-specific Shards, Champion Essence and Cosmetic Essence, including the possibility for multiple (although you'll never only receive Essence).


 * Rare Gems
 * Rare loot item which can be consumed to obtain a Chest and a Key'''.

Crafting Material
Crafting Material is obtained when a Mastery Chest is unlocked. One of the crafting materials are:


 * Essences
 * Champion Essence
 * Used for obtaining Champions.
 * Cosmetic Essence
 * Used for obtaining Champion skins, Ward skins, and Summoner Icons.


 * Shards
 * Shards are crafting materials that can be combined via Hextech Crafting to unlock permanent content (champions or cosmetic).
 * Each shard resembles is a glassy portrait of a specific champion or cosmetic.

Crafting

 * Contains all your Shards and Permanent Cosmetics, and displays your Essence in an interface similar to a store.
 * Existing cosmetic content will appear in your inventory - i.e. cosmetics obtained before Hextech Crafting was released.
 * Existing champions do not appear in your inventory, only Champion Shards.
 * Existing champions do not appear in your inventory, only Champion Shards.


 * Redeem one 'Shards (Champion or cosmetic) for 7-day limited time use or redeem permanent loot to add it to your collection.
 * Redeem one 'Shards (Champion or cosmetic) for 7-day limited time use or redeem permanent loot to add it to your collection.


 * Shards or Permanent Cosmetics can be disenchanted into the appropriate Essence (Champion or Cosmetic).
 * Shards or Permanent Cosmetics can be disenchanted into the appropriate Essence (Champion or Cosmetic).


 * 3 Champion Shards can be combined to create a random, permanent Champion.
 * 3 Cosmetic Shards or permanent Cosmetics can be combined to create a random, permanent Cosmetic.
 * 3 Cosmetic Shards or permanent Cosmetics can be combined to create a random, permanent Cosmetic.


 * Champion Essence can be used to upgrade a Champion Shard into a permanent unlock.
 * Cosmetic Essence can be used to upgrade a Cosmetic Shard into a permanent unlock.
 * Cosmetic Essence can be used to upgrade a Cosmetic Shard into a permanent unlock.

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