Bilgewater (Legends of Runeterra)

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For the lore region, see Bilgewater.

Bilgewater is a Legends of Runeterra regional card set based on the lore region of Bilgewater, and the rest of the Serpent Isles. It was released with Set 2 (Rising Tides).

Bilgewater is a place of new beginnings and those that come parley with death for a chance at that opportunity. Control massive sea monsters and plunder the enemy nexus to send your opponent to a watery grave.

Main Mechanics: Attune, Deep, Draw, Fleeting, Immobile, Nab, Plunder, Random, Targeting, Toss (Self-Mill), Vulnerable, Direct Damage, Skill/ Spell buffs, Nexus damage
Lesser Mechanics: Creating 1 cost cards, Attack, Elusive, Fearsome, Rally, Scout, Spellcasting, Spell Mana, Fizzle

Description

Official Description

Risk and Reward Across the Guardian's Sea, nestled amongst the Blue Flame Isles, Bilgewater Bay is as lawless as the denizens that call it home. Smugglers and cutthroats lay claim to these shores, making a name for themselves with sharp minds and sharper blades. The land is not the only perilous place, for danger lurks beneath the waves. Are you prepared to risk it all for the ultimate prize?

Gameplay

• Some of Bilgewater's gameplay focuses largely on risk-reward, and has more effectively random effects than any other regions, while still keeping to Legends of Runeterra's focus on reducing randomness compared to other card games.
  • See the developers' Design Dive for more on this.
  • This is achieved through the use of Draw, Fleeting, and Random effects with less uncertain outcomes. Generally, this is thematically associated with gambling, in-universe card games and tricks, and magic. See the respective pages for more on the themes associated.
• The region has a high amount of Draw and cards that synergise with it, compared to others, second only to Piltover & Zaun.
• Another aspect of the region's gameplay is Nexus damage.
  • This is achieved through the use of Plunder, which itself also plays into risk-reward, and strategic play. (See Plunder for themes associated.)
    • These effects are generally facilitated within the region with spells that deal damage directly to the enemy Nexus. These are thematically associated with Black Powder weapons, such as cannons and firearms.
• There is also a minor focus on Spell-casting in this region, with Attune cards, and cards that draw spells or benefit from them being cast.
  • This is thematically associated with the magic power hidden in the sea, either in the deep, or in the Guardian's Sea's Azure Way. See Attune for more on the themes associated.
• Yet another aspect of the region's gameplay is Mill, going deeper and deeper in your deck and benefiting from it, filling your board with large units later in the game.
  • This is achieved through the use of Toss, the Deep keyword, and . See Toss and Deep for more on the themes associated.
• The region also has many effects that in various ways revolve around stealing enemy cards, such as Nab and 6 Strong-arm. This is pretty unique to the game, along with other (more specific) effects that allow the player to create cards from other regions, such as 4 Island Navigator and 5 Treasure Trove. This isn't unique to the region, but is very much more present in Bilgewater and to a lesser extent Piltover & Zaun.
• A mechanic completely unique to the region is shuffling cards into decks - this is similar to Recall, but generally costs considerably more or requires a condition to be met.

List of Cards

	Name	Type	Subtype	Region				Rarity
02BW001	Ye Been Warned	Spell		Bilgewater	1			Common
02BW002	The Dreadway	Unit		Bilgewater	8	4	6	Epic
02BW003	Strong-arm	Spell		Bilgewater	6			Rare
02BW004	Dreadway Deckhand	Unit		Bilgewater	2	2	2	Common
02BW005	Hired Gun	Unit		Bilgewater	2	2	3	Common
02BW006	Mystifying Magician	Unit		Bilgewater	4	2	2	Rare
02BW007	Brash Gambler	Unit		Bilgewater	4	4	5	Rare
02BW008	Petty Officer	Unit		Bilgewater	3	3	1	Rare
02BW009	Pool Shark	Unit		Bilgewater	1	1	2	Common
02BW010	Plunder Poro	Unit	Poro	Bilgewater	1	1	1	Common
02BW011	Yordle Grifter	Unit		Bilgewater	4	3	3	Rare
02BW012	More Powder!	Spell		Bilgewater	2			Common
02BW013	Prowling Cutthroat	Unit		Bilgewater	1	1	1	Common
02BW014	Coral Creatures	Unit		Bilgewater	2	1	2	Rare
02BW015	The Syren	Unit		Bilgewater	7	3	7	Epic
02BW016	Slotbot	Unit		Bilgewater	3	1	4	Rare
02BW017	Citrus Courier	Unit		Bilgewater	6	4	5	Rare
02BW018	Parrrley	Spell		Bilgewater	1			Common
02BW019	Bubble Bear	Unit		Bilgewater	3	0	6	Common
02BW020	Warning Shot	Spell		Bilgewater	0			Common
02BW021	Razorscale Hunter	Unit		Bilgewater	5	4	4	Rare
02BW022	Miss Fortune	Unit		Bilgewater	3	3	3	Champion
02BW022T1	Love Tap	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW022T2	Miss Fortune	Unit		Bilgewater	3	4	4
02BW022T3	Miss Fortune's Make it Rain	Spell		Bilgewater	3
02BW022T4	Bullet Time	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW023	Lure of the Depths	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Rare
02BW024	Double Trouble	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Rare
02BW025	Chum the Waters	Spell		Bilgewater	4			Common
02BW026	Twisted Fate	Unit		Bilgewater	4	2	2	Champion
02BW026T1	Twisted Fate's Pick a Card	Spell		Bilgewater	2
02BW026T2	Blue Card	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW026T3	Twisted Fate	Unit		Bilgewater	4	3	3
02BW026T4	Red Card	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW026T5	Gold Card	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW027	Hunting Fleet	Unit		Bilgewater	4	6	6	Common
02BW028	Riptide Rex	Unit		Bilgewater	8	6	4	Epic
02BW028T1	Cannon Barrage	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW029	Salvage	Spell		Bilgewater	4			Common
02BW030	Shipwreck Hoarder	Unit	Sea Monster	Bilgewater	7	7	5	Epic
02BW030T1	Treasure Trove	Spell	Treasure	Bilgewater	5
02BW030T2	Keelbreaker	Spell	Treasure	Bilgewater	5
02BW030T3	Platewyrm Egg	Spell	Treasure	Bilgewater	5
02BW030T4	Vicious Platewyrm	Unit	Sea Monster	Bilgewater	5	5	5
02BW031	Double Up	Spell		Bilgewater	6			Rare
02BW032	Gangplank	Unit		Bilgewater	5	5	5	Champion
02BW032T1	Powder Keg	Unit		Bilgewater	0	0	1
02BW032T2	Gangplank's Parrrley	Spell		Bilgewater	1
02BW032T3	Gangplank	Unit		Bilgewater	5	6	6
02BW032T4	Powderful Explosion	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW033	Black Market Merchant	Unit		Bilgewater	2	2	1	Rare
02BW034	Monkey Idol	Unit		Bilgewater	3	0	5	Rare
02BW034T1	Powder Monkey	Unit		Bilgewater	1	2	1
02BW035	Sheriff Lariette Rose	Unit		Bilgewater	6	6	5	Epic
02BW036	Golden Narwhal	Unit		Bilgewater	2	2	3	Common
02BW037	Abyssal Eye	Unit	Sea Monster	Bilgewater	5	3	3	Rare
02BW038	Zap Sprayfin	Unit		Bilgewater	4	2	2	Epic
02BW039	Jaull Hunters	Unit		Bilgewater	3	4	1	Rare
02BW040	Shellshocker	Unit		Bilgewater	1	2	1	Common
02BW041	The Beast Below	Unit	Sea Monster	Bilgewater	4	4	4	Common
02BW042	Mind Meld	Spell		Bilgewater	7			Epic
02BW043	Pick a Card	Spell		Bilgewater	2			Rare
02BW044	Jettison	Spell		Bilgewater	1			Rare
02BW045	Make it Rain	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Common
02BW046	Fizz	Unit		Bilgewater	1	2	1	Champion
02BW046T1	Fizz's Playful Trickster	Spell		Bilgewater	4
02BW046T2	Longtooth	Unit		Bilgewater	4	5	2
02BW046T3	Fizz	Unit		Bilgewater	1	3	2
02BW047	Dreg Dredgers	Unit		Bilgewater	1	2	1	Common
02BW048	Jailbreak	Spell		Bilgewater	1			Common
02BW049	Pilfered Goods	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Common
02BW050	Smooth Soloist	Unit		Bilgewater	7	3	4	Rare
02BW051	Playful Trickster	Spell		Bilgewater	4			Rare
02BW053	Nautilus	Unit		Bilgewater	7	0	12	Champion
02BW053T1	Nautilus	Unit		Bilgewater	7	13	13
02BW053T2	Nautilus's Riptide	Spell		Bilgewater	4
02BW054	Riptide	Spell		Bilgewater	4			Rare
02BW055	Jagged Taskmaster	Unit		Bilgewater	2	3	2	Epic
02BW056	Devourer of the Depths	Unit	Sea Monster	Bilgewater	6	4	4	Epic
02BW056T1	Devour	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW057	Slippery Waverider	Unit		Bilgewater	5	4	4	Common
02BW058	Jagged Butcher	Unit		Bilgewater	1	2	2	Common
02BW059	Scrapshot	Spell		Bilgewater	7			Rare
02BW060	Crackshot Corsair	Unit		Bilgewater	1	1	2	Common
02BW060T1	Crackshot	Ability		Bilgewater	0
02BW061	Pocket Aces	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Common
02BW062	Island Navigator	Unit		Bilgewater	4	2	4	Rare
02BW063	Sleight of Hand	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Rare
03BW001	The Slaughter Docks	Landmark		Bilgewater	3			Epic
03BW002	Lounging Lizard	Unit		Bilgewater	3	3	5	Common
03BW003	Wise Fry	Unit		Bilgewater	6	3	8	Rare
03BW004	Tahm Kench	Unit		Bilgewater	4	2	6	Champion
03BW004T2	An Acquired Taste	Spell		Bilgewater	2
03BW004T3	Tahm Kench	Unit		Bilgewater	4	3	7
03BW004T4	Tahm Kench's Bayou Brunch	Spell		Bilgewater	3
03BW005	Sunk Cost	Spell		Bilgewater	8			Rare
03BW006	Jack, the Winner	Unit		Bilgewater	5	5	5	Epic
03BW006T1	Sleep with the Fishes	Spell		Bilgewater	0
03BW007	Boxtopus	Unit		Bilgewater	2	3	4	Common
03BW008	Fortune Croaker	Unit		Bilgewater	2	2	3	Common
03BW009	Shakedown	Spell		Bilgewater	1			Rare
03BW010	Bayou Brunch	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Common
03BW014	Monkey Business	Spell		Bilgewater	2			Common
03BW015	Crusty Codger	Unit		Bilgewater	1	2	4	Common
03BW016	Boomship	Spell		Bilgewater	3			Rare
03BW017	Wiggly Burblefish	Unit		Bilgewater	6	2	1	Epic
03BW020	Powder Pandemonium	Spell		Bilgewater	4			Epic
04BW008	Lost Riches	Spell		Bilgewater	4			Rare
04BW011	Loaded Dice	Spell		Bilgewater	4			Epic

Trivia

Bilgewater in-game icon

Bilgewater alpha icon

Bilgewater Crest 1

Bilgewater Crest 2

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• Bilgewater region was the first region released with the global launch of Legends of Runeterra.
• The icon used in-game is a simplified version of the Bilgewater crest, but much less simplified than many of the other regions, especially Piltover & Zaun and The Shadow Isles.
  • Before the release of Bilgewater, some voicelines from Set 2, its release set, and some from Set 3 were found in the files of the game.
  • Since the game's release, an icon for Bilgewater was found in the files of the game. It had a different gradient to the final one used, has no black outline, as well as some more subtle differences.

Media

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New Region Bilgewater Legends of Runeterra

Bilgewater Card Special Interactions - Gangplank, Miss Fortune, Fizz, Twisted Fate, Nautilus etc

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Fizz Reveal New Champion - Legends of Runeterra

Gangplank Reveal New Champion - Legends of Runeterra

Miss Fortune Champion Showcase Gameplay - Legends of Runeterra

Nautilus Reveal New Champion - Legends of Runeterra

Bilgewater Region Showcase Gameplay - Legends of Runeterra

Tahm Kench Reveal New Champion - Legends of Runeterra

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Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Illustration 1

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Illustration 2

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 5 (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 6 (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 7 (by Riot Contracted Artists Sixmorevodka Studio)

Bilgewater "Legends of Runeterra" Concept 8 (by Riot Artist DEN)

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References

Legends of Runeterra