- For information about the serie of alternate universe honor skins, see Honor (Universe).
Crest of Honor
The Honor system is used to incentivize positive behavior among the League of Legends community by identifying and rewarding players who positively influence the gameplay experience of others in their games. Honor was first introduced on October 1, 2012, and was reworked in patch V7.13.
This system is only in place for 
League of Legends, even though 
Teamfight Tactics shares the same profile on its PC version, the lack of teams in that game makes this system largely irrelevant.
Honor Progression
There are six Honor levels, with four normal levels starting from Honor level 2. A player can advance to higher honor levels through receiving honors and playing matchmade games. Progression is not explicitly tied to an absolute number of honors received.
At the start of each season, a player resets to Honor level 2 in order to progress up to Honor level 5 (unless they were lower than level 2). Each honor level has three checkpoints that grant rewards, leveling up also rewards the player.
Honor level 1 and 0 are restricted Honor levels obtainable only through penalties, and carry far fewer rewards than the normal levels. Level 0 is also called Dishonorable.
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Honoring players
Before entering the post-game lobby in the client, each player is given 40 seconds to commend one other teammate in one of three categories. This prompt appears only in matchmade games (including Co-op vs AI).
Stayed Cool
- Tilt-proof, chill.
Stayed cool is the Honor meant for a teammate who stayed calm and was a provider of a positive playing experience.
Great Shotcalling
- Leadership, strategy.
Great Shotcalling is the Honor meant for a teammate who had good leadership and was able to lead your team to a triumphant win or a gracious defeat.
GG <3
- Team player, friendly.
When a player receives three commendations (Honors), their achievement is distinguished toward the whole lobby. When every teammate has given commendations, the team is notified that they have received a slight increase in Honor progress.
Honor rewards
Mastery Chest
Mastery Chest
Mastery Chest is a reward from Champion Mastery, but is subject to the Honor system. Chests can be earned at all Honor levels.
Key fragments
Key Fragment
Key fragments are used in Hextech Crafting, they are periodically distributed to Honorable players (Honor 1 or above) that continue to play games. There is a monthly (4 weeks) earn limit of 12 Key Fragments. There is no listed counter for this limit.
Honor Orb
Upon reaching a checkpoint within level 3, 4 and 5, the player is rewarded an Honor Orb containing key fragments and champion shards (see below).
Honor Capsule
Upon reaching level 3, 4 and 5, the player is rewarded an Honor Capsule containing key fragments, ward skins, emotes, champion shards, and Honor-exclusive skins (see below).
Loading screen flair
From level 3 onwards, a player is eligible for temporary loading screen flairs. When a player receives two Honors from premade teammates, or just one from a non-premade teammate, the player is rewarded a loading screen flair for their next game. This flair changes based on the Honor level.
Levels and Checkpoints
- With patch V8.1 honor rewards were updated to grant rewards upon reaching checkpoints and honor levels.[1]
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Honor 5 Token Shop
The available loot is expanded at every season.
One Honor 5 token can be redeemed for either:
Medieval Twitch.- Grey Warwick.
- Medieval Twitch Sapphire chroma + icon. (added V9.16)
- Medieval Twitch Amethyst chroma + icon. (added V10.11)
- Medieval Twitch Obsidian chroma + icon. (added V11.7)
- Grey Warwick Sapphire chroma + icon. (added V9.16)
- Grey Warwick Rose Quartz chroma + icon. (added V10.11)
- Grey Warwick Meteorite chroma + icon. (added V11.7)
On patch V9.16, for Season Nine only, opening a Honor 5 Capsule granted two Honor 5 tokens instead of one. Players who have gotten Honor 5 before patch V9.16 instead received the two tokens on patch V9.17 while keeping the unlocked skin from the honor capsule.
Honor Content
Reform
Individuals punished for their behavior will get demoted in Honor level.[3] The severity is based on how grave the penalty is:
- Bad behavior, but not worthy of a chat restriction: Slows experience gain temporarily.
- Chat restriction: Demote to level 1, or 0 if already at level 1.
- 14-Day Ban: Demote to level 0.
A penalty will additionally disable Honor progress, Mastery Chest gain, and Key fragment gain. After the penalty comes the Reform period, which maintains the disables. The expiration of reform period is based on consistent displays of good sportsmanship rather than a particular date or matches played.
End of Season
The Honor system grants rewards at the season end.
Honors level 3, 4, and 5 each have their own unique ward skin (See #Media).
Honor Levels
Old Honor System
- Main article: Honor/Historical
The old honor system allowed players to honor others in four categories, as well as opponents. Especially honorable individuals were recognized with a ribbon, and the top 10% of players in each category were given a summoner icon for their troubles.[4]
Trivia
- Key fragments originally dropped randomly after wins.
- In 2018, players earned a skin for each Honor level they pass.
Media
Honor Explained - League of Legends
- Main article: Summoner icon
- Main article: Ward skins
References
- ↑ Season 2018 Honor
- ↑ Medieval Twitch & Grey Warwick Honor 5 Chromas
- ↑ Honor and Hextech Crafting Restrictions. (08 Apr 2016). support-leagueoflegends.riotgames.com. Retrieved 12 Sept 2020
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/old-honor-rewards Old Honor Rewards