Riot Games provides servers to host various aspects of League of Legends. These include but are not limited to logins, games, chat, the Store, the in-game shop, etc.
Riot Games Servers[]
To help solve the problems of high latency caused by long distances and to avoid language barrier issues, Riot Games hosts multiple servers around the world.
There is a single server that are not run by Riot. The Chinese servers are run by Tencent, Riot's parent company.
Server Countries | Server Name | Abbreviation | Release Date | Language(s) | Location | IP Addresses |
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Brazil | BR (BR1) | September 13, 2012[1] | Portuguese | São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Brazil | 104.160.152.3 | |
Europe Nordic & East | EUNE (EUN1) | July 13, 2010 | Czech, English, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian | Frankfurt, Germany[2] | 104.160.142.3 | |
Europe West | EUW (EUW1) | July 13, 2010 | English, German, Spanish, French, Italian | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 104.160.141.3 | |
Latin America North | LAN (LA1) | June 3, 2013[3] | Spanish | Miami, Florida, United States | 104.160.136.3 | |
Latin America South | LAS (LA2) | June 3, 2013[3] | Spanish | Santiago, Chile | ||
North America | NA (NA1) | October 27, 2009[4] | English, French | Chicago, Illinois,
United States, Canada |
104.160.131.3
104.160.131.1(?) | |
Oceania | OCE (OCE/OC1) | June 28, 2013[5] | English | Sydney, Australia | 104.160.156.1 | |
Russia | RU (RU1) | April 17, 2013[6] | Russian | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Turkey | TR (TR1) | September 27, 2012 | Turkish | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Middle East | ME (ME1) | June 26, 2024 03:30 UTC[7][8] | Arabic | Bahrain | ||
Japan | JP (JP1) | March 15, 2016 | Japanese | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Republic of Korea | KR (KR) | December 12, 2011 | Korean | Seoul, South Korea | ||
The Philippines | PH (PH2) | January 6, 2023 | English | Manila, Philippines | ||
Singapore, Malaysia, & Indonesia | SG (SG2) | January 6, 2023 | English, Simplified Chinese | Singapore | ||
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao | TW (TW2) | January 6, 2023 | Traditional Chinese | Taipei, Taiwan | ||
Thailand | TH (TH2) | January 6, 2023 | Thai | Bangkok, Thailand | ||
Vietnam | VN (VN2) | January 6, 2023 | Vietnamese | Ho Chi MInh City, Vietnam | ||
Public Beta Environment | PBE (PBE) | English | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Garena Southeast Asia[]
Main Article: Garena
Garena is a consumer Internet platform provider based in Asia that used to handle publishing League of Legends (ergo Teamfight Tactics PC too) in the region.
Each server had its own headquarters and its own pricing for champions, skins, bundles etc. Server transfer was not available to and from this region; players were required to be part of the Garena cyberspace exclusively.
In January 2023, Riot Games ended its contract with Garena. This resulted in Riot assuming all publishing rights for both League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics on all respective countries. Riot in turn had to partner with VNG Corporation and Taiwan Mobile for players in the regions of Vietnam (VN) and Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau (TW) due to certain state laws.[9]
SG shard[]
Before other servers opened to better split the playerbase, the Singapore (SG) server was the default server for SEA players whose country or region is not part of other servers. Upon signing up or logging in to Garena, those players would enter the SG server.
The Indonesian (ID) server was shut down on May 16th, 2019, 00:01 WIB (GMT+7)[10]. The player base was asked to transfer to the now consolidated "Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia (SG)" server. Transfers could still take place for some time after server closure (however, only those who have transferred their accounts before closure would receive the incentive rewards offered for transferring).
Server Name | Abbreviation | Release Date | Language(s) | Location | IP Addresses |
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The Philippines | PH (PH1) | July 22 2010 | English | Taguig City, Philippines | 122.11.128.127 |
Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia | SG (SG1) | July 17, 2010 | English, Simplified Chinese | Singapore | 103.247.207.173 |
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau | TW (TW1) | December 13, 2012 | Traditional Chinese | Taipei City, Taiwan | |
Vietnam | VN (VN1) | August 8, 2012 | English, Vietnamese | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | |
Thailand | TH (TH1) | July 15, 2012 | Thai | Bangkok, Thailand |
Tencent China server[]
The People's Republic of China (CN) established servers since 2011 by Tencent Game; totaling 29 servers, with 19 hosted by China Telecom and 7 hosted by China Unicom. Players can join servers hosted by a different Internet Service Provider but will encounter more network problems such as higher lag. Each of these servers houses up to 650,000 players, but some are dedicated to different skill levels. Languages include Mandarin Chinese and Simplified Mandarin Chinese.
- Full Network Area (No network restriction)
1. 男爵领域 (Baron Zone)
2. 教育网专区 (CERNET Server)
- This server is meant for players using CERNET, which is used by some universities in China. Player (Mostly university students) will have a lower latency than other server while using CERNET
3. 峡谷之巅 (Super Zone) [literally translated as "Summit of the Valley/Rift"]
- This server is meant to scout potential players for LDL and LPL.[11] Entry requires Solo/Duo Diamond I and above in another server, accounts are raised to level 30, awarded Blue Essence for the required champion pool for ranked. Settlement date is the last day of the calendar month, new players will start counting the next month. On the settlement date, a player is removed if their recorded monthly games do not total at least 24 (18 games in July), if they are the lowest ranked player, or no player is at least Diamond I.
- China Telecom (电信)
- 艾欧尼亚 (Ionia)
- 祖安 (Zaun)
- 诺克萨斯 (Noxus 1)
- 班德尔城 (Bandle City)
- 皮尔特沃夫 (Piltover)
- 战争学院 (the Institute of War)
- 巨神峰 (Mount Targon)
- 雷瑟守备 (Noxus 2)
- 裁决之地 (the Proving Grounds)
- 黑色玫瑰 (the Black Rose)
- 暗影岛 (Shadow Isles)
- 钢铁烈阳 (the Iron Solari)
- 水晶之痕 (Crystal Scar)
- 均衡教派 (the Kinkou Order)
- 影流 (the Shadow Order)
- 守望之海 (Guardian's Sea)
- 征服之海 (Conqueror's Sea)
- 卡拉曼达 (Kalamanda)
- 皮城警备 (Piltover Wardens)
- China Netcom (网通)
- 比尔吉沃特 (Bilgewater)
- 德玛西亚 (Demacia)
- 弗雷尔卓德 (Freljord)
- 无畏先锋 (House Crownguard)
- 恕瑞玛 (Shurima)
- 扭曲丛林 (Twisted Treeline)
- 巨龙之巢 (the Dragon Camp)
Transferring to another server[]
When creating a game account, the player must choose a server to use, which is usually the server to which their country belongs. Once created, the account belongs solely to the server in which was created, with the login credentials being invalid for other servers.
In order to play with the same account in another server, a transfer can be purchased in the Riot Store.
Generally, transfers to other servers hosted by Riot will cost
. RU, TR, BR, LAN and LAS servers do not have transfers to some other servers. Some servers do not have transferability: KR game accounts require national ID credentials, while CN is hosted by a third-party company.Transfer from |
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NA | EUW | EUNE | BR | TR | RU | LAN | LAS | OCE | JP | PH | SG | VN | TH | TW | ||||
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BR | N/A | N/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||||||||||||
TR | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
RU | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
LAN | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
LAS | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
OCE | ||||||||||||||||||
JP | ||||||||||||||||||
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VN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
TH | ? | |||||||||||||||||
TW | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Special Client[]
Are separate Clients for testing guests and tournaments. These special Clients will be in equal versions or ahead or behind the version in Client Live. This client will also be able to select the server and offline server (LAN Server). For Client Esports, you will also be able to play Showdown mode. For TFT, these Clients will also be able to create lobby. After each year, accounts granted during the year will be deactivated and re-issued the following year.
Esports Client[]
This is a list of known servers that have been used in tournaments. There are still private servers used for tournaments and event but are not available on the Riot API. And Tencent's Realm servers will also not be displayed on Riot's API.
- Closed
- TRLH1 (Global)
- TRLH2 (Global)
- TRLH3 (Global)
- TRLH4 (Global)
- TRLT1 (Global)
- TRLT2 (Global)
- TRLT3 (Global)
- TRLT4 (Global)
- TREU (Europe)
- TRNA1 (North America)
- TRKR1 (South Korea)
- TRSA1 (South America)
- TRKR1 (Oceania)
- TRTW (Pacific)
- WMC2TMNT1 (Global)
- FRA1TMNT1 (Global)
- ESPORTSTMNT01
- ESPORTSTMNT02
- ESPORTSTMNT03
- ESPORTSTMNT04
- ESPORTSTMNT05
- ESPORTSTMNT06
- Generic Tournament Realms
- LOLTMNT01
- LOLTMNT02
- LOLTMNT03
- LOLTMNT04
- LOLTMNT05
- LOLTMNT06
- LOLTMNT99
- LPL_A (Only by Tencent)
- LPL_B (Only by Tencent)
- LPL_C (Only by Tencent)
- LPL_TEST (Only by Tencent)
- Regional Realms (Last updated
- September 15, 2024)
- Bahrain
- Bangkok
- Bogota
- Chicago
- Frankfurt
- HoChiMinh
- HongKong
- Istanbul
- LosAngeles
- Madrid
- Manila
- MexicoCity
- Miami
- Mumbai
- Queretaro
- Santiago
- SaoPaulo
- Seoul
- Singapore
- Stockholm
- Sydney
- Tokyo
- Taipei
- LEC (Riot Games Studio Berlin)
- GLBx
- REGxx
- SNOWx
- Chinese Regional Realms / LPL (Last updated
- August 24, 2024)
- This list is incomplete.
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Offlinex
- Online (HongKong)
See also[]
References
- ↑ http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2447104
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://eune.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/riot-games/announcements/platform-migration-europe#
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silver, Kaitlin. "League of Legends Servers Now Live in Latin America". GameSkinny.
- ↑ http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=14694
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://oce.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/special-event/league-legends-lands-oceania
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://forums.eune.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=565225
- ↑ Patch 14.11 Notes
- ↑ riotgames.com — Advancing the Esports and Player Experience in MENA. Retrieved 2024-06-25, 04:09 UTC.
- ↑ Riot Games Post Garena Vietnam Post
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://transfer.lol.garena.co.id/?fbclid=IwAR0TR2vqQAY0rmTAi9P0EluHswLJWTr8BEAZeoWL248uX6FTtS37CB9fFl4
- ↑ Master's Challenge