Changes: Ward skins

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Ward skins are a type of cosmetic that alters the appearance of all Stealth Wards, Totem Wards, Control Wards, Farsight Wards and Zombie Wards placed by the summoner.

Ward skins were initially released as a 7-day rental that you could stack up to 52 times, with all active rentals running concurrently. Some of the original ward skins were also available for Influence Point. However, in the year following their initial release Riot opted to turn them into permanent cosmetics.

Available Ward Skins

Name	Cost RP	Release Date
Starcall	640	2013-10-01
Ward of Draven	640	2013-10-01
Luminosity	640	2013-10-01
Sad Mummy	640	2014-09-10
Armordillo	640	2014-09-10
Urf Triumphant	640	2015-04-01

Name	Cost RP	Release Date
Dragonslayer	640	2014-05-15
Golden Goal	640	2014-06-18
Mecha	640	2014-07-24
Battlecast	640	2014-11-25
Lunar Dragon	640	2015-02-10
Optic Enhance	640	2015-09-08
Riggle	640	2015-11-24
Definitely Not A Ward	640	2016-04-01
Mecha Zero	640	2016-04-14
El Poro	640	2016-06-02
Dark Star	640	2016-06-16
His Royal Crabness	640	2016-07-14
Recon Drone	640	2016-08-11
GAME ON	640	2016-08-25
Star Guardian	640	2016-09-19
Mechs vs Minions	640	2016-10-13
Blood Demon	640	2017-02-09
Eye of the Dragon	640	2017-03-09
God Fist	640	2017-04-06
Corruptant	640	2017-05-04
Pulsefire	640	2017-05-27
Omega Squad	640	2017-07-27
Pentakill	640	2017-08-09
Mimi	640	2017-09-07
Divine Sword	640	2017-09-28
April Foods	640	2018-03-30
2018 Pulsefire	640	2018-05-18
The Lion	640	2018-06-27
The Wolf	640	2018-06-27
Hang Loose Pengu	640	2018-08-02
Surfin' Pengu	640	2018-08-02
Wipeout Pengu	640	2018-08-02
Devil Vulture	640	2018-08-30
Space Lizard	640	2018-09-12
Trained Dragon	640	2018-10-11
Pajama Guardian	640	2018-11-21
Unassuming Snowman	640	2018-12-05
2019 Blood Moon	640	2019-01-10
Cat Lover	640	2019-03-27
Dog Lover	640	2019-03-27

Ward Skin	Name	Bundle	Release Date
	Elementalist	Elementalist Lux - Master Edition	2016-11-28
	Exo-Ward	Gun Goddess Miss Fortune - Payback Edition	2018-03-22

Name	Cost RP	Release Date
Sun Disc	640	2014-09-10
Mother Serpent	640	2015-07-20
Slaughter Fleet	640	2015-07-20

Ward Skin	Name	Cost	Release Date
	Hextech	5	2016-03-15

Legacy Vault

The following wards are available, temporarily during specific events or promotions, in the store or as loot via Hextech Crafting or from Honor Capsules. It is only during these events that you may purchase them with Hextech Gemstones, have a chance to obtain the Ward Skin Shard or Ward Skin Permanent from a Chest or Capsule, or by rerolling 3 Ward Skin Shards.

Name	Availability	RP Cost
SKT T1	2014-05-05 - 2014-05-19	640
2017 Conqueror	2017-04-24 - 2017-05-24	640
SKT T1 kkOma	2017-07-05 - 2017-07-19	640
2018 MSI	2018-04-26 - 2018-05-21	640
Championship Hot Dog	2019-04-23 - 2019-07-05	640
2019 Conqueror	2019-04-30 - 2019-06-01	640

Name	Availability	RP Cost
Poro	2014-12-16 - 2015-01-30	640
Astronaut Poro	2014-12-16 - 2015-01-30	640
Gentleman Poro	2014-12-16 - 2015-01-30	640
Underworld Poro	2015-01-21 - 2015-01-30	640
Battlecast Poro	2015-02-03 - 2015-02-13	640
Dragonslayer Poro	2015-02-18 - 2015-02-27	640

Name	Availability	RP Cost
Bat-O-Lantern	2012-10-26 - 2012-11-13 2013-10-29 - 2013-11-19	640
Haunting	2012-10-26 - 2012-11-13 2013-10-29 - 2013-11-19	640
Widow	2012-10-26 - 2012-11-13 2013-10-29 - 2013-11-19	640
Deadfall	2012-10-26 - 2012-11-13 2013-10-29 - 2013-11-19	640
Tomb Angel	2012-10-26 - 2012-11-13 2013-10-29 - 2013-11-19	640
Vamporo	2016-10-20 - 2016-11-03	640
Tales from the Rift 2019	2019-10-XX - 2019-11-XX	640

Name	Availability	RP Cost
Lantern of the Serpent	2013-02-08 - 2013-02-25 2014-01-28 - 2014-02-18 2015-02-10 - 2015-02-23	640
Banner of the Serpent	2013-02-08 - 2013-02-25 2014-01-28 - 2014-02-18 2015-02-10 - 2015-02-23	640
Banner of the Horse	2014-01-28 - 2014-02-18 2015-02-10 - 2015-02-23	640
Gong	2014-01-28 - 2014-02-18 2015-02-10 - 2015-02-23	640
Rising Dawn	2015-01-26 - 2015-02-08	640
Crest of the Rooster	2017-01-17 - 2017-02-02	640
Nasus Puppy	2018-02-08 - 2018-02-19	Bundle Exclusive
Warwick Puppy	2018-02-08 - 2018-02-19	Bundle Exclusive
Year of the Pig	2019-01-25 - 2019-03-04	640

Name	Availability	RP Cost
Snowman	2012-12-14 - 2013-01-06 2013-12-10 - 2014-01-02	640
Gingerbread	2012-12-14 - 2013-01-06 2013-12-10 - 2014-01-02	640
Candy Cane	2013-12-10 - 2014-01-02	640
Penguin Skier	2015-12-10 - 2016-01-07	640
Santa Penguin	2016-12-14 - 2017-01-09	640
Dearest Deer	2017-12-12 - 2018-01-08	640

Name	Availability	RP Cost
Bouquet	2014-02-13 - 2014-02-20 2015-02-13 - 2015-02-23	640
Heartseeker	2015-02-13 - 2017-02-15	640
Harpseeker	2016-02-11 - 2017-02-15	640
Love Dove	2017-02-02 - 2017-02-15	640
Lovebirds	2017-02-12 - 2017-02-26	640
Queen Poro	2019-02-11 - 2019-03-04	640

Ward Skin	Name	Availability	Blue Essence Cost
	Essence Collector	2017-11-08 - 2017-11-27	6000

Unavailable

These ward skins are unavailable and will not return.

Name	Availability	RP Cost
2013 Championship	Released Dec. 13, 2013. Available in the store until the end of preseason., limited	640
2014 All-Star	2014-05-08 - 2014-05-18	640
2014 Championship	2014-10-13 Available in store until Oct. 31, 2014.	640
2015 Championship	2015-09-28 - 2015-11-05	640
2015 All-Star Team Fire	2015-11-10 - 2015-11-13	Obtainable by purchasing the Team Fire bundle during 2015 All-Stars.
2015 All-Star Team Ice	2015-11-10 - 2015-11-13	Obtainable by purchasing the Team Ice bundle during 2015 All-Stars.
2016 Championship	2016-09-29 - 2016-11-6	640
2016 All-Star	2016-12-11 - 2016-12-14	640
2017 Championship	2017-09-18 - 2017-11-05	640
2018 Championship	2018-09-27 - 2018-11-19	640

Name	Availability	RP Cost
Dawnbringer	2017-06-15 - 2017-06-29	Obtainable by purchasing the Way of Order Pass.
Nightbringer	2017-06-15 - 2017-06-29	Obtainable by purchasing the Way of Chaos Pass.
Arcade Poro	2017-08-10 - 2017-08-24	Obtainable by purchasing the Dungeon Pass.

Ward Skin	Name	Availability	RP Cost
	2017 Golden Championship	2017-09-18 - 2017-11-05	Reedeemed with 320 Worlds Token during the 2017 Worlds Event.
	2018 Golden Championship	2018-09-27 - 2018-11-19	Reedeemed with 150 Worlds Token during the 2018 Worlds Event.
	Pumpkin Cat	2018-09-27 - 2018-11-19	Reedeemed with 150 Worlds Token during the 2018 Worlds Event.
File:Pop Music A-ward.png	Pop Music A-Ward	2018-09-27 - 2018-11-19	Reedeemed with 150 Worlds Token during the 2018 Worlds Event.
	Golden Snowman	2018-12-06 - 2019-01-07	Reedeemed with 100 Snowdown Token during the 2018 Snowdown Event.
	Gold Year of the Pig	2019-01-28 - 2019-03-04	Reedeemed with 75 Lunar Revel 2019 Token during the 2019 Lunar Revel Event.
	Battle Academia Desk	2019-05-16 - 2019-06-18	Reedeemed with 125 Mid-Season 2019 Token during the 2019 Trials Event.
	Demacia Vice	2019-06-28 - 2019-07-28	Reedeemed with 125 Arcade 2019 Token during the 2019 Arcade Event.
	Pixel Arcade Poro	2019-06-28 - 2019-07-28	Reedeemed with 125 Arcade 2019 Token during the 2019 Arcade Event.
	PROJECT: Reckoning	2019-08-02 - 2019-09-19	Reedeemed with 125 PROJECT 2019 Token during the 2019 PROJECT Event.

Rewards and Distributions

Ward Skin	Name	Requirement
	Riot	First available at Pax East 2014, receive a code by attending an official event.

Ward Skin	Name	Requirement
	2013 Victorious	Reach Silver or higher ranking during Season 2013
	2014 Conquering	Accumulate 20 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2014
	2014 Triumphant	Accumulate 45 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2014
	2014 Victorious	Accumulate 75 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2014
	2015 Conquering	Accumulate 20 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2015
	2015 Triumphant	Accumulate 45 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2015
	2015 Victorious	Accumulate 75 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2015
	2016 Conquering	Accumulate 15 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2016
	2016 Triumphant	Accumulate 30 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2016
	2016 Victorious	Accumulate 45 points in Ranked Teams by the end of Season 2016
	2017 Victorious	Reach Silver or higher ranking in two Queues by the end of Season 2017

For the end of Season four rewards, Riot awarded players who participated in ranked team play with special ward skins based on how many points they acquired at the end of the season. A player scores 1 point for a 3v3 ranked team win and 3 points for a 5v5 ranked team win.

Ward Skin	Name	Requirement
	New Horizon	Reedeemed with 4 Starlight Tokens at the Star Guardian Event 2017
	Death Sworn	Kill 2 Barons, 2 Rift Heralds and 8 Barons during the Harrowing 2017 Event.
	The Ripper	Get 120 kills and/or assists and destroy 30 towers and/or inhibitors as a team during the Curse of the Drowned Event.
	World Rune	Win a matchmade game as, with, or against Ryze, Sona, Trundle, Miss Fortune, or Nasus and/or Play 3 matchmade games where you placed a Control Ward during the Runeterra Map Event.
	Golden Space Lizard	Clear Odyssey Onslaught with each person having 3 or fewer Augments equipped.

Ward Skin	Name	Requirement
	Rune Enthusiast	Available to players who spent more than 125,000 IP on Runes in the previous system or owned a limited Quintessence.

Ward Skin	Name	Requirement
	2017 Honor Level 3	A gift for all honorable player who reached Honor Level 3 in Season 2017
	2017 Honor Level 4	A gift for all honorable player who reached Honor Level 4 in Season 2017
	2017 Honor Level 5	A gift for all honorable player who reached Honor Level 5 in Season 2017
	2018 Honor Level 3	This ward is rewarded to those who have reached at least Honor Level 3 in the 2018 season.
	2018 Honor Level 4	This ward is rewarded to those who have reached at least Honor Level 4 in the 2018 season.
	2018 Honor Level 5	This ward is rewarded to those who have reached Honor Level 5 in the 2018 season.

Ward Skin	Name	Requirement
	Glorious Legends	Reward for reaching Level 100

Trivia

The SKT T1 kkOma ward skin represents SKT T1 coach kkOma as a yordle.
- Its death animation references kkOma's facepalms whenever his team commits an error.
  - A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.

Rented Ward Skins

Ward skins first appeared during the 2012 Harrowing seasonal event, and the five new ward skins were put on sale for rent only and not permanent. Some of the wards were purchasable for a small amount of Influence Point while others were made obtainable with RP. Riot was just introducing the new idea of ward skins and listened intently to the feedback (that proved to be negative) for future ward skins.

Harrowing 2012

Announcement made by NeeksNaman:^[1]

We're excited to announce ward skins, a new customization option that allows you to change the appearance of your Sight and Vision Wards on the Fields of Justice. In keeping with the season, these ward skins are inspired by the haunting guise of the Shadow Isles. Activating a ward skin will transform your wards into ghosts, spooky trees, spiders, creepy stone statues, or pumpkin-headed bats with their own unique visual effects, sounds, and animations.

Here's how they work. When you purchase a specific ward skin from the Wards tab of the League of Legends Store, it gets added to your inventory for one week. You can activate a specific ward skin to change the appearance of your wards in game. You can keep up to a year's worth (52 weeks) of ward skins in your inventory at a time, so don’t hesitate to stock up if you have a favorite. Ward skins function the same as a regular Sight or Vision ward.

Here are the first five ward skins available to unlock:

Deadfall Ward – 200* Haunting Ward – 800
Tomb Angel Ward – 25* Widow Ward – 75
Bat-O-Lantern Ward – 165

Free Ward Skins

After receiving the negative feedback from players voicing their objection against having to spend points on a ward skin that won't be permanent on their account, ward skins were made free to use for upcoming events. However, they were only available for use during the following seasonal event and removed once they were over.

Snowdown Showdown 2012

Snowman Ward
Gingerbread Ward

Lunar Revel 2013

Banner of the Serpent Ward
Lantern of the Serpent Ward

Permanent Ward Skins

On October 1, 2013, Riot introduced the first permanent and champion- based ward skins.Announcement made by RiotWenceslaus^[2]

If you've been hankering for some new ward skins, we've got some good news for you. The first run of permanent, non-seasonal wards is now hot off the presses into the League of Legends store.

To help you rep a trio of your favorite champs wherever you're laning, these new ward skins are all themed after members of the League of Legends lineup. You'll find them in the wards tab of the store for 640 RP once the new patch lands:

Lux: Light the way with some wand-shaped warding!
Soraka: Let the cosmos guide you by picking up Starchild wards!
Draven: Fly your League of Draven colors proudly with the official ward of the Glorious Executioner!

If you're a super-passionate ward-enthusiast or just like a little variety you can also snag all three as a bundle for 1632.

It's a good day to buy a Sight Stone, summoners. Happy warding, and we'll see you on the Fields of Justice.

Harrowing 2013

For the Harrowing event of 2013, the five holiday ward skins from the previous year saw their return to the store. This time they were free to use during the event and purchasable for 640 to unlock them permanently.^[3]

Ward Skin Reward

The assortment of Seasonal Rewards that players could receive had something new to offer in Season 3. As the season came to a close on November 12, 2013, Riot awarded summoners who achieved a ranking of Silver or higher the exclusive Victorious Ward Skin - the was first ward skin to be offered as a prize.^[4]

Media

Gallery

Ward Skins Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Samuel Thompson)
Ward Skins Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Samuel Thompson)
Ward Skins Concept 3 (by Riot Artist Samuel Thompson)
Ward Skins Concept 4 (by Riot Artist Samuel Thompson)
Poro Ward Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Jeremy Page)
Poro Ward Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Jeremy Page)
April Foods Ward Concept (by Riot Artist Steve Zheng)
April Fools 2019 Ward Concept (by Riot Artist Steve Zheng)
Demacia Vice Ward Concept (by Riot Artist Julian del Rey Aparicio)
SKTT1 Ward Concept 01 (by Riot Artist Esben Lash Rasmussen)
SKTT1 Ward Concept 02 (by Riot Artist Esben Lash Rasmussen)
SKTT1 Ward Concept 03 (by Riot Artist Esben Lash Rasmussen)
SKTT1 Ward Concept 04 (by Riot Artist Esben Lash Rasmussen)

References

Riot Store

[1] Ward Skins Coming Soon

[2] Champion-themed wards in store now

[3] Harrowing 2013 Faq

[4] End of Season 3 Rewards

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