Mythic Essence is the newest exclusive and rare currency in League of Legends, introduced in patch 12.6 as a replacement for Gemstones and Prestige Points. Mythic Essence can be used to purchase exclusive skins, chromas, accessories, and other rare cosmetics in the Mythic Shop. Unlike the former event-based currencies, Mythic Essence does not expire, which gives you greater flexibility in saving and spending.
Previously, players had to choose between Gemstones and Prestige Points, for completely different shops that had their own inconsistent rotations. Riot Games introduced Mythic Essence to streamline the process and make rare content more straightforward to obtain, accompanied by various quality-of-life improvements. This update was detailed extensively in recent patch notes.
How to Get Mythic Essence in League of Legends
The fastest and most reliable way to get Mythic Essence is by purchasing and completing an Event Pass. The Welcome to Noxus Act 2 Battle Pass offers 50 Mythic Essence minimum, and opening Event Orbs multiplies your Mythic Essence drop rate in bags by 1.5.
Other methods include opening capsules and Hextech Chests; however, these methods are less reliable due to their lower drop rates.
How to Collect Mythic Essence for Free?
Acquiring any significant amount of Mythic Essence for free is pretty difficult. You occasionally earn small amounts from leveling up or chest drops, but this is inconsistent and requires a significant time investment. So far, the easiest way to get Mythic Essence is through buying the Battle Pass. Even then, several passes may be needed to get the 125 ME that most Mythic skins cost.
Event Pass Rewards
Acquiring significant amounts of Mythic Essence for free is challenging. Players occasionally earn small amounts from leveling up or chest drops, but these are inconsistent and require significant time investment. Masterwork Chests remain the best bet outside of special events for those seeking additional Mythic Essence. Unfortunately, players cannot exchange Orange Essence or purchase Mythic Essence directly with Riot Points.
What is the Mythic Shop?
The Mythic Shop is the exclusive store where you can spend your Mythic Essence on rare and highly exclusive content. It replaced the old Gemstone Shop and features a rotating selection of Mythic Skins, Prestige Skins, Mythic Chromas, and other special cosmetics. This Shop gives you access to vaulted content, new skins tied to seasonal themes, and provides information on upcoming prestige skin releases.
Although the Blue Essence Emporium is a very similar shop, the Mythic Shop is always active, and its contents periodically rotate. The Blue Essence Emporium appears and disappears periodically, but always has pretty much the same content.
The cost of content bought with Mythic Essence varies depending on what you’re getting. Prestige Skins start at 125 ME during their first unvault, 150 ME on the second unvault, and 200 ME on the third unvault. Mythic Skins are usually 100 ME on their first appearance and 125 ME on subsequent returns. Other items like Mythic chromas or emotes are 25-50 ME, and icons for 5 ME.
What’s in the Mythic Shop?
The Mythic Shop has:
- Unvaulted Prestige Skins: Skins that are available for purchase with Mythic Essence after being vaulted for at least 1 year.
- Mythic Thematic Skins: New skins tied to a seasonal theme, 100 ME on debut.
- Mythic Chromas: Chromas that change both the skin’s color and in-game visual effects.
- Mythic Accessories: Ward skins, emotes and seasonal thematic rewards like icons.
Mythic Shop Rotations Update
The Mythic Shop has undergone a large update in 2025. Riot Games has adjusted the Mythic Essence shop rotation to provide more frequent opportunities for players to obtain previously missed items, with different bi-weekly, weekly and daily rotations. With the new League of Legends Mythic Shop rotation, there’s a larger variance in the content you can expect, which means less waiting for people waiting their main’s skin to pop up in the next rotation. The new categories include:
- Featured: New releases and highlighted content, such as Nexus Finishers and Mythic Shop Prestige Skins.
- Bi-weekly (every two weeks): Mythic Skins, including Past Prestige, Seasonal Mythic Content (like Ashen Knight), and Hextech skins.
- Weekly: Past Event Chromas.
- Daily: Accessories like Emotes, Wards, and Icons.
Since the new LoL Mythic Shop rotations are completely random and automatically generated, so they do not feature previews of upcoming rotations, except for content in the Featured category.
Additionally, Chroma/Icon bundles have been separated, allowing individual purchases: 35 ME for Chromas and 5 ME for Icons.
Can you purchase Mythic Essence?
No, you can’t buy or acquire Mythic Essence directly with Riot Points. But you can buy Event Capsules, or Event Passes with Riot Points, all of which give Mythic Essence. Sometimes, special events will allow you to buy an event-exclusive currency that can be traded for Mythic Essence, but there’s no way to buy the currency itself.
How Unvaulting Works
Unvaulted Prestige Skins are skins that were previously released and return to the Mythic Shop after being vaulted for a period of time, usually a year or more. These skins can be bought with Mythic Essence. Players who already owned the original skin get exclusive commemorative editions, which can’t be bought with Mythic Essence or any form of rerolling.
Unvaulting gives newer players multiple chances to get old exclusive content.
Unvaulted Prestige Skins pricing is tiered based on how many times the skin has been unvaulted:
- First Unvault: 125 ME
- Second Unvault: 150 ME
- Third+ Unvault: 200 ME
Past content and skins from earlier years (2018-2020) are priced higher since they're rarer and were harder to get during their original release.
Recent Unvaulted Skins in 2024
As of 2024:
- Prestige K/DA Kai'Sa (200 ME)
- Prestige PROJECT: Irelia (150 ME)
- Prestige Spirit Blossom Teemo (125 ME)
These skins were once limited event skins and are now back in the Mythic Shop for those who missed them the first time.
Seasonal Mythic Skins and other Content
Riot releases a new thematic series of Mythic Skins exclusive to the Mythic Shop every year. These skins are highly detailed and visually stunning with new designs and animations tied to a specific yearly theme. For example, the Ashen Knights thematic in 2022 was one of the most popular, and each new Mythic skin went up for 100 ME on debut.
Details on the next theme are usually revealed in Riot’s seasonal announcements, but players can expect a new Mythic skin every 3 months. These skins debut at 100 ME and become 125 ME if they return.
New Mythic skins are added to the Mythic Shop at the start of each season. You can buy them for 100 ME during the initial release. If you miss the initial release, the price increases to 125 ME when the skin is unvaulted in the future and possibly more on each subsequent return.
Prestige Skins
Prestige Skins are unique, limited edition skins that give a luxurious golden palette to standard skins. To many, they are just exclusive chromas. Introduced initially through event token systems, these skins are now mainly obtained through the Mythic Shop with Mythic Essence. Prestige Skins have unique splash art, occassionally new in-game animations and VFX, and sometimes borders and icons when first released.
Both Mythic and Prestige Skins are rare but they differ in design and release method. Prestige Skins (for example, Prestige Battle Academia Qiyana) are tied to specific events and are a golden rework of existing skins giving them a premium look. Mythic Skins (for example, Crystalis Indomitus Kha'Zix) are part of an exclusive but varying thematic line, new skins with new designs, animations and sometimes visual effects. Prestige skins are in the Mythic Shop after a year and Mythic skins debut in seasonal rotations.
To get Prestige Skins, you need to save up Mythic Essence and wait for it to show up in the Mythic Shop. Each Prestige Skin is 125 ME on its first unvault, 150 ME on the second, and 200 ME on subsequent returns.
Mythic Chromas and Accessories
Mythic Chromas are exclusive recolors of Legendary or Mythic Skins that change not only the skin’s color palette but also the visual effects (VFX). These chromas are some of the rarest in the game, since they require ME instead of RP. To buy a Mythic Chroma, you need to own the corresponding skin, and each chroma is 40 ME.
Other accessories in the Shop include:
- Seasonal Mythic Ward Skins (50 ME)
- Mythic Emotes (25 ME)
- Random Skin Shards (10 ME) These accessories are available all year round so you can customize your gameplay with Mythic level content.
Every year, Riot releases a new Mythic Ward Skin and Emote that is tied to the current year’s Mythic theme. These are available all year round and refreshed every season. Mythic Ward Skin is 50 ME and Mythic Emotes are 25 ME.
Mythic Essence FAQ
How do you get Mythic Essence in League of Legends?
Currently, the best way to get more Mythic Essence is purchasing the battle pass, which guarantees at least 50 ME per event.
When Does the Mythic Shop Rotate?
The main reset time for the Mythic shop is 00:00:00 UTC on Thursday (4 PM PST Wednesday). The new Mythic Shop will include a timer at the top of each section that tells you exactly when the new rotation kicks in.
How Often Does the Mythic Shop Reset?
The new Mythic Shop resets daily, weekly and bi-weekly (every two weeks). The Featured section is more inconsistent.
Can You Buy Mythic Essence?
You cannot directly purchase Mythic Essence with RP, but you can use RP to purchase the Battle Pass, which contains at the very least 50 ME.
Can You Refund Mythic Content?
There are no built-in systems to refund Mythic cosmetics, but you can always directly ask for a refund as long as it falls within Riot’s Refund Policy.
How Much Mythic Essence Do You Get per Battle Pass?
You get at least 50 ME per paid Battle Pass, and you can get more through the Hextech Chests, Orbs and Grab Bags. Purchasing the Battle Pass increases your chances to get ME through random loot from that same Battle Pass.
