New Content in Patch 3.1

Patch 3.1 brings all sorts of exciting new features to Wild Rift. Refresh or catch up on all the big announcements from our Patch 3.1 Preview in this recap.
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Alice Labrecque

We’re back again with a quick recap of all the big announcements from the Patch 3.1 Preview. If you missed it or need a refresh, we’ve got you covered, but you can also watch it here. Please skip to 12:18 for my personal favorite part. 

That’s all from us for now, we’ll be back in a few days with the Patch Notes for 3.1. Those will have more details on all these announcements along with dates and times of their releases, and of course some balance changes.

STATE OF THE GAME

The start of this Patch Preview let us reflect a bit on this wild journey we’ve been together so far this year.

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While we feel we’ve made some progress in the past few patches with champion and game balance, we have been listening to all your feedback and know we have some areas to work on. We don’t have updates on these issues today but addressing game fairness, AFKs, and intentional feeding are really high priorities for the team. Thank you for all your feedback, and please continue to share it with us.

Now, let's get into what’s coming in 3.1!

ELEMENTAL RIFT

Wild Rift is going elemental! We’re taking the iconic Elemental Rift from League PC and bringing it into Wild Rift, but these changes won’t be dragn-drop I hate this and myself and all jokes I write omg.

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In the first version of Elemental Rift, here be the dragons: Infernal, Mountain, and Ocean. These dragons will give different buffs and slaying enough dragons will grant you a Dragon Soul, which is a powerful buff for you and your teammates.

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After enough dragons are slain, the map terrain will change depending on the dragon’s element. This will offer new gameplay opportunities and the chance to live out your own rainy lo-fi beats fantasy…or is that only my fantasy? 

Elder Dragon will also join us in its new revamped form. After Dragon Soul has been taken he’ll spawn and his game-ending true damage burn will be up for grabs. 

You’ll notice an element was missing: the cooling winds of the Cloud Dragon. During our playtests, this dragon offered hidden power that was hard to notice during games, making it less enticing for teams to play around.

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Since these changes are so big, we will be testing Elemental Rift as a separate game mode this patch so we can monitor and make adjustments.

CHAMPIONS

KARMA, THE ENLIGHTENED ONE

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SHEN, THE EYE OF TWILIGHT

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Channel your inner peace and bring balance to the Rift with the release of Karma and Shen! 

While Karma and Shen are more serene, things are about to get edgy. So grab your passports and eyeliner and get ready to travel to Zaun, Bilgewater, and Noxus.

GAMEPLAY

NEW ITEMS

The shopkeepers have new items, and also made some updates to their current stock!

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DIVINE SUNDERER & HULLBREAKER

Whether you want to brawl your way to victory, or go on a split-pushing journey with your buffed up little minion friends, these new items will provide fighters some more options.

OTHER ITEMS

We will also be making some small adjustments to Fimbulwinter, Death’s Dance, and Hextech Megadrive.

Look out for a /dev on these new items coming 28/3!

SUMMONER SPELLS

We’re rebalancing Exhaust, Heal, and Ignite to show some love to supports this patch.

RANKED

Can you believe it? It’s almost time for a new Ranked season! A new season of course means a new Glorious skin, and this one is sure to help you serve a stylish slay every time.

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Glorious Crimson Evelynn is your reward for S5!

WEAPON AUGMENT

We’ll also be introducing a new way to show off your climb with Weapon Augments! Starting with Evelynn, you’ll be able to grab this reward from the Ranked Store.

WILD PASS

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Our Hexplorations were fun and will be missed, but there's still plenty of mysteries out there to solve. Thankfully, Psychic Detective Senna is making her debut in this Wild Pass to lend us a hand.

QOL CHANGES

We have a few quality of life changes to make your experience on the Rift smoother:

  • If you’re assigned Jungle in champ select, you’ll automatically be assigned Smite.
  • News Tab is here! You’ll be able to read articles like this one, patch notes, game news, community events, esports and videos in the app.

SKINS & EVENTS

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It’s high *checks watch* not noon, but it will be later this year! We’ll be exploring lots of exciting thematics for skins and events in the coming months and can’t wait for you to see what's on the horizon. Until we can to any pool party or saloon here's a taste of what's to come this Patch:

New Skins

  • Blood Moon Shen
  • Warden Karma
  • Furyhorn Cosplay Veigar
  • Pretty Kitty Rengar
  • Renektoy
  • Pajama Guardian Ezreal
  • Pajama Guardian Lux
  • Marauder Graves*
  • Marauder Brand*

*Wild Rift debut, availability varies by region