League of Legends Skin Tiers Explained: RP Prices, Prestige & Mythic Rarity

The RP Skin Tiers

Most League skins are bought directly with Riot Points (RP) at one of a handful of standard prices (source: League of Legends Wiki):

Riot's headline quality tiers are Epic (1350), Legendary (1820), and Ultimate (3250). The cheaper price points (520 through 975) are mostly older or simpler skins. Note that the exact internal names of the lower tiers have shifted over the years, but the RP prices above are the reliable anchors (source: League of Legends Wiki).

What Makes a Legendary or Ultimate Skin Special

The jump in price buys a real jump in production:

Pulsefire Ezreal was the first Ultimate skin, released in 2012. Elementalist Lux lets you switch between ten different elemental forms mid-game. These are still purely cosmetic, with no effect on stats or abilities (source: Turbosmurfs).

Prestige, Mythic, and the New Luxury Tiers

Above the RP store sits a separate economy built around Mythic Essence, a rare currency spent in the rotating Mythic Shop (source: League of Legends Wiki):

• Prestige skins: gold-themed variants obtained with Mythic Essence or event-pass tokens, never sold for raw RP.
• Mythic skins: roughly Epic-quality skins that rotate through the Mythic Shop for Mythic Essence.

In 2024 Riot added an even higher class of cosmetics for players who want, in Riot's own framing, "hyper-exclusive skins" (source: Riot Games):

• Exalted skins are obtained through a system called The Sanctum using Ancient Sparks, with the first being Arcane Fractured Jinx.
• Transcendent, the very top, has been reserved for special occasions. The flagship example, Immortalized Legend Ahri from the 2024 Hall of Legends event honoring Faker, carried a price tag of tens of thousands of RP.

These luxury tiers are new and their economics have been tuned since launch, so treat any specific price as a snapshot rather than a fixed rule.

How Skins Are Obtained

Beyond buying with RP, there are several routes (source: League of Legends Wiki):

• Hextech Crafting: Hextech Chests drop skin shards and other loot. Chests are earned free by getting an S-grade with a champion, or bought with RP. Opening one needs a key, and skin shards are turned into permanent skins with Orange Essence.
• Events and Battle Passes: event tokens buy skins and Prestige editions during limited windows.
• Chromas: recolor variants of a skin you own, usually around 290 RP each.

Rare and Unobtainable Skins

Some skins become collector items because you cannot simply buy them anymore (source: League of Legends Wiki):

• Legacy Vault skins rotate out of the store and return only occasionally, around events or anniversaries.
• Victorious skins are ranked rewards, given only to players who hit a rank threshold in a given season and never sold.
• PAX skins (PAX Twisted Fate, PAX Jax, PAX Sivir) were convention giveaways and are gone for good.
• Black Alistar and Rusty Blitzcrank are early promotional skins that are now permanently unavailable.

That permanent unavailability is exactly what gives accounts with old ranked-reward or limited skins their collector value. Riot has also confirmed that Limited and Collector's Edition skins will not return even through the expanded Mythic Shop.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the League of Legends skin tiers?

The main RP tiers are Epic (1350), Legendary (1820), and Ultimate (3250), with cheaper, simpler skins at 520, 750, 880, and 975 RP. Above the RP store sit Prestige and Mythic skins (bought with Mythic Essence) and the newer Exalted and Transcendent luxury tiers.

How much do League skins cost?

Standard skins range from 520 RP up to 3250 RP for an Ultimate. Most modern skins are 1350 RP Epics. Prestige and Mythic skins use Mythic Essence rather than RP, and the new Exalted and Transcendent tiers can cost dramatically more.

What is the difference between an Epic and a Legendary skin?

An Epic (1350 RP) gives a new model, textures, splash art, effects, and sounds. A Legendary (1820 RP) is a complete re-imagining that adds a unique voice-over and extra animations on top of everything an Epic includes.

Do League of Legends skins affect gameplay?

No. Every skin is purely cosmetic, changing only how a champion looks and sounds. Even Ultimate transformations and Exalted skins give no stat or ability advantage.

What makes a League skin rare?

Skins become rare when they leave the store: Legacy Vault rotations, ranked-only Victorious skins, convention-exclusive PAX skins, and discontinued promos like Black Alistar. Riot has said Limited and Collector's Edition skins will not return, which is what gives them lasting collector value.

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