Riot Games recently announced significant changes to the pricing of Riot Points (RP), and the increase has sparked conversation across the gaming community. While some regions are seeing sharp price hikes, a few are getting reductions. Let’s break down how these RP price changes will impact players in various regions, so you’ll know if your next League of Legends skin purchase is going to cost more.
North America and Latin America
For the Americas, price changes vary by country:
- Brazil: Prices are going up by 20%.
- Canada: RP prices remain unchanged.
- Chile: RP prices rise by 6%.
- LATAM regions (with prices in USD): Interestingly, these regions will see a price decrease of 11%.
- Mexico: Prices are going down by 9%.
- Peru: RP prices drop by 12%.
- United States: No changes to RP prices.
It’s good news for players in regions like Mexico, Peru, and the LATAM regions that use USD, as they’ll be seeing reductions. However, players in Brazil and Chile should prepare for notable increases.
Asia Pacific and Oceania
RP price changes in the Asia Pacific region show some significant increases:
- Australia: RP prices are up by 5%.
- Hong Kong: The region faces a massive 133% increase.
- India: A small decrease of 4%.
- Japan: Prices are increasing by 7%.
- Korea: A 14% hike in RP prices.
- Malaysia: Prices jump by 23%.
- New Zealand: A 7% increase.
- Philippines: A significant 40% increase.
- Taiwan: RP prices rise by 33%.
- Thailand: A 7% increase.
- Vietnam: Players will see a whopping 41% increase.
Players in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Vietnam are facing some of the steepest increases. Meanwhile, India gets a slight relief with a 4% reduction.
Europe
European regions are also seeing changes, especially those using the Euro:
- Euro-based regions: Prices rise by 13%.
- Czech Republic: RP prices rise by 9%.
- Hungary: Prices increase by 7%.
- Poland: RP prices drop by 4%.
- Romania: A slight 8% increase.
- Turkey: RP prices spike by 24%.
- Ukraine: Riot Games is increasing prices by a massive 73%.
For European players, the most dramatic price increase is for Ukrainians 73% hike. Turkey also faces substantial increases.
Changes Across Riot’s Other Games
These price adjustments aren’t limited to League of Legends. Similar changes have been made across Riot’s other games, including Legends of Runeterra, Valorant, and Wild Rift.
For more details on how these changes affect League of Legends and other Riot games, check out Riot Games’ official pricing update.
