Legends of Runeterra vault guide
In this Legends of Runeterra vault guide I will be explaining how to gain XP quickly, as well as go into detail about the weekly vault and the region rewards. I’ve also added some more details on the odds of getting certain items as weekly rewards, experience needed to get said rewards, and the chances for your rewards to be upgraded.
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Region rewards Runeterra weekly vault Quick ways to gain XP Reward upgrades
Region rewards
One set of rewards that you can get are Region rewards. These are separate from the weekly vault, but you won’t be able to access the region rewards until you have opened all of the Prologue rewards. These Prologue rewards require XP gained via completing daily quests and playing games either against the AI or other real players. They contain capsules and chests that contain new cards, as well as wildcards for creating new cards. Note that you gain the same amount of XP towards your weekly vault as you would towards Prologue and Region rewards. For example, if you get 600XP in a game, you’ll get 600XP in the weekly vault and 600XP towards unlocking the next reward in either the Prologue rewards, or Region rewards. However, unlike the weekly vaults, your progress in the rewards tracks (Prologue and any region) are permanent. Once all of the Prologue rewards have been obtained, you’ll then get to choose a region. Each region has 20 levels, with an increasing number of XP required to get each reward. They all contain a variety of reward types:
Wildcards: These can be used on any card of that rarity, but can only be redeemed once. Capsules: Contains some cards from the region you are opening from: Rare Capsule: 4x Commons, 1x Rare. Wild Capsule: 4x Common wildcards, 1x Rare wildcards Epic Capsule: 2x Commons, 2x Rare, 1x Epic. Champion Capsule: 3x Rare, 1x Epic, 1x Champion. Chests: Contains cards or capsules, and an amount of shards. Bronze Chest: 2x common cards, 60+ shards. Silver Chest: 2x commons cards, 1x rare card, 140+ shards. Golden Chest: 1x Rare capsule, 240+ shards. Platinum Chest: 2x Rare capsules, 360+ shards. Diamond Chest: 3x Rare capsules, 500+ shards Cards: A random card of that rarity from the selected region.
It’s worth noting that changing the region you are getting rewards for requires that you select the new region, then click the “Activate” button. You won’t lose progress on the previously selected region if you switch and can switch back at any time between games.
Runeterra weekly vault
There’s also the weekly vault, which is a set of weekly rewards that open on Tuesdays. You need to accumulate as much XP during the course of a week to increase the value of the contents inside of the weekly vault chests, which contain either new cards or ways to make new cards. For building the Runeterra best decks, you’ll want as many cards as possible. Runeterra’s weekly vaults can contain a maximum of three chests that are opened at a set time. There are 13 levels in the Runeterra weekly vault, with a level 13 chest containing three diamond chests and a guaranteed Expedition Token. Here is a full list of rewards, the experience needed to level up, and the total experience needed to get that level up:
Weekly vault experience required
Diamond chests have up to ten common cards, up to five rare cards, up to three epic cards, and a potential champion card. Some cards may also transform into wildcards of that rarity. Each Diamond chest also contains a large sum of shards that can be spent on generating new cards, and below is the total amount needed to craft new cards:
Cards shard cost
Common: 100 shards Rare: 300 shards Epic: 1200 shards Champion: 3000 shards
As for when you’ll be able to open the rewards, the weekly vault opens every week on Tuesdays at around 2:30 UTC. The XP track is then reset for the next week’s weekly vault.
Quick ways to gain XP
If you want to maximise how much XP you will gain to unlock rewards in the Runeterra weekly vault, then here are some top tips.
Complete all of the Runeterra tutorials, as every single one gives you a small amount of XP upon first completing it. Daily Quests are a great way to gain XP very quickly, as they are very easy to complete by fighting against the AI. If you find a difficult Daily Quest, you can spend one of your two rerolls to change the Daily Quest. Make sure you switch to PVP matches as soon as you complete the Daily Quests, as PVP wins give you the following XP bonuses: 200 XP per PVP win (1-15 wins) 100 XP per PVP win (16+ wins) Even if you lose a PVP match, you will gain some XP and it’s preferential to playing against AI: 100XP per PVP loss (1-4 losses) 50 XP per PVP loss (5-10 losses) 0 XP per PVP loss (11+ losses) AI wins start at 100 XP, before going down to 75 XP after 5 wins, then 50 XP after 11 wins, before plummeting to 0 XP after 21 wins. AI losses start at 50 XP, go down to 25 XP after 5 losses, then 0 XP after 11 losses. Challenging friends counts towards daily quests but not towards daily PVP wins/losses. The XP rewards challenging friends gives you are: 100 XP for the first 5 wins 0 XP for 6+ wins 0 XP draws and losses
Expedition Rewards Aside from the below XP rewards, there are also some rewards for winning 6 expeditions (1500 shards, a random champion card, and a golden chest) and winning 7 expedition matches (3000 shards and a champion capsule).
0 wins: 50 XP 1 win: 150 XP 2 wins: 250 XP 3 wins: 400 XP 4 wins: 600 XP 5 wins: 800 XP 6 wins: 1000 XP 7 wins: 1500 XP
Reward upgrades
Occasionally, you’ll find that a reward that you get for unlocking the weekly vault, such as the chest or capsule you’re unlocking or the cards inside a chest/capsule, will be randomly upgraded. This is because every card and reward has a set percentage to upgrade to the next level or be turned into a wildcard variant if it is not one already. Here are the odds for Runeterra reward upgrades:
Chest → Next tier Chest: 20% (does not upgrade if chest is Diamond rank) Rare Capsule → Wild Capsule: 5% Rare Capsule → Epic Capsule: 10% Epic Capsule → Champion Capsule: 10% Common/Rare/Epic cards → Wildcard of same rarity: 10% Champion card → Champion Wildcard: 5% Common/Rare/Epic card → Increased card rarity: 10% Wildcard → Increased wildcard rarity: 10%
And that’s it. Thanks for reading this Runeterra vault guide. There are plenty more useful guides in our hub for Legends of Runeterra, including how to make the best decks, some tips for the Expeditions mode, and clarifications on how keywords and cards interact with each other.
Legends of Runeterra guides links
Legends Of Runeterra guide - Find out how to get into the beta and learn some tips for expert play. Runeterra best decks - The best decklists currently available for Legends of Runeterra. Runeterra ranked mode - Explore how ranked mode works and what rewards you get for participating. Runeterra Expeditions - Learn Legends of Runeterra’s draft mode and see which cards are the best. Runeterra champions - Find out what each champion does and how to level up. Runeterra cards list - All of the follower and spell cards in Runeterra. How to Play Legends of Runeterra - Learn how to play the game, what cards do, and the turn order. Legends of Runeterra Ephemeral tutorial - Step by step instructions to complete this bothersome tutorial. Runeterra keywords - Definitions and unique interactions for cards explained. How Runeterra rounds work - An in-depth guide as to how rounds work. Runeterra patch notes - All the patch notes from the preview open beta patch to the present day. Runeterra player icons - Steps to change your player icon. Runeterra guardians - If you bought guardians, here’s how to change them. Runeterra boards - Those who have spent money on boards can learn how to change them here.
