Riot unveiled a cross-promotional event Riot x Arcane across several titles today, and while the LoR team has been quiet on the details on what the game will get, we get some hints (and more!) here and there on the upcoming PvE expansion, so let's sum it all up!

What's Arcane?

Arcane is Riot's upcoming Netflix series that will focus on the storylines of several champions of Piltover and Zaun. The series is divided into three Acts, each of which consist of three smaller episodes. The first act will premiere later this week on November 6th (7th for Europe and Asia), and the first episode will be co-streamed on Twitch by several content creators. There has been no shortage of trailers and such so far, and we've included some of them in the spoiler below.

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Riot x Arcane

Riot's cross-promotional event will take place this November, starting today and lasting until 20th! In addition to new Arcane-inspired items added to each game, you can also play through a series of online missions during the event at Riot x Arcane - website. The first chapter is already available so you can try it out yourself by logging in with your Riot account.

What's In It For LoR?

I'm glad you asked! If you watched closely the announcement video above, you may have noticed a new champion (and his card back) as well as some new units in it - Jayce is coming! He's also featured in official LoR Twitter's new banner alongside Vi and Jinx.

Jayce can be seen swinging his hextech hammer close to end of the announcement video

How will we obtain him then? If you read through the rewards calendar related to the aforementioned online game, you might notice that the LoR prize for completing some future missions will be a Champion card (starting from November 10th). What a coincidence! The calendar makes no mention of Jayce's support cards though so they seem likely to be obtained in-game.

But wait, there's more! By tuning in for the Global Arcane Premiere on Twitch, you can earn Twitch Drops for several Riot titles (Note: none of the games are mentioned by name so it is not guaranteed that LoR will get something). Following sources are listed as eligible for the drops:

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  • Riot Games' Global Arcane Premiere broadcast on Twitch
     
  • Your favorite creator's co-stream of the Global Arcane Premiere and episode 1 of Arcane on Twitch
     
  • Arcane.com (after signing in with your Riot account)
     
  • Specific creators' co-streams (to be announced at a later date) of episodes 2 and 3 of Arcane on Twitch
     
  • EU Rebroadcast of episode 1 of Arcane on Riot Games' Twitch channel on November 7, 2021 at 11:00AM CET 

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Legends of Runeterra will celebrate with the release of a permanent new game mode that enables players to journey through Runeterra as their favorite champions, including a special series of storyful adventures in Piltover and Zaun featuring Jinx & co. 

  • The release of a new permanent PvE mode, The Path of Champions
  • New Champion: Jayce
  • Thematic support cards from Piltover & Zaun
  • Mega Event Pass

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