Riot Games announced the Pride event for League of Legends: Wild Rift during the release of the recent 2.2c version update. The Riot games have been highly vocal in support of the LGBTQIA+ community in the past. So, they have rolled out the new event of the famous Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game to support the community and players that belong to the community.
The event will include several rewards that will commemorate the Pride of the community. Players can participate in the event to earn rewards like in-game icons, cosmetics, emotes, and many additional rewards by completing a set of designated missions available in League of Legends: Wild Rift within the validity period of the Pride event. The complete details about the League of Legends: Wild Rift Pride event are here:
Duration of the event
The developers released the Pride event of the League of Legends: Wild Rift in-game on the day coinciding with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB).
The time-limited event is available in the events section of the game and will run till May 30, 2021 (23:59 UTC) and beyond which players cannot participate in the event due to the unavailability of the missions.
Missions and Rewards
The Pride event of the League of Legends: Wild Rift celebrates togetherness and unitedness among people and players of different sexes. Hence, the new event features two easy missions and consequent unique rewards with a similar theme:
First Mission: We Win Together
Objective: Play one game.
Tip: Players can randomly join and play any match to grab the following rewards:
Rewards: Pride Bundle
Pride further includes two main features:
- The Pride Bundle grants a temporary homeguard trail that players can equip on their in-game characters for the validity period of the time, which is until May 30, 2021 (23:59 UTC).
- The Pride Bundle also grants seven icons to the players:
- Catseye Poro
- Citrine Poro
- Obsidian Poro
- Rainbow Poro
- Rose Quartz Poro
- Sapphire Poro
- Tanzanite Poro
Second Mission: United We Play
Objective: Play ten games with either a Pride icon or the homeguard tail equipped.
Tip: Players will have to complete the first mission of the Pride event to claim its consequent rewards. These rewards (any of the seven icons or the homeguard trail for character) can be used further to complete the second mission and claim other rewards.
Rewards: Pride 2021
Pride 2021 is an in-game event specially designed for the Pride event with the theme “Everyone’s equal on the Rift” and can be used in the in-game chats or during a match via the quick communication panel.
The event for a change
Apart from the message of togetherness and equality among all despite the significant differences, the Pride event of League of Legends: Wild Rift also paves a way to establish a protest against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Many players from other games, too, often face offensive homophobic slurs in matches and chatrooms. It is the events like these that will help to bring a change.
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