How to Get Mythic Essence in League of Legends

League of Legends now boasts over 1400 skins, and that number is expected to grow in the future. Skins range from Normal, Epic, Legendary, Legacy, Ultimate, Prestige skins, and more. Prestige skins, on the other hand, require more than just grinding. No, you cannot purchase them with Orange Essence and Riot Points. Acquiring them requires a unique and rare currency called the Mythic Essence.

Keep on reading to find out how to get Mythic Essence in League of Legends.

What is Mythic Essence in League of Legends

Mythic Essence is another essential in-game currency in League of Legends alongside Blue and Orange Essence. In the client, players can access a special and exclusive shop called the Mythic Shop where you can purchase mythic tier content such as Mythic and Prestige skins. Before Patch 12.06, players could only spend gems or prestige points, but that all changed with the introduction of Mythic Essence.

Mythic Essence and Mythic Shop League of Legends

The amount of Mythic Essence that you currently possess can be found by clicking on the loot tab at the top of the client. These do not expire so feel free to keep it until you’ve found the best prestige skin that you wanna pay for.

Orb, Hextech and Masterwork Chest

Hextech chests have 2.68% of granting 10 Mythic Essence, while Masterwork Chests present a 3.5% chance of receiving 5 Mythic Essence. Event Orbs, on the other hand, has a 4.11% chance of dropping 10 Mythic Essence. Make sure to farm for key fragments to be able to unlock these.

Prime Gaming Capsule

Got a Prime Gaming Capsule? Open it to enjoy some juicy rewards including 5 Mythic Essence, 350 RP, Permanent skin, Ward skin, Champion Permanent skin, champion shards, series 1 eternal shards, and a 30-day XP boost.

Event Pass

Purchase the event pass to get access to event rewards. Upon reaching levels 10, 20, 32, and 42, players will receive 25 Mythic Essence in total.

Event Shop

You can farm, earn and spend some of your event tokens to purchase mythic essence. You can head to the Event Shop to receive 125 Mythic Essence for 2200 Event Tokens.

Level Up Reward

Play games and earn exp to increase your level. Reaching 50 levels after level 150 grants 10 mythic essence apiece.

Masterwork Milestones

Masterwork Milestones is also a reliable source of mythic essence, especially if you have plenty of masterwork chests in your inventory. Opening chests will add progress to your milestone. For every 5 chests opened, you can obtain 5-10 mythic essence. Unlock 25 chests to receive 30 Mythic Essence in total.

How to use Mythic Essence in League of Legends

The Mythic shop offers a wide array of cosmetics and other loot that can only be purchased with Mythic Essence. Here’s everything that you can buy using Mythic Essence.