The League of Legends community is currently in turmoil as Riot Games has made significant changes by removing free Hextech Chests.

The Feb. 7 League of Legends dev update did not go over very well with players. In it, Riot doubled down on its reasoning to remove Hextech chests as a free-to-earn loot reward. According to Riot, the ...

After a rocky start to 2025, Riot has released a new League of Legends dev diary, discussing the removal of Hextech Chests ...

LoL’s devs have come clean about why free Hextech Chests were removed, and players were infuriated by their explanation.

Can you still earn Hextech Chests for free? Here’s what Riot Games had to say about the League of Legends Hextech Chest situation. The League of Legends teans have given players an update on the ...

Hextech Chests have been a staple of League of Legends' reward system since their introduction. Who doesn't love them? They give LoL players the chance to win some sweet free skins and other cosmetics ...

LoL players say that Riot Games’ removal of their ability to earn free Hextech Chests marks the ... money to the point they remove a simple chest every now and then, the only way they will ...

The immediate response to these changes has been positive overall, but players were quick to question the post-pass reward track and again push for the return for free Hextech chests – another ...

And perhaps with greater oversight, Hextech wouldnt have morphed into a ... from the arcane and blasting a hole through Viktors chest, presumably killing the magic-infused messiah and slaughtering ...

Riot Games sneakily took away the free Hextech chests and keys and put them ... Since they only care about money, they remove a simple chest every now and then.” They added that Riot would ...

However, Jinx shuts him up by shoving a Hextech crystal into his hand ... the other while slowly dragging a knife across Sevika's chest. Jinx slowly loses the edge in this conversation, but ...