Blue Essence ( BE) is one of the primary currencies used to unlock League of Legends content, the other being Riot Points. Blue Essence can be obtained by leveling up, completing missions (particularly Awakening missions and the First Win of the Day), opening Champion Capsules awarded by leveling up, or by disenchanting champion shards contained within Champion Capsules.
Blue Essence was first released at the beginning of Season 2016 as a way to not spend Influence Points to unlock champions. It then replaced the older currency in V7.22.
Blue Essence Use[]
- Blue Essence is used to:
- Purchase champions in the Store.
- Upgrade champion shards to unlock champions.
- Upgrade a champion mastery to level 6 or 7.
- Purchase additional rune pages.
- Change your summoner name.
- Purchase Starter Series Eternal Pass for 14,750 BE.
- Purchase content in the Essence Emporium.
- Purchase Hextech Crafting mystery champion shards.
- Purchase chromas when they are on sale for BE.
- Purchase Essence Emporium exclusive content.
Acquiring Blue Essence[]
Leveling up[]
- Main article: Experience (summoner)
- Between summoner levels 1 and 30, the player periodically receives Blue Essence as a direct level-up milestone reward, alongside access to the games features. They may also be rewarded with champion shards, alternatively to or in addition to direct BE.
- Starting from summoner level 5, Champion Capsules are awarded at level ups. These capsules can grant BE to the player directly, or they can contain champion shards that can either be disenchanted to obtain BE or upgraded using BE to permanently unlock the champion.
Shop value ( Blue Essence) | Disenchant value ( Blue Essence) | Upgrade cost ( Blue Essence) |
---|---|---|
450 | 90 | 270 |
1350 | 270 | 810 |
3150 | 630 | 1890 |
4800 | 960 | 2880 |
6300 | 1260 | 3780 |
7800 | 1560 | 4680 |
First Win of the day[]
Blue Essence can also be obtained with the First Win of the Day mission which grants 50 and 400.
Missions and Events[]
Some missions, during events, rewards the player with Blue Essence. Notably, the Awakening set of mission rewards the player with 800 for each mission completed.
Some events award unique currency (tokens) for completing missions and playing. These currencies can then be used to craft additional rewards in Hextech Crafting. Blue Essence has been one of the exchangeable rewards, often for the leftover currency due to their low price.